GOP Theme: We Built This Straw Man

I really hope the Dems do a decent job of exposing all that deceitful horseshit that was piled up on the stage during the GOP Convention last week. What a puke-fest that was.

I think it would be helpful to look at the definition of the word deceit: (from Wikipedia)

"Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, and well as distraction, camouflage or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith."

Isn't that a perfect description of Republiconservative tactics?

Check out the description of Straw Man from http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-straw-man-argument.htm:

"The straw man argument, ... deliberately misrepresents and weakens the argument of the opposing side. This can be done by leaving out key points of an opposing argument, quoting a person’s words out of context, or presenting a particular person’s poor defense as the entire defense of an opposing side."

From Wikipedia:"A straw man, ... is a type of argument and is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.[1] To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by replacing it with a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.[1][2]"

I also hope the Dems can do a much better job of reiterating Obama's message, which was taken out of context by the right but then ironically expressed with the use of the collective "We" in the GOP's very convention theme: "We built it."
It's almost as if the Republicons recognized the reality that we are all interdependent on each other.
Except, whenever Republicons and libertarians hear that concept expressed, their limbic system produces a powerful and angry emotional reaction and this causes their pre-frontal cortex to shut down rendering it incapable of accepting any information that contradicts their emotional biases. (To be fair, Dems and libs have this same tendency.)

Unfortunately, I'm not hopeful of that hope because I can count on one hand the number of people I've heard give that message the rigor and eloquence that it deserves. My guess is that they won't even try.

I'll be following the convention on the "Fair and Balanced" station and see what happens.