1.0 link 29538 <![CDATA[So Is Torturing A Daughter OK?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/so-is-torturing-a-daughte_b_29538.html The best way to make a political case against an untenable position is to ask a question that paints the opponent into a corner, because it has no "right" answer.

The most famous of these is "So tell us, Senator, have you stopped beating your wife?"

The most devastating of these (since Dukakis flubbed the answer so badly) was when a debate moderator asked Michael Dukakis, "Governor, if Kitty Dukakis [his wife] were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death...

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