Newsflash: Right-wing uses straw men. Film at 11.

Somehow the AP has just recently noticed that the right wing (and our fearless leader in particular) loves the rhetorical device known as the 'straw man'. As we all know, the straw man is an attempt to win an argument by twisting the position of your opponent into into something it's not, then arguing against the absurdity rather than their real, stated position.

So why is this news now? This technique has been a mainstay of the neocon right since the get-go.

Don't get me wrong, the reality-based coverage is a wonderful change of scene, but the emperor has been without clothes for quite some time now. What changed?