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To: BCrago66

Look again.

She's the fave to win the Dem nomination.

The Dems are favored to win the presidential election.

Ergo.


14 posted on 07/04/2005 8:48:35 AM PDT by FrogMom
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To: FrogMom
If there's an over 50% chance of her winning the nomination, and an over 50% chance of the Democrats winning the election, it still doesn't necessarily follow that there's an over 50% chance of her winning the election. You have to combine probabilities.
17 posted on 07/04/2005 8:57:42 AM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: FrogMom

Your original startment was not an inferential argument, but the assertion that:

"If you go down to political, it also shows Hitlery as the favorite to win the 2008 election, too."

That is flat out false (as Hillary is only listed as the favorite to win the Dem nomination) and you should admit it before you go on to make a second, inferential argument.

As to your inferential argument, it is faulty:

A will likely beat B
+
B will likely beat C
DOES NOT EQUAL
A will likely beat C

ERGO, so far you're 0 for 2.


20 posted on 07/04/2005 9:01:50 AM PDT by BCrago66
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