Is "X Depends on Y" Fallacious?
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Original Question
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/240593-fiorina-defends-rocky-tenure-as-ceo-of-hewlett-packard
Answers
1To me, this statement comes across as a clear opinion, since nobody can know the future. Not that opinions can't contain fallacies, just that fallacies are far less common in opinions than arguments. From the statement alone (I did not read the article), I don't know if the author is suggesting (a) Fiorina would make a bad President or (b) Fiorina would be unelectable. If the former, this could be argued that it is a Non Sequitur (i.e., it does not follow that her record at HP would indicate her political performance). If the latter, I don't see a fallacy there, but a good point. Even if unrelated, dirt is dirt in politics and can have a significant effect on votes.
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