President Obama often tries to defuse divisive debates by talking of "false choices." A false choice implies that by restating the argument, both sides can get what they want.
On economics, Obama speaks of the false choice between "unforgiving capitalism and an oppressive government-run economy." On torture, he points to a false choice "between our security and our ideals." And when the dispute centers on embryonic stem cell research, he speaks of "a ...
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