Sentence examples for phony argument from inspiring English sources

"I think that's kind of a phony argument, frankly," said McGovern.

Fred Wertheimer, a longtime supporter of tighter limits, said, "This decision peels away the phony argument that the Constitution can be used to protect corrupting campaign spending".

Loud voices dismiss organic food as nothing more than a trendy 21st-century lifestyle choice for the neurotic rich, but this is a phony argument.

But at least it's a real debate, not the old phony argument over "amnesty" and the delusional belief that the mass deportations of 12 million people are realistic or desirable.

(Fiske would say, "Lose the 'I am inclined to think that".') In my book, if you mean "raise the question" or "pose the question," say so; but if you mean "that's a phony argument that turns in on itself," say "beg the question".

It is a totally phony argument based on equal parts of surmise and bigotry.

"She would not accept the superficial answers or phony arguments".

He said the opposition was based on "ridiculously phony" arguments.

The president has renominated Mr. Cordray, but Republicans have made it clear that they will continue to filibuster, using phony arguments to keep the agency from operating.

He accused the Republicans of having "false theories of the past" and "phony arguments," of playing "petty politics" and "gamesmanship" and just plain "nit-picking".

Democrats in Congress stood their ground; progressive analysts debunked, one after another, the phony arguments of the privatizers; and the public made it clear that it wants to preserve a basic safety net for retired Americans.