Tuesday
27Sep
Burning Gas Like There’s No Tomorrow: That’s Sound Energy Policy
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 09:18AM 
Quote: "Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it cannot be the basis of a sound energy policy." Vice President Dick Cheney, 2001, quoted in The New York Times
Figure of Speech: synchoresis (sin cho REE sis), conceding a point to make a stronger one
Cheney makes good use of a synchoresis -- the rhetorical equivalent of sacrificing a pawn. A really great synchoresis manages to belittle an opponent's point while seeming to concede it. Even "virtue" sounds wimpy and un-American when Dick Cheney says it.
Snappy Answer: "We sure wouldn't want to base our energy policy on your personal virtue, would we, Mr. Vice President?"
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