OK, I just read the reference and the "strawman argument" comes from an article written at Stanford University. Still, I disagree with it. A better example of a "strawman argument" in politics happened during the 1984 Democratic presidential candidates debate. Gary Hart cites his policies as "new ideas" to which Walter Mondale says, "When I hear your new ideas, I'm reminded of that ad, 'Where's the beef?'" Hart never made a reference to the commercial. Mondale brings up the commercial and uses it as a comparision to cut down Hart. That's a "strawman argument".