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Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me [#permalink] New post  04 Jun 2016, 21:51
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Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me of using money from the public coffers for personal vacations and other private expenses. Hansen has no right to make such accusations since the record shows that she hired her own daughter at a handsome salary to serve as a legislative aide.
Which of the following is the most serious weakness of the argument above?

A. It assumes that anything that Hansen has done is alright.
B. It confuses legality with ethical propriety.
C. It assumes that Hansen's actions would be indictable under current law.
D. It fails to respond to the charges made by Hansen.
E. It implies that Hansen should be held responsible for questionable actions by members of her family.

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Re: Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me [#permalink] New post  04 Jun 2016, 23:06
ruchi857 wrote:
Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me of using money from the public coffers for personal vacations and other private expenses. Hansen has no right to make such accusations since the record shows that she hired her own daughter at a handsome salary to serve as a legislative aide.
Which of the following is the most serious weakness of the argument above?

A. It assumes that anything that Hansen has done is alright.
B. It confuses legality with ethical propriety.
C. It assumes that Hansen's actions would be indictable under current law.
D. It fails to respond to the charges made by Hansen.
E. It implies that Hansen should be held responsible for questionable actions by members of her family.

I am confused between D and E


Its D.
E implies about Hansen and don't implicate anything about charges made by him.To weaken the argument we should attack the conclusion.
Hansen being held responsible is of no use since the argument is questioning charges made by hansen on his opponent.
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Re: Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me [#permalink] New post  26 Jun 2017, 09:31
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this question somehow is funny because A,C,E use the key words which help to eliminate those choices.
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Re: Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me [#permalink] New post  10 Sep 2017, 14:53
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this is a common pattern in gmat, test takers should know this. That is, a second person will fail to respond to what is addressed by the first person.
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Re: Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me [#permalink] New post  30 Sep 2018, 09:27
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ruchi857 wrote:
Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me of using money from the public coffers for personal vacations and other private expenses. Hansen has no right to make such accusations since the record shows that she hired her own daughter at a handsome salary to serve as a legislative aide.
Which of the following is the most serious weakness of the argument above?

A. It assumes that anything that Hansen has done is alright.
B. It confuses legality with ethical propriety.
C. It assumes that Hansen's actions would be indictable under current law.
D. It fails to respond to the charges made by Hansen.
E. It implies that Hansen should be held responsible for questionable actions by members of her family.

I am confused between D and E


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Re: Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me [#permalink] New post  30 Sep 2018, 22:02
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ruchi857 wrote:
Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me of using money from the public coffers for personal vacations and other private expenses. Hansen has no right to make such accusations since the record shows that she hired her own daughter at a handsome salary to serve as a legislative aide.
Which of the following is the most serious weakness of the argument above?

A. It assumes that anything that Hansen has done is alright.
B. It confuses legality with ethical propriety.
C. It assumes that Hansen's actions would be indictable under current law.
D. It fails to respond to the charges made by Hansen.
E. It implies that Hansen should be held responsible for questionable actions by members of her family.

I am confused between D and E


Hey nightblade354 :)

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Re: Assembly Hansen, my opponent in this election campaign, has accused me [#permalink] New post  19 Sep 2023, 22:20
Hi Experts,
Is it safe to say that B also depicts a weakness in the argument but D is the answer only because it depicts what is the *most* weak aspect of the argument?
I was confused between B and D.

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