• Post hoc ergo propter hoc. "After the fact, therefore because of the fact".

• Assuming that because one event occurred after another, they are intertwined.

• Rep. Henry Hyde (R) Illinois on September 9, 2004 made the argument that "the war in Iraq was a response to the September 11 Kamikaze attacks."

• Shadowy 527's putting out smear ads are in fact the only independent groups that can raise enough money to advertise on television. President Bush want's to suppress 527s ergo he wants to suppress free speech.

• CNN Saturday 8/28/04: Because items like defibrillators and trucks were purchased with homeland security funds in other states, Wyoming is assumed to spend its homeland security funds just as nefariously.