Re: I see.
If we're going to be slicing terminology to molecular thinness, there is no real difference in the "blatancy" of the Democrats and Republicans on their websites. This is true of many political websites, something I knew going in because I've had to research this stuff in the past.
Look, you made an "observation" based on something you wanted to be true, and very limited data. You got called on it, gently at first.
I don't recall any "teaching of rhetoric" that insists nobody point out the holes in your argument.