Irrelevant Conclusion:

A political ad by Barack Obama has a script which contains this fallacy, to wit:

Barack Obama: I’m Barack Obama and I approve this message.

Narrator: Maybe you’re struggling just to pay the mortgage on your home. But recently John McCain said: “The fundamentals of our economy are strong.” Then again that same day when asked how many houses he owns, McCain lost track. He couldn’t remember. Well, it’s seven. END

This whole political ad resorts to red herring and non-sequitur. The former because it claims that McCain does not understand the economy but instead of proving with relevant facts as to why it is so it diverted the attention of the audience to the number of houses he owns which both misdirected the audience outside the main premise. The latter because the argument (and common sense) does not make a connection in owning seven houses with the knowledge of the economy.

Hasty Generalization:

Mrs. Quayle on her speech in the Republican Convention of 1992 stated that:

“I sometimes think that the Liberals are always so angry because they believe the grandiose promises of the Liberation Movement. They’re disappointed because most women do not wish to be liberated from their essential natures as women.“

This argument makes the fallacy of hasty generalization by including the term “most” to refer to a group of people without any hard facts or evidence to support her claim relying only on her personal experience to support her premise. While she is indeed indisputably a woman she, alone, cannot represent most of the women who do not want to be liberated.

Straw Man Argument:

Transcript of President Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, as delivered:

This is the choice we now face. This is what the election comes down to. Over and over, we've been told by our opponents that bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations are the only way, that since government can't do everything, it should do almost nothing. If you can't afford health insurance, hope that you don't get sick.

This is a Straw Man argument for it ignores the nuances of the stand of Republicans in America regarding issues about tax cuts and the healthcare services of the government. It simplifies the stance of the opposition by ignoring key details and regarding with absolute certainty that the only position of Republicans is to impose bigger tax cuts. These things are never simple and the attempt of the speech to make it so and attack it from there is a clear sign of a Straw Man argument.