And the process you and RAZD describe thus leads to both the lack of taxon intermediate between the major divisions of life and the existence of taxon intermediate between the majot divisions of life being presented as if they prove the same point. Incredible mental gymnastics.
I don't think it's incredible mental gymnastics but rather the complete opposite: it's ill thought out dim witted nonsense at its best. The creos aren't thinking*, and they aren't trying to create a coherent alternative, they're just swinging away wildly in the hope something sticks - most of the time they're not trying to convince anyone with any understanding either.
* - Admittedly, there are probably a few to whom this generalisation does not apply, but only a few.