Deflect and Attack

I love it when this happens.  Someone asks a political surrogate to justify the unjustifiable and they respond with non-answer after non-answer in standard blowhard form.  Instead of providing an honest answer to a pointed question they revert to attacking the “other guy” to deflect attention from their own deficiencies.  Q: Give me an example of such and such.  A: (in the form of thought bubbles above the surrogate’s head) I have no idea, so I’m just gonna attack the other guy.  Attack, attack, attack! 

Man, our current state of political affairs really, really sucks.  Below is a recent example of this frustrating phenomenon, which applies equally to both sides of the political spectrum, mind you.   

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