This Is What Happens When A Politician Really Doesnt Want To Answer A Reporters Question Whats a politician to do when he or she takes a tough question from a reporter? Well, in general, they do this thing called dodging the question, dispensing a publicist-massaged talking point, or changing the subject, or spinning like a dervish, or just lying. (I suppose in some instances, there are those who answer questions as forthrightly as possible, too. Its a theory, anyway.) But then there are those special moments when wits and words fail the poor fool, and the politician -- suddenly gripped by animal panic -- attempts a clunkier contrivance. Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the United States, offered up a classic of the genre when he responded to a tough question from MSNBCs Andrea Mitchell by suddenly experiencing the inability to hear the question and responding, Abba-babba ndrea, I cannot hear you, I’m sorry, and then doing some more-convincing stammering to filibuster what remained of the segment. But as eyebrow-raising as it was, it was actually a defter bit of maneuvering than many politicians, stuck in the middle of a fatal brain error, are able to manage. In the video above, youll see several examples of Not-So-Great Escapes, ranging from The Blank Stare to the Run For Your Life to the Hey, Ill Be Right Back I Promise to the Im Going To Stand Here Vibrating My Head In The Hopes That I Might Have A Convenient Stroke. huffingtonpost/2014/08/06/politicians-dodge-question_n_5652706.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:27:04 +0000