- Evasive Maneuver One: Refer the questioner elsewhere
- Evasive Maneuver Two: State a generic policy of not responding
- Evasive Maneuver Three: The non-sequitur
- Evasive Maneuver Four: Reverse the burden of proof.
- Evasive Maneuver Five: The platitude
My only question being, If the press knew this so well, why didn't they say so before, or do anything about it? (Sigh... Don't bother to answer that rhetorical question.)
Also this:
Bob Deans of Cox News Service rose to say that he had brought Fleischer a cake. "We've received assurances that it's not yellow cake," Deans said. "But that doesn't prove that it's not yellow cake."
Will the air in the pressroom be any cleaner or fresher now that Comical Ari's successor, Scott McClellan, has taken over? Don't bet on it.