Now you’re being lame and silly.
No, no... that's not how you professionally duck a question. You answer a slightly different question; one that you're more comfortable addressing. You don't seriously think I'm going to be distracted with "so's your old man" insults, do you?
Personally, I can't consider supporting Keyes for (whatever) public office until he shows he can attract and retain capable shills. I'm astonished that your superiors haven't realized that your behavior here during the past week is more devastating to Keyes' ability to recruit at FR than anything his enemies could have devised.
Well, okay, maybe I'm not that astonished.
We will now return to our regularly scheduled agitprop. Ta ta for now...
Go ahead and gnash your teeth. I don’t care
I seem to remember another Presidential candidate's advisor saying something like that. Funny, it didn't work out too well for that candidate either.