Red Herring

Here is an example of Hilary Clinton using a red herring to get out of responding to a question. She is asked whether it is problematic for Politicians to take money from special interest groups since this would seem to be likely to create a conflict of interest where such Politicians will then look out for the interests of the lobby groups rather than the American people. At 1:36 she says, "I don't think based on my thirty-five years of fighting for what I believe in anybody seriously believes I'm going to be influenced by a lobbyist for a particular interest group."

Notice that she has, ever so slightly, changed the issue. That, by the way, is an excellent tactic. If you gently tweak an issue your chances are better that it will fly under the radar.

[Submitted by former student Adam Gent.]