Whereas the incumbent's opponents feverishly worked around the dock, digging up seemingly irrelevant information only to contort (i)____________ incident so that it appeared unequivocally damning, the incumbent himself resorted to no such (ii)____________ and preferred instead to calumniate his opponents during highly publicized debates. A. a benign B. desperate subterfuge C. an unambiguous D. concealed outpouring E. a disgraceful F. subtle promotion