Dam* straight because it's all they got.
They cannot dare not answer any question straight on so they will WHADDABOUT to death believing full well they have shown a great "reason" when in fact all they have left is their WHADDABOUT?
An admission of failure. Of course they could just not jump in with a WHADDABOUT. They could just simply leave it alone and hope it will go away. But for some reason they cannot not WHADDABOUT. Repeatedly Consistenly. Endlessly. Futilrely.
WHADDABOUT WHADDABOUT WHADDABOUT WHADDABOUT WHADDABOUT