Whereas the incumbent’s opponents feverishly worked around the clock, digging up seemingly irrelevant information only to contort a(n) (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.
Blank (i)
benign
unambiguous
disgraceful
Blank (ii)
desperate subterfuge
concealed outpouring
subtle promotion
