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On the subject of "Phony Outrage" and "Made up controveries"
Various sources | 2008 | Various

Posted on 09/10/2008 3:32:12 PM PDT by new cruelty

Today Senator Obama expressed his distress over the latest "made-up controversy". Here is a look at a couple of other controversies that popped up during this campaign.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: lipstick; phonyrage
Come on, um,.. now, Barry. Be honest, now. Uh. um.. You uh... know the use of that... uh, old expression, was uh... was.. also a... a way of getting in a jab in at Governor Palin. It got you a lot of hooting and hollering. Then to hide your hand, you even followed up with a compliment about the Governor's parenting ability. Enough.
1 posted on 09/10/2008 3:32:14 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: new cruelty

Pot...kettle...black


2 posted on 09/10/2008 3:33:32 PM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: econjack

WHAT DID YOU SAY?!!! < Insert Phony “O”utrage here >


3 posted on 09/10/2008 3:34:41 PM PDT by new cruelty (I don't want my daughters punished with obama.)
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To: new cruelty
A Fine Line

"So let me get this straight, Senator Obama is too smart to call Sarah Palin a pig but not smart enough to realize how bad this comment is going to sound to anyone not basking in the glow of his halo."

"The schadenfreude is strong in this one."

4 posted on 09/10/2008 3:38:08 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The Alaskan landscape is littered with the bodies of those who have crossed Sarah Palin)
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To: new cruelty

Macaca.


5 posted on 09/10/2008 3:38:45 PM PDT by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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To: new cruelty

My God is this guy for real? Is there NOTHING anyone can say about him that doesn’t get some sort of whinny remark? If you can’t stand the heat - stay out of the kitchen...


6 posted on 09/10/2008 3:39:04 PM PDT by GunnyB (Once a Marine, Always a Marine)
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To: new cruelty
"Spare me the phony outrage?" If this incident had been completely reversed, right now the media and everyone else would be calling for McCain's head.

I'm currently watching Jake Tapper and the Charlie Gibson mitigating and applying revisionism to this "lipstick on a pig" faux pas.

Another important thing I noticed was he was reading VERBATIM from his speech on his podium at his rally this morning. He kept glancing down at it, and didn't deviate a bit. It was annoying to see him bob his head up and down as he read word for word. What an idiot!

7 posted on 09/10/2008 3:41:23 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("I don't know of a single thing Obama has done except talk and write". -- Newt Gingrich)
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To: new cruelty
There is no way Obama could ever defend America from her enemies if he cannot even tell the difference between a pit bull and a pig !
8 posted on 09/10/2008 3:41:37 PM PDT by LOC1
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To: Iron Munro

I predict that the next poll of Ohio will have him somewhere down below 40%! From what I am hearing this is not going over very well.


9 posted on 09/10/2008 3:41:54 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: new cruelty

He is such a muslim. This is akin to the “psychology” of calling the raped woman an adulteress. The man has no respect for the arts of people... because this is not politics, but McCain simply asking a legit “people question”.

If it were not for the Bible, never the world seen such retards demand such worship. I cannot stand muslims.


10 posted on 09/10/2008 3:42:31 PM PDT by JudgemAll (control freaks, their world & their problem with my gun and my protecting my private party)
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If zero did not want to have his statement interpreted the way he meant it to be taken then he could have used the age old adage ... “you can't change the stripes on a Tiger”.
11 posted on 09/10/2008 3:42:56 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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Brit and the Allstars are ALL saying barry was innocent... except Bill Sammon. If you are black, a dim, a marxist and a muzzie... you can get away with murder... even on Fox News with Brit Hume. It sickens me that ALL MEN ARE NOT CEATED EQUAL!

LLS

12 posted on 09/10/2008 3:53:46 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (GOD, Country, Family... except for dims!)
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Lipstick Pig Cartoon
13 posted on 09/10/2008 3:54:37 PM PDT by AwesomePossum (A man always has two reasons for doing something, a good reason and the real reason.)
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To: new cruelty

My question is this: When Obama said that you can “put lipstick on a pig,” was he trying to turn Muslims against Palin?


14 posted on 09/10/2008 3:58:05 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: new cruelty

Actually, I think the excuses he’s now making will hurt him more than the actual comment itself. He knew and everyone knows that he knew, but now here he is playing dumb and innocent. His partisans will consider him clever (like beating a rap on a technicality), but to “horse sense America” he’s obviously lying, playing dirty, tricky, clever.

He’s accusing the Republicans for picking up on what everyone - including the liberal press - picked up on instantly. To give him the benefit of the doubt on the issue is to say that he’s completely out of it, with absolutely no ear for public opinion.

Believe it or not, he could’ve handled an apology or a half apology brilliantly. The dumbest thing to do was to play it smart!


15 posted on 09/10/2008 4:01:10 PM PDT by Mancolicani
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I’d like to see a video of his full comments, including the follow-up where he praised Palin, as his followers booed. The way the follow-up was reported, it seemed as if the magical one was well aware that he was throwing a rock and then hiding his hand. All of the videos I have seen cut him off as his audience starts to hoot and holler.


16 posted on 09/10/2008 4:04:54 PM PDT by new cruelty (I don't want my daughters punished with obama.)
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To: new cruelty

“What’s the difference between Obama and an empty suit?”

“I don’t know.”

” ... I don’t know either.”


17 posted on 09/10/2008 4:23:51 PM PDT by webschooner (McWhatshisname/Palin 2008 !!)
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To: Iron Munro

Schadenfreude. . . Karma’s evil German cousin.

the Deets


18 posted on 09/10/2008 5:40:13 PM PDT by ebiskit (South Park Republican)
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To: krb

Macaca.

Tru Dat!!


19 posted on 09/10/2008 5:41:19 PM PDT by ebiskit (South Park Republican)
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To: JudgemAll

Not to mention that moose-limbs have the predisposition of lacing their insults of Christian and Jewish Infidels with names like ‘apes’ and ‘pigs.’ Just an observation.

the Deets


20 posted on 09/10/2008 5:48:44 PM PDT by ebiskit (South Park Republican)
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