No prettying up Barack Obama’s gaffe

Boston Herald (the GOOD Boston Paper) ^ | Thursday, September 11, 2008 | Michael Graham

[jessduntno]

Let’s start with the obvious and inarguable: Of course Sen. Barack Obama’s comment about “lipstick on a pig” was a reference to Supergirl Sarah Palin.

You know it, I know it and the partisan crowd that literally rose to their feet and cheered when they heard it know it.

And it’s nothing new. Democrats shot the lipstick line at Gov. Palin on their official Web site last week with a posting entitled “McCain’s Selection of Palin is Lipstick on a Pig” - accompanied by what I’m sure was intended to be a flattering photo of the Alaska outdoorswoman.

And - coincidence or something more? - the same day Obama made his crack, a Democratic congressman introducing Joe Biden said of Sarah Palin, “There’s no way you can dress up her record, even with a lot of lipstick.”

If there was anyone in the audience still too dense to get it - say, an employee of CNN, perhaps - Obama immediately followed up with a reference to the McCain/Palin campaign wrapping “an old fish in a piece of paper called ‘change.’ ”

A lipstick-wearing pig and an old fish? Gee, who could he possibly be talking about?

So please, my Obama-supporting friends, let’s stop the nonsense about how Obama’s lipstick talk was, as he put it yesterday, an “innocent comment,” or that the reaction is “phony outrage.”

[SuziQ]

Here's a way to get back at the Obama camp, and show your support for the McCain-Palin ticket. A friend did this "Read My Lipstick!" stuff for his CafePress store last week, even BEFORE Obama's comments!!

[Blowtorch]

Oh, puh-leeze. This one is a loser; everybody knows that “putting lipstick on a pig” is a common expression for a lame attempt to disguise crappy substance behind appealing trappings.

I don't think the argument is that it's not commonly used by politicians, rather that in this particular case it certainly was to smear Palin. He knew he could then claim he didn't mean it like that. But if you look closely at the crowd when he say's "you can put lipstick...." (loud cheers).."you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig." It seems obvious that Obama knew what he was doing - the crowd certainly did. Otherwise they wouldn't have started shouting as soon as "lipstick" left his mouth.

[kidd]

Of course, you weren’t talking about Obama

[SuziQ]

LOL! Reminds me of Sgt. Apone's "Look into my eyes" comment to Bill Paxton's character in the movie Aliens

And if you continue listening to Obama, he describes the dirty tactics of Her Heinous, and proceeds to mimic brushing it off his shoulders, and wiping it off his shoes. Isn't is ironic that he and his supporters are acting in an even WORSE manner toward Sarah Palin, right now?

[vetvetdoug]

I have been thinking about Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin. Which two individuals are more likely to hold a weapon and pull the trigger, aiming carefully and truly? Which two would themselves do what it takes to protect their homes and family?