Barack Obama really stepped in it yesterday when he used the "you can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig" line.
Apparently, he didn't realize that old expression could be interpreted as a reference to Sarah Palin. The crowd, of course, took it that way; but if we are to believe Obama, no offense was intended.
Poor baby. He's so out of the loop that he didn't know that women of America are getting on the McCain-Palin bandwagon, shouting "Read my lipstick" as their rallying cry.
lipstick response
by burghnews
OBAMA: Before we begin today, I want to say a few words about the latest made-up controversy by the John McCain campaign. What their campaign has done this morning is the same game that has made people sick and tired of politics in this country. They seize on an innocent remark, try to take it out of context, throw up an outrageous ad, because they know that it's catnip for the news media.
Some of you may have... I'm assuming you guys heard this watching the news. Right? I'm talking about John McCain's economic policies and say it's more of the same. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. And suddenly, they say, 'Oh, you must be talkin' about he governor of Alaska.'
See, it would be funny... it would be funny except... of course the news media all decided that that was the lead story yesterday... They'd much rather have the story, this is the McCain campaign, would much rather have the story about phony and foolish diversions than about the future.
This happens every election cycle. Every four years, this is what we do. We've got an energy crisis. We have education that... We have an education system that is not working for too many of our children and making us less competitive. We have an economy that is creating hardship for families all across America. We've got two wars going on, veterans coming home not being cared for. And this is what they want to talk about. This is what they want to spend two out of the last 55 days talking about.
You know who ends up losing at the end day? It's not the Democratic candidate. It's not the Republican candidate. It's you, the American people, because then we go another year, or another 4 years, or another 8 years without addressing the issues that matter to you. Enough.
I don't care what they say about me, but I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies, and phony outrage, and swift boat politics. Enough is enough.
These are serious times, and they call for a serious debate about where we need to take the nation.
It really bugs me when Obama pulls this phony stuff. Whenever he's called on something he's said or done, rather than take responsibility for it, he backs away and twists the controversy into it being about an attack on him. He becomes the victim.
For example, he wasn't responsible for sitting in that church listening to the anti-American, anti-Semitic, racist Rev. Jeremiah Wright for 20 years. No. It was wrong to bring that up.
It's wrong to talk about Obama's connections to Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko. Obama is the victim.
Now, he refuses to take acknowledge any responsibility for the way his minions have mercilessly slammed Sarah Palin. He refuses to admit any knowledge of his campaign's repeated references to Sarah Palin and lipstick.
He acts as if he's above the fray when he's in the middle of it, stirring it up.
It wasn't smart to talk about lipstick. It just wasn't smart. Fair or not, people can interpret such remarks to be about Palin. Obama should realize that. At the very least, he should take responsiblity for his poor choice of words.
He did not.
Is it really that hard for Obama to be on the stump and not mention lipstick?
Obama is trying to turn his bone-headed remark into a condemnation of Republican politics.
He's standing on shaky ground, considering that his people, his allies are working feverishly to dig up something, anything to destroy Sarah Palin.
How hypocritical!
It's especially hypocritical when official statements from the Obama campaign are questioning John McCain's honor.
Bill Burton, Obama's press secretary:
It is shameful and downright perverse for the McCain campaign to use a bill that was written to protect young children from sexual predators as a recycled and discredited political attack against a father of two young girls – a position that his friend Mitt Romney also holds. Last week, John McCain told Time magazine he couldn't define what honor was. Now we know why.
Anita Dunn, Obama aide:
Enough is enough. The McCain campaign’s attack tonight is a pathetic attempt to play the gender card about the use of a common analogy – the same analogy that Senator McCain himself used about Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s health care plan just last year. This phony lecture on gender sensitivity is the height of cynicism and lays bare the increasingly dishonorable campaign John McCain has chosen to run.
Obama's campaign, through official statements, is questioning John McCain's honor.
These statements are precisely the kind of "phony and foolish diversions" and "swift boat" politics that Obama is condemning.
Stating that John McCain doesn't know what honor is? Charging him with being dishonorable? JOHN McCAIN?
And Obama claims that he is engaging in serious debate about the issues that matter to Americans when he's trashing McCain's honor?
Note to Barack Obama: DON'T MESS WITH JOHN McCAIN'S HONOR.
Hypocrite.
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From Politico:
McCain spokesman Brian Rogers responds: “Barack Obama can’t campaign with schoolyard insults and then try to claim outrage at the tone of the campaign. His talk of new politics is as empty as his campaign trail promises, and his record of bucking his party and reaching across the aisle simply doesn’t exist.”
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