Here Comes the Smear Du Jour
As shown above, Drudge’s latest headline shouts, “OBAMA: ‘LIPSTICK ON A PIG, STILL A PIG’” beneath a photo of Sarah Palin, and links to a Politico.com story in which Obama is quoted telling a crowd of supporters, “You know you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.”
Obama was actually referring to the McCain campaign’s recent embrace of the “change” theme. But it doesn’t take Kreskin to see what’s coming: In the next several hours, an army of conservative bloggers and/or commentators will seize upon this, take it out of context, and attempt to paint Barack Obama a sexist.
To preemptively put Obama’s words back into context, here’s what Obama really said today in Lebanon, VA:
“John McCain says he’s about change too and so I guess his whole angle is ‘watch out George Bush – except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education, policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics – we’re really gonna shake things up in Washington.’ That’s not change. That’s just calling something the same thing, something different. But you know you can’t – you know you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You know you can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called ‘change,’ it’s still going to stink after 8 years. We’ve had enough of the same old thing. It’s time to bring about real change to Washington.”
What an ass$*%&. I suggest ALL WOMEN SEND OBAMA OUR LIPSTICK!!!!
Send him a message that we are voting for Palin. What a sexist PIG!!! I recall the middle finger itch by him regarding Hillary, too.
Well Obama as you say – “WORDS DO MATTER.!”
You are going to LOSE BIG TIME AMONG WOMEN.
Megan
Hillary supporter voting for Palin
September 9th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Nice try Alan,
Your guy just shot himself in both feet!
Desperation is setting it in Team Obama and you’re going to be very, very busy ’spinning’ what they say.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Bye Bye Barry. Your bloom is off your rose.
McCain/Palin ‘08 & ‘12
September 9th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Alan,
Why the hell are you defending Obama on this? Are you some kind of stooge for him?
September 9th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
What color did he use on him memoirs?
September 9th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
[...] Political Punch, Marc Ambinder, The Jawa Report, Alan Colmes’ Liberaland [...]
September 9th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
To have a democrat or a liberal whine about a slip of the tongue being called sexist, racist whatever is hee-larious. I mean really, you’ve got to be kidding here.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Take it out of context?? What context was it IN to begin with? And Alan – - you are defending it.
Surreal.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
what’s all the fuss about, he didn’t call anyone a pig? He surely didn’t mention Palin by name.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
TPS:
Get a grip. The “master of speech” Obama knew exactly the connection that would be made. When the Dems go to such lengths of personal attacks…not really the “new” type of politics Obama keeps saying he is undertaking…it is clear that they are nearly out of ammunition.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Repubs are awfully sensitive about this by these posts. Too bad, get over it. You guys love throwing mud and now when you falsly perceive a mud-pie in the face, you get all bent out of shape…bunch of moronic cry babies.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Budda:
What mud? Sling truth and we’ll get to the bottom of it. Sling mud and everyone gets hit.
Like Obama today with his lipstick and pig comment. Does this guy even think before he talks off the teleprompter? You’ve got to admit he’s self destructing.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
[...] Last but not least, Alan Colmes’ “Liberalland” writer, Josh: “… Obama was actually referring to the McCain campaign’s recent embrace of the “change” theme. But it doesn’t take Kreskin to see what’s coming: In the next several hours, an army of conservative bloggers and/or commentators will seize upon this, take it out of context, and attempt to paint Barack Obama a sexist. …” [...]
September 9th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Wrong Budda!
We Repubs are not sensitive about these posts at all!
We love it when your guys say stupid things!
Neither your bunch of bloggers nor ours will ever change the minds of the American people by posting caustic remarks on these sites. What will change hearts and minds are the what the candidates say and whether the folks believe them. Take a look at the polls! Guess which side the American people are believing.
Your candidates along with the mainstream media are spewing the most vile and personal attacks! I hope they keep it up.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Anybody who read what he said knows he was talking about McCain’s campaign. The right quickly assumes he is talking about Palin. Maybe the right subconsiously thinks Palin is a “pig with lipstick”? I mean, why else would they come to that conclusion?
September 9th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Looks like the McCain / Palin ‘truth squad’ has appeared on this blog, that’s for sure.
Idiots. Palin is a stooge for the ultra right. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
This is a nothing issue. Read the quote, see the video, it had nothing to do with Palin, who regardless of what you think of her politics, is obviously not a pig, she’s an ex beauty queen, and still very attractive, so it wouldn’t even make sense to attack her that way. And she doesn’t own the word ‘lipstick’ because of one, not very funny, joke.
I hope this is what the Obama detractors focus on, this and that he is a Muslim. Not too many people will be convinced by either, so, please – pick this up as a major issue.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Anyone who says Obama was referring to Palin is a liar. Period.
McCain said he would run an honorable campaign. Blatantly lying is not honorable.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Got some right-wing blood pressure up, didn’t I? This is a classic example of the right thinking they have something to run with yet most people realize it’s a non-issue.
Pig = pork, doesn’t it?
September 9th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
It’s a fair idiom. Of course, if Obama can continue to get the Right blogosphere to beclown itself with simple bits of verbal judo, that is to Obama’s credit.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Alan is upset he didnt’ get to call her a pig first.
Like I said as soon as I saw the first attack on her… you are destroying yourselves.. you will so sucessfully alient all normal Americans and drive them into Sarah’s arms.
Check out this, the highest rated show on Fox News, EVER:
SARAH PALIN DOCUMENTARY ON FOX NEWS IS THE HIGHEST RATED SHOW THEY’VE EVER AIRED!
AWESOME – NYTIMES.REUTERS/HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:
In a week of records surrounding the Republican National Convention, Fox News CHannel earned another one with its weekend documentary on vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
“Sarah Palin: American Woman” averaged 2.7 million viewers in its debut at 8 p.m. ET Saturday night, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday afternoon. That included 673,000 viewers in the adults 25-54 cable news demo.
Nielsen said it was the highest-rated primetime documentary ever in the 12-year history of the channel, surpassing high-rated ones recently about Barack Obama and Palin’s running mate, John McCain.AND LOTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WATCHED IT.
I BET THEY WERE POSITIVELY IMPRESSED.
SHE’S IMPRESSIVE.
AND HER EFFECT IN THE POLLS HAS BEEN GREAT!
September 9th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Vince,
Alan is upset he didnt’ get to call her a pig first.
Really? Can you point out other juvenile ad hominem attacks that Alan has perpetrated on her or others?
It doesn’t really seem like Alan’s style to call someone a ‘pig’ nor is it Obama’s.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Sarah Palin is extremely impressive. Quoting my 14 year old daughter “she is someone to look up to”.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Budda,
Wrong again! Now pay more attention this time! We so-called Rebubs and right-wingers do not have our blood pressure up. Quite the opposite. We are calm. It is you Dems and leftists that have your knickers in a bunch while watching your candidates out do each other in saying stupid things. We love it!
September 9th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Walt, I’m laughing my a** off reading these posts! And by the way, I’m not a Dem or a leftist, but then again how should I expect you to know? Now calm down and lets discuss what was actually said, not what you think was said or implied.
I’ll be back in a couple of hours. I have to go slop the hogs.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
“Really? Can you point out other juvenile ad hominem attacks that Alan has perpetrated on her or others?
It doesn’t really seem like Alan’s style to call someone a ‘pig’ nor is it Obama’s.”
I’m not your research department.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
I actually fell asleep during its presentation. Besides, can u blame the American people wanting more info on this stranger running for office?
September 9th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I’m personally quite happy to call a pig a pig, and the Palin thing has certainly earned that title long before any of us ever heard of her.
But Barack did no such thing, you complete dolts. Smells of so much desperation when you grab stuff totally out of context and feign horror at it – very similar to the ‘Obama admits he’s a muslim’ nonsense from yesterday or the day before.
If democrats are forbidden from using the word ‘lipstick’, you people should be barred from using ‘change’ – even though we know you don’t really mean it!
September 9th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Who are we kidding here. Palin’s resume would be the first one in the circular file in the real world.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Hmmm, saying something like that at this point in the game seems like bad judgement to me.
I understand some people here take a dim view of bad judgement.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Yeah, sure, Vince. We’ve all got our files cross-referenced in a thousand ways so we can instantly lay our hands on everything Alan may have ever uttered where he did or did not mention livestock.
For a man with so many facts at his fingertips, you’d certainly do your side a helluva lot more good if you could restrain yourself from chiming in with documented support for every wingnut talking point de jour, even when they are so totally ludicrous they actually subtract from the overall message.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
TPS:
Resume? Are you kidding? Sen. Obama’s resume is pretty thin, don’t you think?
September 9th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
44 Year Old (Man Or Woman) With A One Year Old That Has Down Syndrome, A 17 Year Old Pregnant Daughter–Putting Family Aside To Further Political Aspirations –In The Greed Sense Of The Word— With Or Without Lipstick—It’s Still A Pig.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
TPS…Who are we kidding here. Palin’s resume would be the first one in the circular file in the real world.
TPS…this is the real world. She is a governor. She has accomplished much in just 20 months.
She did get a pipeline going that previous govs were unable to.
She does make decisions.
Obama has not accomplishments legislatively. He has initiated no real change.
Reality is what has actually been done…not the hype of what would be done if elected.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Palin is weak from an economic standpoint weak on foreign policy I take that back she does have some experience because she lives 50 miles from Russia and half a world away from the middle east.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
She’s a joke, full stop. Left, right or middle, we all know she was 100% chosen to help the old guy win the election, 0% to be a credible President if and when he falls over.
Also on the percentage theme, the 5-year survival rate for malignant melanoma sufferers is less than 50%. How long has McCain been clear?
September 9th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
TPS..sarcasm does not make your case. Her proximity to either place is rubbish and we all know it. Stick to the facts. How is your #1 better than our #2 in economics? What civic budget has Obama approved and controlled? What cost cutting steps has he taken? What economic project has he got through red tape as the oil pipeline that Palin did?
Foreign Policy…are you sure you really want to compare our #2 with your #1? And what is the infatuation you have with the #2 position? It’s Obama vs. McCain, right? I would proffer that neither has foreign policy experience…but one would be in the hot seat immediately while the other has time to be groomed.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
give me a break .. Even Gov. Huckabee said tonight he didn’t beleive Obama was making reference to Palin with the comment. It’s only Hannity and the Ultra-Conservatives spinning this into a personal attack.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Who would have thought that field dressing a deer would be such a useful skill in the 21st century. I mean after 8 years of this guy I can’t afford to go to the grocery store, so I guess we should all take up hunting.
Why are the stinking polls so close? There is no way we can afford more of this nonsense. Lets join the rest of the rest of the world in the 21st century on 1/20/09!!
September 9th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
“Megan — Hillary supporter voting for Palin”
Hmmmm .. Hillary’s ideology VS. Sarah’s ideology ??
Megan, you must be giving your support solely based on gender as these two represent opposing views on just about every major political issue.
Hillary was talking to you when she asked “Were you in it for me? Did you really think this was all about me and not about the issues? Don’t you remember that this was all about getting the people who need help the assistance that they desperately need? Did you forget that we started down this road because we wanted to provide Americans with a hope for a better future? That we wanted to make sure the rules weren’t stacked against them? Did you think this was all about me? ”
Apparently for you and a few others it was just about getting a woman in the White House.
Pretty lame way to vote.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
This is the New kinda Politics.. Cry baby Leftist with tissue-thin record, calling mother of 5 reformer a pig.
Makes sense … what else drives an angry brittle Muslim out of his mind other than a strong woman? a pig.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
You have a brain Vincent.
Do you not realise every time you smear Obama with the Muslim thing, you automatically get popped straight in the bin for ‘right-wing loonies who can do nothing but repeat gormless smears so therefore not even worth reading’?
Maybe all you want to do is be the ‘brainy’ hero of the gormless wingbats who don’t need to be convinced to vote for the old guy anyway.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
At a rally today, Sen. McCain again asserted that Sen. Obama has requested nearly a billion in earmarks. In fact, the Illinois senator requested $311 million last year, according to the Associated Press, and none this year. In comparison, Gov. Palin has requested $750 million in her two years as governor — which the AP says is the largest per-capita request in the nation.
Palin sure is a mavrick.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Any way you want to spin it A WORLD LEADER should not ever make such a rookie mistake as to use an analogy that catagorizes his opponent as a Pig.It Is a very petty analogy, and quite frankly is intended to be taken as a double entendre. It shows a complete lack of Class, Ethics, and quite frankly intelligence.
PS- You can take these comments out of context into many different directions, but none of them are good. He should have shown much better judgement than to use such a stupid analogy.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Day 12 on the Palin watch……..still no sightings
September 9th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Obama can use that same phase about himself, he’s a flip-flopping nobody. I don’t believe he has any core beliefs or any real capability of making choices for himself.
Obama is on a non-stop streak of making bad choices, I think that he’s about to melt-down.
I don’t want to see Obama freak out, don’t get me wrong, I wish him well, but he can’t be trusted in such an important position, he hasn’t been tested, his record is full of chances that he couldn’t take to make a stand. Obama is not ready to lead.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
What’s the difference between pitbulls and Sarah Palin?
…Pitbulls don’t lie.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
[...] Alan Colmes: Obama was actually referring to the McCain campaign’s recent embrace of the “change” theme. But it doesn’t take Kreskin to see what’s coming: In the next several hours, an army of conservative bloggers and/or commentators will seize upon this, take it out of context, and attempt to paint Barack Obama a sexist. [...]
September 9th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Lipstick on a pig is a code. It was first used to describe the Iraqi war by political pundits supporting the Democratic effort. Obama pulled it out to send a code that “We will need everybody to win.” The public doesn’t know the whole story behind the rise of Obama. They were using ideas that came to them that they never properly credited or truly appreciated. Given the events of the last few weeks, it’s clear Obama’s team is failing. They can’t respond to Palin. Lipstick on a pig is a call to action. It acknowledges that someone had some good ideas and they need help. It’s like a call to “Batman.” The Democratic Karl Rove is listening and willing to help; but not for free. I want credit for what I’ve done. America will be shocked at all that has happened. By the grace of God, one person can make a difference if he is spied on.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
“Do you not realise every time you smear Obama with the Muslim thing, you automatically get popped straight in the bin for ‘right-wing loonies who can do nothing but repeat gormless smears so therefore not even worth reading’?”
Since when are any of you worried about someone being smeared? I dont think you’re sincere.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Erica, you are willfully ignorant.. why parade it? Obama referrred to McCain’s new meme of ‘change’ as lipstick on a pig – he’s promising more of the same and calling it ‘change’. No mention of the Palin woman – the fact that she made a lipstick joke last week makes Obama’s use of it funny and nothing else.
Anyway – if she’s happy to characterise herself as a pitbull, why would it be so very hateful to say “No, you’re a pig.”? I believe we are closer to pigs in an evolutionary, oh sorry, Intelligent Design(TM) sense anyway.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
For Christ’s sake, get a life, Vince. Join a club or something.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Vince,
There is another point to argue. Calling Obama a Muslim is not a ’smear’ it is a lie. A smear is when you say something untrue AND bad, and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim.
So it was unfair to say you are smearing Obama when you call him a Muslim, you are merely fibbing (or to be a bit less aggressive, maybe you are only thoroughly misinformed on the issue, you don’t strike me as a liar)
September 9th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Hey Bill:
“Day 12 and no Palin sightings”….?
Have you seen the huge crowds of real people that are greeting Sen McCain and the Gov. on the campaign trail?
Oh I get it… you expect her to appear on some network news show…. like the ones that pulled out all the stops to smear her?
You Obama fans are in serious trouble and you know it!
September 9th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Enjoy the Palin SURGE for now.
McCain/Palin will choke in the debates. Neither will be able to hide from the issues at that point. The day of reckoning is approaching.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
“You can put lipstick on a pig,” he said as the crowd cheered. “It’s still a pig.”
“You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It’s still gonna stink.”
Does anyone actually believe this wasn’t planned in advanced? It’s offensive and the point is to generate deniable outrage to hijack the narrative and put his own spin on the last news cycle. The media are carrying his water big time.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
NO McCain…McCain/Palin will choke in the debates. Neither will be able to hide from the issues at that point. The day of reckoning is approaching.
You are 100% right!!! You can’t hide from the issues…Obama without a teleprompter will be the one who chokes…Biden will undoubtedly say something stupid as well. It’ll be fun to watch.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
“Vince,
There is another point to argue. Calling Obama a Muslim is not a ’smear’ it is a lie. A smear is when you say something untrue AND bad, and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim.”
He was born a Muslim, raised a Muslim and just admiteted to be a Muslim.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
OK, Vince, we’ve given you the benefit of the doubt for long enough. You are either just another RW moron or you are a shameless liar.
“He was born a Muslim, raised a Muslim and just admiteted to be a Muslim.”
No further correspondence will be entered into – you just ain’t worth it.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
During one of their multiple drunken binges years ago, I’d guess it wasn’t unusual for either McCain or Bush to don a lampshade and lipstick and become the life of the party.
You can put lipstick on a McCain, but he’s still a Bush.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Penumbra
September 10th, 2008 at 12:05 am
McCain used this same “lipstick on a pig” phrase earlier this year, referring to Hillary Clinton’s policies. Now, I don’t think McCain was calling Hillary a pig – he was criticizing her policies. Plus, Obama’s been using this same phrase on the trail before Palin even entered the race (and he was specifically talking about John McCain and his policies in this video – no mention of Sarah Palin). Even Mike Huckabee said this is all much ado about nothing. Let’s all grow up, people.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:09 am
As a member of the international community looking on the presidential race I’ve come to a few assumptions about the decisions americans make when they want to vote:
1. Service is next to Cleanliness….
Why is it such a big deal for a presidential candidate to have served in the army. Does it make you more qualified?
2. Never take time to think out your vote…
Im pretty sure that the approval rating for George W Bush is one of the lowest in history. How can a smart american vote for John Mccain. THE POLICIES WILL BE THE SAME. But I guess in the end of the day you guys will suffer.
All this aside there is OBVIOUSLY no correlation with Barack’s comments and Sarah Palin. It would be impossible to convince certain people.
Mccain has a good chance to win if this lying and hypocracy on the republican’s part continues.
I hope Barack wins….remember this also America…
IF IT WERE A WORLDWIDE VOTE BARACK WOULD WIN BY A LANDSLIDE AND A HALF!!!!!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:12 am
I guess Senator Obama has lost the reactionary Avon retailer vote?
September 10th, 2008 at 12:13 am
If you listen to the whole speech, Obama is speaking about McCains policies and explaning how they are not “change” at all. Then he says “if you put lipstick on a pig”- i.e. the pig being the policies. He clearly wasn’t calling Sarah a pig. How silly everyone is being!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:16 am
After reading thousands of posts on numerous blogs, it seems the Obama campaign is still not getting it. Or they don’t want to get it. I have scrutinized the McCain campaign’s efforts to belittle and demean this nation’s first black presidential candidate from the get-go. Doesn’t everybody see that the selection of Sarah Palin is NOT about gender, but about RACE? The McCain advisers knew that Obama would be unable to attack a white woman without being perceived by most of the white electorate, yes including Democrats, as a “bad black man”, “attacking” a vulnerable white female. Unfortunately, this carries not only racial but sexual connotations with it. Not long ago, a black man could be lynched for even talking to a white woman much less insulting her with “lipstick” jokes including the word pig. If the Obama camp doesn’t realize what is happening here until it is too late, they NOT ONLY WILL LOSE BUT PERHAPS START A CIVIL WAR. Our HISTORIC unwillingness as a nation to openly and candidly address the issues of race make it virtually impossible to elect a black president in the near future. Hillary and Bill knew this, they toyed around with this issue in the primaries and many of Hillary’s supporters will not vote for Obama. Not because of feminism, BECAUSE HE’S BLACK! Dirty little secret. Now many refuse to accept this reality. Or face up to the challenges we have as a nation when it comes to discrimination, racial and religious. Heck, the only reason Romney didn’t get the Republican nomination is because he’s a Mormon. Are we all idiots? If Romney was an Episcopalian, McCain would not have stood a chance. The media has touched on this in the most delicate of ways and actually has taken pot shots at Obama insinuating he is a Muslim and attempting to paint Obama as nothing more than a STEP-AND-FETCH-IT, cartoon like character out of Amos and Andy. Worst thing of all, Obama has permitted it. I had high hopes and aspirations for Obama when he finally wrestled the nomination away from the Clintons. This country would finally be on the path to becoming a nation of EQUALITY not just in word but in deed. It didn’t happen. I fear this presidential election will inevitably slide completely into the politcal sewer before November. Obama may have wanted to bring us all together with his candidacy, but it may also tear this nation apart. The only question left to answer is if Obama is willing to go to the mat, not just so he wins, but so the racism that is still so rampant and rabid in America is finally forced to throw in the towel. After all is said and done, IT’S ALL ABOUT RACE FOLKS!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Attempts to defend Obama’s comments uniformly miss the point. Is it possible that he innocently did not foresee how his remarks would be taken? Sure it’s possible, but that’s really no defense. It’s not, because the reaction from his audience was immediate and unmistakable, and at that moment he certainly realized how his words had been interpreted, whether they were intentional or not. That obviously called for an immediate and forthright apology. Instead, he went with the flow of audience approval, letting their interpretation ride as a sort of free cheap shot at Palin. That’s what is beyond excuse, and that’s what earns him ownership of the moment.
Love it and live it, Obie. This one is going to cost you plenty.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Good grief, Alan – Mike Barnicle writes for the Huffington Post for crying out loud! How can you possibly say that Mike Barnicle is not a liberal??
Do your homework.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Jersey Jeff,
The polls are close because Obama isn’t a good candidate, is clueless, is a poor public speaker and has no plausible ideas.
That’s why he will lose to me.
Thank You for your support
September 10th, 2008 at 12:25 am
I retract my correction.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Amen,thank god the idiot,clown lynch mob on this site Sept.1 are gone,although I see a few stragglers.66 of those stinkin,goat smellin,water head,skin head,split tails give me the crabs,lucky to catch it before the computer crashed.Alan did you tell Karl Rove I said what’s up…BTW got some CHANGE.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:28 am
You people would do anything to steal another election. Twist things around, if you think Obama was talking about that cow directly you are quite simply…an idiot!
When I say cow I only say it in the nicest of terms.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:32 am
ANYONE who asserts that Senator Obama’s comment was a sexist remark is grasping at straws, and will continue to rant and rave about non-issues like this because of the total lack of ideas and leadership from the Bush/McCain team. These people are going to slam Senator Obama, no matter what he says and attempt to twist his words. They take their walking orders from the likes of Rove (who is now an advisor to McCain), impervious to logic, reason or facts.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Oh, and the guy who says he was going to pray for Alan is an idiot too. Saying “i will pray for you” is about the most offensive thing you can say to somebody.
The chimp said once “the nicest thing you can do for another person is to pray for them”. THE NICEST THING SOMEONE CAN DO FOR ANOTHER PERSON IS TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.
By the way her voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard
September 10th, 2008 at 12:35 am
The election will be won because I am the better candidate. Nothing need be stolen, when it can be won simply because McCain is the better candidate regarding the war, economy, aliens and energy.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:39 am
HEY TCNY, great news about Rove. GOD help us if that dough head is involved with rigging another election!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:41 am
This is why I am so sick of politics. You can’t fart without it being reported. I’m not an Obama fan and there is no way in hell I’m voting for McCain, but for f*ck sakes, he said:“John McCain says he’s about change too and so I guess his whole angle is ‘watch out George Bush”
See the name up there? JOHN MCCAIN. Not Palin. Jesus Christ, you’re morons….
September 10th, 2008 at 12:48 am
John McKee
Are you intentionally Ignorant? At no point did I say that he called Sarah Palin A Pig. She is not his opponent. I find his Analogy innapropriate because it can be misconstrued so easily. As it has been, and He should be forseen that. Rookie Mistake.
I agree completely with Byron at 12:21 statements.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:56 am
JerseyJeff:
Do you read the tripe that you write? Are you still whining about Florida 2000? Stealing elections? Check the facts: Even the Bush loving New York Times conducted a recount. Gore lost. Get over it!
You are so full of hatred that you are incapable of an honest debate.
I’m curious… why do you and many of your ilk have to resort to foul language and personal attacks instead of discussing the issues? Is it because your ideas cannot win in the arena of ideas?
September 10th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Well I’m back from sloppin’ the Hogs; so whats the latest on all this pig poop?
September 10th, 2008 at 1:02 am
“Well I’m back from sloppin’ the Hogs; so whats the latest on all this pig poop?”
Just more of the usual radical right-ass crap.
But, hey, it’s no problem. Every word they spit just hardens my position.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:37 am
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html
“Correction: In our original story, we incorrectly said that a few of the claims we examine here were included in the e-mail by Anne Kilkenny. Only one of the claims – about the librarian’s firing – was similar to an item in that e-mail. We regret the error. We are sending this corrected summary and links to the story to all readers on our e-mail list. We also have revised the story’s section dealing with accusations that Palin wanted to ban books from Wasilla’s library to include more detail about what transpired at the time.”
September 10th, 2008 at 2:15 am
Ladies and gentleman, I am going to admit up front that I am a Republican and will be voting for MCcain/Palin. But my wife is a flaming Democrat and has been a HUGE Obama fan,and I love her with every breath. You see we can get along. But, when she saw the video and heard what he said, her mouthed dropped and after a minute she said “I can’t vote for a man who says those types of things about women!”. She’s pretty upset about it. Of course I’m laughing my ass off inside. But what I’m getting to is that even someone like her, a dedicated Dem., found it offensive because of her PERCEPTION of what Obama said. I think people need to realize that percetion does not always equal truth. Most people on this board are just like her and I. We are totally in opposite corners. So perception on this one from here, because of my wife, does not look well for Obama. Just my 2 cents.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:50 am
After reading most of the post here I can see why we suffered through 8 years of g. bush. You people are a bunch of morons. What he said had nothing to do with Palin. Read the entire quote you brain dead repuglicants. Now failin Palin has refered to Obama (our next president) as a monkey!
September 10th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Now pitbulls are annoyed at being compared to Palin:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/pitbull-owners-blast-pali_b_124692.html
And as for Obama calling Palin a pig- did any of you people bother to read/listen to what he actually said or do you just jump when the big daddymen tell you to? And do you think they will let her do anything if they are elected, or will she have to step down due to “family issues”? Just asking.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:04 am
WOW!! It appears that the RIGHT-WING is definitely slobbering at the mouths!! Are you guys kidding me? You all sound like a bunch of wimps!! During the RNC, the sarcastic, cut-throat remarks, made by EVERY SINGLE SPEAKER really worked you guys and gals up!! Not only that, the Democrats had absolutely no comeback! I’m loving this! It reminds me of Jack Johnson versus John Jeffries in 1910, the entire nation was polarized on racial lines, blacks and every other minority behind Johnson, and whites betting the farms on Jeffries! Here’s the kicker, EVERYBODY so worked up for a fight, that they are jumping at EVERYTHING, even if its something as simple as a pig wearing lipstick, the equivalent of a rose by any other name….I really hope I don’t have to spell the rest of that out for you idiots, and when I say idiots, i’m referring to both parties!! As I seem to recall, McCain actually said he wanted to run a gentleman’s campaign, without all the smears, and then..low and behold! he sucker punches the entire Democratic Party! Now, the Democrats, still woozy from getting hit with a low blow, (and yes, they fell for the oldest trick in the book, you know, reach out and shake your enemies and hand with one hand, and slap him with the other! who falls for that??) are trying to muster up a little spunk to fight back, they’d better get new speech writers! This is a fantastic race to the finish line, I hate it for the side that loses!
September 10th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Oh Alan, youre so funny sometimes. Like how you are make write this: “take it out of context, and attempt to paint Barack Obama a sexist.
”
No, we will simply explain to voters that Obama made the comment he made. It speaks for itself since Palin is the big talk, a woman, in the news for being insulted by the left, and Obama says this.
The only question is was it said, jes or not?
Wanting to know what was said, this is a smear?
Things Bill Mahr said the past 10 days about Gov Palin are not a smear?
September 10th, 2008 at 3:16 am
“I’m loving this! It reminds me of Jack Johnson versus John Jeffries in 1910, the entire nation was polarized ”
I must have missed this back in 1910, we didnt have internet. those were the days, a penny then was about like 11 bits today. Oh how I miss the Sasparella and the Balsam Specific…
September 10th, 2008 at 3:22 am
OMG!! Did she actually say “monkey see monkey do?” I wonder what the reaction will be????? this is fantastic! I’m sure the republicans will say she did nothing wrong, and the democrats will have to just sit back and take it!! I wonder who has bigger cahoonas!!! Palin, or McCain!
September 10th, 2008 at 3:26 am
lol… you said monkey.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:29 am
TELLITLIKEITIS:
Explain to me exactly how McCain sucker punched the entire Democratic Party? By choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate? And what was the low blow? The same?
And when did the Democrats decide to reach out and shake the Republicans hands? Was it when Biden used his speech to knock McCain. Or when Obama used a third of his speech to knock McCain?
Are you for real?
September 10th, 2008 at 3:36 am
I think Obama said it in a way that would seem to be about McCain but that he also seen the opportunity to make a jab at Palin. Look how he got a standing ovation over this remark.
I say keep it up. Give the American people more of this stuff. Your falling fast!
Who Am I?
I am under 45 years old,
I love the outdoors,
I hunt,
I am a Republican reformer,
I have taken on the Republican Party establishment,
I have many children,
I have a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than two years in the governor’s office.
Have you ever heard of me before now?
I am Teddy Roosevelt.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:40 am
“0bama didn’t even know what he was saying, he was just reading a script…”
This from Governor Podunk.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:54 am
mickey,
are you for real? did you even watch the RNC? As far as the as the DNC goes, it was relatively mild, nothing extremely harsh, very mild criticism, and the RNC literally unleashed the hounds! or at least one with lipstick! The comments some of those guys and gals made were absolutely scathing…I laughed my ass off! The handshake came when McCain actually suggested a gentlemans campaign, and then…shall I say again,..unleashed the hounds. Up until that point, the campaigning was pretty civil between McCain and Obama, BUT WAIT!! Dont cry just yet Mickey! the dems are still pretty lame! I mean, those weak comebacks are a joke in themselves!!
I do have an observation, what original thought has McCain had? I clearly remember Obama running on the change ticket, and at least a third of McCain attack ads are things that other people said about Obama, I’d like to see more originality out of both sides, McCain should talk about Obama’s stammering, hell it takes him 5 minutes to make a point!! HE RUINS THE PUNCHLINE!! I am really ready to see the dems and republicans go at it full throttle!
Vince P,
thanks for clearing that monkey thing up, it was in quotation marks so I wondered if it had some truth to it, but that sure as hell would have been a good one!
correction up top..”JIM JEFFRIES”
September 10th, 2008 at 4:11 am
I was watching TV when Obama said “LIPSTICK ON A PIG STILL A PIG”. He meant the change thing but it was a good way to put it in the democrats head. That guy is smart and dosen’t say anthing without knowing exactly what he is doing.
September 10th, 2008 at 6:50 am
news flash folks! just saw a news clip on the today show of john mccain giving a campaign speech, i believe they said it was last aug or sept. the speech was in reference to hillary clinton’s health care plan, and guess what he said:” YOU Can PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG AND IT’S STILL A PIG”. now i ask you, was THAT a sexist remark?? was that aimed at hillary clinton? i sincerely doubt it.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:38 am
dennis, just read your previous post. guess your wife won’t be voting for mccain EITHER, since he said the same thing in reference to hillary!!
September 10th, 2008 at 7:43 am
Sorry Susan he (McCain) has said that before but never in reference to Hillary. Get your facts right!!
September 10th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Ridiculous Alan. YOU KNOW what he was referring to and it was Sarah Palin (Hockey Mom Pitbull Lipstick). Don’t be ridiculous……
September 10th, 2008 at 8:07 am
sorry working mom, get your facts right. obama said in reference to change, mccain said in reference to hillary’s health care plan. do i personally believe that either was sexist NO, because i’am not that illogical.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:10 am
come on ladies! if we want to get emotional about something let’s get emotional about john m’s first wife who he left high and dry after she waited for him for five years when he was a pow.or should we look at that as don rumsfeld used to say ” STUFF HAPPENS “.speaking of don where is he?????
September 10th, 2008 at 8:18 am
monkey see monkey do!i missed that one. well that’s rather illogical too. thought sp didn’t believe in evolution. if that’s the case how could obama have monkeys as relatives??!!now tell me folks do we really believe that she MEANT he was a monkey. for heaven’s stake stop taking everything as LITERAL!!!
September 10th, 2008 at 8:32 am
In other words….”Yeah Let’s just dismiss Obama’s words…. He is Liberal after all. We dismissed everthing that was said or proved about Bill Clinton. Why shouldn’t we do the same for Obama?”…
September 10th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Why is it ok for McCain to to say the exact same thing about Mrs. Clinton? Check out this you tube video before you right wing hypocrites try to lynch Obama. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/10/11235/8467/889/593049
September 10th, 2008 at 8:55 am
i think we should dismiss sp’s ” monkey see monkey do”, obama’s ” lipstick on a pig”, as well as mccain “lipstick on a pig” remark. It’s not whether someone is liberal or conservative, it’s about taking the attention away the REAL issues. we’ve got an ever increasing national debt etc. and i don’t know aboutyou guys but i don’t feel like going BELLY UP! i’am voting for WHOEVER i think can fix this mess. stop talking about pigs, monkeys and pitbulls move on to the ISSUES!!!!!
September 10th, 2008 at 9:02 am
susan march
Sorry Susan I didn’t see a news clip i saw it live. So don’t tell me he didn’t know what he was doing he is to smart for that. Even the audience behind him started cheering before he finished. They knew what he was doing too.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Idiot conservatives. McCain said the EXACT SAME THING about Hillary during the primaries. It only counts if a Dem does it right, you jackasses…
September 10th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Mccain is hidding behing a pig’s skirt.He likes sniffing but gets offended for being called a pig.What do you call a dog sniffing on another dog? A DOG! What is wrong with a pig anyway?
September 10th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Alan,
2 things you can’t say or question palin or maccain for several reasons.
1- republicans are above the law
2- palin is not just a repiblican but also a woman (hello)?
3- they are both mavericks
4- he is a war hero
5- the war in iraq: obama says come home within 16 months = defeat. maccain says it =victory and honor.
6- and did maccain mention that the surge succeded?
We must pack our bags and go home, why bother fighting this “war” after all just like maccain’s daughter said “nobody knows war better than my family,period.
September 10th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Boy, the GOP sure is sensitive. We have to tiptoe and be really politically correct when we trot out aphorisms that have been around for DECADES.
I’m sure glad we have right-wingers like Rush Limbaugh, Mike Savage, Bill O’Reilly, (m)Ann Coulter, etc., to teach us about speaking civilly and respectfully to one another, instead of looking desperately for veiled insults, and creating some where none exist.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Posted by CarepiNj
“surge success” = propaganda = Sarah Palin = election = Republicans dirty politics. Q_Q
September 10th, 2008 at 11:08 am
[...] put some lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” I don’t recall Democrats going crazy with accusations that John McCain was taking a sexist swipe at Hillary [...]
September 10th, 2008 at 11:11 am
working mom, are you implying that obama IS intelligent enough to know what he was saying, and john mccain is TOO stupid to know what he was saying when he made the identical remark??!! equally inane, are we now to believe the sp didn’t know what she was saying when she stated “monkey say monkey do.”as i said in an earlier post i’am voting for WHOEVER can clean up the mess in this country, IF we EVER get to the real issues.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Alan really needs to get some perspective away from fox news. Not one word on this page about the McCain ad claiming obama wants kids to learn sex before they learn to read. You’re becoming part of the problem, Alan.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Good morning Susan March, I just read your post back to me and you are right, my wife will not be voting for MCcain but not because of what you think he said about Hillary. She is just a loyal Dem and thats ok. But she will also NOT be voting for Obama because of how she took his comments. My point above was about perception. If she saw it that way, I’m sure some independent woman saw it that way. It’s all in the way they perceive what he said. Either way he lost her vote and may have lost others because of perception.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Not voting for Obama? Your wife doesn’t sound like a loyal democrat to me. But then I don’t claim loyalty to either party.
Dennis, I think both sides LOOK for slights, but the Republicans have been howling and whining a lot more, and a lot more ridiculously, than the democrats.
Republicans never used to be so weenie, you know? Why does Sarah Palin own the monopoly on use of the word “lipstick” as it’s applied to animals? Ridiculous.
To be fair, we all remember her lipstick comment because it was a cute, funny joke in her acceptance speech, about how she was a pit bull, or a dog in lipstick.
Is that going to make her any more savvy about foreign policy? Not really.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
susan march,
I think you better look at the whole video and you will find McCain was quite spacific about the pig with lipstick. What he said was THE NEW HEALCARE PLAN OF HILLARY’S is like “LIPSTICK ON A PIG IS STILL A PIG”.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Sarah, my wife is loyal, just not blindly loyal like some. Sorry to say for my wife but it appears that this may hurt Obama. You and I are in opposite corners but as you can see we can have civil disagreement. I will never agree with you and you will never agree with me. But the bashing and somtimes hatred that flies between Dems and Rep. is not constructive for ANYONE. We all want what we believe is the best for OUR country. You have to admit that ever since Sarah Palin was chosen the media and political frenzy have been unpresidented on both sides. I think, as I hope you do, that we can go back to the issues so that we can all decide what we what, off of positions and not personnallity. Have a good day. Dennis
September 10th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Well, if people think the Pig remark was aimed at Palin, then the old stinky fish must be McCain.
That’s so unfair…to the fish.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Dennis:
“You and I are in opposite corners but as you can see we can have civil disagreement. I will never agree with you and you will never agree with me. But the bashing and somtimes hatred that flies between Dems and Rep. is not constructive for ANYONE.”
I’m totally “for” civil disagreement, and I could hug you for the “bashing and hatred” observation. But I respectfully disagree with your assertion that the two camps will NEVER agree.
Clinton reformed welfare. Did the ultra-liberals like it? Nope, it was too much. Did the ultra-conservatives like it? Nope, it was not enough.
But the vast spectrum of moderates in between saw hope and progress. As did quite a few former welfare recipients.
“Compromise” needs to be embraced as it effects positive change for the majority of Americans.
You know, one thing troubles me. It’s the assertion that “Republicans want EVERYONE to be rich.”
Not everyone wants to be rich.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
working mom: if you listen to obama’s speech you will also discover that he went on to say how you can’t just reinvent yourself, so any literate individual would assume that the comment was in reference to that subject. simply because the statement was not immediately followed by the reinvent yourself comment, most people could follow that. i know it’s difficult to walk and chew gum!!
September 10th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Susan March,
You might just want to save your time & effort and stop fighting a battle you’ll never win: getting conservatives to think in a rationale, logical way.
It will never happen; their delusional world, for whatever reason, is very appealing to them!
September 10th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
susan march,
Like I said before if you watch to whole video you will find the aundience got what he was trying to say before he even finished and there is no way anyone can change that. He is to smart to make a mistake like that.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
This whole argument is boring. The logic of him calling an obviously very attractive woman a ‘pig’ escapes me.
As Wayne and Garth would say:
She’s a fox. In French she would be called “la renarde” and she would be hunted with only her cunning to protect her.
She’s a robo-babe. In Latin she would be called “babia majora”.
If she were a president she would be Baberaham Lincoln.
So let’s all move on, please, pretty please, pretty please with sugar on top. Go back to calling Obama a Muslim or something…. Here, I’ll start it..
That darn Obama, he sure has a Muslim sounding name. I bet he is one of them Marxist Muslims who goes to a racist Christian church.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Why are the Democrats S I L E N T about Fannie Mae?
September 10th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Um Cara,
I never believed that Obama was a muslim and even if he is what difference does that make. One of our rights as americans is religion isn’t it?
September 10th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
[...] for the Obama campaign for fighting back and for not apologizing for what a totally invented [...]
September 10th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
working mom, get this i know this is DEEP. He didn’t make a mistake, he was talking about change, just like mccain was talking about hc’s health care. do i think that either one is sexist, NO! you assume that the audience was laughing because he was making fun of someone,possibly that’s paranoia on your part. i don’t know about anyone else but the vision of lipstick on a fish amuses the hell out of me!!
September 10th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Working Mom,
I was teasing (hopefully in a friendly enough way) Vince and a few other regular posters. But yes, I agree with your statement.
And Vince,
Fannie Mae is absolutely a more relevant topic than pigs. I personally haven’t commented on it much because I don’t know nearly enough about it, but would like to know more. I am amazed that not no one is talking about it. It isn’t only Democrats who are silent about it, none of the cable news shows are talking about it either, including Fox (which can hardly be called a mouthpiece of the Democrats).
We are talking about half of mortgage debt in the U.S.! It is a big deal, everyone should be talking about it more.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Sarah, My wife and I are examples of how this really can work. We have 2 great kids, 1 dem the other rep., and 2 wonderful grand children. We actually like having 2 opposite view points and through respect and compromise we use the best ideas from both camps. I am not always right and neither is she but when we put our ideas forth we BOTH win. To us we believe that is how this 2 party system is supposed to work. We let our egos go along time ago and realized we, just like dems and reps, have a common goal and being closed minded to each others ideas do NOTHING but hinder the best possible outcome. We pray for the best in America and hope for the best for ALL Americans. Someday this partisanship that tears us apart has got to stop for the benefit of us all. Right now it’s nothing but distructive. Have a good one. Dennis
September 10th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
The bottom line is independents are swinging to the right DAILY, so keep up the slander and the comments. They are helping the cause.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Alan, you missed the point. Most of us took the lipstick comment as being aimed against Governor Palin. The message may not have been sent that it was against her, but it sure sounded to us that it was a direct attack. A simple “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it the way many people took it. It was about _____” would have been sufficient. Senator Obama did not immediately apologize. If Senator McCain had made a joke that could have been interpreted as anti-black, the media firestorm would have been unstoppable. Remember the McCaka comment by a Republican Senator?
September 10th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Its plain and simple, Gov Palin owned the lipstick on a pitbull remark.
saying lipstick on a pig was meant for her, but used in a way talking about something else.
its like when Obama/Hillary were going at it and Obama was at a rally, mentioned Hillary or what she had recently said and then make the f*you gesture with the center finger extended to scratch his jaw. and the audience burst into laughter and cheer. but why? because they noticed and knew what it meant. Maybe some primitive jungle tribe person who never left the jungle may not know the significance of what extending the center finger by itself in the well known f*you flip off gesture means. But you claim Obama attended Harvard and Columbia? and worked to get people who disagree with each other to some common cause? he should know about flipping someone off.
but NO, it wasnt flipping off Hillary! you libs claimed, Obama didnt even realize it. oh but wait the crowd cheered it, didnt they? well we are liberals lets lie about that one and ignore what happened.
and then Obama says lipstick on a pig, just a few dozen hours after Gov Palin says lipstick on a pitbull referring to herself somehow; lipstick on (an animal)
Obama thinks so carefully about even easy answers (making him a phoney), but it comes down to this:
If he meant Palin *is* a pig? Then dont apologize for it.
If he meant to say the pig/lipstick remark that rural folks from the country sometimes say (but wait Obama is a big city snob) then within hours an apology could have been viable. if he apologizes now, he looks like he meant she was a pig but under pressure is giving in, again. Its win win for the GOP.
September 11th, 2008 at 5:05 am
Obama’s audience knew what he was saying. After his ill-timed remark they started laughing and chanting: “No more pit bull!”
September 11th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Commonsense: “Sarah Palin is extremely impressive. Quoting my 14 year old daughter “she is someone to look up to”.”
Great, then you can look forward to your daughter’s pregnancy within the next 3 years!
September 11th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
“Someday this partisanship that tears us apart has got to stop for the benefit of us all. Right now it’s nothing but distructive. Have a good one.”
Posted by Dennis
September 10th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I’m still troubled your wife has taken this one out-of-context byte as her reason for not voting for Obama, rather than choosing a meatier issue to disagree with. But your post is brilliant.
I pulled out your quote above, though, because it’s a sentiment that the GOP absolutely does NOT embrace. Check out the other thread where we talk about the Fairness Doctrine.
I do have to hand it to today’s conservatives, though. The neocons tell them what to believe, and by god, they believe it to the death.
The death of the country, that is.
September 11th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I do have to hand it to today’s conservatives, though. The neocons tell them what to believe, and by god, they believe it to the death.
Sarah youve got this reversed, its how the liberals operate. they/you dont need any facts, just the allegation. and you believe anything youre told.
If the left had any integrity you would fact check the allegations and require the truth. but when you lefties smear and lie, its just part of the game for you.
September 11th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Sarah, You as a loyal member of your party see’s his comments as out-of-context but alot of people do not. She may be a Democrat but she is first a woman and she see’s that her party is doing some pretty nasty things to Palin. Remember what I said about honesty? You and I have had a good exchange but your partisanship does show. BOTH parties are equally at fault when it comes to their attacks, not just the Republicans. The sooner people like you and I fess up to that truth the faster this can be resolved. Have a good day
September 11th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
It’s highly ridiculous that the Rethuglicans are now trying to commandeer the english language. “Lipstick on a pig” is a common idiomatic expression and has been used by not only John McCain, but also Dick “compu-heart” Cheney. Was Palin referring to herself as a dog/b*tch when she made the now infamous comparison between hockey moms and a canine? Rethuglicans had better go back to the drawing board on this one. They don’t own a patent on the word “Lipstick”. if so, somebody better call Loreal, Covergirl, and MAC cosmetics!
September 11th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Alan, They did the same thing with rev. Wright’s sermons.Indeed the rev.sounded offensive but he was saying things that patriotic americans don’t want to hear.And exccept for the AIDS comments there were some truths in his sermons.To be real patriots, we have to celebrate our success and be reminded our failure.By the way woman use sexism when it benefits them .
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September 13th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Alan, when will you stop smoking stuff that is not legally for sale at the local convenience store. Your buddy, B. Hussein Obama is a terrorist that hates the USA, and you know it! Get a grip, quit lying!
October 11th, 2008 at 12:14 am