"You can put lipstick on a pig," Obama said. "It's still a pig."Not surprisingly, the GOP is trying to turn this quote into a personal attack on Palin. Apparently, the old "lipstick on a pig" remark is now taboo and off-limits simply because Palin referred to herself as a "pit-bull with lipstick."
"You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still gonna stink," Obama added. "We've had enough of the same old thing."
Obama obviously wasn't referring to Sarah Palin as a pig. Rather, it is Right-wingers like Matt Drudge who are really calling Palin a pig by taking the quote out of context and pasting it besides a Palin picture.
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Here are the talking points you should be using:
From a Chicago Tribune story of last October:
“McCain criticized Democratic contenders for offering what he called costly universal health care proposals that require too much government regulation. While he said he had not studied Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s health-care plan, he said it was ‘eerily reminiscent’ of the failed plan she offered as first lady in the early 1990s.
“‘I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig,’ he said of her proposal.”
Of course, everyone will question the timing of this remark.
Palin is currently associated with the word "lipstick" and many liberal bloggers aren't smart enough to pretend they don't think it's funny.
The crowd sure got a kick out of his remarks. But talking about different approaches to policy is always hilarious.
Obama's lip stick / pig remark ... and, Biden's unsavory children with special needs remarks show us what a couple of creeps these two candidates are. In lieu of Sarah Palin's comment about hockey moms, pit bulls and lip stick, Obama's lip stick/ pig remark was extremely demeaning. Even though I am not an Obama supporter, at least I thought he had some degree of class and sophistication. He can try to cover his tracks by saying that the lip stick remark was not directed towards Governor Palin, but anyone with half a brain knows that's exactly what he meant. I think Obama knows his campaign is in real trouble, and that's why he's stooping to such desperate, insulting and distasteful attacks. Obama is definitely not Presidential material.
howard, maybe he did mean it... but only as a play to draw an over-reaction from the Right. McCain used the remark before in reference to Hillary, does that make him un-presidential?
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