That's not change," Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said of what Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is offering.
"You know, you can put lipstick on a pig," Obama said, "but it's still a pig."
The crowd rose and applauded, some of them no doubt thinking he may have been alluding to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's ad lib during her vice presidential nomination acceptance speech last week, "What's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick."
"You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called 'change,'" Obama continued, "it's still gonna stink after eight years.
"We’ve had enough of the same old thing! It’s time to bring about real change to Washington. And that's the choice you've got in this election."
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs claims that Obama was not talking about Sarah Palin.
Yeah, right.
Here's the best part: Obama said it in Ohio.
UPDATE 9:20 PM CDT: Is there a "lipstick attack" strategy among the Democrats? Is David Axelrod whispering "Lipstick, lipstick" intp Obama and Joe Biden's ears? Earlier is the day, Joe "Remember me?" Biden had this to say about Sarah Palin: "There’s no way you can dress up that record, even with a lot of lipstick."
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Obama is fond of this particular phrase. To wit, in 2007:
ReplyDelete'I think that both General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker are capable people who have been given an impossible assignment,' Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday in a telephone interview. 'George Bush has given a mission to General Petraeus, and he has done his best to try to figure out how to put lipstick on a pig.
And so is John McCain. Speaking about Hillary Clinton....
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 plan, he said it was "eerily reminiscent" of the failed plan she offered as first lady in the 1990s.
"I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig," he said of her proposal.
And can you just imagine the uproar if Obama did anything nearly as classless as this with respect to the female Republican candidate for V.P.? My how things have changed.
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At a campaign event on Monday, a woman asked Senator McCain, "How do we beat the bitch?''
Senator McCain laughed along with the crowd as he said, "May I give the translation?''
"That's an excellent question,'' he said.
"I respect Senator Clinton. I respect anyone who gets the nomination of the Democratic Party.''
Overnight, Senator McCain said his response to the woman's comment was "appropriate", the Associated Press reported.
"She made a comment, I made light of the comment, and then I said very seriously I treated and continue to treat Senator Clinton with respect and I've said that many times,'' he said.
She's not a PIG - she's just OUTRAGIOUSLY IGNORANT!
ReplyDeleteSarah believes the world is 6,000 years old. She is against choice even in the cases of rape and incest, she asks that we "respect" her daughters "decision" BUT would see that judges are appointed that would REFUSE to allow my daughter the right to "choose." She believes the war is a challenge from "God." She SAYS "God" supports her specific choice for a pipeline in Alaska.
The woman is not STUPID she is just OUTRAGIOUSLY IGNORANT.
THANK YOU MYLEGACY!
ReplyDeleteYOU'VE CERTAINLY CHANGED MY MIND WITH YOUR IRREFUTABLE LOGIC!
And Mylegacy...
ReplyDeletelove your avant-garde spelling too!
Thanks GB: Check out my update. I believe David Axelrod unleashed "Operation Lipstick" this morning.
ReplyDeleteTime to abort mission. Commense "Operation Right-Wing Smear Machine Part 118." Blame Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, Rush Limbaugh, and all of the GOP surrogates.
I doubt that Sarah Palin is stupid or ignorant. However, we won't know until she starts answering some questions. What appears to be evident is that both she and John McCain think the American public is both ignorant and stupid. How else to explain their continuous repetition of stories about Palin, such as the assertion that she said "thanks but not thanks to the Bridge to Nowhere," despite the fact that it has been debunked my every major news organization, including one of the Republicans' favorite newspapers, The Wall Street Journal?
ReplyDeleteDid you know there are Pitbull's for Palin?
ReplyDeleteObama's rebuttal tanked magnificently today. I look forward to more stumbling by the anointed one before he is loses in November.
McCain used the exact same phrase a few months ago - the proximity to Palin's candidacy and her dramatic effect on Obama's drwoning campaign did not help.
ReplyDeleteNo big deal.
Obama's and Biden's Fannie Mae complicity and the on-going association with Ayers matters much more.
O'Reilly really pulled punches or FOX kept the real stuff in the can.
Obama should stand more inquiry on Ayers/Education Reform/the Looting of the CAC monies & etc.
A bad day all around for Obama-Biden, Skye. In fact, a bad month. T.S. Eliot said "April is the cruelest month," But Obama might disagree.
ReplyDeletePat...as I mentioned. No Rezko.
No Stroger or Jones either.
I think today Obama was great. He called the media and McCain out on their false outrage. When will McCain stop hiding behind his "pit bull" and start dealing with issues? When will his "pitbull" start answering questions (and not ones she's been primed for by Charlie)?
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