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Obama: Lipstick on a Pig (Did he just call Sarah Palin a pig and a stinky fish?)
Politico ^ | Tuesday, September 9, 2008 | Ben Smith

Posted on 09/09/2008 3:36:33 PM PDT by kristinn

Amie Parnes reports from Lebanon, VA:

Obama poked fun of McCain and Palin's new "change" mantra.

"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."

"We've had enough of the same old thing."

The crowd apparently took the "lipstick" line as a reference to Palin, who described the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull in a single word: "lipstick."


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To: ItsForTheChildren

LOLOLOLOLOLO


1,201 posted on 09/09/2008 8:38:01 PM PDT by Taffini (Mr. Pippin and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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To: Scotswife

He’s really rattled.

It is clear that snObama has that “moose in the headlights look” right now.


1,202 posted on 09/09/2008 8:38:51 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

He probably meant “weekend” candidate since he was appointed during a Senate recess.


1,203 posted on 09/09/2008 8:39:02 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Lord please bless our nation with John McCain as president and Sarah Palin as Vice President! Amen.)
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To: Fudd Fan

Definitely black urban pronunciation.


1,204 posted on 09/09/2008 8:39:06 PM PDT by Palladin (Hello!! The Grand Old Party is BACK!!!)
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To: All

To think Obama didn’t know EXACTLY what he was saying and EXACTLY how his minions would react is giving WAY too much credit to this piece of human garbage. Buck Ofama...


1,205 posted on 09/09/2008 8:39:32 PM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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To: doug from upland

LOLOLOLOLOO.....LOLOOLOLLLOLLLLL


1,206 posted on 09/09/2008 8:39:55 PM PDT by Taffini (Mr. Pippin and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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To: kristinn

Map for historians looking for the beginning of the end

1,207 posted on 09/09/2008 8:40:37 PM PDT by vamoose
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To: AFPhys

“He’s really rattled.

It is clear that snObama has that “moose in the headlights look” right now.”

And Sarah can smell Moose fear.


1,208 posted on 09/09/2008 8:41:35 PM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Taffini
2,150 comments on the Politico website re: Piggate.

This thing's gone viral. The donkey's out of the barn.

Barry, we hardly knew you...

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Obama_Lipstick_on_a_pig.html?showall

1,209 posted on 09/09/2008 8:41:49 PM PDT by tnvol01 ("...answering that question w/ specificity uh, you know, is, is, uh above my pay grade.")
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To: jveritas
I do not think this will backfire at all against Obama but it will for sure backfire on our side if we keep pushing it. A hype of emotions and anger on our side of the internet or talk radio means absolutely nothing in the real world. When your emotions will subdue you will realize that it is wrong to go after Obama on this non story. You cannot stop politicians from the opposing side to use the very common expression lipstick on a pig� just because our Sarah Palin mentioned lipstick and pitbull� in her RNC speech. It is really stupid and sound like a lot of whining.

The Democrats are flailing. While they are flailing its a good idea to give them more and more to flail at. No matter what it is.

They are seriously off message and out of focus. In fact, they are running around as if they had lost their freaking minds. They are in poo flinging mode so might as well keep handing them buckets of it.
1,210 posted on 09/09/2008 8:42:14 PM PDT by Arkinsaw
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To: Doogle
DING Ding ding....we have a winner....

"Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia, you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention"

Think about it....

Obama collected millions of dollars from Soros, Chicoms, Euroweenies, assorted islamics and the Chicago mafia.....which was supposed to buy influence when Obama entered the White House.

How he can't deliver....

Some very nasty angry people will want a full refund.

1,211 posted on 09/09/2008 8:42:36 PM PDT by spokeshave (Obama wants to kill babies and raise taxes, Sarah wants to raise babies and kill taxes (also moose))
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To: vamoose

Right—he’s halfway between Shiloh and Appomattox!


1,212 posted on 09/09/2008 8:42:46 PM PDT by Palladin (Hello!! The Grand Old Party is BACK!!!)
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To: MOgirl

No problem MOgirl,

I tend to overexplain things when I have a point I want to get across.

Sometimes I have to take a step back and think about if I really want to go there, and you know what I mean. LOL


1,213 posted on 09/09/2008 8:42:53 PM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: Nik Naym

The intro to his statement, about all the things that will be the same, was in a political cartoon several days ago. Either the cartoonist knew Barry was going to say that, or...


1,214 posted on 09/09/2008 8:43:18 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Maverick68

BTW, I know there are many on FreeRepublic asking us to drop this and not make a “mountain out of a molehill”. Respectfully, I say: “SCREW THAT!!!” This is the sort of “gaffe” taken out of “context” that has RUINED the political career of many a good conservative. Fellow Freepers: DO NOT LET THIS DIE! Begin e-mailing everyone you know, flood the phone lines tomorrow and let’s send this muslim piece of $hit back to Indonesia or wherever the f**k he comes from! Sorry for the coarse language, but this guy suffers from a lack of good azz kickings in his life that a father would have lovingly provided....


1,215 posted on 09/09/2008 8:43:32 PM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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To: xDGx

Yes, I see this is the Democratic response. Saying Sarah should stay on the porch, that Obama is the “big dog”....he’s a dog alright.


1,216 posted on 09/09/2008 8:43:41 PM PDT by tuckrdout (~ 'Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who don't.' ~)
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To: jveritas; Wolfstar
It is really stupid and sound like a lot of whining.

Normally I would agree with you, but don't fool yourself - The Left is out to crucify Sarah Palin.

And this "lipstick" rhetoric is a deliberate strategy on the part of Team 0Bama; note the two stories which Ben Smith filed today a mere six hours apart:

Carnahan: 'There’s no way you can dress up that record even with a lot of lipstick'
By Ben Smith
September 09, 2008, 3:08 PM
politico.com

Rep. Russ Carnahan also took a swipe at Palin... "There’s no way you can dress up that record even with a lot of lipstick," he said.

Obama: 'Lipstick on a pig'
By Ben Smith
September 09, 2008, 6:10 PM
politico.com

"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."

That's two different members of Team Obama using the same rhetoric in one day.

I also agree with something that Wolfstar just posted, at #1115:

#1115, Wolfstar: Not only did Obama spew his outrageous misogynistic crap, but he did it with his voice edging into a black street thug accent. Just a hint of it, but it was unmistakable.
And you should also look at Tammy Bruce's take on the matter:
Obama Panics, Hits Bottom of Barrel, Digs
By Tammy Bruce
September 9, 2008 04:51 PM PDT
tammybruce.com

...Outrageous. Actually, without devolving into too much body language issues here, even Obama is uncomfortable with what he's about to do. Notice he puts his hand up to ostensibly scratch his face, but is actually covering it. And remember also, we've learned he uses teleprompters at these events, so that slur was not off-the-cuff, it was written and planned and he delivered it, consciously...

I'd also urge you to look at two more stories from today:
The Hunt for Sarah October
City slickers invade Wasilla
September 9, 2008
online.wsj.com

...It's no surprise, then, that Democrats have airdropped a mini-army of 30 lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers into Anchorage, the state capital Juneau and Mrs. Palin's hometown of Wasilla to dig into her record and background. My sources report the first wave arrived in Anchorage less than 24 hours after John McCain selected her on August 29...

McCain Camp Says Biden's Remarks on Stem Cell Research are 'Offensive,' 'Disturbing,' 'Desperate'
ABC News' Matthew Jaffe
September 09, 2008 1:14 PM
blogs.abcnews.com

..."I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who have both the joy, because there's joy to it as well, the joy and the difficulty of raising a child who has a developmental disability, who were born with a birth defect," Biden said at a rally in Columbia, Missouri. "Well, guess what folks? If you care about it, why don't you support stem cell research?"...

Finally, check out the new "Trig Palin" blogsite:
downspalin: I Miss My Mommy
http://downspalin.blogspot.com

'Merica, We Is All Tarded Now!!!

Again, The Left & Team 0bama have made a conscious, premeditated, coordinated decision to destroy Sarah Palin.
1,217 posted on 09/09/2008 8:44:00 PM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee (const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
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To: meyer; torchthemummy

” This is a 30-second ad - signed, sealed, delivered. No voiceover just 25 seconds covering the main comments (pig, fish, laughter) and then fade in “Change we can believe in?” Done.”

Indeed - done right, this can be the famous “mushroom cloud” ad for McCain and Palin. 10 seconds of Palin addressing a huge, cheering crowd, including her “lipstick on a hockey mom” comment. Fade to Obambi making his “lipstick on a pig” comment. Then fade to “Change we can believe in?”

-—<>-—<>-—<>-—<>-—<>-—
Great thoughts, you two.


1,218 posted on 09/09/2008 8:44:16 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: Right Wing Assault

I fully support Sarah Palin and was hopeful she’d be McCain’s choice for the months that preceded the decision. I may have made a comment or two about it here at FR.

I make no excuses for Obama. I believe ‘stinky fish’ raises a different set of concerns than that of crude humor. Common sense should have been enough to steer the jabs in a different direction if for political reasons alone.


1,219 posted on 09/09/2008 8:44:31 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: Palladin; jveritas
Palladin, jveritas is okay, Matter of fact jv is FR translator for all sorts of documents that were released by the government.

JV was on with Tony Snow and quite a few others.

Personally, I think the campaign would be wise to just let Obama and Co stew in their own juices.

Mc's campaign told them to apologize. The ball is in their court, anything less than an apology is going to fall flat. I hope it takes them a week of media coverage before they do.

1,220 posted on 09/09/2008 8:44:38 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. FReerepublic,com baby)
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