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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: PennsylvaniaMom

John McCain learned how to deal with evil during his time at the Hanoi Hilton. Keep your mouth shut, and let the good times roll. The evil will self-destruct. Obama is demonstrating that on a daily basis. Today is just too delicious. Let him think he’s on a roll, this will only get better!


721 posted on 09/09/2008 6:24:46 PM PDT by WestwardHo (Whom the god would destroy, they first drive mad.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

Well, I do like a good Italian beef....

:^)


722 posted on 09/09/2008 6:25:00 PM PDT by prairiebreeze ( Our troops DESERVE BETTER than Barack Hussein Obama!!)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

John McCain learned how to deal with evil during his time at the Hanoi Hilton. Keep your mouth shut, and let the good times roll. The evil will self-destruct. Obama is demonstrating that on a daily basis. Today is just too delicious. Let him think he’s on a roll, this will only get better!


723 posted on 09/09/2008 6:25:07 PM PDT by WestwardHo (Whom the god would destroy, they first drive mad.)
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To: meyer
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?"

Good point about showing a brief clip to show the original context. When Palin made the joke she was simply saying to the media and doomsayers, "We Hockey Moms are tough!" She didn't imply anything about the Obama campaign directly - simply that she was not going to cower but was a fighter.

724 posted on 09/09/2008 6:25:11 PM PDT by torchthemummy (The Democrat Media Wears No Clothes)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Always happy to help!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEBP3Z946jY


725 posted on 09/09/2008 6:25:15 PM PDT by xDGx
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To: meyer
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?"

Good point about showing a brief clip to show the original context. When Palin made the joke she was simply saying to the media and doomsayers, "We Hockey Moms are tough!" She didn't imply anything about the Obama campaign directly - simply that she was not going to cower but was a fighter.

726 posted on 09/09/2008 6:25:24 PM PDT by torchthemummy (The Democrat Media Wears No Clothes)
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To: GOPinCa

Mark Levin ran the audio on his radio show. He has a good archive too.


727 posted on 09/09/2008 6:25:38 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Barack Milhous Obama aka HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED [We dare not speak his name!])
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To: Earthdweller
I don't think this was a mistake or unplanned. It was deliberate....and it's just plain rude.

The Democratic Party ATTACK MACHINE has decided to 'take off the gloves' and play hardball with their very NUANCED use of the POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION!

728 posted on 09/09/2008 6:25:48 PM PDT by stockstrader (CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN--a ticket with 2 northern liberal lawyer career bureaucrats/s)
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To: GOPinCa

Double hit against GOP

Pig - reference to Palin.

‘Old fish wrapped in paper called change” - that was a reference to McCain.


729 posted on 09/09/2008 6:25:56 PM PDT by o2bfree
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To: xDGx

bttt


730 posted on 09/09/2008 6:26:02 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
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To: Fudd Fan

so Obama considers child bearing women “unclean”.

must make all women feell sooooooooo special.


731 posted on 09/09/2008 6:26:03 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Any idiot can see Obama meant to single out "Sarah" with his lipstick on a pig comment.

The Huckster needs to go to CNN, they'll love him there.

sw

732 posted on 09/09/2008 6:26:06 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (Is He the one?)
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To: tips up

Bama’s just had his macaca moment, seems like. And not a moment too soon....


733 posted on 09/09/2008 6:26:37 PM PDT by voletti (There's no place, I can be, since I found, serenity.)
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To: mnehrling
Great catch on your post 351 !

I clicked your link and thought I'd share a portion of one of the posts that caught my eye,
mainly because of the graphic, but also her (typical PUMA ?) glee in hussein's latest true color f'up:

[poster's name blocked over to respect privacy]


734 posted on 09/09/2008 6:26:41 PM PDT by tomkat (American craftsman)
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To: Noswad
Let's send Lipstick and Stinky Fish!!!! LMAO!

The FISHLIPS CAMPAIGN!!!!

735 posted on 09/09/2008 6:26:49 PM PDT by BossLady ("FACT ARE STUBBORN THINGS!...." ~ John Adams)
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To: libscum
But why did the Senator “Cokehead” do it ? This was planned and contrived, what was the gain ?

My take is that they saw America go wild over Palin's sharp wit and figured, hey, we want some of that. So Obama and his team tried to copy her, having absolutely no understanding of the art and science of good humor. The anger and mean-spiritedness will always come through, and it's poison. Americans can smell it a mile away and reject it. [Air America, anyone?].

Plus, you can't manufacture likeability. You can't script authenticity. It's like John Kerry putting on a flannel shirt and ear flaps and pretending to be a hunter. Dukakis in a tank. The funny thing is, Obama's their nominee because Hillary's even less likeable. And now, along comes someone who's a lot more likeable than Obama. And there's not a damn thing he can do about it. Every time he tries--like this lipstick fiasco--he makes things that much worse.

Liberals are entirely clueless as to why America loves Palin.

736 posted on 09/09/2008 6:26:54 PM PDT by Eroteme
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To: torchthemummy

That’s how I took it. These media blowhards try to make ever mole hill into a mountain. Of course, as a former hockey mom myself, I get it.


737 posted on 09/09/2008 6:26:59 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

By the way PennsylvaniaMom - are you anywhere near New Pennsylvania? /s


738 posted on 09/09/2008 6:26:59 PM PDT by torchthemummy (The Democrat Media Wears No Clothes)
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To: snarkytart
Lipstick is their theme for attacking Governor Palin.

You're right! Good analysis!

739 posted on 09/09/2008 6:27:08 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: valkyry1

The only, live ‘evening’ news show is Greta. I wonder if she will mention it. Because honestly, a woman is going to take this on a different level than a man would.


740 posted on 09/09/2008 6:27:32 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (SarahNoid/SarahPhobia, the Irrational Fear of a Strong, Conservative Woman.)
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