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Former Massachusetts Gov. says "Obama called Palin a pig.": A Piggish Debate
ABC News ^ | 9.09.08 | Jake Tapper

Posted on 09/09/2008 8:24:04 PM PDT by rface

Former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift tonight flatly stated that Obama had called Palin a pig.

"[T]he formation of the Palin Truth Squad couldn't have happened too soon, as we saw when Sen. Obama in Lebanon, Va., this evening uttered what I can only deem to be disgraceful comments comparing our vice presidential nominee Gov. Palin to a pig," Swift said.

"Sen. Obama owes Gov. Palin an apology," she said.

Asked why she was so confident Obama was "comparing" Palin to a pig, she said Palin was the only one of the four candidates on both parties' tickets who wears lipstick.

"She is the only one of the four candidates for president, or the only vice presidential candidate who wears lipstick," Swift said. "I mean, it seemed to me a very gendered comment."

But, Swift added, if "as part of his apology Sen. Obama wants to say, no, he was calling Sen. McCain -- who is a true hero in our country -- a pig, then I suppose we could wait en masse for an apology to that, as well."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: janeswift; lipstick; obama; obamabiden; pig
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To: DJ MacWoW

fish=woman
stink=woman’s scent
Baracuda=Sarah’s nickname

sexist comment, just like the pig comment


41 posted on 09/09/2008 8:50:09 PM PDT by tioga (McPalin - 2008)
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To: gswilder
yes - lots of whistling past the graveyard....but then I found a thread with a good number of posts. DUmmies are seething
42 posted on 09/09/2008 8:51:41 PM PDT by rface
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To: rface

No one is alleging 0 said “Palin is a pig.”

It is an allusion that is muted in the text, vivid on the video and unmistakable to the audience there at his venue.

Watch him and it is clear what he meant.

Listen to the words, like the line about the old fish “wrapped in new paper called change” that still stinks.


43 posted on 09/09/2008 8:51:57 PM PDT by Petronski (Zero-bama. All this time we thought it was an "O" but, nope, it's just a "0".)
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To: rface

Like I said on the other post about this:
6 days after 40 million folks watched and heard her lipstick reference and millions more watching and hearing it in the following days in media clips and youtube bites and reading it in print, you can’t honestly tell me obama just out of the blue said a lipstick joke.

How many times in the last two years has the absent senator obama used the term lipstick on the campaign trail?

Look at his body language and the reaction from the crowd when he said it and it is damn clear what for and who this was targeted at.

He has come unglued.
Good!


44 posted on 09/09/2008 8:52:10 PM PDT by Jazz1968
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To: rface

Calling it like they sees it


45 posted on 09/09/2008 8:52:34 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: rface

You know, I know Palin is bigger than this and this dumb remark did her no injury. But I have to say, this is blatant. Only a fool, or a tragically thick white male could think it’s not. I heard Huckabee on Fox dismiss it. My husband feels the same. Uh-uh. I don’t THINK so. As a woman (and possibly an overly sensitive one right now with this Palin onslaught), this @sshole needs to pay dearly for this very miscalculated remark. I don’t know what he thought he was going to accomplish by further downgrading himself in this way, but he cannot be allowed to continue in this manner. I’ve had enough already. The freakin’ gloves need to come OFF! I feel with absolute certainty this will be extremely damaging for Zero. I hope McCain puts it all together and crucifies him. McCain’s team is obviously smart. I cannot wait to see it go down. This cannot be allowed to stand.

I cannot believe this creep actually won the Democratic primary. I cannot believe where my country could be headed. I cannot believe it.


46 posted on 09/09/2008 8:54:37 PM PDT by DRey
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To: tioga
I didn't look at it that way before but it sounds right also.

Obama is constantly going after Palin and she's just running for VP. And she sure scares the left. Honestly, I don't get it. If he had just stuck to the issues, Obama wouldn't be sinking like a rock.

47 posted on 09/09/2008 8:54:47 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW ("Make yourself sheep, and the wolves will eat you" Benjamin Franklin)
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To: icwhatudo
McCain should use the Gretchen Wilson version, at least she's a supporter of the ticket !
48 posted on 09/09/2008 8:54:59 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: gswilder

I think he will offer a liberal apology, but not so soon as Wednesday.

Team 0 doesn’t yet seem to understand the severity of the situation.

This is a gaffe with a capital G (and a capital AFFE).


49 posted on 09/09/2008 8:55:22 PM PDT by Petronski (Zero-bama. All this time we thought it was an "O" but, nope, it's just a "0".)
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To: DJ MacWoW

I found a quote from Patti LaBelle, after her divorce....something like “I don’t do no fish, no smelly fish”......I never heard of it before, it would have gone right over my head if not for FReepers and the internet.

I said earlier tonight....Obama’s boat is sinking and he keeps adding weight to it......LOL


50 posted on 09/09/2008 8:57:17 PM PDT by tioga (McPalin - 2008)
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To: Petronski

and I had my money on Biden being the one with the hugh gaffe!


51 posted on 09/09/2008 8:58:08 PM PDT by tioga (McPalin - 2008)
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To: tioga
I said earlier tonight....Obama’s boat is sinking and he keeps adding weight to it......LOL

He's panicking at the poll numbers and the direct hits by McCain/Palin. If Obama were President, I honestly believe that he'd come unglued at the wrong time and we, as a country, would be in deep doodoo. He and his campaign shoot from the lip too often.

52 posted on 09/09/2008 9:02:50 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW ("Make yourself sheep, and the wolves will eat you" Benjamin Franklin)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Did Obama think he would roll into the white house with that thin resume never being questioned? delusional


53 posted on 09/09/2008 9:05:22 PM PDT by tioga (McPalin - 2008)
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To: Huck
its meant to deride and belittle ....don't anyone believe otherwise....

it makes our candidate look smaller ...just like a bully makes himself look bigger and his conquest smaller....

so fight back McCain....I am sure Sarahbarcuda can think of a humorous way to do it....

54 posted on 09/09/2008 9:05:53 PM PDT by cherry (SP for VP !!!)
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To: Petronski

“No one is alleging 0 said “Palin is a pig.”’

No, but this was an obvious reference to Palin’s convention speech. The difference between a Pit Bull and a Hockey Mom being: LIPSTICK. Play the 2 clips. You can’t miss the reference.

The Dem audience got it right away and started cracking up. BHO knew they got it.


55 posted on 09/09/2008 9:06:25 PM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
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To: tioga
Did you miss Biden's gaffe?

An awkward moment in Columbia (Biden)

When he got to Chuck Graham, a state senator from Green Meadows, Biden urged the lawmaker to "stand up Chuck, let 'em see ya."

But Graham, who is in a wheelchair, can't stand up - a fact Biden quickly picked up on.

56 posted on 09/09/2008 9:06:59 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW ("Make yourself sheep, and the wolves will eat you" Benjamin Franklin)
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To: DJ MacWoW

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!


57 posted on 09/09/2008 9:07:30 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
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To: tioga

I keep hearing he’s very intelligent but I can’t see it.


58 posted on 09/09/2008 9:08:00 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW ("Make yourself sheep, and the wolves will eat you" Benjamin Franklin)
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To: ConservativeMan55
A number of years ago, Memphis State was having a great basketball season, ultimately going to the Final Four. Billy “I hate Memphis” Packer had trashed us all season. Finally, one supporter had had enough, and got Fred Smith of Fed Ex to send a huge pile of tiger poop to Billy. True story, he was much kinder to us this past great season.
59 posted on 09/09/2008 9:08:30 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Read my lipstick")
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To: DJ MacWoW

OMG......how did he not NOTICE that? a wheelchair makes a bit of a statement.........rme


60 posted on 09/09/2008 9:08:50 PM PDT by tioga (McPalin - 2008)
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