You know, it’s perfectly true that McCain used that expression about putting lipstick on a pig.
But there IS a MAJOR DIFFERENCE.
His opponent hadn’t just made a great speech about hockey moms, pigs, and lipstick.
Sara Palin did.
There is NO DOUBT that the echo was deliberate, and that Obama’s audience cheered because they knew exactly what he was talking about.
Obama was pleased by the reaction, so he came out with a second foul comparison.
Words take on meanings in particular situations. During this past week, “lipstick” is a good instance of how that works.
Earlier Obama said that McCain had no honor.
And yet it is Obama and the leftists who love to be nasty and go for the jugular.
The press will try to hide Obama’s intent in those words. But privately, they are loving this! They thought it was a terrific line when he first said it.
And then, the nation reacted.
Let’s see what they do next. Do they continue to apologize for him? Do they admit that his words were unfortunate and at the same time say it was just a slip of the tongue?
They want to allow him to have plausible deniability.
What they don’t realize is that this comment will not be buried by anything profound Obama has to say, because there is nothing profound about him.
Tomorrow he should know what the definition of honor is, when he tries to apologize in a half-assed way to Palin. He’ll want to say this is over, and he’ll try to rise above it.
What he has forgotten is that in the past thirteen days, he has not acted presidential. And it is building up.
A presidential candidate does not call a lady a pig and get away with it. He just lost 18 million votes. The PUMAS are out for blood.