Posted on 09/10/2008 3:50:32 PM PDT by stockstrader
Some of us (especially me) owe Hussein an apology for attacking him on his ‘lipstick/pig’comment.
As someone who was slamming Hussein for his use of the ugly potitics of personal destruction, Chicago-style, I have now reconsidered my comments of yesterday--after hearing Hussein’s indignant explanation this morning.
Hussein’s use of the ‘gutter politics’ of personal attacks yesterday can be explained two ways:
(1) The first possibility, and the one that many of us reacted to--was that Hussein was stooping to a new, ugly personal attack, lowering himself to an unimaginably low-level--by comparing Gov. Palin to a pig. Initially, I was sure this was the case.
(2) The second explanation, however, is the one that Hussein used this morning. His comments made it clear that there was no malice intended (other than the normal vicious, personal attacks the democrats have been using on Republicans for years)—and it was just 'a coincidence' or 'accident' that the joke could apply to Gov. Palin.
Now, I have heard the ‘lipstick on a pig’ joke, many times in my life too. It’s a very old joke, and I think it’s even been used by John McCain, Dick Cheney and many others. But the use of that joke was well before Gov. Palin made her comments (made only in the last couple weeks) tying her hockey mom status to lipstick.
Given the incredibly unbelievable public press and relentless comments in the MSM focusing on Gov. Palin’s lipstick comments—it is inconceivable that her lipstick comment could not have been heard by anyone not living in a phone booth (although I bet even someone in a phone booth has heard it). Her lipstick, 'schtick' (no pun intended), therefore, was known by everyone.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT GOV. PALIN IS NOW SO CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TERM ‘LIPSTICK’—and given her humorous tying of lipstick to hockey moms and pitbulls—and her use of it as a visual prop in her political satire—the term ‘lipstick’ in now inextricably associated with Gov. Palin.
Although Hussein's indignant denial, just DOES NOT PASS THE 'SNIFF TEST'—I am willing to defer to him--and accept his explanation this morning.
In his explanation this morning, Hussein asks us to believe that he was not aware of a possible tie between lipstick and Gov. Palin, and asks us to believe that he is--
TOTALLY CLUELESS,
COMPLETELY OUT-OF-TOUCH,
UNIMAGINABLY NAÏVE,
INCREDIBLY INSENSITIVE,
AND STUPID BEYOND ANYONE’S WILDEST DREAMS (to borrow a recent phrase of his, if I may) instead.
I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, and accept that explanation.
“I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, and accept that explanation.”
Go ahead and twist yourself into a pretzel. The more important question for you is, why cave in to an explanation delivered by leftist liars?
I’m more inclined to think of obama as a sexist, racist and totally unqualified to stand in office as even a dog catcher.
Unbelievable. He’s a child.
Unbelievable. He’s a child.
Unbelievable. He’s a child.
I am officially tired of hearing about the lipstick soap opera. It makes us look like a bunch of whiners and makes it look like Sara can’t take the heat.
Not to mention fifteen threads about the same subject because the frigging search database on FR sucks.
While we are whining about the lipstick, we are not pounding home the fact that we have a Marxist groomed 1/16th African America running for president who will destroy our economy if elected.
Well then start a thread about the econmy and get your butt off this thread...we have our part to play...you do yours.
Good points, all - and yes, Hussein may be all those things, but I have to believe that given Sarah used the “lipstick” comment in a laugh line during the single most-watched political convention speech in tv history - and given the lipstick line was subsequently picked up and played as a video clip over and over and over- and given that supporters have been carrying signs to McCain/Palin events since then with things like “Read My Lipstick!” and “Lipstick Hockey Moms For Palin,” that Obama KNEW exactly what he was saying and who he was insulting with the “Pig” metaphor. So did his audience, who began cackling and howling before he even finished the phrase. And his campaign honestly expects people to think it was COINCIDENCE? To borrow one of Obama’s own quotes....”They must think you’re STUPID.” Indeed.
Good points. Thank you. I wish I had added that to my original article!
You could have a notarized affidavit from God himself stating your points, and a lot of voters would still vote for Obama because he fits their image of how they want the President to look and sound. If, however, those voters see that under a little stress Obama will morph into a jabbering buffoon while McCain and Palin stay calm, collected, and civil, they'll decide they don't want the jabbering buffoon in office.
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