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."
This sounds like a comment Michelle may have
shared with Obama in private. Now the whole world
knows. What’s the next whisper we’ll get to hear
pass his lips?
So why did the audience go berserk at the use of a common old saying? They knew exactly what he was really saying. There is such a thing as a double meaning and this is a classic example. He can play dumb, but he's lying. Plain and simple.
Seriously, the redneck in me is coming out right now. I’m a Southern Boy, and we (BillClinton/JohnEdwards excluded) don’t treat our women like that and enjoy beating the $hit out of those who do. I will walk away from the board because I’m on the verge of typing things I will regret.
My feeling is Obama truly didn’t mean to reference Palin, but I’d bet a paycheck his speechwritier knew what HE was doing in referencing this in the speech.
And I’m thrilled these “intellectuals” are so unaware of themselves.
I can hardly wait to see those reports in mid-November:
“Where did WE go wrong?”
The media asking themselves once again in what ways THEY are out of touch with America.
Last time it was the Christian vote, this time it will be the women’s vote.
I can hardly wait. If it weren’t for football season being here, I’d be wishing for mid-November, and it couldn’t get here fast enough!
Whoever wrote that line and told him to say it is an assclown.
That's very true, but McCain has demonstrated a good sense of when to keep his mouth shut and let the opponent hang himself.
Obama in a bunny suit?
I dont think he intended to reference this to Palin,
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If you watch the video, you will see Obama stroke his forehead and hide his eyes when he utters the famous words. His body language betrays that he knows he is doing something shameful.
I think she is laughing at the DEMS right now..
You can put blue lipstick on a Muslim, but it’s still a Muslim.
Maybe someone has already suggested this (I don’t have time to read more than 1000 posts), but wouldn’t it be a hoot if conservatives (and Pumas) all over the country flooded the Obama campaign headquarters with lipstick?
You can put blue lipstick on a Muslim, but it’s still a Muslim.
Exactly! That's what FReepers are for!
Yes he did! And all his Kool-Aid drinkers are saying he was just referring to an old joke. Well, the timing sure belies that, as well as his track record. Anybody who believes this was innocent is either brainwashed or the quintessential subject of old jokes — a moron.
“You can clearly see him pause before saying it. He knows what the reaction will be.”
Good point. And the crowd’s cheering should have told him something. His tone then turned gleeful as he talked about the fish, knowing full well why the crowd was so wild. I think we have him pinned down on this. But he will be able to throw dust in the air.
Many's the time I've had to walk away or go out to the shop and do something/anything else for awhile til the smoke cleared.
Then there are the times I didn't take my own good advice. . .
No, it was very NUANCED (isn't that what liberals claim his comments are?)....and Hussein (and the MSM) have 'plausible deniability'.
It got their point across loudly and clearly--while at the same time, they can deny it. End of story.
Hillary ain’t stupid. She was asked to respond and she refused. The Democrat party nominated the wrong candidate.
can I openly call Obama what I’d like to call him?
I’d say that boy is engaged in self-lynchin
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