Obama gets ovation with ‘lipstick on pig’

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[Chet 99]

September 9th, 2008

Obama gets ovation with ‘lipstick on pig’

LEBANON, Va - Democrat Barack Obama enjoys poking fun at his Republican opponents and their claims to being “agents of change.”

“You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig,” he said as the crowd cheered and yelled and eventually got to their feet.

“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 audience, which had a particularly strong reaction whenever Obama mentioned Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, appeared to enjoy the “lipstick” comment the most.

When Palin gave her acceptance speech at the Republican convention in St. Paul she joked about being a hockey mom, saying the only difference between a pitbull and a hockey mom was lipstick.

[1066AD]

He knew exactly what he was saying, mentioned fish later as well (tho' not salmon).

These guys could make a great little video out of this !

[jessduntno]

“He didn’t call her a pig. He used a time-worn cliche. If McCain had chosen Mitt Romney as his VP and Obama has used that same cliche, no one would have noticed. The fact that he chose Palin does not make it a sexist comment, any more than the use of “niggardly” or “eeny meeny miny mo” is racist. For any of us to whine about it is buying into the left’s political correctness and I’m not willing to do that.”

Sorry Barack, but your BS defense does not work. Look at the tape. The crowd went nuts - they knew what he was saying. Very similar to Rev. Wright’s orgy of hatred in front of his ecstatic flock. Yeah, he meant it. Remember, Barry, “WORDS MATTER.”

[Lady GOP]

This is my DEFINITION OF A PIG

Voted NO SB 1661 (2002)

A part of the Born Alive Infant Protection Package. Would create a cause of action of a child is born alive after an abortion and the child is then neglected through failure to provide medical care after birth.

[Robert A Cook PE]

She ain’t very happy, is she?

[FFranco]

The idea of calling Sarah Palin a pig is disgusting and should be unacceptable. It is Liberal and Democrat women who are the Pigs, just look at them and you will see the difference. Republican girls are beautiful and sexy, Liberal girls aren’t, and they aren’t very clean, either.

[Orange1998]

As always a statement by itself means nothing. Ms. Palin said this I quote....

Explaining how she got her political start at the PTA level, Palin told the RNC crowd: "I was just your average hockey mom. I love those hockey moms, you know, they say, what is the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick. I was just your average hockey mom and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids' public education better."

She used the word lipstick to describe herself and now BO using the phase "lipstick on a pig". Its clear to me he insulted her. If she did not say lipstick, BO would have never used the term.

[Lyford]

Are you SERIOUS ?

Totally.

He used the word PIG talking about Sarah.

He certainly did not. He did nothing of the kind. Have you watched the video? He was talking about McCain, about McCain claiming to represent change.



"Let's just list this for a second. John McCain says he's about change, too, and so I guess his whole angle is, watch out, George Bush. Except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove style politics, we're really going to shake things up in Washington. That's not change - that's just calling the same thing something different. But you know, you can put lipstick on a pig - it's still a pig."

There's nothing wrong with that statement (other than, you know, being factually incorrect.) As campaigning goes, it's perfectly legitimate, and any complaints come across as whining, pure and simple. I refuse to allow the grievance mongers and identify politics pimps that level of control of the language.

[Cedric]

That is unspeakably evil.

[Darren McCarty]

We got this, the "moose shooting, that's cool..that's cool stuff" comment in a hunting state, the uhhhhhhhh I won't take your guns away comment in Pennsylvania that was on par with can I get me a huntig' license, and one arrogant gaffe after another.

What amazes me is this fool has the same education level that I have, and at supposedly better schools.

[Lady GOP]

Nothing is below this man. He's a rung above Satan.

Judas Priest - You ve got another thing coming

[weston]

This is great! The giant is waking up and if Barak keeps this up, the giant fully awake will flood the polls on Nov 4th.
Can you say landslide??

[Petronski]

Found on HOTAIR:

Well, if we’re going to call a Spade a Spade here…I mean, what kind of cotton-pickin’, monkey business is this guy up to???

What’s that?

Awww, no, I didn’t mean ANYTHING by that, you know. Those are old expressions, everyone’s heard ‘em…

sarc/off

Period. Dot. Bingo.

[tropical]

I first heard Andrew on talk radio in NY. He is one of the best and miss him since he went to Sirius.

[Lady GOP]

Right the whole, hockey Mom, lipstick thing...it was a careful choice of words. He’s over the top.

[libstripper]

You’re really obtuse. He let that zinger go deliberately aiming it at Palin, while appearing not to, but knowing full well how his audience would interpret it, as the audience did.

[dfwgator]

Thank you, as much as Barry looks immature in his speech, he did not call Sarah Palin a pig.

[SERKIT]

One: I don't think this applause line will be repeated.

Two: Gov Palin should do the "brush the crap off my shoulder" move when talking about the O'Biden team like Barry did when he was referencing Hillary.

[igoramus08]

Obama is acting like a 9 year old.

Here is Obama mimicking McCain arm movements for a laugh, fast forward to 12:20
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=844791
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L31go6-LAs0

He also gave the finger to Hillary, and also the brush off in the Primaries.

[Petronski]

I refuse to allow the grievance mongers and identify politics pimps that level of control of the language.

LOL

I'll notify the internet right away.

[Lady GOP]