Are you kidding me? The “lipstick” was not directed to Palin? Cannot believe I am reading that. You sound like Obama telling Fox News that he had never heard Wright’s comments.
Sure it was. That's why the crowd laughed. It's easy to figure out his clever jab, if you're familiar with the events of the last two weeks. His crowd certainly got it. I think most people who are paying attention got it.
But in some respects, I think Obama is very smart. You can see it on his face when he winds up the line. He thought he could take a cheap shot that would go over a lot of people's heads, and he was right.
I have quoted the speech, directly, now you tell me how clearly criticising Bush/McCain’s policies and delivering that line translates to Palin.
It was clearly meant as a mocking of the McCain/Palin ticket, but there is no way you can claim the context of it that he was calling Palin a pig.
He clearly was trying to steal the lipstick line to get the sound bite for the evening news, and it was clearly beyond stupid because it can be used out of context as its being used in the ad, and by others, but there is no way in context of the speech delivered you can claim he call Palin a pig.
Reading and listening comprehention matters, you can allege he was trying to call Palin a “pig” between the lines if you want, but there is no way in the context of the words he spoke you can take that phrase and claim he delivered it in context calling Palin a Pig.