Pat Buchanan made the comment that it’s not what he said but what people heard.
Clearly the folks at the campaign stop heard SARAH PALIN IS A PIG
Exactly. This is the most succinct "sound bite" way for people to understand this.
Obviously the crowd leapt up with great delight & applause over this comment. The Obama camp and their lackey press would have us believe that the crowd simply suddenly got all excited over an old saying applied to his opponents about why their "change" isn't "change?"
When you are a speaker, and you say something, even if we give the benefit of the doubt that something that was said wasn't intended in a certain manner, if you know the audience will interpret what you say as a slam, and you say it, then the intention becomes quite clear.
As Hugh Hewitt said last night, in the past two weeks, Palin "owns" "lipstick" as a brand. She has it "copyrighted." Even before Obama said this, people were showing up at her rallies with signs saying, "Read my lipstick."
It's not what he said, but what people heard.
This is the political reality that Obama has to face.
The more he and the media try to fight it, the more it's going to stick.
It's looking like Obama has met his Macaca, and it's stuck to his shoe.