If you watch the video, you notice that Obama pauses, just prior to making that statement, and shields his eyes from the audience while he then says it.
That is a ‘tell’.
He knew what he was about to say, and what implication it would have with his audience.
I would bet money that his campaign staff spent days working on the ultimate line that they could have him deliver, using the word ‘lipstick’ and still have plausible deniability.
“If you watch the video, you notice that Obama pauses, just prior to making that statement, and shields his eyes from the audience while he then says it.
That is a ‘tell’.
He knew what he was about to say, and what implication it would have with his audience.”
I noticed that too. You are spot on.