You know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: lipstick.
–Sarah Palin, in her acceptance speech at the RNC
“You can put lipstick on a pig, 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.”
–Obama, at a speech in Lebanon, VA today
You know, Obama, all that talk about “post-partisanship”? Some people are starting to think that it’s just that: talk.
(hat tip: Dad)
Update: The McCain campaign has an ad out on this:
Update #2: Obama has a skillful response:
For the record, I’m fairly up in the air about whether he meant it or not. There are good points on both sides. FWIW, when I first saw the quote, without anyone suggesting it was about Palin, I instantly thought he was talking about Palin. It was a dreadfully stupid thing to say, in any case, and he should have seen or thought how it would be taken in light of recent history. However, I cannot conclusively say he was talking about Palin. I’m all agreed that we should talk about the issues instead of what he might have meant. Once the American people start examining the issues, they will begin a mass exodus toward the McCain campaign.
I just had a conversation tonight with a bunch of evangelicals who did not like McCain and were swooning over Obama. And they had absolutely no idea about Obama’s record. I talked to them about Obama’s record and I’m ready to talk to anyone else about Obama’s record. Conversations about whether he was calling Palin a pig or not might produce a little bump in the polls, but talking about the issues will make a landslide. Let’s focus on the issues.
Update #3: Even Obama admits that he called McCain and his policies a pig. That’s rude enough, he should apologize.
Update #4: I was wrong on Update #3. See this post for fuller explanation.
2 Responses
September 10th, 2008 at 8:52 am
The Bible talks about pigs, women, and jewelry — all in the same verse!
Misused Beauty
September 11th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
@ Lee Weaver:
Yup. I know. Some news source made the mistake of calling it Lebanon, PA and I copied the mistake. Later I noticed all the news stories were saying Lebanon, VA, but I forgot to correct it. Thanks!
Leave a Comment