| McCain Upset at Sexist Comments by Obama |
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| by Tom McGregor | Wed, Sep 10, 2008, 11:46 AM |
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Sen. Barack Obama reference to “lipstick on a pig” has Sen. John McCain demanding an apology and Democrats accusing McCain of a “pathetic attempt” to play the gender card. According to CNN, “McCain’s campaign said Obama’s remarks were offensive and a slap at Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin – despite the fact that the Arizona senator himself used the phrase last year to describe a policy proposal of Hillary Clinton’s.” Obama’s campaign claimed that McCain was running a “dishonorable campaign.” He made the remarks at a In his speech, Obama alleges that McCain would continue to uphold the same Bush administration policies if he’s elected President, even though McCain stressed his “maverick” reputation during the Republican Nation Convention last week. Obama is quoted by CNN as saying, “that’s not change. That’s just calling something the same thing different. You know you can put lip stick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You know you can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change; it’s still going to stink after eight years. We’ve hade enough of the same old thing.” This comment appears to be referring to McCain, but it could be indirectly calling Palin a pig, and his fish remarks could be deemed as very derogatory, vulgar and sexist. To read the entire article from CNN, link here:
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written by Bob , September 10, 2008 McCain puts lipstick on a pig when referring to Hillary Clinton, and that's OK. Obama puts lipstick on a pig when referring to McCain, and that's offensive--against Palin, who was not even mentioned. What is truly offensive is McCain's desperate attempt to portray himself as something he is not. The old McCain was a worthy man; the "new" McCain is a pale imitation of the straight-talking, honest maverick that many of us came to respect whether we agreed with him or not. There is nothing respectable about the dishonest, whiny, underhanded campaign that McCain is now running. Why, you would almost think that Karl Rove has returned to fight again for the Republicans. McCain was right last year when he said that it was time for that type of campaign to disappear. Why, then, has he singlehandedly brought it back, vicious as ever?
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written by Byron George , September 10, 2008 It is not a sexist comment because BHO is a democrat and he gets a free pass.
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written by dt , September 10, 2008 Whatever anyone says, it was a stupid thing to say, and it will lose him votes, like it or not, no matter what McCain says. BTW, the only way McCain has changed is, he is now Obama's opponent.
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written by Boo , September 10, 2008 dt: I would say that McCain has changed a whole lot over the years. For one thing he has gotten pretty cozy with evangelicals like Billy Grahm who he once referred to as an 'agent of intolerance'. I seriously doubt this will cost Obama any votes. This is more of McCain talking about nothing so he can avoid talking about issues. Anyone who can't see that this is a side show is truly foolish. Also, here's the video of McCain saying the same thing about Clinton for those that care: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHAOodl6ZfE
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written by HSH , September 10, 2008 John McCain has officially jumped the shark. Listen to the speech in which the phrase, which I have used often for years, and which Sen. Obama has used often in the last year and a half, is used. It's clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that Sen. Obama is talking about John McCain. This alleged bruhaha is beyond ridiculous. John McCain is going to do everything he can to keep the electorate focused on ANYTHING but the issues and his positions on the issues. I don't blame him; if I had his agenda, I'd do the same.
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written by Paul Barnes , September 10, 2008 You are spot on, HSH. The misleading headline by "Tom McGregor," or whoever he might be, is typical of Dallasblog.
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written by Old Red , September 10, 2008 McCain, who once joked that Chelsea Clinton was ugly because Janet Reno was her father, is now complaining about sexist comments?
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written by michael a. , September 10, 2008 Pain's great downfall will be her need to have everything both ways. You can't have it both ways, you can't refer to yourself as an animal with lipstick and get mad if somebody refers to you as an animal with lipstick. Obama wasn't even talking about her, but he could've been. It's the perfect tie with her cutesy reference and what they're selling...something all dressed up that's really not so hot. Ann Richards would've said that about her about 5 minutes after her speech. *DEEP TEXAS DRAWL* "Larry, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig" She loved that saying.
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written by HSH , September 10, 2008 The last word: The best story on this alleged bruhaha just aired on NPR's All Things Considered. The piece spent the first three minutes going through audiotape of numerous politicans of both parties in the past two years, including Sen. Obama, Sen. McCain, Dick Cheney and Charlie Rangel, using the phrase. The reporter then broke to a farmer standing in a field of pigs who was actually trying to put "ruby red" lipstick on an actual pig. Absolutely hilarious. Glad to know somebody in the media still has a sense of humor.
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written by James W. Walker , September 10, 2008 It is surprising to me that Obama's campaign is committing one mistake after another and is unable to get out any kind of a message. Obama initially attacks Palin because she is just a small town mayor - this not only ignored the fact she is a sitting Governor, but it reminded all of his "clinging to guns and religion" comment about people in small towns. The next thing you know he repeatedly quotes a cartoon without attribution. This hardly appears Presidential. Then he is a bit too clever by half with the lipstick comment. Sure, other pols have used the remark, but let's be honest - none of the other subjects of the remarks had just used a joke about lipstick only a week or so before. As if Obama was not adrift enough, one of his fellow Dems says Palin is only qualified because she didn't have an abortion and some idiot Congressman from Tennessee compares Obama to Christ and Palin to Judas. Wow. The most incredible thing about all of this is that Obama keeps focusing his fire and his so called friends keep focusing their collective fire upon the GOP Vice President pick. This simply diminishes Obama and ties him in knots in a way that prevents him from staying on message. It also detracts from his claim to be a new type of pol. It certainly appears to me that Obama's ability to run a campaign is coming up short. He has completely bumbled his campaign's treatment of Palin and looks unsure and off center.
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written by Austin , September 11, 2008 It is most entertaining to see Republicans attack Obama on the issue of experience in office and then tell us that Palin, whose entire background consists of mayorship of a town half the size of Balch Springs and a single year as governor of a state with fewer people than Waco, is qualified to step into the White House if needed.
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written by Byron George , September 11, 2008 It is fun to see that BHO is scared to death of Palin. Funny thing, the BHO camp is trying to discredit Ms. Palin because she has only been a mayor and a governor. I guess a community organizer and friends with known terrorist make BHO a great experienced candidate for president. Remember, Ms. Palin is running for vp. BHO is running for president. Who has the most experience, McCain or BHO?
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written by jb , September 11, 2008 In fairness to BO, using the pig cliche can be used to describe trying to dress up that which cannot be dressed up. Having said that, the part of the debacle that bothered me the most was the burst of cackling from BO's audience as soon as he said lipstick on a pig. He did not even get to the other part [you know, the substantive part on the issues that he keeps ragging about] THEY [his audience] obviously interpreted his comment as subliminally connected to Palin. Truthfully, his comment was not particularly funny. I stepped back and thought about whether it would make me roar with laughter if someone was describing an economic scenario. Well, NO and HECK no, it just ain't that funny. OBVIOUSLY, the BO crowd took BO's comment subliminally. To me, this is the big story. While BO would like to paint this as a GOP smear, the truth is that however BO meant it [and I am willing to give anyone as subject to gaffe's about how regular folks think as BO], his audience OBVIOUSLY took it in the vulgar putative sense. THAT"s the story. For all of the left's scream about the meanies on the right....they are meaner and harsher and certainly more vulgar than anything one can find on the right. The left thrives on the politics of personal destruction. Write comment
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