Good lord. I can't believe Obama is going to address this nonsense. For fuck's sake.

Fox News is reporting that Obama is expected to address the lipstick "controversy" soon.

DO. NOT. WANT.

Remember how Bill Clinton was accused that he said "fairy tale" about Obama and not about Iraq?

Well, there we are now, once again.

Based on Linda Douglass' comments this morning, I think (if Obama addresses this), they will call McCain out for their fake outrage and trying to turn everything into sexism. Fingers crossed.

Uh, Obama only down by 5 in WV?

You can put an asshole in a POW camp and he still comes out an asshole. Like Bush, McCain has been a glorified frat boy for most of his life. Even assholes can have transcendent moments, as McCain did in Vietnam, but their essential character never changes.

I hope Obama puts out an ad showing all of the times McCain has used the phrase "lipstick on a pig." Every time these jerks lie, Obama's campaign should point it out--perhaps a lie du jour feature.

You know what is really crazy?

I myself have used the phase "putting lipstick on a pig" many times.

But here's the crazy thing... I said it before I'd ever heard of Sarah Palin. That's just weird. I must be psychic or something.

They should make an ad that intersperses clips of McCain lying with clips of Reagan saying "there he goes again".

The difference is Obama was using a hay-seed cliché and McInsane was talking about Palin.

GREG - There was a fourth example of McCain using the phrase, much more recently ( MAY 2008 ). I'll see if I can find a link...

I can see why the Republicans are upset: Palin looks quite a bit like a pig. She deffinitely loves her pork too.

I hope Obama uses his address of this nontroversy to hammer home the point that McCain has no honor and is not fit to serve this country in any cappacity.

Also, what better way to dramatically stop McCain attempt at stealing the change slogan than having a huge media circus focus on why he said the statement in the first place.

I see this as a win win for Obama.

I'll join the chorus hoping Obama is unapologetic and nondefensive. These people are shameless!

How can any of you defend this hate-filled trash?! Obama's comment here, just as his use of dusting off Clinton from his shoulders and shoes were clearly intended as insults to both women. Maybe in you immaturity and locker room humor you find this funny but it is not.

If any of these were said to your mom, sister, girlfriend, or wife, would you say, 'Oh, that's okay, it is like when someone was talking about a policy even though here it was against my mom, sister, girlfriend, or wife"? I doubt it. Or, at least I hope you'd have the decency to say "No, that's not right."

Matthew
http://www.theindependentview.com

John McCain is mentally and morally unfit to be president of the United States.

Blame it on his five and a half years of captivity, blame it on his being "broken" by the Vietnamese, blame it on his busted arms, blame it on whatever you like.

John McCain is mentally and morally unfit to be president of the United States.

This says it all:

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/apology_not_accepted.html

The last line is the best line: "Talk about putting lipstick on a pig."

Wow, a week is a long time in politics.
--
Kevin B

I'm saying it now: President Barack H. Obama, Jr., 2009 - 2017

The trolls are so fucking transparent - what is the one thing Obama does that has knocked the GOP for loop? Raise money.

And now the trolls are all: he won't fight, I'm not giving him any more money -

O really? You never gave him a penny. And you aren't going to influence anyone to stop sending money to Obama.

Just save it - trolls.

it's okay for gov. palin to call herself a pitbull- a dog- a FEMALE dog (i would imagine)...a "bitch" essentially...but when sen. obama says "you can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig" without ever referring directly to gov. palin- that's sexist?

this isn't a double standard; this is dog-whistle reactionary nonsense. real sexism exists and does run as an undercurrent to this presidential election. it does not exist, specifically, in this exchange about animals and lipstick.

They're looking to distract from Palin Pork attacks by attacking on early childhood orgasm and maybelline

Could the trolls be any more transparent? What is the one thing Obama has done that has thrown the GOP for a loop? Raise money.

Now the trolls are all: he won't fight - I'm not giving him any more money. O really? You never gave him a cent and you aren't influencing anyone here to quit sending money to him, either.

Barack Oilbama who has turned down every possible chance to debate and sent out 12 press releases on Sarah Palin yesterday and called her a Pig claims he wants to talk about the issues.

Oilbama should worry about putting some lipstick on his wife Michelle and wrapping her in a old fish.

We shouldn't be wasting time arguing on *their* terms, we should be debating *our* issues.

I'd like to see more attacks, not personal, but hard attacks on McCain and Palin's policies; here are 4 that would win the election for Obama/Biden in 2 weeks of advertising:

1 -- McCain wants to destroy the only part of our current health care system that works at all -- group health insurance, by adding a new tax on employer provided group health insurance. This is a no-brainer win.

2 -- McCain wants to bankrupt Social Security by diverting money required to pay current and future beneficiaries to privatized accounts. Attack him for this in Florida, and you've won the election. An ad based on this should be running 24x7 in FL.

3 -- Palin wants to make the morning after pill illegal to use, even if your daughter was raped. Does that sound like a small government conservative to you? Or a "Big Mother Party" conservative?

4 -- Palin wants to spend your tax dollars teaching creationism to public school students. How well do you think your children will compete with Chinese and Indian students who learn real science in school?

it's okay for gov. palin to call herself a pitbull- a dog- a FEMALE dog (i would imagine)...a "bitch" essentially...but when sen. obama says "you can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig" without ever referring directly to gov. palin- that's sexist?

this isn't a double standard; this is dog-whistle reactionary nonsense. real sexism exists and does run as an undercurrent to this presidential election. it does not exist, specifically, in this exchange about animals and lipstick.

Here's a little e-mail I recieved from a dedicated Democrat here in Texas. Let it light a fire under our behinds:

"Friends,

Are you sick as I am of those bastards stealing the image of Maverick for their campaign? ... do they not know that the real Maverick family was Texas liberal royalty? They were powerful supporters of the New Deal, fought for the underdog, civil rights and so on.
His obituary stated:
"Mr. Maury Maverick, .... ''the last angry man in America,'' contested Jim Crow laws, supported labor unions and derailed an effort by the Texas Legislature to extend the death penalty to Communist Party members. He defended draft resisters, represented atheists and won a Supreme Court case against the F.B.I.'s seizure of publications from a Texas bookstore on charges that they were seditious."

The popular term comes from his rancher-grandfather, Samuel Maverick, an early Texas settler.

This family is the very antithesis of the McCain-Palin pretenders who would defile this fine name for personal gain.

First, Bush expropriated Texas to win the Whitehouse and now McCain returns to try the same thing.

Remember what they did to the word "Swiftboat" in 2004... are we going to just sit here and let it happen?

I say No!"

OMG... I just realized... if this entire thing was a ploy to get the news cycle back in his favor with everyone covering him so he can make a monumental speech about honor, character, and integrity...

FRIGGIN BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!

Good response from Obama

Yep, Dems, buck up because there are over 50 days left and this has just started. If they are throwing out the "sex in kindergarten" ad already, imagine what they have left in their arsenal.

Meanwhile, the McCain campaign will whine and cry about "family" and "sexism" when the Obama camp or media so much as sneeze.

Everything is off limits according to the McCain camp.

Everyone says it! Good lord, McCain.

ALL MEDIA SHOULD BE FIRED FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB IF THIS STORY IS NOT SLASHED & BURNED:

The fact PalinMcBush have been allowed to spur such salacious bull without being called by all media networks is beyond comprehension.

Saying Barack wanted to teach sex education to kindergartner's is sickening. The Rethuglican party is truly the party of lies, fears and smears. This old geezer talks about honor and love for his country-- please, give me a break. If McCain really loved this country he wouldn't have been in lock-step with Bush 90% of the time and as a result help assist in damaging the American people's spirits.

McCain needs to man up and talk about the issues [oh, that's right-- his RECORD sucks on the ISSUES & his campaign adviser did say this election wasn't going to be about the issues that the American people care about] and stop standing behind that political woman pick you say is ready the be president if something should happen to you.

I was taught that liars shortened their days, and by the looks of it McCain doesn't have many left. I hope Palin is ready on day one.

['I'm John McCain and I approve lies, fears and smears... and so does my running mate Sarah Palin and the entire Republican Party.'...'How was that Mr. Rove?']

ALL MEDIA SHOULD BE FIRED FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB IF THIS STORY IS NOT SLASHED & BURNED:

The fact PalinMcBush have been allowed to spur such salacious bull without being called by all media networks is beyond comprehension.

Saying Barack wanted to teach sex education to kindergartner's is sickening. The Rethuglican party is truly the party of lies, fears and smears. This old geezer talks about honor and love for his country-- please, give me a break. If McCain really loved this country he wouldn't have been in lock-step with Bush 90% of the time and as a result help assist in damaging the American people's spirits.

McCain needs to man up and talk about the issues [oh, that's right-- his RECORD sucks on the ISSUES & his campaign adviser did say this election wasn't going to be about the issues that the American people care about] and stop standing behind that political woman pick you say is ready the be president if something should happen to you.

I was taught that liars shortened their days, and by the looks of it McCain doesn't have many left. I hope Palin is ready on day one.

['I'm John McCain and I approve lies, fears and smears... and so does my running mate Sarah Palin and the entire Republican Party.'...'How was that Mr. Rove?']

ALL MEDIA SHOULD BE FIRED FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB IF THIS STORY IS NOT SLASHED & BURNED:

The fact PalinMcBush have been allowed to spur such salacious bull without being called by all media networks is beyond comprehension.

Saying Barack wanted to teach sex education to kindergartner's is sickening. The Rethuglican party is truly the party of lies, fears and smears. This old geezer talks about honor and love for his country-- please, give me a break. If McCain really loved this country he wouldn't have been in lock-step with Bush 90% of the time and as a result help assist in damaging the American people's spirits.

McCain needs to man up and talk about the issues [oh, that's right-- his RECORD sucks on the ISSUES & his campaign adviser did say this election wasn't going to be about the issues that the American people care about] and stop standing behind that political woman pick you say is ready the be president if something should happen to you.

I was taught that liars shortened their days, and by the looks of it McCain doesn't have many left. I hope Palin is ready on day one.

['I'm John McCain and I approve lies, fears and smears... and so does my running mate Sarah Palin and the entire Republican Party.'...'How was that Mr. Rove?']

It's time for Obama to say "ENOUGH" to all the distracting lies that are being thrown out by the McCain campaign.
Get back to his message and let the McCain people find something else to talk about.
If you want to be a leader, then lead. Don't keep reacting to McCain's bait.

It's time for Obama to say "ENOUGH" to all the distracting lies that are being thrown out by the McCain campaign.
Get back to his message and let the McCain people find something else to talk about.
If you want to be a leader, then lead. Don't keep reacting to McCain's bait.

There is a difference between whether or not McCain (or anyone else---even Barack Obama himself) has said this "common phrase" before and whether or not they have said it AS THEY ARE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.

It is especially a bigger difference to say something just days after someone who "just happens to be running for Vice President" refers to herself as a "pit bull with lipstick"

To be sure, there is NOTHING sexist or untrue about what Obama said. But let's be honest here---it's something he really, really probably should not have said.

"Perception is reality" anyone?

So Sarah Palin is now the SMEARED lipstick on the pig? Sounds about right.

So, now, Gov Mooseillini has trademarked the term lipstick? Imagine that fuss this will cause at the cosmetics counter at Nordstrom's.

One thing that Obama always had going for him was his ability NOT to take the bait, and NOT to react to the way others framed the debate. He was the one framing the issues, and now he's gone on the defensive. But, I really want to know what happened to offense.

I also wonder if this faux outrage in the McSame camp resonates with swing voters in swing states....Or, if they too recognize it as a distraction?

So, now, Gov Mooseillini has trademarked the term lipstick? Imagine that fuss this will cause at the cosmetics counter at Nordstrom's.

One thing that Obama always had going for him was his ability NOT to take the bait, and NOT to react to the way others framed the debate. He was the one framing the issues, and now he's gone on the defensive. But, I really want to know what happened to offense.

I also wonder if this faux outrage in the McSame camp resonates with swing voters in swing states....Or, if they too recognize it as a distraction?

He could say: Of course she's not a pig. That would be rude. But she does wear lipstick.

He could say: "You're right. She's not a pig. But she does wear lipstick."

He could say: "You're right. She's not a pig. But she does wear lipstick."

he could, he could, he could...

barack is finished

"Ready to Smear? Yes"

If this isn't the clearest case of projection ever seen in politics, then I'll eat my hat.

Interesting article on Joe Scarborough that has been kept quiet by the MSM!

http://www.truthalliance.net/Archive/tabid/67/a...

Lest, we forget, there would have been no need for a Surge if Bush & Co. had not taken the U.S. into a Phony & Pretend War on Terrorism while the Real War on Terrorism in Afghanistan where Bin Ladin lived, was ignored! And if we do not Wise up this might happen in the future!
http://www.youtube.com/v/PdJUCU1UH2w

In a cleverly pre-emptive strike, McCain is falsely accusing Obama of wanting to teach children sex education because they knew Newsweek will be soon coming out with an article on Sarah Palin! "Judge Warned Palin About Emotional Child Abuse

So now the Republican Party owns the word "Lipstick"? Does that mean no one else can use "Lipstick" without their permission? Better let Max Factor and the other cosmetic companies know before they get into copy right trouble.

I know the Republican Party is big into respecting ownership rights as example all the music they played without permission during the convention and the fact that Heart has warned them twice about using their music.

But I think letting them have a copy right on the English launage is going a bit to far.

So now the Republican Party owns the word "Lipstick"? Does that mean no one else can use "Lipstick" without their permission? Better let Max Factor and the other cosmetic companies know before they get into copy right trouble.

I know the Republican Party is big into respecting ownership rights as example all the music they played without permission during the convention and the fact that Heart has warned them twice about using their music.

But I think letting them have a copy right on the English language is going a bit to far.

The problem with this is that Obama says this is just a smoke screen to cover up not talking about the real issues and the MSM agrees as they cover the "Lip Stick Gate" story for the uptenth time. So it's working. Obama should have just played the clip of Palin tell Clinton to quit whinning.

Sigh. I guess we're stuck with day-in, day-out coverage of Sarah Palin, her gender, her looks, her "feisty" persona, and the inane hashing of the meaningless muck that comprises the bulk of American political coverage. We should all be beyond nausea at the prospect of groping our way to November with perhaps twenty percent of actual voters grasping the fact that they are picking a President of the United States, while the rest flop around the deck like mackerel -- bug-eyed and oblivious to the chum bucket that awaits.

Obama's remark "Lipstick on a Pig", gaff or calculated?

Only if you believe Barrack Obama is a gifted orator who knows how to play to an audience would you be offended by a remark that seemingly jabs Sarah Palin? You would also have to know the street use of this term, analogous to putting a paper bag over a woman's head before sexual intercourse.

Obama's remark "Lipstick on a Pig", gaff or calculated?

Only if you believe Barrack Obama is a gifted orator who knows how to play to an audience would you be offended by a remark that seemingly jabs Sarah Palin? You would also have to know the street use of this term, analogous to putting a paper bag over a woman's head before sexual intercourse.