Quote Originally Posted by daihashi
I listed only two possibilities because he'd have to be an idiot to make any type of comment that was so similar to Palins that it would easily be twisted/misconstrued (ie: He's a moron for not forseeing this. I think person on this forum stoned out of their mind could've seen this spin coming).

Or that he knew it would get twisted but didn't care and said it just to attack.

Again, this one was so obvious I saw it coming right after I heard him say it.

I don't see Palin crying about this at all as you portray her in her fictional encounter with Putin; but I will agree with one thing you said. The media is blowing this out of proportion.

Honestly who cares if he calls her a pig, giraffe or skunk. She could be a Badger for all I care. :hippy:

These candidates have to talk their freakin' heads off all day long, every day, for a year straight. They are going to say something stupid or oblivious now and then. I say something stupid or oblivious at least once a day --- thank God I don't have a million cameras on me all the time and a whole "quick reaction team" there to spin everything I said in the worst possible light.

I've made a lot of jokes in this thread because I think it is totally ridiculous, but here is my God's honest non-partisan take on this thing:

I think it was a dumb thing to say considering Palin used the lipstick-on-a-animal image so recently in regards to herself. However, I do not think he intentionally used it in an attempt to belittle her that way. I don't think that is really how he works. I don't see him personally insulting people that way. It does not seem like his style at all. You may think that is partisan on my part, but that is really my take on him.

I also don't think Palin was personally insulted by it. I don't think she is really that emotionally delicate. I certainly hope not.

What I think is going on is that the media LOVES this kind of thing and they are doing everything they can to keep it alive. And I also think the McCain campaign loves having this negative light shone on Obama, and they are stirring the pot, and will continue to do so for as long as this will last.

This is not about one candidate really insulting another and that other candidate genuinely being hurt by it. This is about one campaign seizing on an apparent gaffe and making as much political mileage as they can on it, and about the media willingly subvertng the political process by devoting all their energy to fake hype.

It's about as legitimate as the McCain-doesn't-know-how-many-houses idiocy. Both campaigns know how to stir the pot of fake outrage, and the media LOVES it. It is a big waste of time though when they are real issues to settle.
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Barack Obama Swipe at Palin "Lipstick on a Pig" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPd4yk0x-eg "You can put lipstick on a pig.........it's still a pig." Barack Obama Some of his rather corpulent supporters in the front rows of the audience certainly prove that point. :cool: Rating: 5