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Old Sep 10, 2008, 04:28 AM
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You can put lipstick on a pig...it's still a pig.

How low and pathetic.

I can guess in advance that he will say that he was not referring to Palin.

But smart folk will know this is not true. If Palin would have never made the lipstick comment, then Obama would never have said what he did.


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Old Sep 10, 2008, 07:13 AM   #11  
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It was wrong to say it, there is no getting around it.
Also if I can add.....both parties bash each other......I sincerely wish they wouldn't. They can prove each other wrong without crude humor, right?
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Steve ;what specifically are they accusing McCain of in that rant ?
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It was wrong to say it, there is no getting around it.
Also if I can add.....both parties bash each other......I sincerely wish they wouldn't. They can prove each other wrong without crude humor, right?
That seems to be the american way: screw the other guy if I can get ahead.
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Steve ;what specifically are they accusing McCain of in that rant ?
tom, this was back when they were going ballistic over him allegedly using federal campaign funds to back a loan. In particular they were complaining McCain was "turning an ethics scandal into a fundraising opportunity." I was just showing NK the Dems have been on the attack all along.
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oh ok I thought it may be something new . but dredging up that old and tired Keating 5 may be all they have.

Here is a pix displayed on the Dem's official web site byone of their bloggers from Aug.30 with the header :McCain's Selection of Palin is Lipstick on a Pig

The Democratic Party | PartyBuilder | Elizabeth Berry's Blog: McCain's Selection of Palin is Lipstick on a Pig

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He did not call anyone a pig.

Despite the play this is getting in the media, the expression about putting lipstick on a pig is not new and has been used before by politicians, one specific instance brought up by the Obama campaign is when John McCain used the expression when speaking about Hillary Clinton’s health care plan.

Have you never heard the expression as it relates to an idea? Where was your outrage when McCain said it?
Not the same at all. No one with half a brain could say that McCain was speaking about Clinton...

It's not a stretch at all to presume that Obama was insulting Palin. And it's big news today that many considered it an insult.

No one accused McCain of insulting anyone when he used the phrase because he was not insulting anyone.
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It's obvious Obama is talking about the lack of 'change' in the McCain camp. Where you add the Palin connection I don't know.
You see what you want to see. It's just like religion.
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Obama is correct. The whole Pub campaign has been nothing but a pig with lipstick show attempting to camouflage the past eight years. Dyed-in-the-wool Republicans, the ones that voted for Dubya twice and now want to back McCain, suddenly have short memory. It was in the 2000 Pub primaries that George W Bush went full force onslaught of nastiness against John "love child" McCain.

A little trip down memory lane...

THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: WAR OF WORDS; Spotlight Turns on Ugly Side of Politicking - New York Times

Salon.com Politics | Getting ugly
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today he clarified with another animal cliche and said the comment was " Catnip for the media " implying that the press was out to get him lol.

He said that McCain "seize an innocent remark and take it out of context" .
This is a guy who has used other's comments out of context since the campaign began. (“100 years in Iraq” ....“rich is $5,000,000″) but now takes issue when it is used on him.He wants to stick to real issues like how many houses McCain owns.
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For all of you who mock McCain as old and ill and as having lost his mind...

‘Stand Up For Chuck’: Biden Makes a Save After Asking State Senator in Wheelchair to Stand
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