Obama: "McCain can put lipstick on a pig . . . it's still a pig"

bigtree

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Tue Sep-09-08 07:36 PM
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Obama: "McCain can put lipstick on a pig . . . it's still a pig"

Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 08:11 PM by bigtree

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"You can put lipstick on a pig," Obama said to an outbreak of laughter, shouts and raucous applause from his audience . . .. It's still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still going to stink after eight years."

Obama's campaign said he wasn't referring to Palin; he had been talking about McCain immediately before the lipstick comment.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080909/ap_on_el_pr/obama_lipstick

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eleny

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Tue Sep-09-08 07:38 PM
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1. Good - Now let them come to him with outrage and we can discuss it all in public

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SmokingJacket

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Tue Sep-09-08 07:39 PM
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2. Good!

The lipstick on a pig thing has always been one of my favorite sayings. I'm glad Obama's taking it back!

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aquart

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Tue Sep-09-08 07:39 PM
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3. Oh, no. No.

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tekisui

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Tue Sep-09-08 07:52 PM
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4. She begged for it.

Called herself a dog on the national stage, even.

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RainDog

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:08 PM
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11. actually, she called herself a bitch, since she's a female dog

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bigtree

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:13 PM
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12. It's hard to put lipstick on a pit bull, as well

. . . and transform it into anything other than a pit bull.

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Mz Pip

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Tue Sep-09-08 07:56 PM
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5. He wasn't talking about Palin

Obama was referring to the new "Change" talking point the McCain camp is spewing. It's the same old stuff dressed up differently. Lipstick on a pig.

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bigtree

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Tue Sep-09-08 07:59 PM
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6. "the same old stuff dressed up differently"

Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 08:00 PM by bigtree

-Palin-

(that's what I'm talking about)

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Bluebear

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Tue Sep-09-08 07:59 PM
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7. But enough about Sarah.

Rimshot.

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Midlodemocrat

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:01 PM
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8. Dude.

:thumbsup:

:rofl:

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samuraiguppy

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:02 PM
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9. Obama--you da MAN n/t

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JerseygirlCT

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:06 PM
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10. Oh man. The pig and the old fish.

That's some visual! But wait and see what kind of heat he gets for that one, lol!

Maybe we should respond the way they do: what's the matter, can't take a joke?

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Fuzz

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:17 PM
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13. You GOTTA read what the McCain campaign said in response

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/a-piggish-debat.html

Speaking on behalf of the McCain campaign, former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift tonight flatly stated that Obama had called Gov. Sarah Palin a pig.

"he formation of the Palin Truth Squad couldn't have happened too soon, as we saw when Senator Obama in Lebanon, Virginia this evening uttered what I can only deem to be disgraceful comments comparing our Vice-Presidential nominee Governor Palin to a pig," Swift said.

"Senator Obama owes Governor Palin an apology," she said.

Asked why she was so confident Obama was "comparing" Palin to a pig, she said Palin was the only one of the four candidates on both parties' tickets who wears lipstick.

"She is the only one of the four candidates for president or the only vice presidential candidate who wears lipstick," Swift said. "I mean it seemed to me a very gendered comment."

But, Swift added, if "as part of his apology Senator Obama wants to say no he was calling Senator McCain -- who is a true hero in our country a pig -- then I suppose we could wait en masse for an apology to that as well."

It was pointed out to Gov. Swift that after the line about the pig, Obama had said, "You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called 'change,' it's still gonna stink after eight years.

Swift then suggested that Obama was calling McCain a fish.

"I have a fourth grader and two second graders at home," she said. "I would not teach them that this sort of a high minded debate on policy issues when they are calling people rotten old fish or a pig. In fact it sounds a lot like some of the least intelligent debates on the playground sound like at our elementary school."

A reporter then reminded Swift that in December, McCain was asked about criticisms coming his way from then-opponent Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass, and McCain replied, "Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it."

Was McCain calling Romney a pig? a reporter asked Swift.

Of course not, Swift said.

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bigtree

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:19 PM
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14. fish or pig.

McCain or Palin.

So many choices!

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alcibiades_mystery

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:20 PM
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15. ROFL: They're totally unhinged!

They didn't expect a Democrat to smack the shit out of them in that alley.

Fucking great stuff. They sound ridiculous!

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Fuzz

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:25 PM
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16. It's almost unreal isn't it?

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Lex

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:29 PM
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17. McCain's temper is showing (and stupidity too).

Has he never heard of that saying before? What an idiot.

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Political Tiger

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:41 PM
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19. Hypocrisy!

"I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."
John McCain, referring to Hillary Clinton's health-care plan, 10/11/07
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/mccain_rolls_out_health_plan_a.html

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Ghost in the Machine

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Tue Sep-09-08 09:24 PM
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23. Jane Swift isn't very swift at all, is she? Reading comprehension is probably the least of her

Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 09:26 PM by Ghost in the Machine

problems, though....

What a freakin' dumbass.... can't even comprehend that he was speaking about McCain's policies...

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TahitiNut

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Tue Sep-09-08 08:34 PM
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18. Did Snideley say something while Poor Nell did a swan dive onto the nearest train tracks??

:nopity:

That poor pit bull sure has tender feelings. :rofl:

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FlickLives

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Tue Sep-09-08 09:08 PM
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20. Here's McCain using the 'lipstick on a pig' referring to Hillary's heathcare

plan October 2007. It comes at 9:27.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxfEHt9hfHQ&feature=related

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bigtree

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Tue Sep-09-08 09:12 PM
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21. heh

like rain

- thanks Flick

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Dukkha

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Tue Sep-09-08 09:15 PM
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22. Archie Bunker once had a great analogy on Poppy & Bush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly45MdDgpTY

"His kid grows up and he's still a gorilla!"

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