Lipstick and pigs
Lipstick and pigs
#1Lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/9/08 at 9:52pm
Today, Obama made a remark about the hypocrisy of the McCain campaign, using the phrase, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig". Of course, the McCain campaign responded, criticizing Obama of making sexist remarks, and stating that he owes Palin an apology. What the McCain campaign forgot to mention, but the Obama campaign was quick to point out, McCain has used the exact same phrase to describe Hillary Clinton's healthcare plan.
http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/2008/09/09/D933I6NG0_obama_lipstick/index.html
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Updated On: 9/9/08 at 09:52 PM
#2re: Lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:00pmPJ - where did you find Cindy McCain pre-plastic-surgery photo?
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#3re: Lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:02pmI've always preferred pigs with a little makeup.
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#4re: Lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:13pm
That was an offensive hit from the Obama campaign. Cool and calculated. It's good to know Obama knows he's dealing with Rove.
He puts himself out there with that comment but knew full well McCain said it before.
#5re: Lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:20pm
So this thread's not about Rosie O'Donell?
Damn.
But you are, my love, the astronaut/
Flying in the face of science/
I will gladly stay an afterthought/
Just bring back some nice reminders
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#6re: Lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:24pmToo bad Obama stumbles so many times in trying to tell the joke. It's like he memorized a script and can't quite remember the order of the joke.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#7re: Lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:28pmThat's a pretty old and very common phrase. Interesting that Mcain thought it was about Palin. If someone used that phrase in front of me, I wouldn't say, "You owe me an apology".
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#8re: Lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 11:58am
The comment is not about Sarah Palin.
If he had meant Ms. Palin, Obama would have said 'lipstick on a snake'.
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#9re: Lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:02pm
Lipstick is the top story of the day.
We're officially a nation of idiots.
#10lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:23pmcal, that is an inherently sexist comment!
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#11lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:29pm
I guess Obama should avoid the old expression, "That dog won't hunt", because we know for a fact that she does hunt!
And actually, isn't the line about stinky fish even more sexist?
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#12lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:29pmHe wasn't even talking about Palin when he made the comment. McCain is reaching for straws here and is showing just how ignorant he is. We are finally getting rid of Bush do we need someone just like him to replace him???
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#13lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:30pmI think the dog comment would be okay, since she already compared herself to one.
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#14lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:36pmObaba should have said that they are trying to "white wash" their campaign, then he would be accused of being racist.
#15lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:48pm
The thing is, if he'd just said "you can roll a turd in glitter, but it's still a turd", then his point would have carried, without everyone going "OMG WHAT A DELIBERATE DIG HOW DARE HE!". It's only because he used the L word that everything has gone up.
Yeah, it makes OUR news in the UK everytime one of YOUR politicians says the word "lipstick". As a nation, how does that make you feel?
#16lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:54pm
And McCain used the same expression during the primaries to describe Hillary's healthcare plan.
It's a diversion because McCain/Palin have NOTHING of substance to run on.
#17lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:56pmThis is clearly an important issue that will determine my vote.
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#18lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:57pmWhen will the lipstick lesbians speak up about this scandalous comment clearly leveled right at them?
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#19lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 12:57pm
"It's a diversion because McCain/Palin have NOTHING of substance to run on."
It's a diversion because, once again, the Republicans are leading the MSM around by the nose, while at the same time portraying themselves as victims.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#20lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 1:03pm
McCain had better be careful what he says regarding the pigs and lipstick remark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPYkNQlJMM
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#22lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 1:06pm
Maybe if Obama had said that Palin plasters on makeup like a trollup and called her a c*nt, McCain would have been OK with it.
Updated On: 9/10/08 at 01:06 PM
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#23lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 1:08pmAnd what about Mariel Hemingway??? This was clearly a smear against her performance in LIPSTICK. Obama is SUCH a bastard!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#24lipstick and pigs
Posted: 9/10/08 at 1:10pm
Obama responds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLgm1I8bVVE
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