Comments on: Barack Obama: Sarah Palin the Pig, John McCain the Stinky Old Fish–UPDATED

By: Naqamel

Naqamel — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:35:13 +0000

More of the same old thing?

That’s Obama. Spouting the same old tax-and-spend liberalism that’s been around forever.

Nothing “change” about that. See a problem – throw money at it. If problem is not solved, throw more money at it.

* yawn *

By: bobn

bobn — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:16:40 +0000

Sorry, but you don’t get to “own” a word just by using it in a joke. I’ve heard the “pig in lipstick” joke many times before – it’s of long-running use on the Calculated Risk blog, for example (referring to bad mortgages or securities based on them).

By: WayneB

WayneB — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:06:49 +0000

“Are you saying he’s really THAT clueless?”

Yes, in fact, I am saying that. Otherwise, how could he have so many other gaffes (60 states for example) out there that he never caught when he said them?

I fully believe that he was trying to throw McCain’s use of the same line back at him, and not trying to specifically refer to Gov. Palin.

On the other hand, many on the Left also believe that he was referring to her, so it might possibly be that his speechwriter DID mean it that way. As big an ass as I think the man is, I truly don’t believe that HE made that comment with that particular insult in mind.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:14:07 +0000

Hey Wayne, Obama would have to be a complete dolt to not be able to anticipate that his lipstick remark would be associated with a very recent lipstick remark made by one of his opponents. His rhetoric about “more of the same old thing” would have easily stood with the other three references he included, so it seems to me that the lipstick on a pig statement was ushered out where and when it was with a specific intent. It’s no leap to associate a pitbull with lipstick to a pig with lipstick. Are you saying he’s really THAT clueless?

By: John One

John One — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:56:50 +0000

If being called a Pig or a fish is so offensive, how will the pig or the fish deal with the leaders of Russia or Iran? JAT

By: WayneB

WayneB — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:24:10 +0000

I’m sorry, but I’ll have to vehemently disagree with you this time. I am very disappointed by those on the Right who have misinterpreted this clip as Obama calling Palin a pig. He did not, though apparently many on the Left have also interpreted it this way. He clearly was starting out with the “McCain represents more of the same” mantra, and applying the old phrase of putting lipstick on a pig to that statement, and not to Sarah Palin.

Obama has WAYYYY too many other faults to pick on to be manufacturing them like this.

By: PFLEGER

PFLEGER — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:29:38 +0000

THE CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST …
Barack is cryin. He always thought this is mine!
I’m Michele’s husband, I’m black, and this is mine!
I just got to step up into the plate … and, then out of
nowhere, came ‘Hey, I’m Sarah Palin’ … and he said
damn, where did you come from? I’m black, I’m
entitled … there’s a white woman stealing my show
… wah … wah …

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:16:09 +0000

Well Phil, I agree, but the leftists ALWAYS think they are the smartest one in the room. Just listen to them talk about ‘low information’ voters and the like. They do tend to go on about how clever Obama is, though I have yet to see much evidence of it!

By: Dr. Melissa Clouthier

Dr. Melissa Clouthier — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:57:26 +0000

“we’ve had enough of the same old thing“.

I guess I might be giving Obama too much credit. Considering his penchant for sly inferences (remember when he flipped off Hillary?), I think he was using a double entendre here–simultaneously disparaging Bush’s administration and McCain.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:43:09 +0000

……“it’s still gonna stink after eight years. “We’ve had enough of the same old thing!”…

The remainder of the quote, which you chose not to include in your reply to mine, is what makes my point regarding his statement. I agree with you that he meant to call Sarah Palin a pig, and I think it’s truly hilarious that he’s been reduced to juvenile name calling. It’s pathetic, in the truest sense of the word.

And Travis, who in the hell referred to him as the smartest man in the room? A fifth grader? Or maybe someone at a Women’s Auxiliary meeting, where he was a guest and the ONLY man in the room? Come on, there are some legitimate questions that have been raised about his supposed intelligence, and hearing him speak without a script gives rise to more doubt, which for me is already substantial.