McCain Camp Cries Sexism: Claims Obama Called Palin A Pig

[malik flavors]

Obama Did Not Call Sarah Palin A Pig

09 Sep 2008 07:06 pm

The first McCain truthsquadding telephone call is taking place right now, and ex-MA Gov. Jane Swift is complaining about an idiom Barack Obama used today:

Obama poked fun of McCain and Palin's new "change" mantra.
"You can put lipstick on a pig," he said as the crowd cheered. "It's still a pig."
"You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still gonna stink."
"We've had enough of the same old thing."
Suddenly, common analogies are sexist?

The McCain campaign has little respect for Obama, but they don't think he is stupid. And the only way one can conclude that Obama meant to refer to Gov. Sarah Palin as a pig is to have concluded that Obama is as dumb as a doornail.

Obama is fond of this particular phrase. To wit, in 2007:

'I think that both General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker are capable people who have been given an impossible assignment,' Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday in a telephone interview. 'George Bush has given a mission to General Petraeus, and he has done his best to try to figure out how to put lipstick on a pig.

And so is John McCain. Speaking about Hillary Clinton....

McCain criticized Democratic contenders for offering what he called costly universal health-care proposals that require too much government regulation. While he said he had not studied Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's plan, he said it was "eerily reminiscent" of the failed plan she offered as first lady in the 1990s.

"I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig," he said of her proposal.

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/obama_did_not_call_sarah_palin.php

Drudge is also insinuating Obama called Palin a pig, with his major headline.

Needless to say, this is B.S., and I hope the MSM doesn't try to make a fuss about this. But you know Fox News is going to.

[anonymous171]

1. Obama needs to hit right back with something.

[americanstranger]

31. Yeah, that Sarah's Truth Squad is dumber than a bag of hammers.

Talk about your ginned-up non-troversy.

They must really be feeling desperate over there is Jesusland...

- as

[provis99]

2. so Republicans projected that Palin is a pig, because Obama criticized Republican policies?

Now who's sexist?

[HughMoran]

3. Fuckin morans

Republicans are at least starting the feel the heat - which is good for a change.

[melody]

4. Everyone knows the saying -- everyone will think it's McCain being a jerk

eom

[ErinBerin84]

5. LAME.

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Aw lighten up, Mccain camp

What's wrong? No sense of humor?

:rofl:

[angstlessk]

7. so, if sarah palin (the one who demands deference) says the word 'THE'

and if Obama or Biden use the word 'THE' they are sexist and trashing palin or her family???

[AkFemDem]

8. Proof republicans are cry-baby trans-phobic morons. There are boy pigs too

and some of them also like lipstick. Equal rights for trannie pigs!!!

[Epiphany4z]

9. tell em to get a sense of humor

hey it works for them.

[fascisthunter]

10. I Think He Should, Right to Her Face.... I Swear the Lying These whack Jobs Use

for politics is so over-the-line that you can already see how unstable their governing would be.... no laws, no this, just whatever they say, goes.

[CakeGrrl]

11. As I posted elsewhere, if Dem surrogates get questioned, they need to be consistent

1. Obama was clearly referring to the repackaging of "change" by McCain/Palin and NOT to Palin;
2. "Lipstick on a pig" is an old, old phrase
3. Every mention of the word "lipstick" does not refer to Palin just becuase she proclaimed herself as a "pitbull" wearing it.

[TwilightGardener]

12. He was talking about their new slogan. Not about her. But hey, if the Republicans automatically

think PIG = Porky Palin, I'd say it was at the back of their minds.

[annabanana]

16. ker-ZACTLY!

project much these guys?

[Kdillard]

13. Where is McCain's sense of humor and he was obviously not talking about

Palin.

[annabanana]

14. Hey that wasn't US.. It was THEM!

For some reason they thought we were talking about HER. .

Why would they do THAT unless they thought she was a pig?

We were tlaking about their patently false message.. They can dress it up as much as they like, it's still what it is...

[glancingthefuture]

33. ah. did you

see this thread? at the very least the OP insinuated it was.

Forum Name General Discussion: Presidential
Topic subjectLipstick on a pig- HOLY CRAP! Obama line at VA speech!
Topic URL

democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7003699#7003699
7003699, Lipstick on a pig- HOLY CRAP! Obama line at VA speech!
Posted by Curtland1015 on Tue Sep-09-08 10:04 PM

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig!

It's an old saying, and he never mentioned Palin... but the crowd certainly figured that's what he meant. They went nuts!

Haw!

[annabanana]

35. I guess I sould remember that this is the crowd that doesn't think "uppity"

is racist...

[theothersnippywshrub]

15. Calling a lying, sack of shit criminal a "pig" is an incredibly nice and polite compliment. n/t

[Ikonoklast]

17. I think Obama should give in on this one

After all, if they think Palin is a pig that wears lipstick, who is Barack to argue?

[still_one]

18. Its bullshit. That expression was used with boiler room people pushing worthless stock

you put lipstick on a pig, which meant they tried to make something worthless look good

[qanda]

19. They are the biggest whiners-- EVER!!!!!!

Every single thing that happens causes them to go running and crying to the media. They need to grow up!

[tpi10d]

20. no retreat no surrender

keep hammering it home.

[DemocracyInaction]

21. If the lipstick fits, wear it

He wasn't referring to her because if he was he would have said, "empty, airhead pig".

[ITsec]

22. The Obama campaign should use that as their new slogan.

I mean, it IS the truth, no matter how you look at the pig.

[Catch22Dem]

23. Hey Obama, hit back with McLame's Chelsea Clinton / Janet Reno "joke"

That ought to take care of it. You know that fucker doesn't want his sad, sick attempt at humor plastered all over the media.

[TwilightGardener]

27. How about Palin and McCain BOTH giggling at other women being referred to as bitches?

Yeah, lipstick on a pig is JUST SO UPSETTING to these sensitive feminists.

[hulklogan]

24. John McCain is confused again. He forgot that "lipstick on a pig" is a common saying.

When will the lies and fabrications end?

[ClarkUSA]

25. In my dreams, Obama will respond, "Sorry, I meant to say lying pig."

:evilgrin:

[Bluerthanblue]

26. methinks they doth protest too much- and a pitbull wouldn't

whine even if the analogy WAS intended for the Guv.-

What a wuss- :shrug:

[Raine]

28. Seems they're the ones who see her as a PIG

since they immmediately jumped to that conclusion. :yoiks: :rofl:

[Hansel]

29. So they're conceding that she's a fish? nt

[jberryhill]

30. A pitbull with lipstick is a BITCH - what is it with these people? /nt

[bridgit]

32. Sounded like an American colloquialism to me. McCain's umbrage is enough to make a cat laugh...

[Phx_Dem]

34. The McCain camp has gone to the "sexism" well one too many

times. That analogy has been around as long as I can remember, and no one has ever associated it with a woman.

I can't even tell you how many times I've heard political strategies, candidate and commentators use that phrase.

Obama is hitting back and I LOVE IT!

[Window]

36. These people are simply stupid and hateful.