In the South, they are familiar with the phrase "lipstick on a pig." As in, you can put some on one, but it's still a pig. Barack Obama of Illinois used the phrase during a campaign stop in Lebanon, Virginia.
"The other side, suddenly, they're saying 'we're for change too,' " Obama told the crowd. "You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig. You can wrap up an old fish in a piece of paper and call it change. It's still going to stink after eight years. We've had enough."
"The other side, suddenly, they're saying 'we're for change too,' " Obama told the crowd. "You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig. You can wrap up an old fish in a piece of paper and call it change. It's still going to stink after eight years. We've had enough."
He said "lipstick" and he now says he did not mean he was not talking about Palin, and "old fish" and he isn't talking about McCain. I think he better get his act together! You don't attack or speak down to women!
This election was not really John McCains to win, it was Obamas to lose. If he loses this election it will not be on issues. He is going to lose because he, and so many Democrats say they want to help the poor and middle class but they talk down to the poor and middle class. Even if he did not call Palin a pig, it seems like he did. You can not win the vote of people in these important swing states by talking down to them. John McCain was wise to pick Palin. Obama was unwise not to pick Clinton. I have no crystal ball and allot can change in the next 50 days. But if Obama is losing this race, in my opinion its because of his in ability to connect with rural America and for his insult of Palin, and not choosing Hillary. If I was Hillary, I would not hurt my chances of winning in 2012 by speaking for him. I would take a trip to Africa to help the poor and let Obama sink or swim on his own! After all, she did try to tell the super delegates Obama could not win the rural votes...and she could!
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I think it is ok to decide for one side or another, but our expressions of opinion should still be fair, shouldn't they?
I read the same story in a german newspaper, but it sounded a bit different then your version.
I did a small research on google and found an english version on this homepage: http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/obama_did_not_call_sarah_palin.php
Let's have a look:
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."
Does that really mean, he insulted Palin? Or did he describe the situation (the Republicans "stealing" his probably succesfull slogan) from his point of view?
IF the above counts as insult, than McCain did the same thing some time ago towards 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.
So if Obama insulted women with this, he is in good company with McCain, who then did the same.
I actually think, they didn't insult anybody.
We had that already in the past. I guess, Al Gore would have been in many ways a better President than George W. Bush. America AND the world would look different today and might be a better place.
In my opinion, the Republicans are twisting the truth. They create an image of Obama, that is in my opinion wrong or at least misleading.
Actually all these things shouldn't be an issue of the election at all. And it is really a pity, that a lot of voters seem to fall for such false images. Which is not only an american problem - we had the same thing in the last german election. Gerhard Schröder deceived a lot of voters.
I my opinion, the winner of the election should be the best politician. And not the best Salesperson. It seems, the Republican are better at selling.