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Obama Wrong When He Didn't Call Palin Pig
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI know, in this election cycle, Pig-gate seems about as timely as "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!" but stick with me on this. See if you can follow this. From Radar:Asked today in Florida whether Barack Obama really called Sarah Palin a pig, John McCain contradicted every previous assertion both he and his own campaign have made on the subject, saying, "No, but I know that he chooses his words carefully, and it was the wrong thing to say." Slow down, there, Lying John, we can't tell where the lie is in that one!So, once more to review: Barack Obama didn't call Palin a pig, and he was careful not ...
McCain Lies Too Much For Karl Rove
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailySenator John McCain has come under increasing fire for the increasingly lopsided fact-to-lie ratio in his political ads. He may have won the World Series of Slime today, however, with this endorsement from the Yoda of dirty politics. From Fox News Sunday:WALLACE: Alright, for fair game, what does McCain do that goes one step too far? ROVE: McCain has similarly gone one step too far, attributing to Obama things that are, you know, beyond the 100% truth test. Even a faint rebuke from Rove is biblical in proportion down in the political mud pit. However, there have been some pretty good ...
Obama on Letterman
By Dave - Politics DailyObama explains the lipstick/pig controversy and tries to explain himself. But remember, when you're explaining, you're losing. I'm sure Obama would rather be talking about something else. But yes, the Republicans overplayed on this one. Key question from Letterman: Are you campaigning against McCain and Palin? Obama's answer, when he got around to it, was yes. And then he engages on change vs. experience. So apparently he's given up attacking Palin on experience. Interesting. ...
McCain/Palin: The Pig Ticket
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyUpdate: On today's Obama conference call, I asked former Alaska Governor Tony Knowles about the rape kit law, and he summarized what The Frontiersman wrote, with one addendum: He said that Wasilla was the only community in Alaska that was billing victims for their rape kits, and that as far as he knew, Wasilla was the sole reason the law was needed.This should be Barack Obama's response to the McCain campaign's demand for an apology over the "lipstick on a pig" remark: If the oink fits... On my radio show last night, Denise Williams told me something so revolting, I literally could not believe ...
Palin: A Dog or A Pig?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAs Dave pointed out earlier today, Barack Obama is being criticized for using the same metaphor that John McCain has sometimes used himself, as he did when criticizing Hillary Clinton's health care plan. "Lipstick on a pig," is the phrase in question, and some people would like you to be outraged that Obama would mention "pig" and "Sarah Palin" in the same breath. Clearly, they cry, Obama was being sexist. It's also clear that what Obama--while making an allusion to transformative powers of lipstick--was poking fun at was McCain's claim that he is suddenly the "change" candidate, not Palin's ...
Lipstick on a Pig
By Dave - Politics DailyPolitico.comObama 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. The crowd apparently took the "lipstick" line as a reference to Palin, who described the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull in a single word: "lipstick." I don't think there's any doubt that this wasn't intentional. Had Obama thought about it for half a second, he would have realized that lipstick, pig and ...
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