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September 09, 2008

Obama on Palin: "You Can "Put Lipstick on a Pig... It's Still a Pig"
Obama Introducer: "Jesus was a communtiy organizer"
— Ace

Sweetie, why don't you make me a sammich?

His follow-up line seems kinda deliberate too:

"You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still gonna stink."

Ed Morrissey noted Obama and his surrogates had called Palin by every classic anti-woman putdown in the book: Whore, bitch, unfit mother, lightweight fluffyhead, etc. Were they any such put-downs left, he wondered.

Answer: Indeed there were!

Of course... Obama claims he didn't mean that about Palin.

Obama senior adviser Robert Gibbs insists the senator was not referring to Palin. "That's an old expression," Gibbs says.

AlsoTapper reported a Union dude was giving a enthusiastic introduction of Obama at the same event in Lebanon, Virginia and said:

"Jesus was a community organizer," Roberts said."

Thanks to TopSecretK9.

Clever! In referencing Hillary on the trail, Obama coyly flipped her the middle finger in a way that I'm 100% sure was deliberate but was so casually done he couldn't really get socked with it.

Why did he do it? Perhaps to provoke an overheated response from Hillary (which he didn't get-- but it was still clever to try).

Is that what Obama's thinking here? Get McCain and Palin to overreact and make everyone think she's just a silly girl who gets upset by stray references to pigs?

I don't know. If that's his aim, it is clever.

Palin Reaction?

Gov. Palin tomorrow:
(Steps up to the microphone.)
(Starts to speak, then stops and reaches down and picks up something small.)
(She is now applying lipstick in front of this huge crowd that is laughing and cheering.)
(After a few minutes, the cheering dies down and she begins to speak.)
"Oink."
(The crowd roars anew...)

That's from MamaAJ.

As funny as that is, I still think the best course is to ignore it. Either Obama didn't mean this at all in which case it's silly to respond, or Obama did mean it, but meant to provoke a reaction he thinks will expose Palin as an excitable girl, in which case it's also silly to respond.

But it's funny, so I thought I'd highlight it.

Send Lipstick to Obama? That's this guy's suggestion.

I don't think this will have either legs or impact, and I don't think it merits a response, but I seem to be in the minority, so what do I know.

Posted by: Ace at 03:00 PM | Comments (454)
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1 I NEED MORE POPCORN STAT!!!!!!

Posted by: JAFKIAC at September 09, 2008 02:17 PM (HqtPo)

2 Best...........election..............EVAR!!

Posted by: Techie at September 09, 2008 02:17 PM (JG9UU)

3 misspoke... but did he just call Palin a pig. what the fuck, is he out of his mind?

Posted by: pbx at September 09, 2008 02:17 PM (MobLv)

4 Classy

Posted by: brak at September 09, 2008 02:18 PM (47PAH)

5 Ya gotta have a mind to be out of it. Maybe he should call the United Negro College Fund and get some help.

Posted by: George Orwell at September 09, 2008 02:18 PM (AZGON)

6 I want marshmallows for the fire this crash-and-burn is going to produce.

Posted by: Techie at September 09, 2008 02:19 PM (JG9UU)

7 Why is "O" Dumby talking about his wife????

Posted by: Rick007 at September 09, 2008 02:19 PM (0wZTX)

8 Definitely a slam at Palin, because the old adage is "perfume on a pig".

This is gonna be interesting.

Posted by: mpur at September 09, 2008 02:20 PM (xn1v/)

9 May I add that also saying "old fish" and "stink" in a sentence right after "it's still a pig" might not sit well with the women folk either.

Posted by: topsecretk9 at September 09, 2008 02:20 PM (VKmxM)

10 Resign!!

Posted by: runninrebel at September 09, 2008 02:20 PM (qAMnO)

11 Election over baby!!!

Posted by: Jawbone at September 09, 2008 02:21 PM (JalPh)

12 so her refers to "change" in this statement. but he's talking about Palin. man this moron is going to have to issue an apology...

Posted by: pbx at September 09, 2008 02:21 PM (MobLv)

13 Sounds like another botched joke about Bush's failed policies.

Posted by: Bart at September 09, 2008 02:22 PM (wjcFA)

14 Barack should really stop repeating the catty things his wife says behind closed doors. It reflects poorly on Michelle and does not help Michelle's precious, presumably non-pregnant children.

Posted by: EnochF at September 09, 2008 02:22 PM (VXm6y)

15 I think Drudge just used the biggest lettering he had for this headline! lol

Posted by: bdawg65 at September 09, 2008 02:22 PM (P8U36)

16 Let me say it here....I am fairly certain that he's saying that Palin is the lipstick and the party is the pig, which is actually more sexist.

Posted by: james at September 09, 2008 02:22 PM (S/EZ0)

17 ZOMG the world really has changed!

Posted by: Citizen Duck at September 09, 2008 02:22 PM (B0L2r)

18 You can't write this stuff. Nobody would believe it.

Posted by: harrison at September 09, 2008 02:22 PM (Gv4O0)

19 That sound blaring in your ears is the worlds loudest record scratch.

Posted by: runninrebel at September 09, 2008 02:23 PM (qAMnO)

20 Biden must be thinking of the "Eagleton" option

Posted by: Neo at September 09, 2008 02:23 PM (Yozw9)

21 #8 is right, its perfume a pig. because pigs smell. he sure stepped into some serious shit here. whoa!

Posted by: pbx at September 09, 2008 02:23 PM (MobLv)

22 He's taken all our men, and now he's trying to scare the JOOOOOOOOOs.

Well played, Barry. Well played.

Posted by: Editor at September 09, 2008 02:24 PM (GTpOW)

Present.

Er, actually, not present.

You don't see me. I'm not here.

I'm just a figment of your imagination . . .

Posted by: Barack Obama at September 09, 2008 02:24 PM (oPFyu)

24 Oh, the lipstick on a pig is good. But the STINKY FISH, is *awesome*. I love toast. You?

Posted by: S. Weasel at September 09, 2008 02:25 PM (Dy8+A)

25 I'd think that women might take more offense at the "old fish in wrapping" remark that follows...........

Double bonus!

Barack H. Obama

-Super Genius

[Dan Quayle once misspelled Potato, don't you know? A real maroon, that one]

Posted by: Techie at September 09, 2008 02:25 PM (JG9UU)

26 "You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still gonna stink."

Obama senior adviser Robert Gibbs insists the senator was not referring to Palin.

I agree with Robert Gibbs. Obama was clearly talking about himself.

The McCain campaign ad on this pretty much makes itself.

Posted by: pbrown at September 09, 2008 02:25 PM (vxGjP)

27 You can't make shit like this up........

Posted by: Techie at September 09, 2008 02:26 PM (JG9UU)

28 ...and Obama is the real Christian.

Posted by: Bart at September 09, 2008 02:26 PM (wjcFA)

29 Jesus, hummingbirds are vicious. Sitting in my backyard and 2 are beaming around my head in a fight. -------- Corner: In a McCain conference call tonight (just now), former Massachusetts governor Jane Swift accused the Obama campaign of playground politics for calling opponents rotten old fish or a pig. ---\ I told you, dovetailing "old fish" and "stink" in a sentence right after the Pig line is not going to sit well with women.

Posted by: topsecretk9 at September 09, 2008 02:26 PM (VKmxM)

30 Mr. Obama, I know Jesus. Jesus is a savior of mine. You, sir, are no Jesus. You're not even a Jesus Jones.

Posted by: EnochF at September 09, 2008 02:26 PM (VXm6y)

31 I don't believe for a second that Obama actually meant to call Palin a pig; he was obviously talking about McCain/Palin policies, and the audience just conflated it with Palin's "lipstick" joke from the convention. But given the avalanche of lies and hatred poured on Palin by the Democrats over the last two weeks, to an extent unparalleled in modern political history, I have to say I don't care. Take the gaffe, and spin and milk it for all it's worth.

Posted by: RajivVindaloo at September 09, 2008 02:27 PM (Rn2+D)

32 ABC thought it was about Palin ..

You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, Obama said, but its still a pig. The crowd rose and applauded, some of them no doubt thinking he may have been alluding to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palins ad lib during her vice presidential nomination acceptance speech last week, Whats the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick.

Posted by: Neo at September 09, 2008 02:27 PM (Yozw9)

33 And we all know how Muslims feel about pigs. ...KIDDING, KIDDING!

Posted by: MoronThisLater at September 09, 2008 02:27 PM (PbkDy)

MSM is going to go shields up. They'll defend him to the death, of course.

OR... they'll just ignore it.

Posted by: fiatboomer at September 09, 2008 02:27 PM (c0NSb)

35 Obama isn't Jesus Abreau.

Posted by: Techie at September 09, 2008 02:28 PM (JG9UU)

36 so either Palin is a pig or her private part smells fishy. most people wouldn't believe he even said that. just saw a clip on fox news...

Posted by: pbx at September 09, 2008 02:28 PM (MobLv)

37 Actually, I know a number of old expressions.

Posted by: ArrMatey at September 09, 2008 02:28 PM (35LYA)

38 I believe him when he says he wasn't talking about Palin. I think he really is that fucking stupid, and lacks self-awareness and common sense. Flat-out sucks ass w/o a teleprompter.

Posted by: bunny boy at September 09, 2008 02:29 PM (m/lDX)

39 Intentional or gaffe, he's still an idiot.

Posted by: mare at September 09, 2008 02:29 PM (xMkst)

40 "Time to bring about real change in Washington."

With Joe Bide, a career politician, and Barack Hussein Obama, a political hack from the Chicago political machine?

Okay.

Posted by: Bart at September 09, 2008 02:30 PM (wjcFA)

41 Proof positive that there is a God, and His gift to the Republican Party is Barack Obama.

Posted by: Wait Till Next Year at September 09, 2008 02:31 PM (s9Ak0)

This cocksucker (keep our numbers up) is self destructing.

God I LOVE IT.

You think this is going to be BIG?

Well, the "O"'s first and not last BIG fuck up.

Back lash? You watch the numbers, and now the back tracking.

O, how you like playing against the "A" team?

Kemp

Posted by: kempermanx at September 09, 2008 02:31 PM (2+9Yx)

43 This is not the old expression I thought I knew.

Posted by: fiatboomer at September 09, 2008 02:32 PM (c0NSb)

44 Obadee, Obadee, that's all, folks!

Posted by: EnochF at September 09, 2008 02:33 PM (VXm6y)

45 He. did. not. go. there. He did not say "Old fish". Did somebody make him say that or did he come up with that reference himself? Contempt for the females, he has it. Or he thinks it's important to show it ...to look like a strong man. Oh how he fails.

Posted by: SarahW at September 09, 2008 02:34 PM (7sl9X)

I am far from being a "ladies man" like Barack Obama, but I know this is not how you win over women!

You can't say they smell like fish and are pigs with lipstick.

Barack needs to try this instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjN8X7tgpUE

Posted by: The Ladies man at September 09, 2008 02:34 PM (+GRGs)

30Mr. Obama, I know Jesus. Jesus is a savior of mine. You, sir, are no Jesus. You're not even a Jesus Jones.

No, but he's beginning to sound a lot like "The Jesus" in "The Big Lebowski."

Posted by: fulldroolcup at September 09, 2008 02:35 PM (fH1BE)

48 What color did he use on his memiors?

Posted by: yarrrrr at September 09, 2008 02:36 PM (uW3RA)

49 And you can put "HopeAndChange" on socialism and it's still socialism

Posted by: MoronThisLater at September 09, 2008 02:36 PM (PbkDy)

50 Wow. Any other politician and I'd say this is the end for him, but Obama's said so much stupid crap over the past year that it seems nothing sticks to him.

Posted by: Rob at September 09, 2008 02:37 PM (8IWMm)

51 The video

Posted by: Neo at September 09, 2008 02:37 PM (Yozw9)

52 Of course he was referring to the "Palinization" -- Lipstick has only been mentioned (and is worn as far as we know) by one candidate He most likely fucked up the presentation or his army of 300 thought it would be a good move. Either way, it wasn't good.

Posted by: topsecretk9 at September 09, 2008 02:37 PM (VKmxM)

53 Obama's Famous Sayings (part I) : "You can throw a white sheet over your old couch, but that doesn't get rid of the stains."

Posted by: Bart at September 09, 2008 02:38 PM (wjcFA)

54 I thought this comment was no big deal until I read the comments here and over at Hot Air. Now I am indignant! Seriously folks, I thought the saying was "Lipstick on a Pig" or is it "silk purse/sow's ear"...but "perfume on a pig"? Really?

Posted by: HawaiiLwyr at September 09, 2008 02:38 PM (G7TZh)

55 Wow! Just when I thought the media and their polling was starting to provide Obama more cover and get this Palin thing under control . . . .

Someone in his campaign obviously needs to strap a teleprompter to his face.

Posted by: DCox at September 09, 2008 02:39 PM (2pT9a)

56 Maybe it has to do with regional colloquialisms, but around here it's always been "perfume on a pig".

Posted by: mpur at September 09, 2008 02:40 PM (xn1v/)

They are now denying that he was refering to Palin. Sorry Barry, after what you guys have been doing to her this past week and a half, nothing you and your keepers say has any credibility whatsoever.

Of all the ways you could've made your argument, you chose the "lipstick on a pig" saying just a week after Palin made the "pitbull with lipstick" comparison of herself.

Question to Dems who are trying to deny this: Do you really think we are that fucking stupid???

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 09, 2008 02:40 PM (5GNS+)

58 Are they trying to lose? Is this like the 1919 White Sox or has he just bet a shitload against himself on Tradesports/Intrade and is trying to throw the election?

Posted by: AD at September 09, 2008 02:41 PM (jgC4M)

59 I have heard it both ways.

But Hawaii, with Obama! true believers telling us that we need to dig down deep, deep into Republican messages to get to the racist codes, I think we're perfectly allowed to take something at face value.

Posted by: Techie at September 09, 2008 02:41 PM (JG9UU)

60 You know that cadence he has when he talks, would someone please call him and tell him to stop it.

Posted by: mare at September 09, 2008 02:41 PM (xMkst)

61 I can't believe that some of you actually are buying into Barry's "what, me sexist?" stance.

He's had a *lot* of these slips. And here -- two in one statement?

Posted by: someone at September 09, 2008 02:42 PM (2z2WN)

62 Hmmmm.

Oh yeah baby!

Win or lose this is THE MOST entertaining election cycle of my entire fucking life.

Next up? "You can put a orange pantsuit on a pig .... "

Posted by: memomachine at September 09, 2008 02:43 PM (f4Zt4)

Question to Dems who are trying to deny this: Do you really think we are that fucking stupid???

We keep promising you free shit from the government, and you keep voting against us! Of course we think you're stupid! We also think you're fat. We think churches smell funny. Why can't you be more like Spain? Topless beaches, communists in office, Muslim architecture everywhere.

Posted by: EnochF at September 09, 2008 02:44 PM (VXm6y)

The Urban Dictionary defines "putting lipstick on a pig" thusly:

"A term used by many, generally in reference to someone who may be trying to make something or someone look appealing or attractive when it quite clearly will not work, or will only deceive the dumbest of people.

Car salesmen are generally good at "putting lipstick on a pig" because they are always selling unroadworthy buckets of shit and try and hide their shitfulness by tarting them up.

The dude in that car yard just put a body kit on that piece of shit. Talk about putting lipstick on a pig "

By using that expression in a context where it could be claimed he was talking about Palin, Barry really beshitted himself....

Gonna take a dozen shoehorns to scrape the crap out of his tighty whiteys!!!

Posted by: fulldroolcup at September 09, 2008 02:45 PM (fH1BE)

65 someone "what, me" is a perfect description...he's like that SNL character "subliminal guy"

Posted by: topsecretk9 at September 09, 2008 02:45 PM (VKmxM)

66 That "Jesus was a community organizer" thing came from NPR's Diane Reim who read an email which claimed that Jesus was a community organizer and Pilate was a governor - so Obama is Jesus and Palin is Pilate. Apparently it's going around the other side - like they ever cracked a Bible open. (the link is to some leftist's blog who dropped the story on me the other day)

Posted by: Jonn Lilyea at September 09, 2008 02:45 PM (FKRo3)

67 I LOVE THIS ELECTION!!!!! It is teh AWESOMEST!

Posted by: S. Weasel at September 09, 2008 02:45 PM (Dy8+A)

68 What a dumb thing to say. Great catch, K9!

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