Lipstick on a pig?
by Mike on Sep.11, 2008, under Political
I have seen the furor which erupted over Barack Obama’s “lipstick on a pig’ comment. Having watched it in context, it is clear to me that he was not referring to our next VP Sarah Palin. It is equally as clear that John McCain’s comments about Hillary’s health care plan a year ago were about Hillary’s health care plan and not Hillary.
However, by the reaction from the crowd, I believe they thought Obama was referring to Palin, which raises the question Dennis Miller asked on his show yesterday – Is he mean-spirited or is he stupid?
I vote for stupid. “Lipstick” has had a lot of play in the media for the last week since Palin’s joke at the Republican convention. If you throw out the word in conversation, most folks will think of Palin. So for Obama to make this statement is politically insensitive. Imagine that – a politically incorrect liberal – there’s change you can believe in!
What would be the hue and cry if someone use a term related to race – like “community organizer”. Oh, I forgot, there already has been a hue and cry over this racially insensitive remark. Give me a break!
