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| What Sarah-cuda reveals about Obama's character |
| 2008-09-11 |
| Daniel Finkelstein, London Times Here are a few thoughts of my own on the lipstick on a pig moment . . . . First, demonstrating that McCain had used the same phrase before doesn't cut it. The reason the pig idea popped into Barack Obama's mouth is that Palin had used the pitbull and lipstick joke in her speech. Can anyone doubt that? So Obama was using it as a jibe against her. This was monumentally foolish. And this raises questions about Obama's character. Second, the character question it raises is not that he is a sexist or that he lacks courtesy. It is that he folds under pressure. Obama has looked amazingly uncomfortable under the pressure that Palin has put him under. He relies on his cool - it is a core part of his appeal. So he looks bad when he loses it. During the Hillary contest he rarely came under any pressure from the media. When he did he reacted badly. So the problem caused by Palin isn't really about Palin - it's about Obama. Which brings me to the third point. Obama cannot change how Palin is seen anywhere near as much as he thinks he can. He needs to work on how he is seen. But, as Jay Cost argues, he hasn't been disciplined enough to do this. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #10 Well, ole' BS Biden might not be around for too much longer if the rumors flying around are true - Obamessiah might dump him for Queen Hill. I laugh because I wouldn't give good odds on Obamessiah surviving his first term with Hillary as his VP - just a heartbeat away from the Oval Office, if you get what I mean... |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2008-09-11 15:48 |
| #9 Someone the other day, might've been Hewitt, was calling him "Glass Jaw Obama". Given his performance over the past week or so that strikes me as very appropriate. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-09-11 15:28 |
| #8 Lest we forget. You put lipstick on a pig and it's still lipstick. Obama is what he is, lipstick or no. This little mistatement on his part helps bring out the true inner man in Obama. The debates are likely to bring out a thousand little flashlights probing the depths of his character. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-09-11 12:03 |
| #7 Sign seen at yesterday's McCain/Palin rally: PIG = Palin Is Great !! |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-11 11:55 |
| #6 By the right putting lipstick on a pig, they've exposed the left for polishing a turd. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2008-09-11 11:45 |
| #5 So Obama was using it as a jibe against her. That's the point. Obama was trying to be clever. And wasn't. He was trying to return a jibe. And didn't. He wasn't being nasty, he was just being clumsy. That's the real problem for the Democrats: they have a clumsy candidate who isn't ready for prime time. Again. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-09-11 11:31 |
| #4 I guess Barry was literally screaming into the mike at one Michigan appearance yesterday. Wonderful. The asshat's nerves are really going to fray as the day of the first debate, Sept. 26, approaches. The two bit fraud and liar is starting to unravel. And, yeah, Slow Joe, is bound to shit in his shoe on a daily basis. They ought to announce that due to an unsuspected infection, they've had to wire his jaws shut. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-09-11 11:17 |
| #3 Maybe it's a cultural/genetic thing. |
| Posted by: tipper 2008-09-11 10:37 |
| #2 Heard Dennis Miller say that Sarah Palin has really gotten inside Barack Obama's melon. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-09-11 09:44 |
| #1 And this raises questions about Obama's character. Not for me it hasn't. I never had a question, none at all. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-09-11 09:03 |