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I didn’t think much of that Obama “lipstick on a pig” thing at first. Even politicians should be allowed to use the English language and speak freely without fear of being smeared, like when Romney made that “tarbaby” remark.* In fact, I thought the second part of the quote, “You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It’s still gonna stink” showed he was just trotting out cliches to counter the outrageous McCain-Palin seizing of his “Change” mantra, which he’s apparently worried about.** Then I remembered this: 

And it starts to get a little cute. You could even turn the “fish” thing into an anti-Christian thing, or like Sadly, a Moron, make fishy “fag” jokes if you want. The English language is a beautiful thing that way. So did Obama intend to call Palin a pig who smells like rotting fish?  I dunno, maybe. I wouldn’t put it past him. He’s not only a pol, he’s a desperate lefty pol, and you know what happens when they get desperate on that side of the aisle. Out come the eff words and the vile, hypocritical sexist, ageist, racist slurs. Either way, it’s fun watching the lefties get whacked for using the English language and harmless old cliches. Here’s one. “You can’t put hairplugs on a bald old white geezer.” No wait, you can. Here’s another. “You can take the turban off the candidate, but you can’t take the turbans off his supporters.” That works.

Extensive lipstick-pig scholarship via the learned Instapundit. 

Malkin, throwing a loaded phrase at a loaded phrase, calls it a “botched joke.” Ouch. Low blow. No fair comparing the Messiah to the Backbench Loser! Hey Malkin, also no fair to hold lefty hypocrites to their own standards!

Astonishing evidence that the sockpuppet also known as Greenwald is starting to get it as he self-titles a post “New Heights of Stupidity.”

Ex-Hillarist, Obama-toting Taylor Marsh: It’s only sexist when you say it about Hillary. 

Hillary-clinging Tennessee Guerrilla Women: Sexist Obama drives more white women away

* As appealing as the idea of duct-taping all of their mouths may be, politics is a necessary evil and unlike much of Europe and the Middle East, we have free speech in this country. That means people are free to say what they want. Except in crowded theaters, on university campuses, in political campaigns, etc.

** “Hope and Change” copyrighted by Hairplugs-Charm ‘08, pat. pending. Novel political concepts when applied with no visible support for the notion that there is anything to be hopeful about or that anything will change, at least for the better. Hey, I’ve got one: “You can’t wrap an old geezer with hairplugs around your head and call it a new turban.”

Topics: English, pols

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:38 am on Wednesday, September 10, 2008

8 Responses to “Fishy”

1. Sean Bannion Says:
   September 10th, 2008 at 9:56 am

   I don’t think too much of the comment either. But I DO think McCain should make something out of it for a few days.

   Why? Because every single time a Republican misspeaks, the press makes hay out of it. Does anyone REALLY think George Allen had ANY idea about the connotations of “macaca?” C’mon, really????

   Yet George Allen is not a U.S. Senator today.

   To be honest, to understand that comment was hurtful would have required Allen to be in touch with and have knowledge of minority communities. Since Allen was always rapped for NOT having that familiarity, it was then disingenuous to come back and rap him on the knuckles for the comment. Allen thought he was being funny, instead he was being tone-deaf.

   But aren’t we hearing all the time how articulate and smart Obama is? Well, let Mr. “57 states” prove it to all the “sweeties” out there.

   That’s politics, baby. It’s not racism when you misspeak and others point it out. It’s honesty.

2. markg8 Says:
   September 10th, 2008 at 12:07 pm

   Obama: “John McCain says he’s about change too, and so I guess his whole angle is, ‘Watch out George Bush — except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics — we’re really going to shake things up in Washington,’” he said.

   “That’s not change. That’s just calling something the same thing something different. You know you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You know you can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change, it’s still going to stink after eight years. We’ve had enough of the same old thing.”

   Where’s the reference to Sarah Palin? There isn’t any. It’s a common phrase and Obama even explained the context. So common even John McCain has been known to use it.

   John McCain: In Iowa last October, McCain drew comparisons between Hillary Clinton’s current health care plan and the one she championed in 1993: “I think they put some lipstick on the pig, but it’s still a pig.” He used the same line in May.

   John McCain would be an even worse president than Bush. He seems to be trying to prove it by the dishonest way he’s running his campaign. He’d rather lose his honor than lose a campaign.

3. theospark Says:
   September 10th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

   Ooops I think I just upset a whole bunch of people!!

4. David M Says:
   September 10th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

   The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the - Web Reconnaissance for 09/10/2008 A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day…so check back often.

5. RebeccaH Says:
   September 10th, 2008 at 1:26 pm

   I’m not sure what to make of Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” remark. It’s an old phrase, yes, but as a skilled politician who knows how to work a crowd, he surely knew what conclusion his supporters would draw from that, as he should have known what the reaction of a whole lot of undecided women would be. If he’s rattled now, he has only himself to blame.

6. Fatty Bolger Says:
   September 10th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

   He knew what he was saying, and so did everybody else. Even Mark up there, as much as he wants to pretend otherwise. Obama was trying to be clever, with “lipstick on a pig” referring to Palin’s joke the other night, and “old fish” referring to McCain. I don’t consider it to be sexist, just crude.

7. Sissy Willis Says:
   September 11th, 2008 at 10:24 am

   Your reference to “Sadly, A Moron,” rung a distant bell.

   Three years back I referred to “Sadly, No” as “Sadly, No Brain” in response to their keen analysis of MY keen analysis of the tsunami in terms of learning from past mistakes:

   Ol’ Sissy Willis at Sisu, the rightbloggers’ answer to the designy lifestyle publication, has once again been hypnotized by the shiny, beaten-brass dangly-thing at the end of her pentatonic wind chimes.

   I will say that I’ve always been one to peck at shiny objects.

8. Bart Says:
   September 13th, 2008 at 1:19 am

   Oh, come on. Coming on the heels of the pit bull/lipstick joke at the convention, there is no doubt Obama was trying to rattle the McCain campaign’s cage, knowing he could maintain plausible deniability.

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