Barack Obama and his campaign are imploding. Ever since John McCain named Sarah Palin as his VP choice, the Democrats have become unhinged.
They have engaged in multiple smears and up to now, Obama himself stayed above the fray. Now it was his turn to jump into the gutter.
At a campaign rally in Virginia yesterday, Obama used the old joke, "No matter how much lipstick you put on a pig, it's still a pig." This was an obvious reference to Palin's joke, "What's the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom? Lipstick!"
Some have taken Obama's comment as calling Palin a pig. Maybe, maybe not. But the obvious reference is still there as Palin pretty much copyrighted lipstick in this campaign.
It was also planned and not a mistake.
Hugh Hewitt said it best:
Either Obama's dim as can be, or he is angry at having been thrown backwards week after week. When Obama denies having targeted Palin, keep in mind that everyone instantly made the connection. Is Obama really that clueless? An angry outburst does less damage than his pleading he didn't mean it that way. Remember the raised finger?
Keep in mind as well that Obama has been telling us his genius at running his campaign is evidence of his fitness to be president. Some genius. We are watching a crack-up under pressure. His Chicago handlers might be able to put the wheels back on, but we now have a glimpse of "glass jaw" Obama in a crisis.
Update from Hewitt: Callers and e-mailers are furious with Obama. Beyond furious, really. MSM is ignoring this tsunami of a story thus far, but it has traveled around the globe and back and will keep traveling. Millions of women will never forget and they won't forgive.
UPDATE:
Source: Ben Smith at Politico.com
Obama said the McCain campaign moved to "seize an innocent remark and take it out of context because they knew it's catnip for the news media."
"See, it would be funny, but the news media decided that would be the lead story yesterday. This happens every election cycle. Every four years, this is what we do. This is what they want to spend two of the last 55 days talking about...Enough!" he said.
Obama called the attacks "lies, outrage and swift boat politics."
"These are serious times and they call for a serious debate...spare me all the phony outrage. Spare me all the phony talk about change," he said.
UPDATE: McCain spokesman Brian Rogers responds: “Barack Obama can’t campaign with schoolyard insults and then try to claim outrage at the tone of the campaign. His talk of new politics is as empty as his campaign trail promises, and his record of bucking his party and reaching across the aisle simply doesn’t exist.”
Former ABC and CBS political reporter (and ex-KCBS anchor in Los Angeles) and current Obama media whore Linda Douglass spoke for the Obama campaign:
From NewsBusters:
We now know the official Obama talking point on Lipstick-gate.
In the course of her Morning Joe appearance today, Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass used the word "ridiculous" no fewer than six times to dismiss the controversy that has arisen since Obama said yesterday that you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig.
Douglass was an ostensibly objective reporter at the National Journal before jumping ship for Obama in the midst of this campaign season.
2 comments:
Hmm very temporary this implosion was - looks like McCain has the real problems these days. With all the smears, lies and tough talk, it looks like McCain's campaign is going explode.
At least you had the guts to admit that Obama's campaign did implode (or became unhinged).
The only smears and lies in this campaign originate from the Left.
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