tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post6817724213917595701..comments2023-07-28T11:57:04.354+01:00Comments on Malc in the Burgh: "You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig."Malchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-21928548434323650732008-09-14T17:34:00.000+01:002008-09-14T17:34:00.000+01:00She must have been a Republican.She must have been a Republican.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09276807629755008090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-43419569682464012812008-09-13T09:05:00.000+01:002008-09-13T09:05:00.000+01:00*comment removed. No swearing here - this is a fa...*comment removed. No swearing here - this is a family show!Malchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-74256477458391888032008-09-13T01:35:00.000+01:002008-09-13T01:35:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228080233799529114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-8586232854006436822008-09-12T18:21:00.000+01:002008-09-12T18:21:00.000+01:00Obama was talking about policy too. Did you read t...Obama was talking about policy too. Did you read the <A HREF="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/obama-says-mc-1.html" REL="nofollow">quote?</A> "That's not change... You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called 'change,' it's still gonna stink after eight years. We've had enough of the same old thing! It's time to bring about real change to Washington. And that's the choice you've got in this election."<BR/><BR/>Doesn't matter in the slightest that Palin had chosen to refer to herself as a lipstick-wearing bulldog a week before. Obama, McCain, and half of America have used that phrase before. Torie Clarke, McCain's former press secretary, wrote a book with that title. You're right that McCain was referring to policy. So, obviously is everyone else. So why is there one rule for McCain & the Republican attack machine & one rule for Obama?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2008/sep/10/johnmccain.sarahpalin" REL="nofollow">Micheal Tomasky</A> says, "The media treats it all as entertainment, a matter of which side has seized the offensive. The McCain team knows all this. So they consciously promote lies, knowing that no real mechanism exists to stop them from doing so".<BR/><BR/>That's the reality of what you call "more high profile". The question is, why is this kind of mudslinging, a deliberate distortion of a triviality, getting more attention than the issues of leadership & candidates policies?Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09276807629755008090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-43950967957099999322008-09-12T10:36:00.000+01:002008-09-12T10:36:00.000+01:00I'd still suggest that in the NYT article you poin...I'd still suggest that in the NYT article you point to Sam, McCain is referring to the policy being rehashed.... but I doubt we'll see eye to eye on this. <BR/><BR/>My point I think is this... Clinton hadn't said anything about lipstick the week before McCain said it wheras Palin had - and Obama knew it. I think you know that too... <BR/><BR/>and I said it didn't make it less sexist. Just that it was more high profile. At the end of the day, you can read it as referring to policy or Ms Palin - depending on your side of the fence. I think it was probably an unwise thing to say - how's that?Malchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-19875312785180461722008-09-12T01:24:00.000+01:002008-09-12T01:24:00.000+01:00Obama didn't say that. McCain did. McCain is sexis...Obama didn't say that. McCain <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/us/politics/12health.html?_r=1&fta=y&oref=slogin" REL="nofollow">did</A>. McCain is <A HREF="http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/13582.html" REL="nofollow">sexist</A> whether his opponent is in the race or not. McCain & Palin <A HREF="http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/mccain-palin_distorts_our_finding.html" REL="nofollow">lie</A> routinely. So if McCain didn't liken Hillary to a pig with lipstick on, neither did Obama. Has someone been <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2007/12/did_mccain_call.html" REL="nofollow">pig wrestling</A>, Malc?Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09276807629755008090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-71371527176993646622008-09-11T14:23:00.000+01:002008-09-11T14:23:00.000+01:00I don't make the rules here guys. But Hillary isn...I don't make the rules here guys. But Hillary isn't a candidate any more and Sarah Palin is. That doesn't make it any less sexist - it does make it less mainstream. But, Sam, I'm pretty sure John McCain didn't liken Hillary to a pig with lipstick on.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, polls are swinging McCain's way. Some, still inside the margin of error at 49-47. Others - of registered voters - at 49-44 to McCain. So I would argue don't quite be so sure to say no Mr Patter...Malchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191161151984519900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-72636409581928871432008-09-11T13:42:00.000+01:002008-09-11T13:42:00.000+01:00Why not? John McCain said it about Hillary. Didn&#...Why not? John McCain said it about Hillary. Didn't hear any charges of sexism there. Is it possible the Republicans are attacking a Presidential candidate? Shocking behaviour, would never have thought it of them. Maybe that nice Karl Rove can persuade them to focus on issues like the threat of climate change, the worrying trend towards teaching creationism in schools, the need for America to improve its global relations. After all he's a fair & balanced guy.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09276807629755008090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719459558369549533.post-10730686249104541582008-09-11T13:27:00.000+01:002008-09-11T13:27:00.000+01:00in a word, noObamas reaction to this using his tra...in a word, no<BR/>Obamas reaction to this using his trademark comic timing("One minute im talking about mccains economics, then im being sexist towards the alaskan govenor") should hopefully ensure this is another nothing storyHolyrood Patterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011279364711982978noreply@blogger.com