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Palin is the Lipstick? McCain policy is the Pig?

For the love of everything ... QUIT DIGGING HOLES. While those who swear allegiance to you wont be swayed by the idiotic things that come out of your mouth, several of the independents out there are listening, and if the polls are any indication (which polls suck by the way) and they're changing their stances a little bit.

The blush is coming off the rose. The lipstick is wearing off. The shine is off the diamond. What other idiotic analogy can I use ...

If you're going to use analogies that are offensive to the opposition, please expect the opposition to respond.
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S said…
The only offensive or idiotic thing about ANY of this is that the McCain camp made the claim that Obama's use of an idiom (that he's used before) was somehow meant as a personal insult to the Republican VP candidate. It's lunacy. So Obama was asked about it on Letterman, who is obviously looking for lighter topics than a real journalist. Obama responded that it was all pretty silly. Then he pointed out the logical fallacy with trying to apply the analogy in such a way to claim he called Palin a pig. It's exactly the logical fallacy many of my friends had pointed out before seeing Obama on Letterman because it's a fairly obvious fallacy.

I fail to see where Obama has dug any holes for himself. And I fail to see why he should stop using a common idiom just because it happens to involve the word lipstick. Is that word off limits because Palin used it?

I guess any comment can be made offensive if you isolate it enough and completely ignore the surrounding context. But that's cheap and dishonest and McCain et al should be ashamed of stooping to that level.
9/11/08, 6:08 PM
BellsforStacy said…
Okay ... but do you really think, in your heart of hearts, that he wasn't referring to her when he said it? I saw the delivery of it, the pausing, the little smile, the way the crowd laughed ... everyone thought he was responding to the Pit Bull / Lipstick line from the convention.

I know it's an old saying, I know McCain's used it in the past (I'd never heard Obama say it before but I trust you are right and he did) ... but don't you think that he probably was being a little tongue in cheek?

And really, if you're going to use analogies that call the other side pigs and fish, don't they deserve to respond? If McCain for even a brief second said "that's the pot calling the kettle black" the world would raise up and cry foul.

Obama made a remark that was perceived (by the press and his audience) to be a dig at Palin. The other side responded, as is there right.

Do I think it was sexist, like they were saying - no. You can't call people names through analogies and just say "it's an analogy" and think no one will take offense. That's ridiculous.
9/12/08, 9:21 AM
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