The latest Obama gaffe involves his using the idiomatic expression "you can put lipstick on a pig; it's still a pig". [This follows one of the well-known quips Vice Presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin used to introduce herself last week as a "hockey mom", when she said, "[Do you know] the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick."] This, by any objective analysis, was a cheap shot by Barack Obama; he paused after saying the line, and the audience knowingly laughed. He has spent the last 10 days or so constantly fixated on John McCain's running mate, even to the extent of trying to compare the administration of his campaign with Palin's record as mayor and governor. More recently, the Democrats have been focusing on Palin's earmarks; a 'pig' is a common symbol for someone whom procures Congressional pork, i.e., wasteful spending of government money. Given the heavy saturation of the Palin "hockey mom" joke, and Obama's recent focus on Palin's earmarks, it's not credible that Obama stumbled his way into a double entendre by accident. The idiomatic expression is not intended to be a joke, but he didn't seem at all surprised by the audience picking up on the lipstick reference.
There is no doubt that Obama used the common expression in a discussion of what the Democratic campaign believes to be a disingenuous theft of the term 'change'. It's rather debatable whether the same old same old liberal ideas of socializing health care, trade protectionism, green energy policies, class warfare, judicial activism, etc., constitute 'change', other than the fact that the Bush Administration is conservative. Furthermore, it's debatable that inexperienced leadership and the need for learning on the job is 'change' America can afford at this juncture. The McCain administration is headed by mavericks whom have worked to cut down the 'good old boy' network, have gone up against members of their own party, and have worked across the aisle--on real change. For instance, Sarah Palin worked with the Democratic minority in passing ethics reform in Alaska. McCain-Palin are talking about is real change in Washington--getting things done, being better stewards of the people's money.
Obama responded this morning by self-righteously condemning a "made-up controversy". Methinks Obama doth protest too much. [The network news tonight, on NBC and CBS, are totally in the tank with the Obama campaign by stressing the fact that McCain used the phrase last year to describe HillaryCare v. 2 and that Obama was talking about the change concept, not Palin. It's apples and oranges; Barack Obama and Joe Biden have repeatedly attacked Sarah Palin's mayoral experience and her applications for earmarks, and she had a infamous line in her widely watched speech, less than a week after the remark.] Obama didn't even attempt to apologize; instead, he ONCE AGAIN played the victim card--poor, poor pitiful me. I'm being "swiftboated". They're going to say I don't look like all those people on those dollar bills; they're questioning my patriotism. Cry me a river, Senator. This isn't the first time you thought you were getting away with boorish behavior towards women, like the time you called a reporter "sweetie" and the time you decided to scratch yourself with your middle finger on the face while talking about Hillary Clinton.
Barack Obama, I'll do one better. The term 'pig' refers to a male chauvinist. As mentioned above, it also refers to someone whom wastes the government's money. So here's a triple entendre:
What do you call a pig wearing lipstick? Obama in drag.
