Title: Obama really screwed up with his PIG comment....Game Over...Checkmate Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Sep 10, 2008 Author:Campaign ad Post Date:2008-09-10 09:07:33 by Old Friend Keywords:None Views:2746 Comments:138
To quote Mr. McCready, a character in V to much better effect then he, Bullocks.
McCain with his use of the same common expression, with Obama's use of it long before McCain's choice for his co-loser in this race has over reached his hand.
Barack Obama merely has to pluck the ripe fruit of people's weariness of Swift Boat lies and garbage and call McCain's hand.
John McCain's hand will fold, and he will lose this election.
This election is the people's choice to make. Not McCain's, not Bush's, not Carl Rowe's or any other manipulative wannabe who operates to get their way by dividing people.
There is no damage in this remark, only in the phony and contrived reaction to it that is so transparent to everybody.
There is no damage in this remark, only in the phony and contrived reaction to it that is so transparent to everybody.
There is damage in it. He may not have meant to call her a pig. But the damage is in peoples perception of his words. It will push some people over to McCain. Don't doubt it.
As you probably recall, Palin got applause at the Republican National Convention when she said that the only difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom (meaning herself) is that the latter wears lipstick. So, is she dissing herself here?
There is a double standard at work, and those who buy into a double standard and gimmicks over substance are going to vote the way they will whether or not such a bald attempt at a Swift boat slam dunk is attempted or not.
But I do think that this being such a clear case of false indignation will hurt McCain with swing voters. We differ on our take on this, but I have not wavered in the slightest bit in my confidence in Obama winning this race.
Nothing has happened that I didn't expect, and Obama has yet to suffer more then the usual scrapes and bumps all candidates suffer in such a race.