I find it hard to believe that Obama's "Pig" comment was geard only at Palin
By sedel1027
@sedel1027 (17846)
Cupertino, California
September 10, 2008 9:16am CST
Obama made the following comment:
[i]“John McCain says he’s about change, too, and so I guess his whole angle is, ‘Watch out George Bush.’ Except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics … That’s not change. That’s just calling something the same thing, something different,” Obama said.
“But you know … you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You know, you can … wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change, it’s still going to stink after eight years.”[/i]
Now the McCain party is all up in arms saying that this is aimed directly at Palin.
Now I personally do not favor either camp and don't even cast a mainstream vote, but I have to defend Obama on this one. To me, he is referring to the entire McCain party saying that they are still Republicans and that will never change. By voting for them you will get another 4 years of Bush.
What is your call on this?
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@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
10 Sep 08
I had not taken the comments that way. The comment about putting lipstick on a pig reminded me of the joke by Palin and it made me think he was talking specifically about her. But, reading your discussion, it makes me now think that perhaps you are right, and that the old fish was meant to represent McCain. They have long said that McCain was too old to be President, which I disagree with. Age has nothing to do with suitability, but experience sure does. And McCain is not like Bush.
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