On Sep 10, 2008, at 9:51 AM, LuKreme wrote: > You mean how he used the EXACT SAME PHRASE that McCain used LAST YEAR > about Hillary Clinton's Health care plan? > > Funny, it wasn't sexist then, but it is now?
Because it wasn't then. Perception is everything in politics and Obama, of all people, should know that. Hillary hadn't done the pitbull/hockey mom lipstick comment the week before or it would have been perceived as sexist then too. The feminists are already pissed at Obama for his perceived diss of Hillary, so everything he says that can even remotely interpreted as sexist will be taken that way whether it is or not, and every word he utters about Palin will be looked over for the slightest insult. Welcome to PC hell. I hope the left is happy with the bed they made cause Obama gets to sleep in it. Obama will no longer get the benefit of the doubt, *ever*, from them. Oprah has the same problem brewing. I watched Obama's comment completely in context. I do not think it was meant as a slam at all, it is a common figure of speech.[1] but he was an idiot for using it because of exactly what happened. He either got "too cute" or just spoke before he engaged his brain. Either way, his message was lost. Whatever the hell he was talking about will not get a bit of coverage, just the *pig* part. The *real* cost will be three days off message and one more thing that will keep him on defense. If he plays defense all the way to November, he will loose. =c= [1] Of course the origin of the comment *is* a reference to unattractive women that put on some lipstick hoping to change their chances, so it *is* sexist in it's origin anyway. _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
