Comments | ocmaria: Feigned Outrage and Lies

ocmaria

Feigned Outrage and Lies

Sep 11, 2008 08:26

So the latest "controversy" to come out of the wonderful world that is the 2008 elections is that McCain has asked Obama to apologize for his sexist "lipstick on a pig" remark because it was obviously about Palin. Except ... it wasn't. Obama was referring to McCain's economic policies, which in context of the phrase, means that it's more of the ( Read more... )

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bwiched September 11 2008, 20:38:30 UTC

i swear, if it's not one thing it's another. enough (as obama said) is enough...enough about this gosh darn lipstick comment. it's so stupid and a waste of the american public's time ( ... )

ocmaria September 11 2008, 23:42:23 UTC

The media is totally overplaying these. I also agree that anyone with a brain understands what is what and that Obama should have probably used a different phrase, but why did the McCain camp go out and demand an apology? And sadly, there are people who do believe the sexism accusations (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X03m-vXm_Y).

Heh, similar to your comment about the eBay thing, a cousin of mine told me that "selling isn't the same as sold". The semantics in this election will drive me crazy! Oy.

And I didn't catch Larry King last night. I'm sure I can find it online, I'll have to look for it. Thanks for the tip!