Obama made a boo boo and with some of the undecided women voters, it was a big one. “Lip Stick On A Pig” was not a bad statement on it’s own. If Ross Perot says, “You people..” at a union meeting, no one bats an eye but when he said it at a NAACP meeting, well, that was different.
If Sarah Palin was not in this race it wouldn’t have mattered. If Palin hadn’t have made the “Pitbull with lipstick” comment it wouldn’t have been so readily associated as a slam on her. Now some are saying he has used the statement before and it is just part of his lexicon. I just listened to the 45 second part of the speech which should be embedded above.
He makes two mistakes. First, he makes a relatively long pause before he hits the lipstick remark. Second, he then says, “You can put and old fish in a newspaper…” The pause will look to many as purposeful and by adding the second analogy seems to make it a slam on the other half of the ticket.
I think Obama is learning what Britney Spears, the housing industry and the internet revolution learned, the media loves to build you up high enough to knock you down. Obama has had a long ride as the media darling and you know Hillary is smiling as he falters right now.
If Hillary was in the picture, and I really don’t see her taking the VP slot, Palin most likely wouldn’t have been picked. I doubt Palin is in the picture if Hillary is the nominee. Right now Palin is more popular than any of them and by the time it wanes they may very well win.
What I think few realize is that very few people will cross parties. Hillary voters may very well sit it out due to frustration. Plenty of conservatives said they wouldn’t vote for McCain or do it begrudgingly, that is, until Palin showed up. There is no one in either party that could cause more excitement or attention than Obama and Palin. And that excitement will get the vote out, TO THAT PARTY. I honestly haven’t met an true independent nor anyone who is unsure which side of a presidential race to vote. (Obama would have beat Bush. Kerry couldn’t even get the “I Hate Bush Vote.)
So the true effort is to get more people in your party of their ass. The lipstick on a pig comment may not have the damaging effect many say. It got a rousing applause when he said it. Democrats hate Palin like the conservatives hate Hillary. Pander to your party, forget the swing vote and ride to a win, whoever that might be