This common idiom takes on the characteristics of a double entendre in light of Palin’s recent joke. Obama was backhandedly referring to Palin and his audience of supporters knew it.

Obama revels in being able to get away with this shit in front of the national audience. Remember this one? His supporters dishonestly and reflexively leapt to his defense on that one as well, even as his audience of supporters knew damn well what had just happened.

mdmdc – Let’s see–using the “lipstick on a pig” line in a race that includes a female candidate. Hmm–maybe John McCain should relax on his outrage at Obama’s statement.

The “pig” McCain was referring to was HillaryCare. Barack Obama, in contrast to McCain, was talking about the candidates. So, nice try – but no cigar. The situations are not comparable.

“realitybased”bob – same to you. This double entendre idiom use by Barack Obama doesn’t really bother me, but don’t play me for a fool. Obama knew what he was doing. It really doesn’t serve you in trying to convince us that your candidate is stupid.

He got exactly the reaction from his audience that his comment was intended to engender

Just reminded me of the extended middle finger gesture to his cheek when he was speaking of Hillary. Oh, yeah! He was just scratching! (Wink, wink! Nod, nod!)

This utterance by Obama does seem innocuous, unless you listen the recording and notice the crowd response.

He knew quite well how the crowd was taking his words. Like the slimey Washington politician that he is, he is hiding under the guise of plausible deniability. That trick works better in Washington than in the hinterlands, I’m afraid.

Are you trying to turn us into alcoholics?

No. That much alcohol would surely kill us!

I want to thank WOOF and Rattlebrainedbob for bringing meaningless pictures in lieu of discussion to the table! It’s good to know that there are some things you can just count on in this world!

After his first meeting with Gov. Palin.

Grasping at straws…

At least bring something to the table.

John McCain, October 2007:

While he said he had not studied Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s health-care plan, he said it was “eerily reminiscent” of the failed plan she offered as first lady in the early 1990s.

“I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig,” he said of her proposal

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http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/mccain_rolls_out_health_plan_a.html

Let’s see — using the “lipstick on a pig” line in a race that includes a female candidate. Hmm — maybe John McCain should relax on his outrage at Obama’s statement.

Heh,

Y’all keep on keeping this one alive…

“Obama is a slave to his ambition”
“Obama is the pot calling the kettle black”
“Obama is a cotton-pickin liar”
“Obama is chained to the far left”
“Obama got whipped in the debates”
“McCain mastered Obama in the debates”

All harmless statements taken on their own, all would be incredibly foolish for McCain to say, all would be interpreted as racist by the MSM.

Exactly!

Once again, Obama gets a pass.

It’s an extremely common saying that I use quite a bit. It has a pretty clear meaning, and it’s a tad silly to pretend we all don’t know what it means.

There are enough reasons to dislike Obama without making them up.

“I didn’t decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president. . . . In truth, I’d had the ambition for a long time.”

John McCain 2002

“slave to his ambition…”

“I’ve heard my dad say that, the term ‘lipstick on a pig,’” McCain said during an appearance on Fox promoting her new children’s book about her father.

Wonder Which Candidate Wears Lipstick?

One never knows, do one?