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To: ManyMoose who wrote (83480)	9/10/2008 9:00:03 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542098

McCain used it when talking about Hillary's plan- that makes a woman involved, AND there was a "plan" at issue. Please explain the tremendous difference. You mean because Palin said she was like a pitbull only she wore liptstick this suddenly renders the pig lipstick saying unsayable? You mean a candidate can do that? All by themselves they can suddenly make saying something a "nono"? Why that sounds so like PCness run wildly amock. Love to hear your justification for why Mccain's use is okee dokee and Obama's isn't.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (83480)	9/10/2008 9:35:10 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 542098

>>McCain used it in a very different context, but it's still just a colloquialism. Obama's audience obviously made the connection with Palin's story and laughed like all get out. << MM - Did they? I haven't seen video tape of that. I've only seen the video where Obama is talking about the Republican's goofy reaction to the use of the "lipstick on a pig" line. In that video, the audience is laughing at the Republican reaction. Why is it OK for McCain to use that phrase when talking about Hillary Clinton's policies, but it's not OK for Obama to use it when talking about McCain's policies? - Allen