Seriously, is the media really going to go with the pig story

[book_worm]

and let that dominate the debate for the next two days or so? another example of the GOP trying to divert attention from issues. Obviously Obama wasn't speaking about Palin. Yet Palin will be given a pass for her consistent LYING on the campaign trail.

[scheming daemons]

1. Good!

And Obama campaign needs to put out the quote from McCain using the same term.

[book_worm]

3. Is it really good? to have this taken seriously.

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Yes, it's excellent

Because it makes the McCain people seem kooky at the same time it focuses on Obama's major point, that the McCain people are dressing up the same old policy as something new. It's a big plus for us.

[adamuu]

24. yes. it's excellent. n/t

[DesertFlower]

11. exactly. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Pig story = big Obama win...it makes McCain look unhinged

and forces them to play the clip where Obama is 1) clearly not referring to palin and 2) clearly referring to the 10 ways Mccain is just like Bush.

This was a perfect play by Obama, and the GOPers are stepping in it.

[book_worm]

4. I hope so

but call me old fashioned but I would rather the debate be about rising unemployment, high gas prices and the war.

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. It is about that...you have to get to those points through the pig nonsense

But the pig nonsense allows the entry into just those discussions (OK, so what WAS he talking about/ Well, I'm glad you aksed...).

Don't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. This is an excellent attack and strategy by Obama, and he should even ramp it up.

[Cha]

17. Zactly...they(O Team) have to play on several

fronts and levels just to get through and being in charge of the message.

Very creative. Wonder who came up with that?!

[AkFemDem]

6. I hope so!!! It's seriously going to make the right look like the oversensitive babies

they're always accusing liberals of being. It only reflects badly on them.

[GrizzlyMan]

7. Oink! Oink! ....here little piggy

They need to get people dressed up in pig costumes to follow McCain and his Little Piggy everywhere the go.

Here piggy piggy!

[ej510]

10. Expect Geraldine Ferraro to accuse Obama of sexism. the sad thing

is that it might stick.

[GrizzlyMan]

12. Nobody but Faux noise cares about what Ferraro has to say

And I assume you mean accuse.

[DesertFlower]

13. that woman is a traitor

to the democratic party. i was so excited in '84 when she was running for VP. now i can't stand her.

[Phredicles]

9. It's trivial, simple, and easy to beat into the ground. So

of COURSE that's the angle they'll fixate on. Thank goodness it's one that makes McCrash look like an idiot (of course, that's what I said about his picking the holy nazi babe).

[Jackpine Radical]

14. A few points.

1) Obama did not mention Palin in his comment. He certainly did not call her a pig.
2) Every time a an uncommitted, slightly-informed voter sees Palin, he will think "Lipstick. Pig."
3) The more noise the McCain people make about this, the more strength # 2 will acquire in the public mind.
4) Obama wins.

Brilliant. Lakoff Score =+6.

(I just invented that. Lakoff scores can range between -10 to +10 depending on their effectiveness.)

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. This made up controversy fires up the base, and opens their wallets.

It's a tactic, but at least Obama's back in the news, and he can pooh pooh this nonsense, and get a chance to talk about the issues at the same time.

[stillcool]

16. You'd think they'd

.. never used the expression before, and automatically connotate the pig with Palin.

[subterranean]

18. 9/11 is coming up in two days...

Then we'll all be talking about how McCain & Palin exploited it shamelessly again...and you know they will.

[flamingdem]

19. It's a good thing. It is not easy to call them what they are indirectly. Good for the base

and undecideds who were falling for the tough talk from McBush and Palin-pig.

[writes3000]

20. McCain has made so many WORSE pig comments of his own, it will backfire.

He used the word pig when responding about Hillary Clinton.

He used the word pig when responding about Mitt Romney.

And lord knows, there's even more to dig up on McCain's sexist comments of the past.

Obama never referred to Palin in those comments. It was all about McCain.

[smoochpooch]

21. He should keep using the line!

It's not an insult unless he acts like it was.

[AZBlue]

22. "another example of the GOP trying to divert attention from issues"

DING, DING, DING!!

This is a non-story and a non-issue and we shouldn't allow them to divert attention from the real news. Now, about that trooper issue...

[57chevy]

23. Sure they will

Damn, how naive can you be. It will get traction too,...oh forget it, never mind.

[CarbonDate]

25. OH NOES! PEOPLE WILL THINK BARACK IS MEAN!

Good. Seriously, did you see the RNC? These people are vile and for some reason it works for them. If McCain can try to cheaply pilfer some of Barack's women vote, Barack can pilfer some of McCain's asshole vote. It's only fair.

[CakeGrrl]

26. All Team Obama has to do is quote McCain using it about Hillary Clinton's policy

I doubt Obama made TWO deliberate analogies of McCain/Mooseburgers' false promotion of change without playing out the fallout scenario at least a couple of moves deep.

The whiny reactionaries in the McCain camp make it seem like they've never heard an age-old phrase while McCain himself used it. While they're writhing over this, Obama/Biden can continue to hammer them on the issues on the stump.

[cjsmom44]

27. RE: Jeeeez

What is all the fuss about....McCain used those very words in describing Hillary....where is the UTube of that? and besides that...Obama NEVER used those terms in reference to Palin, it was the crowd that took it that way...