Lipstick-gate: Balance vs. truth

re: Lipstick-gate: Balance vs. truth

gordon marshall — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:17:53 GMT

I don't think Darth Vadar will get you for voting 3rd party. It's a safe bet.

re: Lipstick-gate: Balance vs. truth

joe blow — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:04:22 GMT

who gives a shit, who gives a fuck? vote 3rd party enough of these liars and criminals

re: Lipstick-gate: Balance vs. truth

gordon marshall — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:46:06 GMT

On the Bill O'Reilly Obama interview, I noticed that both of them embraced the American dream, recasting the sarcastic use of the expression "only in America" Giuliani had given it. How does Giuliani get away with mocking the American dream? Isn't suggesting that Obama is--well, I'll say it. That black guy that got his way into the presidency--isn't that more abominable than mocking McCain for choosing an underqualified VP candidate?

re: Lipstick-gate: Balance vs. truth

gordon marshall — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:53:58 GMT

I actually looked at the "lipstick video" and saw that Obama was covering his face when he said it. It was patent and evident that this was a line his handlers has coerced (cajoled?) him into saying. His frown afterward demonstrated that he knew there was no humor in. In the final analysis, I'm sure he regretted it. Though at the same time he was probably persuaded, accurately or not, that this was an effective campaign tactic, necessary or not.

re: Lipstick-gate: Balance vs. truth

gordon marshall — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:44:20 GMT

I think the sensitivity goes back to women's fear of being "fat" and developing an eating disorder. I don't think Obama meant to give Palin an eating disorder; but there we go again--the whole nebulous world of feminine psycho-politics that, nice guy or not, he will have to treat gingerly.

re: Lipstick-gate: Balance vs. truth

Adam Reilly — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:49:03 GMT

Oldspice, you've offered an assertion with no evidence. "Most certainly" based on... what, exactly?

re: Lipstick-gate: Balance vs. truth

oldspice — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:24:59 GMT

Please.

He most certainly was directing the comment to Palin. The audience obviously got the joke. Obama was being too cute by half - just as he was when he flipped Clinton off after the ABC debate - again he proves himself unfit.