Freepers are so stupid, they are claiming Obama called

[Ilsa]

Palin a pig when he said:

Obama poked fun of McCain and Palin's new "change" mantra.

"You can put lipstick on a pig," he said as the crowd cheered. "It's still a pig."

"You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still gonna stink."

"We've had enough of the same old thing."

Quote source: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Obama_Lipstick_on_a_pig.html

Idiot Freepers listening to InsHannity about this: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2078646/posts

I wonder if KO will name InsHannity as his WPW.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Do they know something we don't know???

Why do they assume that Palin is a pig?

[theothersnippywshrub]

10. They don't assume. They "know." But their outrage is more due to their coprophagia than

their reasoning ability. Or to put it more accurately, their impaired reasoning is due to their coprophagia.

[liberalmuse]

2. No, he called her a stinky fish.

I'm kidding! Honestly, if they're too dumb to get it, I'm sure as hell not going to spell it out for them. Tired of that.

[C_U_L8R]

14. but then who's the old newspaper ???

[theothersnippywshrub]

21. Cindy? n/t

[Epiphany4z]

3. lmao just because

she said the word lipstick. It is not Obamas fault that when he says that ..Palin pops into there minds.

[DemoRabbit]

4. What's funny is that if Obama had called her a Pitbull

they'd be claiming he called her a dog or a bitch.

Can't win.

The shit about him "calling her a pig" is STUPID

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. They're unhinged

They saw the poll today with Obama up and they know it's all downhill from here. They're freaking out.

[tsuki]

6. So? To quote another VP. She is a pig. nt

[ColbertWatcher]

22. Agreed! She's a pig! n/t

[treestar]

7. So why should it bother them?

I'm sure they've called Dem women worse, and then made fun of anyone who complained.

They are vile people.

[stillcool]

8. I just read this over at Kos..

it seems the McCain campaign complained and wanted Obama to apologize for calling Sarah a pig, but the Obama Campaign refused saying the comment was made in reference to John McCain!

[theothersnippywshrub]

13. Truly sweet, if true. I hope it is. n/t

[Ilsa]

24. How funny. They really don't understand those old sayings, do they? nt

[HughMoran]

9. Yeah yeah, we've heard the infantile claim

Now let's all act surprised that FReepers are morons.

[lob1]

11. They are stupid deliberately.

[Fuzz]

12. Why they are mad, the McCain campain told them to be

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/a-piggish-debat.html

Speaking on behalf of the McCain campaign, former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift tonight flatly stated that Obama had called Gov. Sarah Palin a pig.

"he formation of the Palin Truth Squad couldn't have happened too soon, as we saw when Senator Obama in Lebanon, Virginia this evening uttered what I can only deem to be disgraceful comments comparing our Vice-Presidential nominee Governor Palin to a pig," Swift said.

"Senator Obama owes Governor Palin an apology," she said.

Asked why she was so confident Obama was "comparing" Palin to a pig, she said Palin was the only one of the four candidates on both parties' tickets who wears lipstick.

"She is the only one of the four candidates for president or the only vice presidential candidate who wears lipstick," Swift said. "I mean it seemed to me a very gendered comment."

But, Swift added, if "as part of his apology Senator Obama wants to say no he was calling Senator McCain -- who is a true hero in our country a pig -- then I suppose we could wait en masse for an apology to that as well."

It was pointed out to Gov. Swift that after the line about the pig, Obama had said, "You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called 'change,' it's still gonna stink after eight years.

Swift then suggested that Obama was calling McCain a fish.

"I have a fourth grader and two second graders at home," she said. "I would not teach them that this sort of a high minded debate on policy issues when they are calling people rotten old fish or a pig. In fact it sounds a lot like some of the least intelligent debates on the playground sound like at our elementary school."

A reporter then reminded Swift that in December, McCain was asked about criticisms coming his way from then-opponent Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass, and McCain replied, "Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it."

Was McCain calling Romney a pig? a reporter asked Swift.

Of course not, Swift said.

[ColbertWatcher]

23. Nice find! n/t

[myrna minx]

37. Hilarious! I can even picture the puffy, poutrageous indignation.

:rofl:

[bigtree]

15. McCain resembles an old fish.

Palin says she's a dog.

[KathieG]

16. Sad...they have such poor understanding of the english language...

it really reflects poorly on our educational system...good thing President Obama will be in office to help fix that!

[Obamanaut]

26. One way perhaps to quicken the educational system recovery

is to require all elected officials to send their kids to public schools. They might show a greater interest if their own kids are involved.

[Ilsa]

29. They don't understand idioms, sayings, etc. I guess

metaphor and simile were too hard for them in school.

[Fuzz]

17. A better freeper thread if interested

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078524/posts

[Ilsa]

28. Thanks. They have to be the stupidest people on the planet.

Their own neocon, Torie Clarke wrote a book about it:
Synopsis

Torie Clarke, renowned and respected in political and business circles as one of the nation's most gifted communicators, offers a complete guide to the new age of transparency. Clarke's message is refreshing and straightforward: No more spin. Always a dubious proposition, spin has become increasingly vulnerable as information sources have proliferated; spin is simply no longer viable. Or put another way, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig." Distilling her twenty-five years of experience and wisdom into eight concise rules, Clarke counsels that politicians and executives need to tell the truth early, often, and in plain language.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Lipstick-on-a-Pig/Torie-Clarke/e/9780743271165

[Raine]

18. They need to lighten up and not get their panties

into a wad, it's just a joke. Isn't that what they told us when Dobson prayed it would rain on Obama's speech the last night of the convention.

[theothersnippywshrub]

19. It is an old saying. Which is why it was the title of a book written by a former McCain aide.

The saying is so old that McCain probably has forgotten it several times and Palin knows that it co-existed with the dinosaurs, just like the Flintstones did.

[Waiting For Everyman]

20. Whine, whine, whine... tough sh*t.

If she couldn't take it, she shouldn't have asked for it.

Anyway... that was just the DEFERENCE that was due her!!!

[BlueInPhilly]

27. Ah, Jane Swift

The bimbo who, on 9/11, after 2 planes from Logan airport crashed into the WTC, said that we should stand up to the terrorists and go to the polls that day AND vote . Totally CLUELESS!

(Totally forgot why we were supposed to vote - yes, I was BlueInBoston back then).

[Dukkha]

25. if it snorts like a pig and whines like a pig, guess what?

[gulliver]

30. They're squealing like stuck...a stuck...can't get fooled again!

[lonestarnot]

31. I called her a fucking pig! I did! I did!

[DCKit]

32. Obama's going to have to go to the debates with pictures on flash cards...

to illustrate everything he says in the simplest terms. The one with the big, steaming pile of poop on it is going to get a workout. His words are too big, his concepts too complex for the Republican mind. Can they even spell "Republican"? Oh, never mind, I've been to Freeper world once or twice. They hunt (D) moles by tracking the ability to spell "the" correctly at least once in every post.

These people must view "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader" as a personal insult - part of the vast left wing, elitist, librul conspiracy against them. It's no wonder print media has gone from articles about "issues" to full color illustrations about "stuff" over the past twenty years. "Idiocracy" is *their* documentary. Hell, the first five minutes are dedicated to to the Republican platform and the rest of the movie demonstrates the likely outcome.

[Catherine Vincent]

33. I want Obama or Biden to refer to Palin as the "Pitbull with lipstick"

She, McCain and their followers shouldn't say anything since she referred herself as a pitbull with lipstick as the crowd cheered her. I dare them.

[BlooInBloo]

34. Just like McCain called Clinton a pig, then....

"McCain criticized Democratic contenders for offering what he called costly universal health care proposals that require too much government regulation. 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."

http://www.eschatonblog.com/2008_09_07_archive.html#1414205842951572720

[mitchum]

35. Obama didn't call her that, but she is a corrupt, lying, insane pig

[samuraiguppy]

36. she IS a pig. That is why it

immediately comes to mind.