The sadly obligatory “pig with lipstick photo at DNC community blog” post
posted at 2:09 pm on September 10, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Yeah, I’ve seen it. No, I don’t think it’s a big deal or has anything to do with what Obama said. World Net Daily notes that it’s being hosted on “the official website of the Democratic Party,” but then points out:
Like Obama’s official campaign site, the official Democratic Party website allows registered members to post user blogs. The Democratic site, paid for by the Democratic National Committee, features tens of thousands of user blog postings. It wasn’t clear whether the website staff monitors the large volume of content posted daily. It is doubtful Obama’s staff was aware of the pig posting.
The photo wasn’t posted on the site’s official blog, it was posted on one of those thousands of user blogs. Here’s the main page for user posts. Note the timestamps; new stuff is going up every two minutes or so, which means this thing has been buried under literally thousands of items since it was published 11 days ago, as well as dozens of new items on the individual user’s blog homepage. Why anyone of any prominence would have noticed it, either recently or at the time, escapes me. Palin didn’t even utter the “pitbull with lipstick” line until her RNC speech on September 3, which is supposed to be the reference The One was playing off of yesterday. If he was purposely taking a shot at her, it’s much more likely he hit on the “lipstick on a pig” line himself than that he or his staff cribbed it from someone languishing in obscurity in the DNC’s blog dungeon. Especially when there’s doubtless plenty of anti-Palin material to choose from floating around on the user blogs of his own campaign site.
Or is the point here simply that some grassroots Democrats were thinking of Palin as a pig in lipstick from virtually the moment she was named? Hey guys, after the last 10 days: Thanks for the newsflash.
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Well, as my Mother taught me: Takes one to know one!
Dale in Atlanta on September 10, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Nice excuses, Allahpundit!
Would you be as forgiving if this wasn’t a website in Osama Obama’s corner?
MrScribbler on September 10, 2008 at 2:11 PM
That pig is hot!
GoodBoy on September 10, 2008 at 2:11 PM
obviously, immediately the Dems thought to compare palin to Bush calling her a “Pig with Lipstick is still a Pig” an effective way to communicate this message. It filtered its way into DNC talking points gradually from there, what Obama said yesterday was planned.
jp on September 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Correction: she first used it at McCain’s Aug 29 VP announcement in Dayton.
Cuffy Meigs on September 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM
The assclowns who keep posting stuff like this are going to implode on themselves real soon. We don’t have to do a thing, except sit back, relax, and watch it happen.
pilamaye on September 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Oy let’s not over-do this. It’s fun to tweak them but come on now.
Dash on September 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Just got flashbacks of last call on Saturday night.
Chuck Schick on September 10, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Is that pig halal?
Tony737 on September 10, 2008 at 2:14 PM
wow they got Rosie to pose for that quickly.
jcrue on September 10, 2008 at 2:14 PM
How about,
“If you put hairplugs on a pig, it’s still a pig!”?
jgapinoy on September 10, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Wake me up when everybody stops acting like a bunch of pansies.
LimeyGeek on September 10, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Does this mean you don’t want me to send the ‘kidnapped robot gorilla stolen in Maine turns up in Vermont’ story?
Slublog on September 10, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Oh, that’s funny :)
BJ* on September 10, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Q. What’s the difference between a community organizer and a pig?
A. A pig is useful
skree on September 10, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Really nice analysis of the McCain-Palin counter-ad at Ann Althouse (emphasis mine).
Althouse seems to be sincerely on the fence, perhaps now leaning right, so I find her blog very helpful in assessing the impact of various actions by the two campaigns on undecided voters.
Y-not on September 10, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Should wear those hog noses like the Redskins fans did back in 80’s.
J.J. Sefton on September 10, 2008 at 2:17 PM
You have to love the libertarian sensibilities. It may not mean much to you but this thing will run like a hog to slop.
8straight on September 10, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Hey… speaking of the animal kingdom, didn’t Obama challenge Palin to a game of H-O-R-S-E?
I see absolutely no downside to her taking him on it; nobody is expecting her to win (a couple of months after having a baby?) but if she does… Gawd, he’ll have to leave the country.
I say air it on ESPN, and let the proceeds go to the National Down Syndrome Society www1.ndss.org
VastRightWingConspirator on September 10, 2008 at 2:19 PM
There was a day when Allah would have been giving us new images of lipstick on Obama instead of this old pig thing.
Is there someone willing to pick up the baton?
HelenW on September 10, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Is there someone out there with good graphics skills that can design a McCain-Palin t-shirt with a lipstick wearing pitbull? eBay has one, but the graphic is kinds small. There’s GOT to be a better one that’s either out there or can be designed. A google search revealed very little.
RMCS_USN on September 10, 2008 at 2:21 PM
My fav:
Q – What’s the diff between a pig and a man?
A – When a pig gets drunk, he doesn’t act like a man.
petefrt on September 10, 2008 at 2:21 PM
maybe they should play a game of PIG or MOOSE
jp on September 10, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Thank you to all who emailed Allapundit.
petunia on September 10, 2008 at 2:22 PM
I wrote this on the other thread:
When this story first broke, I watched the clips and came to the conclusion that Obama was simply using an old phrase and didn’t mean anything personal by it, just as when McCain used it in describing HillaryCare.
I’ve changed my thinking a bit.
Obama supporters like to say he’s a “thinker” who wants to sit down and talk with our enemies.
Obama says his lipstick comment was completely innocent. If we take him at his word, can we expect the same lack of foresight and judgment in President Obama’s “talks” with unfriendly (or even friendly) foreign leaders? If he could not see the possibility of a backlash and its potential to hurt his campaign, just how smart is Obama and who will he offend next?
Words mean something, Senator. They mean something no matter whether you are in Pennsylvania, San Francisco, or Iran.
Connie on September 10, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Q: What’s the difference between a Governor and a Vice-President?
A: A community organizer.
Dude may have swift-pigged himself into oblivion this time!
eyesky on September 10, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Really good article at NRO. One of the better pieces floating around about Obama and corruption.
Run, don’t walk over to David Freddoso’s Obama’s Days with Daley
How in the world is the MSM ignoring all this but we get to hear about every Alaskan who every thought that Palin looked funny at them once.
Damiano on September 10, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Eep…AP forgot to tell Michelle that it was ridiculous to pursue this.
It's Vintage, Duh on September 10, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Feel free to disagree with AP, as I have been known to do, but this does not warrant his termination.
jgapinoy on September 10, 2008 at 2:27 PM
AP –
Completely agree with you that the picture is a non-issue. His comments are, for the reasons I posted in the other topic, but this is not.
User submitted comments/blogs/pictures are always nonissues as you cannot control whom it is that submits them.
In your camp 100% on this one.
Voidseeker on September 10, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Put a $1,200 suit on a skinny Marxist and he’s still unqualified to be president.
whitetop on September 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM
With those endearing excuses, I’m wondering if AP and the pig are an item.
Right_of_Attila on September 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Keep firing!
The Kos Kidz forget the average voter is not a faux-wonk like we are….
they will see that pic, hear Barry, the laughter and he is cornered….
Barry E. Coyote….ABsolute Genius
sven10077 on September 10, 2008 at 2:30 PM
I thought it was Rosie at first, but the pig is too cute.
Hening on September 10, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Yeah, I’m ready for the next scandal myself. Can someone just surprise Foreign Policy Super Genius Obama about what he’ll do in the event of a power struggle in North Korea? That ought to be good for some laughs.
fiatboomer on September 10, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Damiano on September 10, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Good advice. I’m just finishing his book The Case Against Barack Obama, which is fantastic. Packed with details I haven’t seen anywhere else.
RushBaby on September 10, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Heh.
Topsecretk9 on September 10, 2008 at 2:34 PM
I miss Brian.
redrock on September 10, 2008 at 2:34 PM
About as tiresome as constant pessimism, northeastern elitism, and aloof arrogance.
Montana on September 10, 2008 at 2:35 PM
hey, check out the matt damon video making the rounds today. he’s terrified of sarah palin and she like a bad disney movie..a hockey mom becomes president!? and, oh by the way, john mccain’s days are numbered..literally.
ok, let’s count em up. sexist, elitist,and an age discriminator. that’s our jason bourne for ya.
DrW on September 10, 2008 at 2:35 PM
I do too, redrock.
wise_man on September 10, 2008 at 2:35 PM
It’s a non-issue to those who wish B.O. had not said them.
8straight on September 10, 2008 at 2:36 PM
I like pigs. I think it’s cute. Ed is always posting photos of cute little piglets with ledes like, Kill the pork! Now, that’s mean.
Blake on September 10, 2008 at 2:36 PM
I think the most effective adds will be ones that get the point across without narration.
Heck, the ideal add is probably just a damning series of video quotes from the other side. Maybe with some ominous, minor key music.
Count to 10 on September 10, 2008 at 2:37 PM
What this hubbub mostly demonstrates is that lipstick doesn’t change anything….least of all, women…In Sarah’s case,as with most women, lipstick highlights her femininity…especially when sporting an AK-47…gotta luv that gal!!!!
b4lucy on September 10, 2008 at 2:37 PM
That pig is better looking than Helen Thomas. Ggggrrrowl.
Sexist. Sorry.
Cicero43 on September 10, 2008 at 2:38 PM
I love lamp
LimeyGeek on September 10, 2008 at 2:39 PM
This is how a lot of people are going to start to feel if McCain/Palin start worrying about any little insult, and why we on the right should all just ignore them and push forward on our issues.
Agreed. If we get stuck on petty pictures we lose chances to let Obama show his poor judgment to the world again.
Voidseeker on September 10, 2008 at 2:40 PM
ROTFL!
Carl in Jerusalem on September 10, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Q: What’s the diffence between a pig with lipstick and a hockey mom?
A:The hockey mom will gut Joe Biden on national tv in a month.
moxie_neanderthal on September 10, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Haven’t we been told that offense is determined by the the listener, not the speaker? Who cares what that clean, articulate black guy said?
SocklessJoe on September 10, 2008 at 2:45 PM
My bad, first quote re: “pitbull/lipstick” was on Aug 29 in Time …from a 2004 book about Palin.
Cuffy Meigs on September 10, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Well I have to say on Tues. I did see Bob Beckel on w/Bill Hemmer (on FoxNews) in the morning. He at first mentioned “lipstick on a Rotweiler.” Then at the end of the exchange, he said “lipstick on a pig.” And he was referring to Sarah Palin’s comments, and to Sarah herself.
I’m merely noting that there seems to be a pattern that has developed. Why did Bob Beckel say it two days ago and now Obama said it yesterday?
JAM on September 10, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Then you shouldn’t have posted it, AP. You’ve helped give it prominence that it should not get. Should’ve just ignored all those emails.
AlexB on September 10, 2008 at 2:50 PM
You have a complaint about Sen. Obama referring to “lipstick on a pig.” But you consistently use offensive language to refer to him. What’s up with that?
Enough with the Osama Obama crap. If you really believe this man to be equal to a terrorist, how can you be taken seriously?
I can’t wait til I’m one the old crotchety deadwood windbags in my party too. You make it seem so fun.
The Race Card on September 10, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Remind anyone else of Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie?
“-Camera back off
Make her look a little more attractive.
How far can you pull back?
-How do you feel about Cleveland?”
Paul-Cincy on September 10, 2008 at 2:56 PM
This point was lost on many here at HotAir when community users would post some stupid crap at the obama community site.
Also, I think we could have really handed their asses to them if we had embraced the insult. Sarah Palin is obviously not a pig and the imagery is so conflicting that I believe we could have mocked Camp Obama all the way through the election with this gaffe.
Instead we sound like Dem wusses whining about getting our feelings hurt.
The Race Card on September 10, 2008 at 2:59 PM
If you ever mention sex and Helen Thomas in the same post again…….*heave*
LimeyGeek on September 10, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Axlerod’s task: make a silk purse outa that.
Akzed on September 10, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Maybe its just me, but this Lipstickgate business is getting boring already. I quite like watching politicians insult each other. Here’s a great example of how it’s done in the UK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dRrD8mO9VM&feature=related
Makes American pols look like cissies.
Fortunata on September 10, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Lighten up Allah. It’s a bit of fun.
The better ad is today’s lawyer-wolf pack in Alaska, which actually makes a serious point well.
Martin on September 10, 2008 at 3:03 PM
To my ear, he said “lipstick on a pi-”, (rhymes with the “di-” in “oh, no, you di-unt!”) and never quite made either a “t” or “g” out of it. I figured he was giving himself plausible deniability if someone called him out on it, but they didn’t react. Perhaps this is why 0nada thought he could get away with actually saying the “g”
Skyhook.
The Monster on September 10, 2008 at 3:07 PM
A little charcoal, some rub, apple juice, and whole lot of Mmmm mmmm Good.
Geronimo on September 10, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Sure. Quality political argy-bargy is great. Barbs and backhanders etc……there’s nothing quite like a rapist wit.
What we’re getting here in the US is flatlined banality.
LimeyGeek on September 10, 2008 at 3:08 PM
I think it’s a mistake to make a big deal out of this sort of thing. Laugh it off and keep going, otherwise you look like a whiner.
Bugler on September 10, 2008 at 3:08 PM
And on The View last week, Joy Behar told Elizabeth Hasselbeck, “You can’t just replace one vagina with another vagina!!”
I suppose that was just about vaginas in general…
Mr_Magoo on September 10, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Sex and Helen in the same post….I demand Cicero be banned…
right2bright on September 10, 2008 at 3:11 PM
I want a robot gorilla!
bryan2369 on September 10, 2008 at 3:11 PM
The vid of Beckel saying PIG in relation to Sarah is on Hotair from two days ago. I saw it live and sent in the link.
YET, not only did Obama follow Beckel, but BIDEN used the term PIG in this same time frame.
Thats why I just can not for a moment think Obama didn’t know exactly what he was going to say, and the reaction.
.
SO, you have this;
The entire room noticed instantly (and the whole country did, really) therefor Obama is either the densest fool in the room by far, or he meant what he said.
He is NOT fit to lead, not even pigs.
ZEROBAMA
shooter on September 10, 2008 at 3:12 PM
No, I think she should say something like “I better watch what I say, Obama may call be a poo poo head, really isn’t their enough to worry about then these kind of comments. McCain and I are for change, not an exchange of barbs.”
right2bright on September 10, 2008 at 3:13 PM
LimeyGeek on September 10, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Errr….I take it you meant ‘rapier’ wit. Hope so :p
Fortunata on September 10, 2008 at 3:14 PM
I think it shows what kind of person you have to be to support Barack Obama.
Ronnie on September 10, 2008 at 3:16 PM
AP
It isn’t the fact that Obama said it. It isn’t even a question of whether he was referring to Palin. The real story is that as soon as Obama heard that some people were offended he should have made an apology, something like…”I hope no one was offended. I was just using a phrase McCain used…etc.” Instead he takes his time and then attacks. Not smart and smacks of the arrogance we have come to expect from this campaign. He needs to get rid of Burton. The guy is too vitriolic for a spokesman.
Deanna on September 10, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Hey Allah,
How much do you make as one of Obama’s 300 paid bloggers?
Jim M. on September 10, 2008 at 3:19 PM
I presumed I didn’t need to make explicit my allusion to Dumb & Dumber…. ;)
LimeyGeek on September 10, 2008 at 3:20 PM
About as much as the endless army of anonymous blogging dorks.
LimeyGeek on September 10, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Oh OK, sorry, never saw it…
Fortunata on September 10, 2008 at 3:22 PM
I wouldn’t be surprised if Barry’s payroll didn’t include several people trolling Democrat and liberal blog sites looking for the next big meme. I can envision a network where content is filtered upward towards Barry’s inner circle where they pick out what they want to use at opportune moments.
Mallard T. Drake on September 10, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Ditto McCain’s campaign, if he has any sense.
LimeyGeek on September 10, 2008 at 3:25 PM
All that PLUS the ZerObama camp has prohibited nearly EVERYTHING for 18 months.
Everything that was asked was ‘off limits’, racist, none of our business, etc.
Totalitarian campaigning….
Maybe this is how Hugo Chavez won with 100% of the votes?
shooter on September 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Who cares? The dem/libtards are imploding.
I say – MORE, MORE!!!
I think I’ll go have me a couple of pork chops.
drunkenmaster on September 10, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Hey, it’s just no big deal, is it?
It’s just like an endless army of Obama supporters, that’s all.
wise_man on September 10, 2008 at 3:52 PM
*hangs head in despair*
txsurveyor on September 10, 2008 at 3:58 PM
I mean, after all – why so serious?
wise_man on September 10, 2008 at 4:00 PM
I thought that was Kim Gandy. No. Wait; that’s a rather good looking pig. Gloria Steinem?
foxforce91 on September 10, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Good for you AP! Please stay in the right, not on the right. The last thing I need to hear is that Hot Air is turning yellow.
budorob on September 10, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Indeed… that’s one chaaaaarrming muth-f-in pig… ten *times* more charming than that Arnold on Green Acres!
RD on September 10, 2008 at 4:48 PM
(”Ah… but does she cease to be a filthy animal??“)
Sad, my own sockpuppet I am. Impatient I must be!
RD on September 10, 2008 at 4:50 PM
And what’s wrong with pigs….
Hog Wild on September 10, 2008 at 5:36 PM
OT for just a sec and I apologize. I have an information request, as far designing things with a political bent, wanting to sell them and blogging at the same time. I can’t do both from the same site anymore, can I? Those in the know appreciated. thsister-at-gmail.com
Now, back to Pearls and Swine…
tree hugging sister on September 10, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Me too…if Allah ever gets his can full and leaves this blog site, I probably will leave too. There are plenty of other places to go for mindless cheerleading. I prefer insightful and even-handed commentary.
surrounded on September 10, 2008 at 6:19 PM
“Keep in mind that technically had I meant it this way — she would be the lipstick,” and McCain’s policies would be the pig, he added.
upinak on September 10, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Yeah RIGHT!
upinak on September 10, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Allahpundit, you miss the point. It’s a common slam in the DNC to call Palin a pig in lipstick. This is why Obama supporters stood up and cheered when he made the comment. They knew what it meant and if he didn’t, he needs to get in touch with his party.
It shows poor judgment if nothing else.
Amy Proctor on September 10, 2008 at 8:13 PM
The picture that accompanies this blog bears a remarkable resemblance to Speaker Pelosi in shades.
MSGTAS on September 11, 2008 at 10:51 AM
The democrats have evolved into a sleazy party!
byteshredder on September 11, 2008 at 11:57 AM
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