Guys, the point here isn't whether Obama meant to
insult Palin with this remark. The point is that some of Palin's
supporters believe Obama meant it that way. (Trust me,
I've got some experience with giving unintended offense.)
Talk radio is having a field day with this remark already, and
Team Maverick's ad is just their way of breathing a bit of oxygen
on the sparks. Team Obama's response (via the
Politico):
The McCain campaign's attack tonight is a pathetic
attempt to play the gender card about the use of a common analogy
-- the same analogy that Senator McCain himself used about Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton's health care plan just last year. This
phony lecture on gender sensitivity is the height of cynicism and
lays bare the increasingly dishonorable campaign John McCain has
chosen to run.
If the lipstick-on-a-pig remark is so transparently inoffensive,
why would Obama feel the need to respond? I think Team Obama has
been shaken by the poll trend in recent days and they're starting
to get jittery.
