Pit bulls, Lipstick, Pigs...Oh My!

Unless you have been living under a rock the past couple of days, you are fully aware of the controversy surrounding Barack Obama's comment at a political rally on Tuesday. Just Google the single word "lipstick" and you'll see.

You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig. - Barack Obama

About a week ago at the Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin made her now famous joke saying that the only difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is lipstick.

Now, the Right is saying this was a direct attack on Gov. Palin by Obama. The Left is saying that in no way was this an attack on Gov. Palin. In fact, the pig/lipstick joke has been used by politicians in the past, including John McCain. So, says the Left, how can this be an attack on Palin when McCain himself used the joke last year?

Ah...key words there, Left: last year.

The Left is forgetting the all too important factor of context. You remember context, right? Oh wait...that's right...it's all too easy to take things out of context so that it fits your political agenda (after all, you do it all the time in your campaign ads).

John McCain did use the lipstick/pig joke back in 2007, when he was referring to Hillary Clinton's health care plan. This was way before he had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate and certainly way before he was considered even close to being the front runner for the GOP ticket.

Since the RNC, Palin's quip about pit bulls and hockey moms has become famous. And now suddenly Obama uses this joke at a rally...yet he says it wasn't directed at her, he wasn't calling her a pig, and this is just another fictional controversy cooked up by the GOP. Well, I find it hard to believe that Obama's joke wasn't about Palin. If you watch the video on YouTube, you'll notice the immediate laughter, hoots and hollars from the crowd as soon as he mentions the word "lipstick." They knew who the joke was directed towards. Why doesn't Obama?

The "Lipstick Bungle" at it has been called will surely die down soon and give way to another scandal. There's bound to be at least a few more before November. I just hope that in the meantime, a lipstick color comes out in honor of Palin. I'm thinking "Barracuda Burgundy" or "Pretty In Pink Palin."

Oh, You're Just Jealous

The buzz about Sarah Palin has been non-stop the past couple of days. Political blogs are alive with the sound of Republican music - lyrics such as "lifetime member of the National Rifle Association" and "a conservative, pro-life politician" and "more experience than Barack Obama" and "willing to stand up to corruption, even within her own party." She's a maverick in her own right (she's even a member of the Feminist for Life organization!), and a wonderful compliment to John McCain. The Republican ticket is solid, formidable, and the Dems are running around like chickens with their heads cut off because they're scared, and a little jealous.

Jealous, you ask? Oh, sure. Just like how my dog Sydney gets jealous when I pet my other dog River. Sydney runs over to us and head-butts River and tries to take her out. And not so much to gain the attention for herself, but to take it away from River. This is what the Dems are trying to do to Sarah Palin. They are head-butting her not so much to take the spotlight off of them (they are still on their post-convention high), but they certainly do not want it on...gasp!...a Republican (and certainly not someone as cool as Sarah Palin. Boy, I bet Hillary is just spitting nails right now. Wasn't she suppose to be staring in the new Will Smith movie I Am Feminist this year?).

If you've been keeping up with the news the past few days and reading the political news blogs, you know what I'm talking about. You'll see that liberals are grasping at straws trying to find something, anything, to catch Palin on. I'm sure you've heard the crazy talk by now: that her infant son Trig is not really her baby, but the illegitimate son of her 17 year old daughter Bristol, but...if it is really her own son, then she did not take advice from doctors to follow proper pre-natal care for the baby. Please.

Oh, and the Dems are trying to say that she has no experience. Hmmm...if by "no experience" you mean serving in elected office since 1992, then yes, she has "no experience." Hey Dems - what was YOUR chosen candidate doing in 1992? (Answer: working on his personal memoir, Dreams From My Father, which he finished up in Bali with Michelle so that he could have a "peaceful sanctuary" in which to write. Must be nice.). And while Barack was sunning himself in Bali and penning his memoir (which was originally suppose to be a book about race relations in America), Sarah Palin was serving on the Wasilla City Council, making decisions everyday that affected the lives of her constituents. There's absolutely no question who has more experience here. Keep trying, liberal lovers of Barack Obama. Keep trying to bring her down. It's actually quite amusing to see you fumbling and flailing about, trying to find dirt on Sarah Palin.

So, the next couple of months will be pretty interesting. I can't wait for the first Palin-Biden debate. And I hope that when McCain and Palin win, that Palin will decorate the VP house in a snow cabin/ski lodge/Pottery Barn kind of way. And I hope that she proudly hangs her membership certificate to the Feminists for Life organization in the foyer of the house at Number One Observatory Circle.

You know the Dems would be so jealous.