Opinion

MORE POLITICAL PORK: OBAMA’S LIPSTICK SMEAR

THE ISSUE:Barack Obama‘s reference in a campaign speech to “lipstick on a pig.”

Barack Obama‘s smug and dismissive attitude regarding his offensive comments is only making it worse (“Boar War!” Sept. 10).

The press is wrong for giving him a pass on everything.

His comments were directed at Sarah Palin. My outrage is not phony, and neither is John McCain‘s.

Jackie McTernan
****

I don’t know why Palin objects to being called a pig, even though the comment wasn’t directed at her.

She’s already characterized herself as a pit bull, and pigs are much nicer.

Reva Cooper
****

I seriously doubt that Obama was referring to Palin with his “lipstick on a pig” reference.

However, turnabout is more than fair play because playing the sexism card has long been a hallmark of leftwing campaigns.

It was the trumped-up “sexist” tactics of Rick Lazio that propelled Hillary Clinton to her first Senate victory.

All Lazio did was approach Hillary in a debate to urge her to sign a campaign-financing agreement. The left immediately seized on the maneuver as “sexist” and “menacing.”

Now that the Democrat chickens are coming home to roost, they’re crying “fowl.”

Gregg Nelson
****

Are you not embarrassed to splash “Lipstick on a Pig ” all over your front page? You know it’s a common expression.

Where was your feigned outrage when McCain described Hillary Clinton‘s health care plan, saying, “I think they put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.”

How about some objectivity?

Alan Miller
****

After watching the extended clip of Obama’s “lipstick” remarks, I still am not certain he intentionally meant to insult Palin.

However, I am 100 percent certain that the crowd he was speaking to reacted to the comment as if the senator was directly insulting Palin.

There are only two possible explanations regarding the insult: Either Obama intentionally meant to smear Palin, or he was too dumb to clarify the comment after hearing the crowd’s response.

Either way, it will help the McCain/Palin ticket.

Matthew Nugent
****

Reporting Obama’s comments is not news, it’s a smear.

With a war in Iraq, a mortgage crisis and so many other problems facing this country, how dare you insult the public with this slander?

I challenge you to print a retraction and an apology to the Obama/Biden campaign for using its words to mislead the public.

I also challenge you to report on the issues that matter to us: health care, rapid inflation and foreign affairs.

Caitlin Collins
****

If anyone is putting lipstick on a pig, it is the Democratic Party, which is using a young Obama as the lipstick on its failed liberalism.

Anthony Varriano
****

Obama knew he could backpedal very quickly. However, his comments leave no doubt that Team Obama is petrified of Palin.

Its lackeys in the media have tried their hardest to discredit her, and have looked foolish in the process.

We are now getting a first-hand look at how the junior senator from Illinois handles adversity.

Peter W. Kelly
****

Why couldn’t Obama have said “tuxedo on a pig”?

Even if his comment wasn’t directed toward Palin, by using the term “lipstick” he definitely put the focus on women.

His actions were not smart, especially in light of the way the polls have been going.

John Bacha
****

And we all thought it would be Joe Biden who would be standing there with his foot in his mouth.

R. Brown
****

You can put a Harvard tie on a rookie . . . it’s still a rookie.

Nora Miller