Wednesday, September 10, 2008
"Lipstick on a Pig"
Today the McCain campaign has used tactics to take voters off the issues of healthcare, gas prices, the economy, and many other issues facing every American. The McCain campaign released an internet ad suggesting that Obama was "Sexist" because they believe he was refering to Sarah Palin as a pig. The phrase that Obama used was "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig." The McCain campaign is dead set that he was refering to Palin a pig. At the same time John McCain himself has used the same phrase along with many other Republican senators and congressman. The phrase itself actually refers to different ways a candidate can throw spin around an issue to hide the truth. In other words a tactic to cover up the truth. Obama was saying that McCain and his campaign were covering up the truth about the issues. To suggests that Obama called Palin a pig is totally wrong and just a way the McCain campaign and divert from the issues to keep people focused on sideshows. The issues come first and it will be the issues that will promote real change in the future and not political sideshows.
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Thanks to the extensive coverage of this election cycle (and, of course, many thanks to youtube.com), I've (easily) found a clip of McCain using EXACTLY the same idiomatic phrase in reference to Hillary Clinton's proposed health care plan during his "Surfacing" stage back in October 2007. Racism? Sexism? Barnyard slur? You decide.
McCain says: "Oink-oink."
It seems odd that the main idea of this post is how the John McCain campaign is using their new ad to divert away from the issues and that the issues come first and YET that's what the whole post is about and it doesn't really touch on any of the REAL issues either?! There is so much mud slinging in a campaign that it has become the main focus of the media, but we as citizens, voters, and spectators have to CHOOSE to focus on the real issues!
I just caught sight of this post immediately after I posted mine. I talk about the same instance, but in a different way.
I would argue that smearing one another is an important issue when discussing campaign communication. What would happen if one of the candidates did not partake in this back-and-forth? Would it hurt them or benefit them?
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