Posted by
John Caile on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 10:26:14 AM
The outrage over Barak
Obama's veiled reference to Governor Palin regarding putting "lipstick on a pig"
is understandable. But falling into this cleverly constructed trap (by
overreacting to Obama's remarks) would indeed give his campaign what they want.
Obama's comment was NOT a gaff - it was planned, and written with the
express intent of allowing Obama to slime Sarah Palin indirectly (the crowd knew
exactly whom, not what, he was talking about) but then claim he "was only
talking about policy, not people" - thus once again casting himself in the
victim role, while painting Republicans and conservatives as
"thin-skinned."
Remember, Obama is from Chicago, where this kind of
political juijitsu is the rule, not the exception. Bait your opponents into
reacting, then use it against them.
The main reason that Democrats get
away with such tactics is that they have willing accomplices in the media who
will bend the debate in their favor. The liberal talking barbie-dolls of CNN and
NBC will roll their eyes and shake their heads at any accusation that Obama
meant anything sinister or malicious by his remarks.
Ah, but should a
similar off-hand remark be made about their Messiah, it would be the subject of
"breaking news" spots, a "special report" segment, and endless panel discussions
debating the "impact on the election."
Don't agree? Try this on for size.
Imagine a Republican candidate talking about Obama's attempts to
disguise his socialist tax policy as "tax cuts" and to underscore the fraud, made the remark "you can
dress a monkey in a suit, but it's still a monkey."
Now, tell me what
kind of coverage we would be seeing.