This is one of those situations where the context matters.
Palin's line about "lipstick on a pitbull" was one of those bits that was all over the media for a few days following her speech. Obama had to be aware of it. Consequently his use of the expression took on a new dimension when he used it yesterday.
Was his use of the phrase deliberate? I don't think anyone can ever know that outside that small backroom that all politicians hang out in.
My thought is that it was a Freudian slip.
Interesting how the media is covering it. Have just watched Charles Gibson's news cast and they showed the clip, inlcuding the earlier part of Obama's speech which was a general attack on McCain's platform. But the interesting thing was that the clip had been edited - you could clearly hear that blip thing that let us know they'd cut part of the speech that preceded the "lipstick" statement. So I came away understanding no more about the comment than I had before, but wondering why the broadcaster edited it in the way I've described.
Now to go off topic - it's the huge, wacking US deficit I'd like to hear the candidates address and the media explore more directly and specifically.
c. (who lives in a tiny, in population terms, country where when the US sneezes we get a cold. (origin of that quote???)
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