Spare Me the Phony Outrage,’ Obama Says

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‘Spare Me the Phony Outrage,’ Obama Says
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
By Susan Jones, Senior Editor




Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama addresses supporters at Lebanon High School High School in Lebanon, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Barack Obama, appearing at a Norfolk, Va., high school Wednesday morning, responded to the “made-up controversy” involving Obama’s own comment about “lipstick on a pig.”

“Enough! I don’t care what they say about me. But I love this country too much to let them (Republicans) take over another election with lies and phony outrage and Swift Boat politics. Enough is enough.”

At a campaign appearance in rural Virginia on Tuesday, Obama questioned Sen. John McCain’s commitment to “change,” saying, “You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.”

Although he said it with a straight face, many Americans viewed the comment as a sly reference to Sen. John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has joked that the only difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull is lipstick. (See earlier story)

The McCain campaign and its supporters expressed outrage, and by Wednesday morning, the Republican National Committee had produced an ad juxtaposing Obama’s and Palin’s “lipstick” comments -- and suggesting that Obama had deliberately insulted Palin.

“What their campaign has done this morning is the same game that has made people sick and tired of politics in this country,” Obama said on Wednesday. “They seize on an innocent remark, try to take it out of context, throw up an outrageous ad, because they know that it’s catnip to the news media.”

Obama said the American people end up losing when the important issues are not addressed. “The McCain campaign would much rather have a story about phony and foolish diversions than the future,” he said.

“These are serious times. And they call for a serious debate about where we need to take the nation.” Obama then listed some of the serious issues and warned that a McCain administration would continued the “failed” policies of the Bush administration.

“So spare me the phony outrage,” Obama said. “We have real problems in this country right now. And the American people are looking to us for answers, not distractions, not diversions, not manipulations. They want real answers to the real problems that we are facing. That’s the kind of debate that I intend to have, because that’s the kind of debate that the American people deserve.”

Recent polls indicate that white women are moving to the McCain campaign in large numbers.

According to the latest Washington Post/ABC News survey, white women back the McCain-Palin ticket over Obama-Biden, 53-41 percent. Before the conventions, they backed Obama over McCain by 50-42 percent.







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csaling at 01:45 PM - September 10, 2008
When Obama scratched his face & flipped off Hillary Clinton his fans cheered. Of course he was just scratching his face. When Obama referred to Pigs & Lipstick, his fans cheered. When Obama referred to Dead Fish wrapped in paper, his fans cheered & began chanting no more pit bull? If Obama's fans believe his was insulting Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin & John McCain. What are the rest of us to believe?

MrPitchfork at 01:16 PM - September 10, 2008
hahaha! You've got to be kidding me... I guess their campaign has always been so honest and straight forward with all that promise of "change". Yeah right.. change.. LOL... how about this for change.. shrink the federal government, get rid of the federal reserve and IRS, become energy independent, create jobs in America, protect our borders, stop stealing money from the American people... FIRE Pelosi.. send Al Gore to China as restitution for the deficit.. They can have the money he's saving from making his house "green".. no wait.. it uses 20% MORE energy than it did before...

gjgilm@aol.com at 01:11 PM - September 10, 2008
first he failed to respect our wounded in Europe, now he reaches into the gutter to name call, and THEN has the audacity, having created this fire to blame the republicans about not talking about serious issues----the junior senator from Ill. is showing his lack of experience---and his lack of social skills---it would seem Haavard didn't fully take on him. Gary (old dude) http://threescoreplusten.blogspot.com/

Tarmangani at 01:04 PM - September 10, 2008
Just an innocent remark. I suppose if McCain said something like "My plan is the steak and lobster plan and theirs is the fried chicken and watermelon plan.". I suppose Barack would just say that there was no harm and McCain was just trying to make a point. I tend to think he would not.

Albaby at 12:59 PM - September 10, 2008
Spare me your phony "love of country" and "Swift boat politics comments. They are as outrageous as most of your other comments. I see you also regularly wrap yourself in the flag and wear a flag pin now. Will you show us where those other seven states are? LOL


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