How to spell desperate…….. O…B…A…M…A ! ! !

Yes, Obama, Please stay on message. Dont get side track with Mcsame and a Hockey Mom.

Who introduced the pig metaphor in the first place? Please. "Lipstick on the pig" is an old saying that predates Sarah Palin. The Republicans want the focus off the economy and off any real platforms or strategies as we see in Ms Palin's robotic repetition of the same lines in every speech. Joe Biden, get off your fanny and do your job so Barack can put his solutions forward without any more ridiculous distractions. What are you waiting for?

When the people who were there stood up clapping and screaming, they knew what the senator meant else why where cheering and clapping. If Sarah had not made the remark about Hockey Mom's, it would not have mattered. What a dumb thing for him to say!! Should have picked Hillary!!!I Indy voter for McCain/Palin

and remember a few months ago when all mccain's camp could do was whine about obama playing the race card?

now they're playing the sexism card EVERY SINGLE DAY. and laughing all the way to the bank.

wake up, women. vote for someone who respects us and fights for us: obama and biden.

When the GOP can´t stand the heat they should leave the kitchen. Even with lipstick the last 8 years look horrible.

It's about time we have a prospective leader who calls hypocrisy and hollywood-politics for what they are. Rap the Vote! Obama/Biden '08!

To translate, obama admits, he can't win based on character and personality. Who the hell still uses the adage put lipstick on a pig? Obviously he was trying to slap Palin with that comment. The Obama camp directly referenced lipstick and Palin before the quote earlier in the day, per CNN.

Seriously. The GOP are such notorious hypocrates. McCain uses the same phrase and will then criticize Obama for using it when it benefits him.
Obama doesn't need to apologize. If Palin is offended she needs to toughen up. She's in teh big leagues now.
And let's get to the real issues. The GOP has no plan to improve America and tak us into the future. They live in the past and the past is over.

Way to go, Obama! ENOUGH!!!!

Stick to the issues!! They want to debate about lipstick on a pig and not the economy. When she called herself a pitbull in lipstick.

STICK TO THE ISSUES, THIS IS TURINING INTO AN AMERICAN IDOL CONTEST.

The American people are really stupid to fall for this game, stick to the issues. Fix the economy, fix the housing industry, stop jobs from going overseas, etc.

BUT WE ARE FREAKING WORRIED A LIPSTICK ON A PIG? GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK!!! STICK TO THE ISSUES!!!

obamanites are just like their hero, they can laugh and ridicule people and are arrogant as hell. but get a little pressure and they all come unglued. what is Biden and Obama gonna do if they get pressure from Putin or Chavez? Putin is known for frustrating people by lying through his teeth and Chavez will call you an idiot to your face. and they want to run the country cry, cry, cry, just call Hillary she'll take care of it for you

you are turning ridiculous, CNN !!! stop spreading the lies and smears. you needda do a fact check prior to posting any of this garbage. the American people deserve better than that. how can you claim to be the most trusted news network?

it is all politics

and a good way to divert people's attention from the issues

it would all be really funny, but our country does have serious problems which should be discussed

guess we'll just have to wait for the debates and pray for some substance

What if Palin had said, in referring to the Democratic Ticket's claims on an issue, "It's like the pot calling the kettle black." Would there be outrage?

BTW, Obama and Biden voted FOR the Bridge to Nowhere, then when the money could have been redirected to Katrina Aid, they voted against it. Get the facts straight, please.

That's what we wanna hear, Obama. Get at 'em!!!

I remenber McSame using the same phrase referencing to Hillary's healthcare plan.
I also remenber when they used the celebrity ad, McSame saying "its okay to have some humor in the campaign"

Question is…. where is the humor now?

I guess CNN is now in bed with MC Same…… Big business and the right wing…..next its going to be the new merger FOX/CNN with FOX being on the top of the ticket…lol

USA08

Way to go Senator…way to go!!!!

Enough is Enough!!!!

Palin is being prepped for the debate. Since she loves moose so much who is helping her Bullwinkle. Why is she bring prepped as Governor and Mayor she should be PREPARED. She started this mess the night of the convention. I ain't watching that staged interview with Gibson.

In 2000 John McCain was viciously smeared by Bush in South Carolina. He cryed foul and said that kind of politics had no place in this country. Today, McCain is running the same kind of vile campaign. If John McCain was ever an honorable man, he has shed that honor. It is the responsibility of the media to report the truth instead reporting manufactured gossip as truth. Will they do it? So far, they have not given much reason for hope. The country is in dire straights. Truth is patriotism. Let's hope there are at least a few patriots left in the media.

I have never been less proud of my country right now! Honestly, McCain cares nothing about the struggles of the average person in this country. Negative attack after negative attack. And just read the comments on this board ….Obambi, Osama, blah, blah, blah. Not one word about how the Republicans have completely screwed this country up. Not one solution as to how they are going to fix it. I don't care if she Palin wears lipstick by the truck load how is that going to fix the cost of gas, groceries, healthcare, education?

Most of you people need to grow up. I really have to wonder how bad off you are when all you can focus on is the kind of junk being thrown around by the McCain campaign.

Obama is right ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

GREAT GOING, OBAMA!!! It takes a really strong person to have to try to deal with the behaviors we are seeing by both McCain and Palin and their "team" who cannot see the forest for the trees!! You would think Palin is McCain's personal China Doll and the game needs to end. They have nothing to offer but "FIGHT WITH ME< FIGHT WITH ME" and neither can talk to the topics because of it. Both are scary people. I think John McCain has way too much personal baggage from his military family and his NAM experience. He thinks winning a war we started for all the wrong reasons is a win??? Next we will win in Iran??? WE NEED WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THE WAY YOU ARE DOING IT!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

Hang in there Barack – we're with you. Stay focused, keep talking abt the issues that REALLY matter to the American people. Not much you can do about the media, ignore 'em and in the end issues will trump these phony issues from the Republicans.

Obama/Biden '08!

McSame used this lipstick on a pig during the primaries against Hillary re her health care plan. McSame's camp is trying to distract from the issues, because they are running on the same FAILED policies of Bush. Obama is sticking to the issues, that is what this election is about. McSame/Palin represent 90% of Bush's policies. McSame will not deliver any change. they are trying to steal Obama's change slogan, because they have no change to offer. McSame/Palin is an extension of the Bush administration. Obama is the TRUE agent of change. Change We Can Believe In. Obama/Biden 08-12

I think and hope that the Palin choice is going to turn around and bite them in the a–! How they could take that remark so personally just shows how insecure and desparate they are. If they actually win this thing, I'm going to have to move out of the country!!

Have you noticed that McCain always fumble with his ring finger whenever he stands next to Sarah Palin? Or is it just me. McCain looks a little uncomfortable.

to quote a famous war leader, Winston Churchill
I like pigs, dogs look up to you cats look down on you but Pigs treat you as equals, so appropriate non sexist equal opportunity phrase is you ask me, show the harvard education was not wasted. Now as for Pitbulls we thats just a nasty animal if you ask me, an oh before you ask no Churchills dog 'rufus' was not a pitbull not even a 'british' bulldog but a poodle, not that that has anything to do with anything

I thought this election was supposed to be about US. Why is it now suddenly about Sarah Palin? America, you are being stupid if you allow this 'change' to be what you focus on.

THE REAL PIG IS OBAMA
AND JOHN MCCAIN AND PALIN WILL HUFF AND THEY'LL PUFF UNTIL THEY BLOW HIS HOUSE DOWN.

Mark – you must not have mccain and palin at all lately then for you to make that dumb remark. They have done nothing but attack Obama and lie against him. But then you are republican, blind to the truth. You guys only hear what you want and see what you wanna see. Disgusting! And the pig comment was an exact quote of saying you can dress up a policy but its still a pig, referring to one of mccains policy. Obama borrowed mccains quote from last year when mccain made the exact same remark against Hillary.

Spare me the Obama BS. I said I would vote for McCain if Obama didn't ask Senator Clinton to be his VP and I'm going to. I think Obama is the anti-christ and well, men and women died so I could vote for whichever candidate I want and for whatever reason I want!

When I heard the pig statement, it sounded like a stupid thing to say to me. It was just plain stupid-whether he meant it in the way the RNC says or not. Get your act together OBama so there is no ambiguity in what you say.

The so-called “News’ Media are not doing their work. This should not be news. Asking McCain and Palin to discuss policies should be news.
The economy, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, foreclosures, gas prices, unemployment, budget deficit of $407 Billion, education should be the news.

Like McClellan said if you the journalists did their job, we wouldn’t have gone to war in Iraq.

Shame on all of you. I am so disgusted. We are all going down as a nation because of a few “self-absorb” people.

Yes! McCain totally campaigns like a coward! That puts it so distinctly. Obama is the real hero here. McCain's days as a hero are OVER!

GIVE THEN HELL BARACK, DON'T LET THESE RIGHT WING CHRISTIAN NUTS TAKE OVER THIS COUNTRY.

GREG
SPRINGFIELD, MO

Finally, Obama gets angry. He needs to stop playing nice guy. The republicans have stolen elections for years and will steal this one as well unless Obama puts them in their place.

Bottom line is this:

If you are happy with the current status of this country, vote McCain because things will remain the same.

If you are not happy with the current status of this country, vote Obama and lets give the democrats a chance to change things.

I personally am NOT happy with what the republican president has done to this country since 2000 and will vote Obama this year.

I have NEVER voted Democrat before until now.

IF THE SHOE FITS…

Right On!!!. I'm sicked and bored of this false controversies when is McCain gonna come from under Palin's skirt and talk about what is he going to do with the country.

Would John McCain call himself a sexist for using the "lipstick on a pig line" on Hillary Clinton's policy ideas?

And if the lipstick remark was a dig…all the better. Finally someone is giving the slimy Republicians a taste of their own medicine.

These Obama remarks have finally turned me into a Obama supporter.

Every time "The Prophet" is off teleprompter he sticks his foot in his mouth. And instead of apologizing to Gov. Palin he attacks, because he can never admit he is wrong. Sen Obama is one of very few people who can make George W. Bush look like a genius.

If Palin want to be a pitbull, then the McCain camp need to stop protecting her. Let's talk about the issues Mr. McCain. Stop the swift boat politics. Stop hiding your VP pick and put her in front of the media to answer the hard questions. Obama is right about the McCain campaign. All McCain is doing is putting lipstick on a pig and trying to fool the American voters.

p.s.

Would someone please wright Palin a new speech? I am sick and tired of hearing about her plane, husband snowmobile race, and cheif. Enough.

I'm sooooo proud of Obama. I believe he is going to win. He is sticking with the issues. John McCain with his horrible ads and negative responses plus the cheerleader/pitbull with lipstick makes my stomach turn. I'm really getting sick in tired of this whining and stupity that comes out of their mouths.
And to the media, if the reps want to keep Sarah away from the media then you should report less on her and more on Obama… Forget her if she ain't ready for the United States because personally I'm tired of the same speech.

McCain himself used the exact same phrase to describe Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's health care plan just last year. "I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig," McCain said in October of 2007, describing Clinton's universal health care plan when she was running in the Democratic primary. He also, in February 2007, used the phrase to describe conflict over a resolution on the Iraq War. "It gets down to whether you support what is being done in this new strategy or you don't," McCain said at the time. "You can put lipstick on a pig, [but] it's still a pig, in my view."

Time to move on to the next McCain smear!

Props to Obama for calling McCain on his bs. This is getting ridiculous. Nobody's gonna continue to walk around on eggshells to appease their fake outrage in an effort to manipulate and distract people from the issues. Those of you falling for this bs are nothing more than puppets and McCain is pulling your strings. GET BACK TO THE ISSUES!

John McCain, Sarah is not a pig. She's Roseanne Barr in Sarah's body. Listen to her voice!!!

SHE IS A REAL PIG WITH LOUD RED LIPSTICK.

OBAMA…..08

Pepole who say Palin has more experience than Obama have a IQ as low as McCains age and as efficent as Palin's abstience only program.
McCain is a fraud.
72 years, you've been running a campaing for two years with no message only to steal Obama's message.
For sure people with air in their brains bought the message.

Will John McCain's PULLTOY SARAH PALIN ever break free and tell us what she would do to improve or change from the disastrous policies of the past 8 years.

SAY NO TO THE PALIN – MCCAIN TICKET. WE DON'T WANT MORE WARS OR THE RETURN OF THE DRAFT……………………………….

VOTE OBAMA AND BIDEN FOR THE RETURN TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

B E T T E R——–E X P L A N A T I O N :::::: P O O R——C H O I C E——–

O F———W O R D S

Issues, only the issues! Each fool needs to tell the American people how they will pay for their grandiose schemes. Better yet vote out all of the "political prostitutes" and start over. Completely eliminate outside sources of income for all elected officials; if you don't like the pay for the job, do not seek election. All decisions will be based on the benefits to the greatest number of citizens, not lobbyist, not special interest groups, not friends; only what is best for the greatest number of citizens.

i think Palin/Mcain should please take a chll pill!!! they have nothing to discuss so they talk about Obama all day, Palin you are a disgrace to other women, you get a chance make history, do something good and instead you resort to playing games and lies straight out of Karl Roves book…heck pick a number and stand in line there are many before you in lipstick who are actually dealing with issues!!!!

What's wrong Barack?? Now that you are trailing we're hearing a lot of belly-aching. You are sexist! Period! The way your campaign treated Hillary and the fact that you ignored her during the VP search. These comments about Palin prove it….Obama is sexist.

Obama promises alot but never mentions how he is going to pay for things in his town hall this morning. Talk is cheap Barack.

McCain is a walking billboard for dimentia. Clearly he can't remember a lot of what he says…as he's proven in his politcal career. This is no different. And apparently it's contagious, since Palin forgot she said women whining does a dis-service to women everywhere. Make up your mind, either you're going to be a hockey mom or a pitbull….MAN UP!

It was always clear about Obama's dirty character; he is changing his believes as often as I change my pants; the true value of a leader is shown in the moments of desperation, not in the moments of glory, and his dirty comments shown a desperate weak men who may become the president of the strongest nation on Earth. Have you all noticed how often he is changing his position to say what America wants to hear?
He will put America on its knees if elected.

The more of this John McCain pulls, the more i can't stand him. Whether you agree with Barack Obama's politics or not, there's no reason to dispute his 'decentness' as a man. There's no way someone of his character would have had Sarah Palin in mind when making the 'lipstick on a pig' comment.' I wonder about the character McCain though. Actually, it's clear to me he is a man of very WEAK character.

An even more disgusting trick: In recent days McCain has also put out an add misleading people into believing that Obama was some kind of pervert who was pushing sex education for Kindergartners (NOT true. He took steps to protect them.. look it up). In the ad he included a picture of Obama smiling in a way that added to the horrifying misconception (the picture, obviously taken during a completely unrelated time). How awful to try to paint the father of two young girls as a pervert. I'm so sick to death of McCain. God willing we won't have to endure any more of his personal, made-up attacks after November.

I'm a female and I am outraged that McCain is outraged. He has used the line SO MANY TIMES. Focus on the issues! I don't care about this. The economy is in the toilet!

I watched Bush/Rove swift boat Kerry so I am not surprised the right winged media are taking and running with this. I watched the video I guess unlike some of the people who commented, it was clearly in context of McCain and Bush's policies. But go ahead McCain let's see how many advertisements will just take Obama's one sentence and make it sound like he said it about Palin. The countdown begins….

How refreshing it is to know that the Obama doomed his campaign by invoking a pig when referring to Sarah Palin.

Way to stand tough Obama. McCain wants to be president so badly he'll I guess he got confuse guns, hunting, pigs Sarah Palin ….

So what? When did Sarah Palin trademark the word "lipstick"?

I am a republican female disgusted by the republican party's same tactics, politics of lies and destruction! Senator Obama should just stick to the issues get his people out discussing the issues and completely ignore this senile 72 year old man who obviously has nothing to offer this country. From where I sit my republican friends are not buying into this new republican VP pick! It is a hoax, an our feelings are strong this man did not put his country first. That his fellow republicans have been intimidated into silence is the most scary of all.

I strongly believe Senator Obama has put his country first by the way he has handled his entire campaign and most of all his VP pick. I will be voting for the democrats this time around – the country desparately needs change, not self serving divisions topped with messages of hate. Enough is enough encourage other americans to see through these phonies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Republican for Obama/Biden and with great pride!

It is heart breaking sad to see the maverick engage in such petty remark by Obama. Yes, McCain is so rich that he has time to talk like this.Please I want to hear the candidates both tell us what they will do to the American people to alleviate their pain. Please just now think of the people suffering as a result of the three successive hurricane.

I'm glad obama and the democrats are geting back to the issues. no apology necessary for lipstick comments…mcsame said it first against clinton. mcsame picked palin as VP and now he hides her from the press and the real questions…scripts her speeches, and probrably has "wardrobe" pick her shade of lipstick…HA. we don't care about mcsame and 4more years of bush!…we want the issues dealt with and obama…we need you and good ol' joe to bring it home…….show the epople what 4more years of the same will bring….and for those of you who are listening but wrestling with your prejudice….it's okay to vote for a black man…he's for the people…obama "gets it".

This phony outrage is evidence that the McSame campaign only wants to make it about personalities not the issues. Can anybody say Karl Rove? I do not want a 72 year old POW with untreated PRSD as the next president nor a Holy Roller as VP.

If McSame and AhPaulin would stick to the issues they would not have anything to talk about so they turn to the only thing they know, Mud Slinging as taught by Karl Rove!

Americans deserve to hear discussions about issues from EACH candidate. I am an outraged American sitting in front of my TV, reading my newspaper and online commentaries and trying understand and focus on the real issues. When will I see them discussed?

The McCain Camp is just waiting for Obama or Biden to say anything about poor little Palin. Obama and Biden have the right to speak up against her because she is running for office and she talks stuff all of the time. The McCain camp is going to try and get the American public to back-up Palin against anything that anyone says just because she is a somewhat attractive woman. After all the stuff the American public has already heard her say, everyone should be cool with Obama and Biden hitting her back.

Palin makes a statement earlier this year on a radio talk show that Hilary Clinton should not whine and certain things should be expected in the presidential election.

Then she gets in front of millions, refers to herself as a dog and now is whining because she is being compared to a pig. She and John McCain's willingness to steal Barack Obama's "change theme" opened the door for the comparison.

Instead of picking over and stealing every part of Barack Obama's speeches, why don't they respond to the biggest insult out there….

John McCain has voted or sided with George Bush over 90% of the time….

Not one time have I seen a rebuttal saying "this is a lie or simply untrue". Not one time have he said I was wrong and this is what I intend to do different this time…

Respond to the things that matter to the American people and stop wasting our time with bull!

He is right enough is enough. However it's enough on both sides I for one would like to see a positive campaign. Most people are fed up with the politics as usual. it is disgusting.

They're going to have to pay people to come watch McCain talk when Palinocchio goes her own way!

Typical Republican response, of course they totally ignore the fact that McCain used that phrase as well directed at Hillary, McCain and Palin must carry a mirror for each face!

If the media decides to make an issue of this, they are as bad and manipulative as the Republicans. JOHN MCCAIN used the EXACT same statement earlier about Hillary Clinton. Funny. I never heard about that at the time. This should infuriate women because the John McCain camp is using sexism, NOT Obama. McCain is using the fact that they have a female as a vp candidate to make false accusations as though she is the "victim". Sarah Palin is being used by the Republican party just because she is female. So much for women's rights. Sarah, you should feel really proud of yourself. You're setting women back years.

John McCain did serve his country…so did thousands of other people. Get over it already. How anyone could vote for the republican ticket simply bafflles me.

What is so hard about choosing between:

- 2 highly successful lawyers who teach the CONSTITUTION

and

- a sexist 72 yr old, 4 time cancer survivor, who barely graduated from college.

- an extemist woman who spent 6 years in 5 different colleges to get a BS in Journalism…

Only in America…

John McCain isn't a hero. It's the men and women who work multiple jobs to take care of their families…it's the young africa

I really wish that all the Hillary supporters would stop playing right
into the republican strategists hands. Don't they realize that every
time a republican says "he should have picked Hillary" they are
purposefully trying to rile her staunch supporters into punishing the
dems by voting republican out of spite. The republican agenda
IN NO WAY represents ANYTHING that Hillary stands for. Don't
continue to let yourself be used.

Push back. Don't let the GOP strategists define this race. They have no record on which to run, only one to run away from, so they're trying to throw chaff into the air in order to distract the public. Slam em!

Where does McCain get off? Why doesn't he crack another joke at Chelsea Clinton and Janet Reno's expense? Hypocrite not maverick!!!

When it came from the GOV. PITBULL it was cute, cut to the chase, a waste of all the American's DONATION with STUPID ads, WE need change in WASHINTON, NO WAY, NO HOW, NO McPITBULL.. ENOUGH

You Crats are so funny. Politics from both sides of the isle has become idiotic at best. I personally think the comment is no big deal no matter what he meant. However, everyone wants to be the sensistive police when it is to their advantage.

Are you telling me that every Crat in America wouldn't stand up and scream in unison if McCain (or any non-crat) said:

"well you can send a monkey to the moon, but you don't want him piloting the ship"

I say we impeach every current politician and START OVER!!!!!

Sarah Palin owes Obama an apology for the shameful way in which she mocked his community organizer job during the first few minutes of her speech at the convention. No surprise since her speech was written by Bush's speech writer. However, for a woman who claims to be a Christian, her attitude about his job and her lying about selling the government plane on EBay and saying "No thank you" to the bridge to nowhere is very misleading for those who do not check out the facts.

I'm solidly behind the majority of people here…but…when is either candidate going to give us more on their plans for the future. They both want change….but I want to know the specifics. I, for one, won't vote for EITHER candidate without knowing more.

People, we need to demand more than this kind of reporting. It's so shallow…lowest-common-denominator. This is such an important election I would hope everyone would make their decision based on more than platitudes and crossfire about lipstick on animals. But to date, that's all I've gotten.

Mccain's tactics are tiresome. He should stick with the issues instead of trying to divert his attention to an unrelated topic. Mccain even stole Obama's slogan for the case of change and used it for his political campaign during the RNC. The American people are smart enough to not fall for these political games. I'm glad Obama called him out and said "Enough is enough." Obama-Biden 08!

Doesn't everyone remember at the RNC Convention that McCain's campaign manager said "this election is not about the issues"? They have nothing to run on so they fill the airwaves and the Internet (just one) with sick ads and "poor innocent us" tactics. Hopefully the American people will grow up just enough to realize that we can't afford more neo-con crap!

Obama's technique of delivering campaign rhetoric as if he was a straight-talker is wearing thin.

Axelrod had better tell him to show a brighter emotional range when he speaks, otherwise his message will not get across.

Senator Obama's speech today in Norfolk brought me to tears. It was such a poised, mature, and Presidential response to the stupid "lipstick" attack. He reminded us of the real important issues this country faces. The Republican campaign machine is sinking to new lows this past week. I'm glad someone is at least trying to stay above the fray and keep on track and on message for the American public.

That's right, Obama, FIGHT BACK!
We just got our first wave of Attack ads here in Washington State and, let me tell you, that's all they are! Attack, attack, attack. No issues, no stances, no substance.

Please people, look at the issues. Don't be fooled into thinking another Republican can turn this country in the right direction. We need someone who can quickly, professionally, and intelligently turn our economy around and get us back on track of being the most powerful and respected independent nation in the world. I want proper healthcare for my kids. I want my small business to succeed – not be bankrupted by insanely high taxes and a continually falling economy. The Republicans won't get us out of this hole – they'll dig us deeper.

If you care about your family, your health, your paycheck, your business, your kids, your FUTURE, then you know what you need to do. Be smart. Vote for Change. OBAMA/BIDEN '08

This is hilarious – Obama is supposed to be able to say whatever he wants, and that's not an attack. When the Republicans take an exception to it, that's wrong.

What's happening here is that Obama is no longer the media darling who can skip away after doing just about anything. His true nature is showing in his desperation and anger. You're angry, Barack? Now perhaps you understand how angry and betrayed Hillary Clinton's supporters have felt over these long months, as you and your supporters ran over the top of us – telling us how stupid, petty, unneeded we were and what a horrible person our candidate was. Well, we aren't stupid, and we certainly aren't blind.

I do think the McCain camp should drop this, although there's no doubt Obama meant it exactly as it was interpreted. Obama and his crew will sink themselves – the Republicans need to get back to the issues and continue forward. The debates will show how worthless both Biden and Obama are.

Well, Wolf Blitzer said Bill Clinton wasn't acting very presidential when he made comments about the "war" speech Obama was running on early in the primary. What does he think of Obama now? Is he acting Presidential? Or is he acting defensive like a child?

This nationally little-known Governor of Alaska has got the entire Obama Campaign and the Democratic big-wigs' panties in a bunch. This reaction solidifies Obama's inability to handle things he can't control. When McCain's campaign was out of money and all the experts were calling him dead, he pulled himself up and fought on and won the nomination from his party. When McCain was down in the polls, when the media was fawning over Obama's trip to Iraq, and virtually ignoring McCain, McCain didn't fall apart as Obama is doing now. He stayed the course and fought on. He's proven his leadership and ability to handle being knocked around. He hit a grand slam with Palin to boot.

McCain is doing everything to take the focus off the issues.
Why are they still saying Palin was against the Bridge to no where?
Palin and McCain are pathetic.

Mccain better stop talking about "i have the scars to prove it" so do thousands of soldiers. The question is do we need a soldier or a President with outstanding judgement and tempermant like Obama. Mccain is a bully "fight, fight, fight with me" I don't want to fight anymore. I want to be able to afford to send my three girls to college, pay my mortgage every month and have health insurance for my family.
Obama'08

Enough IS enough. Stay on message Obama. Don't let them distract YOU.

i reallyfear for our country with THAT women Palin running in the race with the so callMAn Mc Cain I guess my quetion is just who is running for President in theRepublican Party It,s really scarry!!!

Come to think of it, the preamble about Obama pigs statement was about Bush policy which McCain seems to have adopted, so if they don't understand his english, i think the should hire some people to tech teach them.

I agree…enough IS enough.

Palin….THANKS BUT NO THANKS
McCain..I am a war hero….I was a POW

BOO HOO!!! THEY CAN DISH IT OUT<BUT THEY CANT TAKE IT!!!

Palin put herself out there by making the comment " the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull, is lipstick." That was a stupid thing to say. I am a little league mom and I do not want to be sized up with an animal. The comment "lipstick on a pig, still a pig", has been around for years. Did anyone think McCain was making a swipe at Hillary when he used it? No, everyone was focused on the policies in question. I want McCain/Palin to talk about real issues. I am offended as a mother of a teenager, for the Republican party trying to paint Bristol Palin's pregnancy as a good thing. Even though babies are a gift, it is still wrong for a child to have a child. While I applaud Palin for supporting her daughter as any good mother would do, she still made a mistake, by having unprotected sex and not using birth control. Bristol could have gotten something worse then a baby, AIDS.

John McCain, tell us what you really can do for the country, and stop looking for small comments to paint the democratic party as bad. You put Palin out there when you made her your running mate, just to get the female vote. There are women who are offended by the fact that you think we are so stupid, that we would vote for someone just because they are female, instead of their views on the issues. And, as for religion, I don't care what religion you are, as long as you put the economy in good standing.

Voters, make sure whoever you vote for, can address the issues and make things happen and not because they wear "lipstick". Remember, when looking at your VPs, understand, that if anything happens to the president, this is the person that will take the lead.

Does anyone else not see that John McCain is desperately trying to keep Sarah Palin in the news at all costs?

Over the last 8 months, John McCain proved he can't generate excitement about his candidacy on his own so he's trying to smear Sen. Obama as a way to keep himself and Gov. Palin in the news.

WHO'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT – Sarah Palin or John McCain?

GOOD for Obama for caling it like it is! Dems need to get as down and dirty as Reps do to get anyone's attention. Unfortunately, many people in this country cast their vote based on the person, not on the platform. Obama needs to avoid being put on the defensive by the Rep propaganda-and-headlines-only machine, else the Dems will be Kerry-fied!

Obama is the best!

Obama 2008

McCain voted against equal pay for equal work for woman and yet no one calls out sexism?! Or would women rather debate lipstick???

A question: If Obama wants McCain to "stick to the issues," why did he make the stupid pig comment in the first place? Looks like Obama is not following his own suggestion. Oh wait, "McCain, YOU stick to the issues, I will do whatever I want. McCain, YOU stop smearing me, I will do whatever I want," said Obama.

You know, Obama i so slick, he does this all the time…whenever he stucks his foot is his mouth (intentionally), the very next day he performs another "major speech" to get attention. The "pig" comment is down right sexist and an insult to all women out there. How dare you Obama, how dare you!!!!!

Shame on you Obama!

If Obama loses this election (which would indeed be tragic) he will not have anyone to blame but himself, for throwing his hat into the ring too early. The woman who deserved the nomination would have ripped McCain to shreds and spit him out. No problem. If Obama would have waited a bit longer, we'd have potentially sixteen years of a Democratic president, and he'd have gained years of valuable experience. It's too late now. I hope he can pull it out, but if the split in the Democratic party is anyone's fault, it's Obama's, not Clinton's.

Go Obama! Thank you for bringing the issues out front.

Obama is just upset that he is now behind in the polls and realizes that the people aren't buying the snake oil he has been peddling. He is the man who has done more swift boating in his political career than Biden, Palin or McCain put together.

I was a Hillary supporter, one who took a LONG time to come around. I have never been so proud to support Barack Obama than I was today. I will stand behind him and fight to win this election!

THANK YOU, BARACK OBAMA!!

I am TIRED of Republican bullying and whining. I am TIRED of Republicans saying that this election is not about issues. THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT ISSUES! Issues like whether myself or others can afford or obtain healthcare, whether we can pay our mortgages, whether we can buy a gallon of milk AND a gallon of gasoline and not have to choose between them.

So I say, along with millions of Americans, ENOUGH!!! NO MORE!! to the Republicants. We, the People, are taking OUR White House back!

Yes! This is the tough talk we want from Obama! Go, O!

this is hilarious, republicans are beating democrats on their own game. Obama now out desperation, he thought he had white house withing the grasp, tables have turn. I see the history repeating, its the same situation with Hillary, she could not believe this guy (community organizer) out of nowhere came and beat her. Same thing with Sarah Palin, Obama just does not know what to do. Hillary did say, once powerful republican machine takes him on, his inexperience is going to show. And here you go, Enough is Enough, what r u going to do next take your glove off and slap homebody with it…lol
If your only attack is same as push on McCain, I think Obama can kiss White House good bye.

Oh please everybody take a deep breath and don’t waste more time focusing in all the nonsense McCain/Palin want us to focus. How those lipstick comments are going to resolve all the problems our country is facing now.
I am tired of the candidates going at them about every single comment. We want to hear specifics plans about how they will help the American people to improve by providing more jobs, health insurance, good education for our kids, finishing the war in Iraq, stop the collapsing of the housing market and financial system.
Enough is enough to all the Politicians that want us to believe talking about lipstick comments will help to pay American’s their bills next month or next year when they don’t even have a job. Please focus on the real issues, stop wasting the time we have to get to know who is the right candidate to be President of the United States.

Listen Fellow Dems….Obama has this all under control. Let the GOP look like fools and in the debates. Everyone in the world knows that the GOP has not and still is not talking about issues even at their own events…they say yad yada…fight with me….yadayada…but he still does not say what we are fighting for? Anyone is the room have a clue? I have listened to every single sppech of theirs that has been aired on CNN here…and I still cant tell you what the GOP stands for excpet the same policies as the current administration…but they keep advocating change. The bottom line is this:

The GOP has no new ideas so they are going to use the Barracuda with lipstick…hey she said it herself…to take focus away from the true problems. I think America is better than that..and smarter.

I just head Obama talking.. he's just so amazing. He's so right.. we have to focus on issues.
Am listening to Palin talking.. how can they use the same speech for over a week and not address the important issues we are facing. I can give her next speech today. .as it's not going to be a bit different from what she has been saying all week long. Who the hell cares if her husband is a snow mobile world champion.. is that going to lower my taxes??? will it make me more safer in this contry???
When she uses a LIPSTICK comment, she's considered a strong woman.. when she cant face the same comment coming at her, she wants to run away rather than talking a bit about issues. She hasnt spoken anything other than the ill-crafted speach written by Bush's speach writers.
Please America.. realize that they are just staging a true blunder..
Trust OBAMA.. he'll bring us the change we need
McCain still uses his same old message..

Nobama – If you can't take the heat then stay out of the White house. You are the one making the childish remarks. Why don't you stick with the issues instead of talking about lipstick? You are one desperate person.

I can't believe that there are people who are capable of leaving a comment on the cnn website but are uncapable of looking up the actual CV's of Palin and Sen. Obama using google.

How is it possible that somebody still thinks that Palin has more experience than Sen. Obama???? It blows my mind. I guess it proofs that campaign spins work.

Mr. Obama is 100% correct.

It's amazing to me that every time I watch the republicans speak, It's always Mrs. Palin doing all the talking while McCain stands there looking stupid. This election has turned into a joke. It seem to me that Ms. Palin is the person running for President and not Mr. McCain.

I AM SO TIRED OF THIS BULL**** GET TO THE REAL ISSUES. OH
MCCAIN DOESN'T HAVE ANY. HE STOLE OBAMA'S CHANGE PHILOSPY AND NOW HE IS MAD BECAUSE OBAMA DID THE SAME. THE ONES WHO VOTE FOR MCCAIN I HOPE YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT ANOTHER BUSH.

BO, your form of politics is an inspiration the world over. Too bad there is so much negativity in the world.

LS, i couldn't agree with you more about the 'rove' like tactics used in the mccain ad. that's a much bigger issue than playing semantics about old adages. the latter is a simple issue of the intent of a statement while the former is a complete reworking of the facts. anyone willing to dig a little deeper knows the motives behind obama's education bill. as a father, it couldn't be more important to me to ensure that my child is fully aware of the REAL LIFE threats that children face by adult predators.

Face it, Obama puts his arrogant foot in his mouth. The 'lipstick' comment was clearly a slam against Palin, given her pitbull/lipstick remark during her big speech. Oh, but wait, he doubled-down and basically called her a tuna taco, too! Obama seriously knows how to endear himself to women. So very charming.

Democracy has Failed America. We are headed down a one way street with a blindfold on. The only real difference between the two candidates is that one is honest about the inevitable war with Iran, the other claims "Change" by getting out of Iraq, but he will just re-deploy OUR troops to Afghanistan and eventually go to war with Iran. So, either way, we are going to war with Iran. Two Roads, one is a rough country road that leads straight to War, the other being a nicely paved Toll road that goes up and around, but ultimately will lead us to War.
I cannot believe after eight years of watching our government pursue private interests in the Middle East, we just sit back and wait to vote in another Corporate puppet. Once again, WE THE PEOPLE are stuck with the "Lesser of two EVILS" choice and it is absolutely pathetic. Why can't America produce a Presidential Candidate who isn't EVIL?
OUR Freedom and OUR Voice is being Stripped from us and WE do NOTHING?

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it the superficial appearence of being right." – Thomas Paine

I have just made another donation to Obama's campaign. The divisive tactics the Repubs are using are dangerous and threaten to degenerate this country into nothing but another third world country. We need to put an end to these shenanigans. Enough!

Enough is enough. Time to ask John McCain the most serious question of this era. If war is necessary with Iran, Russia or any other country will he keep his word to re-implement THE DRAFT?

WILL THE REAL JOHN MCCAIN PLEASE STAND UP?

2000 JOHN THAT CONDUCTED HIMSELF AS A BIT OF A MAVERICK AND SOME HONOR OR THIS JOHN MCCAIN THAT LIES AND PANDERS AND SUPPORTS KARL ROVE AND GEORGE BUSH POLITICS. HOW ABOUT SOME VARIETY IN YOUR SPEECHES JOHN AND SARAH? Exact same speed every day WITH NO CHANGES AND NO SPECIFICS. JUST A LOT OF INNUENDO.

You can mix raisins with turds and you still have turds.

Senator Obama just found a more gentlemanly way of saying it. This is NOT a reference to Senator Palin and any reasonable and rational person would see that.

Think it was the typical Obama smear he used during the primaries. Now that he's being challenged and people see him for what he is, he is now being indignant. This guy is an empty shell and has no credibility. I am still a Democrat and have said from the beginning this is not the guy we should nominate and I cannot follow my party blindly. We picked the wrong person and I'm voting for McCain.

Country First McCain/Palin says: You can send an "idiot" to Harvard – but he's still an idiot.

What school did you go to? Because you could say anything less than that would say that you are not even at the level of an idiot. I dont know, watch what you say, sometimes you leave yourself wide open.

LMAO@Pig in Lipstick.. WORD!

Obama and Biden speak on issues!

The Republicans speak about themselves *yawn*…

OBAMA/BIDEN `08!

I am starting to believe that they brought Palin on just so they would have a target to use themselves – to divert attention away from McSame. It is becoming more and more apparent how often Republicans use scare tactics and diversions to get people to believe they are either correct, noble, or to get their attention off of their own weaknesses. Americans are tired of this double-standard crap. It is a waste of media resources to even cover this evangelical waste.

But, don't mind me, I'm just white guy in the south screaming GOBAMA!

He's Right America is tired of lies and negative attack adds but thats all the GOP gots and its just sad.

The McCain campaign has been nothing but a distraction since the Republican Convention. Neither he nor his VP wannabe have addressed any of the issues facing this great nation since he picked her. They are riding the rockstar image that they lambasted Obama for, ignoring the current Prez, who policies they embrace wholeheartedly, and just patronizing women in an effort to gain support from disgruntled Hillary voters.

I think Obama should ignore them, focus on the issues and continue to remind voters that there is no difference between McCain and Bush. No difference means no change, period.

Enough of the silliness and gotcha politics. Let's us have a discussion that helps us know who would be the best leader. Obama did not compare her to a pig. That she isn't. She is such a liar and hypocrit that to call her a pig would be an insult to pigs.

It's refreshing to hear a candidate call these things what they are – phony outrage to drum up base support and attacks. Obama was talking about policy issues in his statement about how no matter how you wrap your policies, if they're the same as Bush's they're the same as Bush's. Also, if Palin and the McCain campaign were so worried about lip stick becoming an "issue" in this campaign she shouldn't have compared herself to a pit bull. Obama's right….there are far more important things this country is dealing with than to have to hear false cries about a lip stick controversy.

Good! No more walking on eggshells…Sara Palin has been a huge distraction in this election. It's time to get down to the nitty griity and start talking about issues.

palin , is running like for president and mccain is standing there stupid like a vice president candidate should 9/10/08

Actually … if given the chance, I would never compare Palin to a pig; it's an insult to the pig! I think pitbulls deserve more credit, too.

George Bush-John McCain: Where is Osama bin Laden? Where is his number two Al Sawari? While you have been throwing ridiculous amounts of money and manpower at the Iraq mistake, these al Queada leaders are still running loose and plotting against the United States. On the 7th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack, we should remember that those responsible for the attacks have not been brought to justice. We have wasted our resources and prestige on a foolish war that seems as though it will never end in Iraq, while the real enemies are still free and working against us in ways we can only imagine. The Taliban is having a resurgance in Afghanistan and Pakistan. If we had been devoting 10 billion dollars a month to going after al Queada instead of pissing it away in Iraq, we should have captured or killed them both by now. As George Bush's biggest cheerleader on the Iraq War, John McCain is responsible for this reckless diversion from what should be our true mission. McCain, if you really put 'country first,' you would want to pull us out of the Iraq blunder and go after Taliban/al Queada targets.

Obama – you are the phony. Why is it every time you stick your foot in your mouth you come out and give some phony self-serving obfuscated speech? It was very clear that your a pig is a pig comment was meant to play off of Palin's lipstick remark at the RNC convention – you need only look at the smugness of your expression when you said it. And, I am a democrat and not voting for your phony change.

My first impression was he was refering to Senetor Palin. I was horrified!

Obama is angry. The Palin factor is working well for Mccain and Obama's campaign is in disarray. So more and more desparate attacks against Mccain & Palin can be for seen. Sometiimes the elitism does not work.

This stance is outrageous by the McCain camp. If you want to use the sexist card, try it on education, the rights of working women, the right to choose. Those are areas where you can possibly get traction. To use it for something like this, may diminish it's affect on a truly important issue.

"Putting Lipstick on a Pig" is a sexist joke toward Palin? That's funny, because the statement implies that the pig was already there and the lipstick was added later. Therefore, I'd see it as Palin being the lipstick and McCain being the pig.

Thanks Obama for being the bigger man and tell them you're not playing their games. It's like you said, we need answers not drama.

He's absolutely right! I even noticed most of the media newstations back away when the RNC tried to lay guilt trips on them. It's time the RNC & McCain/Palin get off of the elementary school behavior and get to issues affecting this country.

I would argue the reason their not on these important issues is because their policy beliefs are cohesive with the current administration which got us here in the first place.

If Palin is going to refer to herself as an animal, why should be offended when someone else does it?

Obama bascially said, Palin is a pig, she is taking my votes away, enough is enough.

ATTA BOY OBAMA!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

McCain made the pig joke in reference to Hilary's POLICIES, not as an attack on a person. This article definitally isn't telling the whole story. Instead of apologizing, Obama is trying to take the focus off of his mistake by, once again, using nothing but rehoric. It would be nice to hear a democrat sincerely apologize. Just once. They might make history. Lol, it would be a historic event.

GET EM BARACK!! WE ARE BEHIND YOU 100%!!!! LET THEM KNOW WHAT THIS ELECTION IS REALLY ABOUT…..ISSUES!!!

Why does Palin keep repeating, nearly word-for-word, her convention speech everywhere McCain brings her? I suppose it worked for Bush…stay on message, don't divert or answer questions, keep the bar low for the debates and the public will think you are the best candidate. It's so obvious the repubs are handilng Palin EXACTLY how they handled Bush during his campaigns. How did that work out for us?

So it was ok for Palin to say that she is nothing more that a Pit Bull with lipstick on, but when Obama uses a very old saying that many people used in the past then all of the sudden he is sexist. This is crazy people just hate the truth. Obama is right when you put "lipstick" on a pig, its still a pig, something that is dirty and filthy. The same it to be said about the Rep's they now say they are the party of change, that they are the reformers, but you can say these things all day long but guess what, you still have the same old "Bush" mentality and 4 more years of that is something none of us can handle. Americans make me sick with all of this "Political Correctness", Americans are supposed to be strong not soft.

What Obama SHOULD be talking about is how 5% of Americans will be able to pay for universal health cae and everything else he has promised. I would LOVE to hear the mathematics on that!

Can we please start acting like adults and not a bunch of winey kids

ENOUGH !!!!!

Way to go Barack!!!! fight fight!!!
We need you Obama…you dont know how much we need you!!

Palin should stop being such a WIMP. The McCain camp are basically saying that no comment can be made about Palin. She is off limits. Ok, I can see her FAMILY is off limits. But she is not. Just because she is a woman, doesn't mean that she should get special treatment in the campaign by the men, as if women are too DELICATE. Hillary would have been able to take a hell of a lot more, and already has. I say Obama and Biden should keep going. After all, if Palin caves now, who will she be able to stand up to foreign leaders, especially in the Middle East?

Way to much attention given to a V.P. canidate. Get to the issues!!! It is the economy that the Republicans have destroyed! How are we going to fix it.

Anybody see Obama on Fox last night? Obama looked like a fool he could not answer any questions directly. He called Ayers a man he knows and said he knows many right wing extremists. When Bill asked who, Obama could not name any person.

President Obama, I will support you all the way to the White House. Mc Cain and Palin are losers.

Obama/ Biden '08-'12

As a country, we cannot wallow in the unnecessary and unproductive attacks that are dominating this election. Obama, stay with the issues and get out of the "trap" that the McCain keeps putting in front of you and stay on the course of the issues at hand. You are so right…enough IS enough and you are seen as a better leader for seeing it that way and moving on with getting this country out of economic deterioration.

Obama is crying foul as usual but he seems to have a double standard for himeself……hhmmm. He whines if McCain says something about him and draws the guns when someone corrects him. He is running scared and he knows McCain has definitely gained ground on him. Why shouldn't Obama have to answer for his sexist remark, he can say all he wants that he didn't mean it and knows ______ well it was intentional. Shame on you CNN you are so biased in your reporting. I will turn you off just like I did Oprah.

Stick to the issues, Obama. Don't lower yourself to the level to commenting on Palin. That's why you picked Biden. Stick with the issues. McBush, McBush, McBush.

Welcome to McBush and another 4 years. Here's another $400 billion deficit, and 85,000 jobs lost. Would you like fries with that?

Bravo Obama for calling the GOP candidates to the carpet for putting a facade on business as usual. It amazes me how the GOP have now staked out any reference to lipstick as a sexist attack on their VP candidate. Grow up! If she can't take the heat (as Hillary did during her long campaign), quit!

looks like that skinny boy is beginning to sweat

Too funny, spare me the BS and just focus on the issues!

Oh sorry, I guess thats beyond Obama's experience to address,,,

Maybe he should just watch what he says and he won't have such problems, what was he thinking.

And this is the guy that is going to addresss world leaders on our behalf, man are we in trouble,,,

Workinman

Temper, temper…. Mr. Obama your arrogance is astonishing, particularly since you have no valid reason to be so arrogant.

HEY REPUBLICANS, WHERE IS BIN LADEN? HERE COMES SEPTEMBER 11 AGAIN AND STILL NO SIGN OF HIM.

I DONT KNOW HOW YOU CAN CLAIM YOU MADE US SAFER BECAUSE HE'S STILL OUT THERE.

BUSH,MCAIN, CHANEY, PALIN, RICE…….WHERE IS BIN LADEN?????

McCain is clearly using, hiding, and cowardly taking advantage of Palin. Really sad and pathetic.

WAY TO GO OBAMA!! Those(RETHUGLICANS)know that you have got this ELECTION locked down. To all the people who now say OBAMA has lost your vote(trust me, you were never gonna vote for him anyway). anybody who would want MCCAIN/PALIN (has got serious issues) see a DOCTOR PLEASE!!!!!!!!! OBAMA/BIDEN 2008

Now Obama says enough is enough, he's like the kid that runs outside, hits another kid, then runs inside to mama and says they're picking on me.What an immature attitude this man has!

PALIN IS A LIAR!! SHE SUPPORTED THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE HER OWN WORDS PROVES IT..EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW THIS……PALIN SAID “I’m hearing from a lot of Southeast residents who believe that maybe they haven’t been given their due respect,” she said. “Part of my agenda is making sure that Southeast is heard. That your projects are important. That we go to bat for Southeast when we’re up against federal influences that aren’t in the best interest of Southeast.”

She cited the widespread negative attention focused on the Gravina Island crossing project.

“We need to come to the defense of Southeast Alaska when proposals are on the table like the bridge and not allow the spinmeisters to turn this project or any other into something that’s so negative,” Palin said…

“There needs to be a link between Ketchikan and its future and its future opportunities and progress, opening up land in this area,” she said.
THIS IS NEWS WHEN YOU CONSIDERD THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPEN TO MCCAIN SHE WOULD BE THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD

I am so sickened by Republican attacks that twist and turn the facts. Enough. Enough. Enough. Enough. I've had enough. I don't want to hear any more platitudes. What are you going to do for the Country McCain? Which direction are you going to take us in? What are you going to 'change'? Who is Sarah Pain? Enough. Obama is right. He shouldn't respond and he shouldn't attack back. He should correct the facts and falsehoods and then tell us what he is going to do for us. McCain is going to fight fight fight. What is he fighting? Himself, his party, his party ideology? What alternate reality is McCain living in?

This is why I hate politics. It's all mudd slinging and nothing gets done. I don't think Obama was talking about Palin when he made the pig comment. I have to tell you though, she is scary and I have decided I won't vote for MCCain because I don't like or trust her.

John Mccain is old enough to not be finger pointing – heck he's old to be Obama grandfather. The "he said"/"she said" is nothing short of childish baby games. Our country is at a low point and we need someone to take us out of this awful situation and get our country on the right track. I'm tired of seeing things like this, lets focus on the issues and the most important decision of Americans are facing today. Who can better lead us in a direction of change??

Being a POW does not qualify you for the President of the USA. I'm sick of all the McCain and Palin distractions and lies to the American people. All they ever say is Obama did this and Obama does that, but they never talk about their issues/policies. I don't have a clue most of the time what they stand for. Palin is more interested in showboating and being the center of TV attention that actual policies. Even her State Senators have confirmed this. She wants the glamour but not the buck stops here on decisions. She's an empty headed moron.

Typical Karl Rove tactics. Get em Obama.

The fact that he used the phrase right after Palin put it in the spotlight – (Biden too!) – please, everyone in that audience knew what a "nuanced" reply it was!

I love how all the Obamabots on this blog keep writing "ENOUGH"…the Thought Police has them, and now they can't even use different language. I bunch of plagerizing dummies is what the DNC has become, how sad.

Oh yeah, I'm one of those life long democrats, never voted republican, Hillary supporter, disillusioned by my part and this presidential race!

McCain/Palin PUMA

McCain said the same thing last year, and now he's outraged? The Republicans have become disgusting. I live in a city that doesn't have very many of them (Boulder, Colorado) and I wish those that are here would leave. Colorado Springs would welcome them.

Words do matter. Wake up America. No obama. Obama stupid when he did not take Hillary. He will be easy winner . What a judgment.??

It is the most wonderful thing that was ever said by our politicians, this and the thing about the fish..

Shon & hrg

Just ignore Anonymous, he has been on every single blog since the primaries as a paid repbulican goonie to criticize and make intelligent people think that there is more support for the McLoser & now the MsLipstick camp than there is. You are obviously more intelligent as are 95% of the people on these blogs and I sure hope that is representative of the results on Nov 4th.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Wake up America! How many times do you have to be beat over the head with these ridiculous, uneducated, lowlife Republicans?

Let's not look back 25 years from now and realize that Bush, McCain and the Republican party simply do not know how to govern, four more years of McCain and this country will be in a state of disrepair taht will never be fixed.

The Republican party is a DISGRACE, and America is fed up with the Karl Rove tactics and petty bickering. Is this how John McCain is going to run his presidency? We have TWO wars going on, the economy is in the tank, food and energy prices have skyrocketed….and the McCain campaign is talking about LIPSTICK??????

And as far as that goes…..if Sarah Palin can't play with the big dogs, she should get the hell off the field! She talks a good talk, but I've yet to see her 'walk the walk'! She's only proven to be Bush in a skirt.

It is about time. If the American people cannot see the same tactics being used as in the last two elections, then perhaps Education should be the first priority. School yard bully tactics has no place in such an important part of how this country will tackle all of the problems that we face (due to the last eight years of this administration). Obama is right, there are too many serious issues to try and solve. Rove should take his game to the school-yard where it belongs. ENOUGH OF GOTCHA POLITICS.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08———Maturity over childish games!!!!!!!!!!

Go Obama…you are EXACTLY right with these comments….and I agree with the Sex Ed Ad…perverted, disgusting on McCain's part.

Obama says that Palin was FOR the bridge to nowhere before she was AGAINST it.

Obama was AGAINST off shore drilling before he was FOR it.

The difference here is REMARKABLE.

She was For it when she was MAYOR but against it as GOVERNOR.
Two different jobs with different RESPONSABILITIES.

Obama was BOTH for and against it during the SAME PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN running as a candidate without prior EXPERIENCE and RESPONSABILITIES and Changing his opinion overnight !!!!

Obama is too RISKY and cannot be TRUSTED.

Obama bin Biden NO WAY !!!!!!

What's the old saying….

"You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear."

That phrase is perfect with regard to the McSame/Phalin ticket …. and how nice of McSame to immediately think of his beautiful running mate as a pig with lipstick.

Obama / Palin now there is a ticket I would support without reservation.

That's right–eight is ENOUGH!

I agree with Hillary Clinton: No way, No how, No McCain, No Palin

Decency '08–Obama/Biden

Mccain and the repubs can dish it but can't take……..I loved the way the congresswomen from Florida pinned that joke from the GOP against the wall yesterday on Chris Mattews.

GO CONGRESSWOMEN….

Obama/Biden 08

Obama should have just came out and apologized but he mocked again. He never admits he was wrong. He said today I don't care if they go after me, well then why did he jump on one of the networks for going after him. And why does he lie when he says I will debate McCain anytime anywhere any place. One coming up only because he has to. He is beat and he knows he is and the democrats know he is, you can see it in his face. I am an independent usually always voting democrat and I can see it plain as day and night. I will vote for McCain/Palin . Obama scares me with his ties to Rezko, Ayers, Wright, and his studies of saul Alinsky.

WAY TO GO OBAMA. I agree with you…….John McBUSH you need to Stick to the things that are important and that will make a real difference for the people of this country. McBUSH wants to use distractions to from the real issues because he has NO SOLUTIONS.
McBUSH is just a big windbag.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Sen. Obama if you are man enough and I know you are, you should apologize to Gov. Palin. How dare you call her a pig with lipstick. Is it because you are now behind in polls so you call her names. You are behind the polls now because of your own doing. You did not pick Sen. Clinton to be your running mate.

Get him, Barack! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! We can't lose this election to thievery again!

How can any true American vote for Obama after he voted NOT to make English the official language of the United States? You talk about the ultimate pandering to the Hispanics legal or not! Obama is truly an obimination and may have 666 on his head.

How bout ..
Pot calling the kettle black !!!
Is that a racist comment .. or a metaphor ?

Depends in what context it is used .. in normal interaction it is a metaphor .. when referring to BHO .. it becomes a racist comment ..
so too .. with the pig and lipstick ..

I think BO is showing is true colors, hope his followers wake up and see him for what he is .. an empty suit with a spout !!!

Mccain '08
HRC '12

Obama need only quote McCain's own daughter who, when asked what she thought about the lipstick on a pig comment, declined to comment because her Dad uses that comment often. Folks, do you see what the Repubs are doing? Distracting you from the fact they talk change, but have nothing concrete to offer, other than continuation of trickle down economics that is making a few rich people richer at the expense of the rest of us.

Put her in front of the REAL press so we can find out how she handles herself under pressure OR keep quiet. I'm dead sick of the standard GOP BS

Wait a minute its ok for the GOP to say and do things as they please, but as soon as someone from the Dems say something its way out of line! Well i guess they can dish it out but they dont want to take it ! Besides it wasnt even towards Palin….Actually a reference to what McCain said about Hill-Rod! Grow up republicans dont forget your the reason our country is in trouble!

It's about time for Obama to pull the race card out of the deck and play it. His campaign is in the trash and I wouldn't put it past him to do whatever he thinks will get him some traction.

Obama = Peanut Carter's second term.

The RNC HAS NOTHING!

ALL THEY HAVE IS DISTRACTION AND LIES! THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT THE ISSUES!!!

GOOD JOB O.

LUCKY palin is in US. In countries like kenya and indonesia women causing anguish to men would end up in deep trouble.It is a good culture.Women with head covering veils and all.obama is a good guy so he only called palin a pig for taking the thunder from him.

I see. John McCain can make this comment and that's ok. Barack Obama cannot. Using McCain's/Rove's logic, isn't that racism?

This is starting to feel like a discussion between a college professor and a first grader. Obama/Biden are so clearly superior to McCain/Palin that I almost feel sorry for them. It would be amusing if it were not for the horrifying fact that 50% of the US population seems to be buying into the GOP's ridiculous propaganda.

Calling all first graders…PLEASE GROW UP/WAKE UP and stop making a laughing stock of yourselves and the U.S. by default.

McCain is an idiot.But guess who the bigger idiot is?
The stupid americans who would vote the senile fool.

Chris = I'd like to applaud John McCain for thinking that Sarah Palin is a pig.

LOL!!!!!!

Look at the thin skinned cry baby liberals on this one. They had no problems with the media was baggin on Hillary, but the moment they take a swipe at the great Messiah, look out.

republicans are inmune to anything… they are superheros, untouchables, remember, they are mavericks, she is a woman, and he is a war hero, so, they build this "barrier", were nobody can say a word about them, nor question their judgement.

Karl Rove in the Works!!!

And what about the McCain ad that trys to make it sound like explaining to kindergardens that you should NOT allow strangers to touch you in certain ways or places as SEX EDUCATION!!!…
It is funny how an very old phrase, "Lipstick on a Pig" is getting more attention than this TRULY INSULTING campaign ad!!

Obama used it within a week of Palin, coincedence, I think not, he was going after Palin. Now that that backfired for normal people, not most of you obviously, he says enough is enough. Believe me the bashing ya'll are doing to Palin is going to backfire, better be careful.

You go Obama, those Republicans have no respect for them selfs or anyone, like I say all the time they get off being ignorant and being bigots thats what they do and have no shame about. So stop with the so call sexist crap. Hell, Mcsame used the same comment in May of this year and he said it last year about Hillary, and know one said anything about it, but because the black guy said it, now the Mcsame camp is trying to use it to get votes. PLEASE BIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!! IDIOTS (REPUB)

Obama (or his handlers) should have been smarter than to use the remark in the first place. Common use or not, it has a particular polace in the vernacular of this campaign — and he should have realized it. Unless he meant to — hmmm…

If Obama is so darn committed to focusing on the issues, then why is he spending time on this, anyway? One way or the other, Obama seems to be starting to roll in the mud a lot more than he used to.

Desperate times call for…..

The McCain Campaign & GOP complaining about anything are like Nazi Collaborators or the SS concentration camp guards complaining about being 'mistreated' after Liberation.

Republicans alone ruined and destroyed the nation's economy for 8 years and sent 4000+ young soldiers to their deaths in an unnecessary war. The blame falls solely on the GOP and the GOP alone. The current GOP administration should be sent to The Hague for War Crimes.

John McCain is an out of touch, sick old man who wants to claim that he is for change by promoting the very policies he voted against before he decided to run for President. We all know he was a POW.

This election is so ridiculous.. I strongly disagree that Senator Ombama should apology to Governor Palin. He wasn’t referring to her, but the M (men) E (evil) D (den) I (in) A (America) is at it again.

What will she tell Putin and his countrymen if they made remarks against her? I guess she will be eager to push the red button.

It is governor Palin that should apology to all the hockey and soccer moms for calling us pit-bull with lipstick. Michelle Ombama deserves a personal apology from Palin.

We need to focus on the issues which McCain and Company doesn’t wish to do. If those that want to vote for McCain and Company, so shall it be. If they win don’t expect anything but another extension of Bush and Cheney laws and rules. My sons will not be drafted into any war that this group will continue. I would rather see them in jail and not give up their lives for unnecessary wars that will be raged against other countries.

If you are worrying about lipstick – then vote for McCain and Company

If you are happen that you lost your home – then vote for McCain and Company

If you like paying $4 or more for gas – then vote for McCain and Company

If you like war – then vote for McCain and Company

If you think this economic is fine – then vote McCain and Company

If you lost your job because of Bush and Cheney and you deserved it– then vote for McCain and Company

If your child doesn’t deserve a good education – then vote for McCain and Company

If you want your children to die – then vote for McCain, Company and War

If you think you shouldn’t cling to your religion when things are rough (hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, fire, etc) – then vote for McCain and Company.

If you don’t care about your body and want THEM to make that decision for you – then vote for McCain and Company

If you don’t want a good healthcare system – then vote for McCain and Company

Now if the only reason why you will not vote for Senator Obama is because he is black; then close your eyes because this is the only thing you will see if McCain and Company takes office; and that is nothing.

we have people losing their homes and our children can't afford to go to go college. We are engaged in 2 wars and the topic today is lipstick! I am outraged as a woman to think that I would be fooled by this plot to hijack this election with non-essential issues. Rather you are a republican or democrat you should tell your polictian to stay on issues that matters. Like rising gas prices or can't afford to heat your home. Come on people we deserve better than this. Demand better or your going to get more of the same!

American, Don't let McCain distract us from the real issues which are the economy, health care, education and the fact that we are engaged in two wars. Don't allow McCain to lie about his record and Palin's and then vote for him because he wants to be president no matter what. Our country and the future of our children are at stake.

When you vote for McCain/Palin and are concerned about the real issues, you are voting against your self.

Triciaa, NJ

BO knew exactly what he ws saying. And as a women I resent it. He alluded with the word LIPSTICK. Sorry this time BO we are not buying it.
CHANGE??????? BO – null null – otherwise known as Dr. NO!
"Change" is fleeting! Positive and Negative – Good and Bad. Obama's self-serving "change" born from contempt and controversy, is like a wrecker destroying in a day or two, what it took noble builders – our founding fathers – years to construct.

The tale of the sinister scorpion, mirrors BO's blueprint of deceit.

The scorpion, a poor swimmer, asked the turtle to carry him across the river. "Are you mad?" exclaimed the turtle. "While swimming, you'll sting me and I'll drown."
Laughed the scorpion, "If I sting you, you would drown and I would go down with you. Where is the logic in that?"
"You're right. Hop on!" said the turtle.
Halfway across the river, the scorpion gave the turtle a mighty sting. As they both sank to the bottom, the turtle resignedly asked, "You said there'd be no logic in stinging me. Why did you do it?"
"It has nothing to do with logic," the drowning scorpion replied. "IT'S JUST MY CHARACTER."

MORAL – “IT’S NOT WHAT I SAY, BUT WHAT I DO”

LOVE MY USA

Considering that the STRAIGHT TALK BUS was a cover up for all the flip-flops of McCain, considering that a THRUTH SQUAD is needed to cover up all the exaggerations uttered non stop by Sarah Palin, considering that Todd Palin is now depicted by McCain as a man with "cojones" winning a race under very low temperatures and all that BLA-BLA-BLA, I wish McCain would FINALLY dedicate some of his PRECIOUS time to speak about the REAL ISSUES that confront us and describe in details (p-l-e-a-s-e n-o m-o-r-e: MY FRIENDS I KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS ON A BY-PARTISAN WAY) exactly (read in detail) how he plans to solve them.

John McCain has no honor. He called his wife a c**nt, joked that Chelsea Clinton was ugly and fathered by Janet Reno, laughed when one of his supporters called Hillary a b**ch.
In High school they used to call him McNasty and The Punk. He still is.
He can hide behind his POW status all he wants and the media can shield him. He is still a punk. He has no honor.

We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who will only grow louder and more dissonant. We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check.
We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. – Barack Obama

Obama's comments are sexist, targeted against VP Palin and those who will vote for her – and that's why he said that.

He would never say something like that about Hillary Clinton – whose economic, health care, and other plans are truly bad.

I will move to CANADA if republican wins the election,,,,i don't want to leave my family in poverty

SHAME ON OBAMA, EQUALILTY YA RIGHT… WHO ARE YOU KIDDING
YOU ARE JUST ONE OF THE GOOD OLD BOYS
POLITICS AS USSUAL…..IN WASHINGTON…LETS JUST KEEP
THOSE MAMAS IN THE KITCHEN…AND YOU GO TO WASHINGTON
TO COOK THE PORK….OINK OINK

Mr McBurns, it's time to release the HOUND!!!!

DOHHH!

Let me see…. Obama makes the "lipstick on a pig" and "old fish" comments together and they had NOTHING to do with Gov. Palin or Senator McCain?? If you believe that, your blinders need an adjustment. Also, if these comments were not about Obama's opponents, why did the crowd find them to be so funny?

Who's lying now??

Obama was trying to get cute with his remarks and he got caught with his pants down. Events from yesterday have put the "ism"(Obama) and children(Biden) into play. The same folks are saying no big deal now will be outraged when the right goes after the other "ism" and "children"

Both candidates have absolutely nothing new to offer than their party, Mccain with GOP and Bush and Obama with Democrats and the current congressional leadership.

So I would be surprised if these campaigns keep to personal level and 50000 feet level change rhetoric. Nobody has a clue how to solve the countries problems.

Surge was bad , but is working, so let us prescribe for Afghanistan

Stimulus was bad, but helped, so let us do it all over again

Intelligence failed, got us in a wrong war, nobody is asking questions what are we doing to fix it

Politicians are using a one size fits all solution for every problem and reporters/interviewers are more interested in knowing, is Palin gaining white women, is Obama sexist, no wonder politicians get away with this much of low approval ratings, the "media elite" seems to be in a brain cramp here, someone page Sanjay Gupta maybe he can help

I am following the lead set by Michelle Obama.

Michelle said on TV that she would not vote for HRC, if Hillary were the nominee of the party.

Well… now that Obama stole the nomination of the party, I will not vote for Obama.

If Michelle can break with her party- and she is the wife of one of the candidates- certainly little old dumb, ignorant, backwoods, me can exercise the same right.

FOOLS- intra-party vitriol and Hillary hatred and bashing democratic white women- that did Obama in.

Let's revisit the phrase lipstick on a pig, shall we. To cite usingenglish.com, the common idiom has nothing to do with sexism. Nor does it have anything to do with Palin, unless you want to scrutinize her use of "change" that is nothing more than political stagnation that promotes war, oil, and corporate greed over advocating for the average tax paying American, then I would be more than happy to discuss the use of lipstick on a politcal pig. Because that is exactly what we are talking about, retooling the same-old Beltway spin that the Republicans call policy. You can put lipstick on that pig called Trickle Down Economics, but it is still the same retread that Ronald Reagan pushed forth twenty-eight years ago.

So back to the definition of the following per the above link:

PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG: If people put lipstick on a pig, they make superficial or cosmetic changes, hoping that it will make the product attractive.

Please stop claiming sexism where it does't exist. Working women have fought long before Palin grabbed the public spotlight to be considered peers with their male counterparts, a crying wolf in this way is an insult to women like myself.

We have fought true sexual discrimination and continue to fight for equal pay for an equal days's work. Stop whining (and that includes John McSame) and crying wolf any time you don't like what you hear. If you keep up these false accusations, no one is going to take women seriously when there is real sexism at play.

Let's talk about real issues. Or better yet, let's talk about real sexism that happens every day in this country or rights for women such as reproductive choice, equal pay for equal work and all of those quaint ideas Palin refused to believe in .

I see nothing wrong with it…it's an old analogy that most have use and not called a sexist. I have to admit though that it's good to see Obama fighting fire with fire. He attacked twice in one sentence referencing John McSame as an old smelly fish and his running mate as something other than the pit bull she's claiming to be. BTW did you see some of her old pictures…she wasn't that small.

Also, why haven't we heard a lot about the Palin gaff, you know, the one where she thought Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has always been under government control. This is basic economics knowledge, which she (having a "basket weaving" degree) obviously doesn't have.

I'm thinking Obama intentionally used the phrase knowing that a) McCain had used it before, and b) that McCain would whine about Obama using it – it gives Obama a great opportunity to drive home how hypocritical McCain is. He can also mention how McCain jumped to the conclusion that "pig" was a reference to Palin, when in fact he had never mentioned her at that point. Now we just have to hope that the right-wing biased media will allow him the opportunity to present his response.

It's all in the context. What McCain said was in context to Hillary's healthcare plan. What Obama said was in context to McCain's "change" image, which began with Governor Palin. Palin made it a foul when she referred to herself (satirically) as a pit bull in lipstick. While the debate is still out on which is better, a pig of a pit bull, the phrase is off limits in that context.

Just because a black person can call his pal a "n***a" doesn't mean a white person can. Same thing goes in this scenario. Under the context Obama was wrong; speech writers get your apology ready.

Obama should call a press conference demanding to know why Sarah Palin is in hiding. Can't she speak for herself? Only a single interview to ABC's Charlie Gibson nearly two weeks after McCain announced her as his running mate – now that's a scandal! All this nonsense about sexism against her is total BS noise to distract from the fact that when it comes to the issues, Republicans got nothing. BRING SARAH PALIN OUT OF THE CLOSET AND SEE IF SHE CAN STAND HER OWN!

And watching McCain/Palin , they are still going on about earmarks. Hypocrites!

I want to see some outrage about McCain's new attack ad on tv stating that Obama supports teaching children in kindegarten about sex education before teaching them how to read. I think this is offensive knowing this man has two little daughters of his own. The Republicans can be so nasty. Before I never looked at the parties even though I am democrat but since Bush has been in office this administration has opened my eyes. Obama keep up the good work stay with the issues and continue attacking McCain.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT OBAMA MUST HAVE HIT A NERVE..
HIT THEM HARDER AS THIS COUNTRY DESERVES MORE….

NOW LETS COMPARE THE REAL ISSUES,,,, ECONOMY, WAR, EDUCATION,,,,,

I'm not sure what is more soul-draining sad, that a candidate for the presidency (McCain) chauvinistically ignores campaigning on the pressing issues of the day in favor or trash talking opponents, or that a majority of Americans apparently agrees. We are truly in the age of trash TV, where superficiality trumps substance. Sad. So sad. Our forefathers would be ashamed.

"A noble peace prize winner supports Obama.
95% White Iowa votes for Obama.
95% African americans vote for Obama
95% Young vote for Obama
95% Latinos vote for Obama
95% Educated vote for Obama
95%Veterans vote for Obama
95%Business vote for Obama
95% First time voters vote for Obama
95% vote because his VP is better"

Where do you people come up with these numbers? I have done an informal poll of my friends and coworkers, and the result is 98% McCain, 2% Obama.

Anyone can make numbers do what the want…

Good for Obama….the Repugs NEED a good slap on the face!

We're electing the President of the United States, yet we're treating this like an 8th Grade Student Council election. Get a grip!

Of course Obama didn't mean it in a sexist way!!! That is the most ridiculous thing the McCain camp could ever have done!! Phony outrage is right! First they attempt to steal the "Change" mantle, then they accuse him of something he didn't even do.

SHE (Palin) is the one who compared herself to a pit bull, with lipstick. But hey, pigs are just as cute.

I guess the Repubs message is – she is the one we picked to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. But don't vet her, no interviews, don't criticize her, stay off her family. She is now "The One" about which we dare not speak. . . . a "celebrity" if you will. Sound familiar?

Does McCain not have a campaign to call his own?

Thank you Sen. Obama! Let's stop all these non-issues and campaign tactics.

Way to go Obama! Back on track.

So much negativity from MCain & Palin…and the Republican party. If anyone from the Republican party is asked a question it is never a truthful answer plus they try to switch the subject to Obama…. Not an honest & happy group of people..

Its ok for McCain to say the pig line with pink lipstick but not Obama.

I Can't take credit for this one, but it hit the nail on the head:

McCain is the pig, Palin is the lipstick.

SO are many of you STILL fans of McCain's, even when he's behaving like a whiny tattle-tale on a grade-school playground? If so, then how can you support a man who truly, undoubtedly thinks you're a moron who will fall for anything he decides to tell you?

The McPOW & Moose ticket have no issues to run on, besides "if you loved the last eight years, you'll REALLY love us!"

Cowardly whining and cowardly lying – it is the republican way.

I am a mother of a child with Down Syndrome and can tell you with 100% confidance that Ms. Palin is NO FRIEND to children with disabilities.

As a female I say yes, a woman can have it all (career and family)…but how WELL will she wear the hats? Who is raising this special needs baby that is only months old? Sorry, but my daughter is 9, and my presence was needed every step of the way.

BTW, I am pro-choice. The only special needs community excited about Palin is pro-life. Stay on track America. Palin is nothing more than a repackaged evangelical GOP! If you put lipstick on a pig…it is still a pig!!!!!!!!

Nice how you just glossed over the part where Obama criticized the media for not doing it's job.

Seem to leave out this part:

"See it would be funny, it would be funny except — of course the news media all decided that that was the lead story yesterday. They'd much rather have the story — this is the McCain campaign — would much rather have the story about phony and foolish diversions than about the future."

I just head Obama talking.. he's just so amazing. He's so right.. we have to focus on issues.
Am listening to Palin talking.. how can they use the same speech for over a week and not address the important issues we are facing. I can give her next speech today. .as it's not going to be a bit different from what she has been saying all week long. Who the hell cares if her husband is a snow mobile world champion.. is that going to lower my taxes??? will it make me more safer in this contry???
When she uses a LIPSTICK comment, she's considered a strong woman.. when she cant face the same comment coming at her, she wants to run away rather than talking a bit about issues. She hasnt spoken anything other than the ill-crafted speach written by Bush's speach writers.
Please America.. realize that they are just staging a true blunder..
Trust OBAMA.. he'll bring us the change we need

I'm glad SOMEONE is talking about the issues. Thank God we get to take a break from "As the Campaign Turns".

I an sick to death of the Repub's doing something and then calling the Obama camp wrong for doing the same thing. Do they think no one is listening. Quit putting Palin out there like some demi-god, pitbull, and when some one calls her on her crap, say "Hey, that's not fair, she's a lady" BULL! I'm glad Obama called them on their lies. Enough is enough and everyone one I have spoken to lately says the same thing, Vote for Obama, even people who I thought for sure would be McCain voters. At least the repub lies are going to lose them the election.

i can't believe that this kind of idiocy gets coverage. obama has been using that phrase long before palin arrived on the scene. get over it. let's talk about real issues.
obama/biden!

Did anyone notice how Obama brought the house down as soon as the word "lipstick" came out of his mouth? His audience sure made the the connection to Palin because it sure not a funny line on its own. Why is his sarcasm not negative but if it's a Republican making a comment it's mean and hateful? I just don't see the difference.

Didn't McCain use the same phare against Hillary's Healthcare plan?
How scynical and ravenous McCain and GOP are.

GOD, help them for they know not what they do.

Real wolves in sheep's clothing.

Watch out America.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008 – 2016

I know Oboma did not mean it that way but Palin is not a pig, she is a dog. You notice that the McCain camp is not letting her off that very short leash. They are afraid that she may actually have to answer a question without a rehearsed answer. And she is going to be a heartbeat away from President? Yikes!

Its about time!!!!!!!!!Good boy!!!!!!! Now lets get back to talking about the fact that electing McCain is 4 more years of Bush

McCain and Palin: Together, THEY ARE A BRIDGE TO DISASTER!!!… and, continued failed economic policies, never ending war, entitlements, lying and empty talk. They are both egomaniacs. This country MUST CHANGE or we will never recover! Wake Up Americans!

The hypocrisy of the Republicans is stunning. I hope the American public is not stupid enough to swallow it, but recent headlines are not promising. I also wish the media would stop papering over the issues and start telling the truth instead of putting a corporate slant on everything. The Democrats "complain about" but the Republicans "slam" the opposition?? Stop it. And there are some real issues here. I really wonder if Palin believes in the end of days. What's the difference between American religious fanatics and Iranian religious fanatics? They are both dangerous.

As a concerned voter. I am disappointed by the antics that the Republicans are using. I am also appalled that some women base their choice primarily on Palin’s gender. Are some women that ill-informed that they could possible lose their choice when it comes to pregnancy?

By the turn-of-the-20th-centruy women were attempting self-induced abortions by using hangers and ingesting toxic chemicals. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

All you have to do is look at Obama's body language, and his pause and smirk after the first line of his pig remark ,to realize he aimed it at Palin, and he knew what he was doing.The media can try to spin him out of it, but he has repeatedly shown his disdain for women throughout his campaign.He is educated, but not that bright.

The true key phrase is that the McCain camp responded "within minutes." They must have people watching every line uttered by Obama/Biden, just waiting for something they can lable sexist. Hence their choice of Palin.

This mudslinging is part of the political process and will never change. Expect it, ignore it and vote for the individual you feel is best for the country. Politics brings out the ugliness of our souls.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

He is correct Lipstick on a Pig is still a Pig. Do not treat her any different. This is serious business and we are tired of the crap the republicans do, rather than deal with issues.
Cut the crap and deal with the real problems. She does not qualify and that is the issue, McCain is the same old thing and we need to move on.

You guys are morons….what other possible reason would Obama have to make that comment? You know full well that every thing he says is prepared and rehearsed, he can't evenmake a joke without a teleprompter. Either it was directly aimed at Palin, or he was just a total imbecile.

And you have a lot of nerve calling this the gender card, when Obama throws up the race card constantly. He accuses mccain of saying he doesn't look like the guys on dollar bills; when did mccain say anything at all like that?

Obama……fraud, loser, moron.

The comment WAS intended as a jab towards Palin. As a woman, I find it to be very offensive. I wouldn't think anything was wrong with it if Palin had not just used a lipstick analogy in her recent speech.

Obama's camp is so tacky.

McCain-Palin 08!

Obama is sliding rapidly in the polls so he's getting angry. That's to be expected.

But all the SHEEP on this site are going to fall in line with the Zerobama and back him no matter what. Keep fooling yourselves in thinking that what you read on this site reflects the average American. You are all sheep bleating at each other and convincing yourselves that you are in the majority. When you most defininately are not. Baa baa.

NOBAMA is on the downward spiral. Adios Zerobama.

You got that right…ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, and this slime is going to backfire on McCain!

I am soooooo glad Obama FINALLY said this! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! Let's talk about issues, because it does not matter what color, gender, or religion you are we ALL still face the same problems: Gas prices, Taxes, healthcare, education, etc.

Senator McCain … please take heart in knowing that a PIG is MUCH SMARTER than a PITBULL with or without lipstick … so, your warped mind should accept it as a compliment! You and your running-mate are absolute frauds who rely only on the most ignorant in our society to even give you a chance in November!

I agree ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! the mccain campaign has done nothing but tell lie after lie KARL ROVE POLITICTS we the american people deserve better then that AFTER 8 YEARS OF A PRESIDENT THAT LIED TO US TIME AND TIME AGAIN enough is enough its time FOR A REAL CHANGE MCCAIN AND PALIN ONLY BRING MORE OF THE SAME (LYING KARL ROVE POLITICTS!) ITS TIME FOR BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OBAMA/BIDEN08

It is so sad that the media is jumping all over these "issues." It's exactly what the McCain camp wants and exactly why "they" chose Palin in the first place.
Obama and McCain can talk issues day in and day out, but once someone supposedly insults the other person, calls them a pig, or questions ANYTHING about them other than issues, the media will jump all over it.
It's complete smut. It's junk news and for some reason, the media loves to put that front and center. McCain's lobbyists are smart enough to know this and this is why they, no McCain, THEY decided to choose Sarah Palin and play the victim card against everything Obama and Biden say.
It's time for us, and you CNN, to wake up and start delivering news and putting the issues front and center.

You're behind in the polls and running scared. I love all these nasty comments. Way to show your true colors Dems.

maybe mccain could grow a backbone and tell that "sexist" comment to Obama's face instead of clouding the issues as a result of having nothing more to offer–how can mccain even look at the public and clm hes "change" when u voted with bush 90% of the time!!! i have lost respect totally for mccain—he and palin both just lie!

Anybody that is claiming to be a "former Democrat" now voting for the Republicans can give me a call at 1-800-YEAH-RIGHT!

It is really sad that the Republicans have had to stoop to trying to fool voters by getting on blogs and acting like they are disaffected Democrats. It is sad, just sad.

NOBODY that has ever voted Democrat will vote for McCain/Palin!

Obama/Biden '08!

It is apparent that John McCain is depending on Gov Palin's popularity and ability to whip a crowd into a frenzy to carry him into the White House. Otherwise, he has NOTHING! No, solutions to the worsening economy, job loss, housing decline, continued energy dependence, healthcare, and education decline. He is even at a loss of how to deal diplomatically with other nations. Look at how well his and Bush's "forceful" responses to the Georgian crisis worked out….Russia snubbed its nose at the U.S. and began withdrawal from NATO. Toughness is okay, but needs to be combined with smartness as well! McCain for "Figure-Head President"…NOT!

Obama should make that slogan because Enough IS Enough! I want to hear about the issues. If that's the only way McCain thinks he can win, hiding behind a woman, then that doesn't say much for him or his politics. I'd like to see what his crowds look like after Sarah Palin goes home, because without her, he just looks like a doddering old man. I look forward to the debates.

Will the real Barack Obama please stand up… Oh there he is! The one crumbling from going down a few points. If he can' handle the campaign how could he be expected to handle the Presidency? He's already losing it.

CNN AND THE REST OF THE MEDIA IS NOT BEING HARD ON MCCAIN AND HIS VP SARA.

OBAMA IS RIGHT WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM MCCAIN AND HIS VP THAT HELPS SOLVE THE PROBLEM PEOPLE ARE HAVING.
SEN. HILLARY WAS CALLED ALL KIND OF NAMES WHY ARE THEY PROECTING THIS WOMAN.

IF SHE IS GOING TO RUN FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE LAND THAN SHE NEEDS TO STAND ON HER OWN TWO FEET LIKE HILLARY DID.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

The context of the remark about lipstick on a pig is after Palin's now famous line of lipstick on hockey moms and not on pit bulls. Obama is a very smart man and HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING when he said it. He was goading John McCain, and McCain's CAMPAIGN took the bait. Obama just wants to CONTROL the game because he doesn't like being out of control as he has been since the day Palin's candidacy was announced.

Republicans took it as an offense because they are PIGS.
Anyway their BS is beyond imagination and I hope people show them in November what they think about Karl Rove and his nasty campaign which now he is running from behind.

Promise: “I will run a clean campaign”
Reality: McCain has been attacking Senator Obama and smearing his character for months. His latest ad takes a program designed to protect children from predators and disgustingly portrays it as “teaching sex education to five year olds.” The ultimate evidence of his abandonment of honorable campaign tactics is employing Karl Rove to develop political strategy for the McCain campaign.

Promise: “I will run a high minded campaign based on issues”
Reality: His campaign is promoting McCain and Palin as patriots and mavericks and largely avoiding discussions about the issues facing the American people. His campaign manager actually said that the campaign is about personalities, not issues.

Promise: “I will put country first”
Reality: VP pick was completely driving by politics, not by what is best to govern. He has recklessly put a 20 month governor of an isolated small state, who has few qualifications, no foreign policy expertise or experience, and almost no expertise in economics or national domestic policy in a position to be a heartbeat away from the Oval Office. The divisive, negative campaign spawned by his relentless attacks and the spectacle at the GOP convention is further dividing Americans and harming the very fabric of our country.

Promise: “I will run a transparent campaign”
Reality: McCain has reduced his availability to the press and no has few candid question and answer periods. Palin has been almost completely sequestered, does not take questions from either reporters or voters and is basically rehashing her acceptance speech at campaign stops. Now we find that KARL ROVE, the man who’s gift to American is eight years of George Bush, has been one of the architects of McCain’s camp for several months now – a fact they have been hiding from the American people.

Once, John McCain was worthy of both the title “maverick” and the respect of the American people. That is no longer true. By his own actins, he has forfeited any claim to either. It is very disheartening to see that the victim of a disgusting Bush/Rove smear campaign in 2000 would hire Karl Rove to do the same to Barack Obama and Joe Biden just eight years later – disheartening and disgusting. You would think he would know better.

Obama is doing EXACTLY what McCain wants him to do…lose his temper. Losing your temper never makes anyone look good, including Obama. All it shows is his insecurity. It is very unbecoming of him and very unpresidental. Yes, McCain attacks Obama as well, but he does it in a far different way with out losing it on national TV. Obama can not handle the fact that his popularity is slipping and he does not know what to do at this point. He better figure it out or he will lose this election. He looks to me nothing more than a whinning little baby at this point and certainly not someone I would ever vote for AND this is coming from a democrat. This will be the first republican vote that I have made. I will not vote for someone just because they have a knack of using the word "change" in a speech over 100 times or because they make promises to me that they know they can not keep.

I'll incorporate an even better simile or adage of the local color variety to describe Macain now that he has a running mate. When Sarah Palin is speaking, Macain is prancing around on the platform like a "monkey in a dress shirt." Is he trying to rev up the crowd or is he staying close to slap a hand over her mouth? He definitely hasn't allowed her freedom of speech. What's he afraid of?

It was about time Obama stand up to the McCain camp. Enough is Enough. I want to hear about real issues.

Enough is enough. Well! Sen Obama you started it. Gov Palin was talking about herself when she said, the soccer Mom thing. YOU were really talking about her. And if you wern't, then you need to appolize and move on. Both parties need to stick to the issues at hand. Thats what Americans want to know. Your main jobs are to protect and servic the US of America. That also means to close the borders to the radicals, Illegals, etc if possible. The economy, and all the rest. Still waiting for Obama to have a one on one with McCain without teleprompters. McCain has asked mulitple times to do this and Obama refuses. Guess he doesn't have all together as yet.

Man I can't wait for the debates!!! OH BY THE WAY, has anyone noticed that Palin has not campaigned alone yet!!!!?!?!?!? The day that she does, she will get barbecued!!!!!!!!

I say — KEEP USING THIS LINE OVER AND OVER!!!

This is why I'm a depressed Republican. My party has nominated a party traitor who has consistently voted against tax cuts (until recently when he wanted to become the nominee), has been anything but a deficit hawk, and has sided with democrats on issues such as campaign finance and amnesty for illegal immigrants. Now, he makes a cynical VP choice to appease the evangelical nut cases who have taken over our party, and who is anything but a reformer and "maverick"—she's a hack for the evangelicals. We don't talk about issues, because we can't talk about issues. McCain's campaign is a noun, a verb and POW. He has NO new ideas. We're the party of pragmatism and solutions, and we've become the party of idealogues and evangelicals. Well, this Republican is not voting for McCain, instead, I say let the new guy (Obama) have a shot and see if he can turn things around. If he can't, we'll kick him out in 4 years and put a real Republican in his place.

Anybody stupid enough to fall for the McCain campaign's silly tricks are being "Punk'd". The worst part is that the McCain campaign KNOWS that Obama was not talking about Pallin. They are probably wetting their own pants with laughter that ANYBODY even fell for this!! John McCain's own former press secretary wrote a book called "Lipstick on a Pig: Winning in the No Spin Era". Buy a clue people!!

I'm actually very impressed with the swift, stern and simplicity of this. Very straight-forward…STOP THE BS McCAIN! We the people do care about issues, your campaign think's it's about personality. It couldn't be further from thr truth. ISSUES ISSUES ISSUES!!!

Obama/Biden '08

Bologna.
Obama is wrong. This is not Hillary campaign to apologize for everything.
McCain 2008
Hillary 2012

Obama is no longer able to maintain that nice guy fascade.

Remember how Obama did the exactly the same thing to Hillary towards the end of the primary?

It was clear Obama's momentum was in decline and Hillary's momentum was climbing. So he turned vicious and nasty.

Obama got scared and he started to taunt, mock and jeer Hillary. And Hillary was a member of his OWN party. Remember the Annie Oakley mimicing act? Remember his macho, cocky brushing Hillary off his shoulder?

It worked against Obama then and this relentless personal attacks, sarcasm and mocking of Palin will also work against him.

The democrats have been the hateful, vitriolic ones in this election. Obama inspired an army of vile, vulgar, filthy, nasty, abusive NEW democrats.

That is when the democrats LOST this election. So much for Obama's ability to unite. So much for his new way of politics, so much for hope and for change.

Millions of democrats were shocked and appalled when Obama tore into Hillary with derision, and sarcastic putdowns. We were put off when his supporters hated on her and spewed vitriol and hate. It was sexist and it was misogynist and seemed so out of place from the man preaching unity and change.

It's funny how Obama continues to show the disturbingly thin skin he has. How is he going to handle hostile foreign countries? Is he going to say they're playing unfair as well?

Obama's a liar if he says that those comments had nothing to do w/ the Governor of Alaska. If McCain had said that in a similar situation but after Mrs. Obama made a similar lipstick comment, the media would be labeling him a misogynist. Tell me I'm wrong.

MCCAIN? NO THANKS! I WANT MY PRESIDENT TO BE SMART!

THE BUSH EXPERIMENT WAS A FAILURE; VOTE FOR THE SMART GUY IN 08

The PUMAs are in denial that McCain said the same thing referring to Hillary.

Ridiculous. It's a common expression. It just proves what most thinking women already know–that MCain picked Palin not because of her experience (she has virtually none) but in a feeble, pandering attempt to snap up ignorant Hillary voters. Think people and pay attention to what is going on here.

She is a pig…… a dirty one at that. They can dish it but they sure can't take it.

WAAAHHHH. Obama is decomposing-he cannot handle that Palin is now the star. This man is so scary.
McCain/Palin 08

Issues folks. Read up on Palin's religious beliefs and the political nature of their plans. Good place to start is the film Jesus Camp. See what is in store for you if you vote this ticket. As for pitbulls and palin. The difference is pitbulls protect their young.

Don't worry folks, Palin is just the distraction for McCain. Once he's in, we won't see or hear her yapping any longer. tThe good ole boys will make sure this "Pitbull Pup" is chained to the doghouse!
OBAMA in 2008!

Republicans be VERY AFRAID NOV 4th LOL….

It's so funny…this article merely states the facts but it makes McCain look like a total idiot/hypocrite/liar.

This guy has no shame.

As a die hard republican….here is a remark fit for sara….unfit lying thieving pimp my kids out mom…I'm voting Obama

BEAUTIFUL!! Go Barrack!! you said everything that needs to be said this time. I like the newly coined word of PHONY OUTRAGE. FIGHT ON!

For Christmas I think I'll get McCain a movie. "No Country for Old Men"

Finally! Please get back on message. Yesterday he was playing right into the hands of the McCain campaign. With their phony anger over that silly pig comment.

McCain an Palin were proberbly snickering the whole time. Get back on the issues. There is a few of us who vote on the issues. Those who don't do not matter anyway.

Sorry, but I think Obama's "joke" was really a hidden reference – so he thinks he can hide behind it. Now his "enough is enough" just says to me, "No, I won't apologize and I want you to lay off me – I can't take the heat!"

What I really see is that while McCain has promised to have Democrats in his cabinet, Obama does nothing but dig the moat deeper between them. My vote will go to the candidate who has shown in the past and promises in the future to include the other party in many parts of the administration. The fact that McCain has done that, and almost became a democrat, tells me he is more centriest than Obama. I want my government to get stuff done, not just block each other's legislation.

The democrats have had time to show me what they can do in Congress: = NOTHING! THEY TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY about our economy, where the jobs are going, mortgage crisis – things that they could have done, but too busy writing their own memoirs. That speaks for me, not their pretty speeches.

Mc Cain used the same line himself in October, 07. The Naval Academy has a code of honor that includes honesty and lies. It's been so long that McCain's obviously forgotten that. Davis, Schmidt, Bounds and the rest of the "foaming Rovians" have turned to Joseph Goebbels playbook which is to lie often enough and people may belive you.

I deeply regret the effort I put out for John McCain as a County Co-Chair for him in 2000, but it was a different McCain than we're seeing today. They might as well make the campaign Palin/McCain as that is what it appears to be.

Darko, truth is not "Socialistic" nor "Communistic". Lies are. Look no further than Palin/Cain

If the hoof fits, wear it.

Good for Obama! It's ridiculous and very hypocritical of McCain's camp to cry foul over a comment that McCain used himself. I'm glad he called them on it.

The Republicans must be so afraid of Obama/Biden right now cause no one is buying this McCain/Palin crap.

Obama is nothing more than a EMPTY suit with beautiful words if that is what you want to hear , I for one am behind Mc Cain / Palin all the way

If they are truly 'lies', then refute them with clear evidence to the contrary.

It still looks like Karl Rove is still calling the shots for the Republicans. I look at McCain and Palin together, and I feel like I am watching an infomercial for Oreck Vacuum Cleaners, with Mcain as the pitchman, and Palin as the overly effervescent cheerleader.

Enough is Enough.

Good job Obama! The Republican claim is ridiculous on two levels.

1) It's a common phrase that people use (I used to hear it all the time when I was growing up)
2) McCain has used the phrase himself!

In addition, to put into perspective, say that McCain had said something like "the pot calling the kettle black". If the Dems had heard that and declared racism, it would be equally ridiculous because it's a common phrase that people use.

The difference is the Dems have more important things to worry about. Like the COUNTRY!!!

Obama/Biden '08!!

YES! About time Sen. Obama called this woman out on what she is: a distraction.

Nothing wrong with Obama's comment. I'm sure he wouldn't mind if McCain referred to him as Buckwheat, right!

Obama is sexist. He saw that the media did NOTHING when he attacked Hillary and now he can freely continue to rant.

What a pathetic man.

Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't it Palin who said Hillary was whining about sexism?? Apparently, the rethuglicans are mere infants, as all they have done since the convention is whine about sexism.

My God does Obama sound whiny!

I am a white female. Why was it okay for Palin to say hockey moms are dogs with lipstick?

McCain's blabber is just as transparent as the first 50 comments here suggest. Two-faced hypocrisy in an attempt to manipulate the media in his favor.

I can't wait to see Palin debate Biden. Is she going to cry sexism every time he nails her with something she can't handle?

Oh, and for the record, Palin's face is the lipstick on her policies – the pigs.

Palin-McCain are too much like Bush and will do anything to win for there own benefit and not America's benefit. Obama is all about politics. He could care less about personal issues within the campaigns. And why does it seem like Palin is running for President and not McCain. And using PERSONAL reasons to get votes… A "tough" woman who shoots moose and has a downsydrome child… Please people. Vote for the candidates that fit the job and not because you have something in common. I think using her child and saying that everyone with downsydrome children will have a voice in the White House is exploiting her childs condition. Nothing to do with politics. Palin-McCain=Greed & oil profits for them and her husband who works for an oil company. Maybe McCain should try taking the skirt off because right now he looks like the Vice-President.

Go Barry!

Enough IS enough.

A pig with lipstick IS still a pig and a extreme left wing radical is STILL a left wing radical

Anybody who heard the entire comments Senator Obama made knows it is NOT about Sarah Palin. The Republican and news media spin of taking this remark and twisting it totally out of context is disgusting and despicable. Just another way for the Republicans keep the election about personality and NOT about issues because they don't want this election to be about issues.

Stop playing this game with the repubs by reporting the non-issues. Report when they actually say something of substance. If you do that they will never be heard from again.

If John McCain wants to make the "lipstick on a pig" a reference to Sarah Palin, that's his reference, not Obama's. Everyone with a functioning brain cell knows this is a commonly used phrase and has no reference to the sex of an individual.

I think McCain needs to be more concerned about the constant lies that he and Palin are preaching on the trail. Another example of "You can put lipstick on a pig and it's still a pig."

People need to wake up and face the facts as they are being revealed about Palin, not Palin's version of the truth. There is a BIG difference.

Obviously, voters must have collective Attention Deficit Disorder… Show them a shiny thing and they're all over it. Palin's shine is showing a lot of tarnish!

Actually what is so amazing is 98% of all these comments posted are from die hard democrats and on CNN? Wow now is that a big surprise to everyone? My question is this Mr.Obama, can you name me one thing you have done while in office so far? Name one bill that was started by you? I really think you should stick to the neighborhood watch program. Then again CNN is not going to post this anyways because it's not for the democraps

Thank you, Barack Obama!
Fire 'em up!
I'm sick of the ridiculous lies blasting me from the television screen from the McCain camp.
Call it like it is.

I also, read the article yesterday concerning how the polls have shifted their percentages of calls and how that has possibly skewed the results. CNN should be more upfront about that and how polls are just not that accurate. Certainly could not tell around here that women are not for Obama! They are mad as hell and are organizing! Yea!!!!!

Go, go, go.

Enough is enough with the McCain camp and their double standards!!. They are using Palin as a shield..up front and center, while McCain hides behind her. It doesn't matter what Obama or Biden or any democrat says, they turn it into an attack on Palin. They have turned this whole election into a freak show. You question Gov Palin's record, experience, views you are sexist. You question Sen McCains views, record, experience you are again labeled as sexist, since the republicans turn it into an attack on Palin. And they have the nerve to say "Country First" looks more like the Republican Party First and the rest of us can have the leftovers once they are done.

Thank you Sen. Obama. Phony outrage you bet! You don't have to play the same tit-for-tat, but you can put your STOP to it by saying what you did. Thanks again. Enough is Enough!

Palin has more experience than Obama September 10th, 2008 11:08 am ET
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Yes she does………..at having babies.

Its exciting to see McCain/Palin together. They will make an excellent team in Washington . If you would just listen to their speeches you would realize real change is on the way. Palin will break the 18 million cracks in the ceiling that Hillary started. I knew Obama was not "MAN" enough to apologize.

Senator Obama is correct in saying that McCain is trying all the diversions in the books. It is because McCain/Palin having nothing better to offer. Using himself as a Reformer, when Senator McCain has been in Washington for how many years. What a joke! Obama/Biden 08

I'm delighted Senator Obama exposed this vicious and distracting nonsense for what it is. I hope he continues to do so. The McCain campaign wants desperately to distract the public from real issues. I want to hear the two candidates talk seriously about where they want to take this country.

The Republicans are hypocrites. McCain said the same thing about Hillary, and there was no outrage! The issue here is a double standard. The Republicans are afraid to admit that the main issue in this campaign is not McSame's war record, but rather the economy!

I listened to Sen. Obama discuss very important issues this
morning. I heard a lot of good points being made, however
as soon as Cnn broke in the comentators first words were
"so that's how Sen. Obama addressed the lipstick issue?"
Hello, did they not hear anything else. I wish the Media would
help by sticking to the issues and not appeal to the brain dead.
Go Obama!

If you look at Obama's body language when he said the comment, the timing and the reaction of the crowd, it is clear that he knew what he was saying. People wise up and do not allow him to talk to women like this!

Let's see, who else would Obama be referencing. Shame on Obama's speach writers!

Obama gave Palin an undeserved compliment…really, aren't pigs supposed to be intelligent?

Obama/Biden

I'm loosing all respect for John McCain. He claims to run an honorable campaign. I hope people see through this

No! "Spare me" Obama – you're rhetoric gives out migraines

McCain/Palin 08′

McCain is coming across more and more as a whiner.

John McCain and Sarah (I don't know what Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae do) Palin are whiners. Oh, I forgot. John McCain's economic advisor thinks we as a nation are whiners.

When Michelle Obama has lipstick on does she look like a PIG?

McCain used the SAME line on Hillary

Palin said the difference between her and a Pit Bull is… "lipstick"

Stop the WHINING McCain!

Shame on the McCain campaign. Yes, after the way McCain was treated by his own Republican party in 2000 you would think he would want to run a different kind of campaign. Furthermore, no one has called Palin anything-she characterized herself as a pit bull with lipstick. The treatment of Kerry, Hilary Clinton, and Barack Obama on the web is cruel-and meant to be so. I have heard neither McCain or Palin address that. As far as I am concerned the fish wrapped in paper has been stinking for 8 years-throw it out-all of it. We need a sea change in government and in this country-no Bush third term-no more stinkers.

The Republicans are a bunch of hypocritics. It is amazing that they can insult Obama, but if Sara Palin is insulted, then she is owed an apology. I am with Obama, these are distractions. Now they want religion and families off limits. Where was the off limits when the Republican party constantly attacked Obama about Rev Wright. I say you reap what you sow. This is what happening now. Deal with it republicans. Way to go Obama.
The issue is the Republicans want to dish it, but they can't take it. Apolgizing to Palin is ridiclous and it is not an issue the American people are concerned about. We are concerned about this economy. The republican party has been attacking Obama the entire campaign. It doesn't feel good when it on the other foot huh- LOL.

Obama/Biden '08.

Senator Obama is right, McCain's outrage is phony, just like McCain calling his campaign one of change is phony. Everything about McCain lately is phony. This whole concept of him being a Maverick is phony. Only in the Republican party can you disagree with your party a couple of times and be considered a Maverick. If he were a true Maverick he would have left the party in 2000 when he actually considered it. If he were a true Maverick he wouldn't have voted with Bush on almost every single thing. If he were a true Maverick he wouldn't have picked a right wing conservative on his ticket just to appease conservatives. If he were a true Maverick he wouldn't have gone back on his word on his own immigration plan, or the environment and he wouldn't have hired so many lobbyist to work on his campaign! McCain is a phony and that's why he has to try and steal Obama's campaign theme of Change. He may temporarily be fooling some people but the voters saw through him before and will again once the haze of the Palin buzz dissapates.

Even though we are in the countdown to the election, there is still time to get back on track for Obama, and he does that more easily than John McCain. McCain is sitting in the back seat and watching as Sarah Palin makes his numbers go up. People are in favor of McCain not because of what he's doing, but because she is such a novelty.

McCain is allowing Sarah Palin to take the focus off of him–she is campaigning like she's number one on the ticket. McCain is getting lazy, and continues to throw out phrases and promises without actually letting people know how he'll change. Obama is for change, McCain is for "reform", and reform has been a word that has been used in campaigns for years–and it still hasn't happened. McCain isn't change, because he CAN'T CHANGE. His campaign is about Sarah and the do nothing ticket and he thinks he can win on spouting empty air. Obama got off message, but he's back on and will continue to be on message until the election. People will listen to Obama's message because it will resonate more with them.

McCain, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

I was a Hillary supporter and I'll vote for McCain/Palin WHEN PIGS FLY!

Obama purposely chose to use the word "lipstick"…we in ordinary America know that…he may not have been calling Palin a pig, but he intentionally used a word that 38 million people had in their frame of reference from Palin. Don't insult our intelligence. Look at the crowd…they took it the same way…whether or not he meant it that way. If he is as politically astute, he will avoid such gaffes…even if he technically has some excuse.

Republicans are the WORST PIGS I've ever seen!

Go Obama – Get Oprah back on track!!!

McSame wants to play dirty politics. But that's not what many of his supporters want of him. He should've learned from the Clintons, when Obama zooms in on anyone, it's game over. I think as president, Obama is going to go after Bin laden and the other bad guys with the same intensity. We want our country back. And we the American people have chosen Barack to lead the charge.

I would agree with Obama, except that "phony outrage" should be his middle name – along with "dripping sarcasm." For "enough is enough" to work, someone has to stop doing it first. I don't see that from Obama or his team.

Barack Now is the Time to go after those Republican they are trying to lie there way into another election. Time is now to Respond forcefully!

The "lipstick on a pig" saying is as old as the hills…my grandmother used to say and she died 10 years ago so it's nothing original that was created during this campaign…

For all of the talk about how he has and is still serving our country,,,,, Senator McCain has become very reckless in his desire to become president. I watched the Senator and Mrs. Palin in Lancaster ,Pa yesterday. The Senator acted more like Forrest Gump than Forrest Gump himself. The Senator is obsessed with becoming the next president,,,,,,come hell or high-water. A better choice for his running mate would have been his wife,,,,,,i am sure she knows how to run a big business,,,,,,much better than Sarah, the former beauty queen. When this race is finished,,,,Senator McCain should retire to Arizona,,never to be heard from again.

I find it hilarious that Obama said 2 or 3 metaphors which had NOTHING to do with Palin and the McCain camp says that the pig reference was to her. That sounds to me like the McSame camp is the one referring to her a a PIG.

This is exactly why Sarah Palin was choosen for the VP pick. It had nothing to do with political skill. It was a diversion of trickery instead of an introduction to substance and an intelligent leader type of individual. In the end, the GOP and coporate contributors to the media will have a rude awakening after the election.

I think Barrack Obama's comments were in bad taste. He has enough going for him & need not stoop so low.

Can anyone explain HOW is Barack Obama going to make all these wonderful tax cuts happen? The recent bail out of Freddie Mack and Fannie Mae is going to leave a HUGE, did I say HUGE???? deficit that will be paid guess by who?? The american tax payers!!! Yes!! The bill is soo eye popping that it will make nearly IMPOSSIBLE for anybody who wins this comig election, Republican or Democrat, to give any kind of tax relief to anyone, after all the bill has to be paid!! Come on people…..go get informed and stop listening to and believing in all these lies!!!!!

Good deal, Obama! You need to get tough on the insulting, lying BS the Republicans keep shoving our way.

Lol. This is ridiculous. The repugs have some nerve. The fact that they have nevr supported laws for women, or minorities speaks to the fact tht they truly don't care about them. This is the real reason they picked Palin folks. If HRC hadn't run, Romney would have been VP. She was picked so they could play the gender card. Like McCain's people said, "It ain't about issues". WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!

Another four years of the same ought to do it….we're toast!

All the media outlets are as guilty as the McCain campaign in promoting this "lipstick on a pig" gambit. When are reporters going to finally report on issues, and challenge/ correct misrepresentations by EITHER candidate. Obama is right, ENOUGH of this Rove style crap. I am starting to believe that Americans ARE too stupid to vote for their own true interests.

Oh yeah, Palin is REAL qualified. McCain says she has foreign policy experience because Alaska is in close proximity to Russia. Then he says she has executive experience because she was a member of the PTA. This is great stuff! And the Republican SHEEP are buying every word of it.

Dear "Palin has more experience than Obama":

Sorry, saying things over and over doesn't make imagination land into a reality. Obama clearly has more experience.

Palin: Mayor of 6,000 from 1996-2002, governor 2006-2008.

Obama: State senator 1997-2004, US senator 2005-2008.

Go ahead. Use Wikipedia. The FACTS are all right there, with citations to reference materials as EVIDENCE.

Now please stop responding to them. You are the only candidate in this election. Talk about your insightful policies and ignore the shameful politics.

To Anonymous:

Why are you so upset? Obama is forced to defend himself over a comment he made that compares the current government policies to that of possible future policies made by a McCain administration. I in no way saw it as an attack or comparison to Sarah Palin's RNC acceptance speech comment. The "putting lipstick on a pig" comment is used everyday by many people in this country to refer a bad thing being dressed up to make it look more appealing.

I realize you are a VOTER but think through your emotions. This race should be about prospective policy changes that either of these two possible administrations can make to better America and not about which has the better personality. Please try to ignore the middle school attitudes of all of the political handlers as they push their spin and play the "he said\she said" game. Real life is about us grown ups and this is clearly one of those childish political games in action.

In the end, the accusations by the GOP handlers is "shameful" and not his response.

America ! After 8 years of Bush and Cheney are we going to let this happen again? Same old rovian tactics again and again.God almighty can we be this stupid to allow the smears and lies rule this campaign? Is the media bought and paid for by the Repubs? Charles Gibson, the world will be watching your interview this week and we will see if there is a journlist left in America. Donate to Obama, volunteer your time to help voter registration. This is our time and never before have we had the chance to take this country back….get moving America.

Go, O, Go!!!

So what’s the real deal, McCain picked Palin not because he is worried about women, but to distract voters from Biden. McCain was worried about Biden getting media attention. Biden has been in DC longer. Who else know McCain better then Biden? Who else can challenge his record, or reveal whatever else he may know about McCain over the years. Question is, what does Biden know???

The Rupublicans can stop the whining and try to act like they have something worth listening to. Once McCain nominatyed her for VP HE put her out there for the press and everyone else to comment on. It is not sexist at all, she is a politician of sorts and as such her sex is meaningless in regards to her competency or lack of it.

About time the dems start hitting back. The republicans need to start answering for the mess they put this country in and I for one want to see them answer….

GO OBAMA!!!

I have lost all respect for McCain. This seems like something Palin would do, but it is just sad to see how far McCain has fallen from what he once was.

The American voters had better wake up before it is too late. The political game machine is in full force. We were warned about the last four years, we didn't listen; sadly.

Just grow up republicans

One would think that a person of 72 years would not act as McCain does. This is not high school (where he was known as a bully).

John and Sarah should take a LONG hunting trip to Alaska. Be sure to send back pics of all your gory kills.

Meanwhile, I'll be voting for the more mature Obama/Biden ticket.

mccain and palin are proven liars.. and even when confronted with the truth, they still keep on with the same lies over and over.. never admitting they are saying something that is proven false…

sound familiar.. it should to every america.. its the same tactic that we have seen for 8 years.. no mcsame,

obama/biden 08… because we need to teach our children that lying is wrong.

now back to the issues, yes .. you john mccain, i know you dont know much except how to be a hypocrite. but at least give the issues and the truth a try… who knows, you may even get some more votes that way… doubtful, but who knows

Well if the high heel shoe fits …

Evidently, when McCain and his campaign lobbying cronies hears the word pig, they think of Sarah. She'll be kept in the White House pen where she'll be left to grunt and snort and roll around in the mud she's been slinging since she first walked out of the woods to trample in decent American's homes last month.

I have not seen any more "REAL" answers from Obama than he claims aren't coming from McCain. I don't see Obama giving any concrete plans for his vision of change, only vague outlines and glamorous oratory. While I don't see McCain as the ideal republican candidate, I would not vote for Obama for a million bucks. (Okay, maybe for a million bucks, but I would have to give most of it back after he raises my taxes.) but I don't think that's going to happen. I don't like Obama's social programs, or his socialized medicine. I am not a socialist. Do I think our infrastructure needs help, sure, do I think we wasted money in Iraq, maybe, but Iraq is certainly working out a lot better than Obama or the press wants us to believe. If I want to give money away, I will donate it to the cause of my choice, and that cause is not a federal government that forces me to pay taxes on programs I don't use or have no use for and are don't seem to full under the rules of the US Constitution. My vote was going to be for John McCain before Sarah Palin and the Lip Stick comments, but it has greatly solidified my position to see how demeaning and out of touch Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden are with the rest of the world. If Mr. Obama becomes president you can expect change for sure. More taxes, forced government health care, and less national security. By the way Mr. Obama, I am a college educated professional and I like my guns and love my God and I am not disaffected in any way!

ENOUGH!!!!

obama '08

I have had more than enough of this arrogant, boastful, do-nothing- promise everything, derisive demagogue.

The bandwagon carried you WAY too far. Your credentials can not carry you beyond where the Media circus and the celebrity bandwagon and the WAVE of the people carried you.

The emperor really has no clothes.

All the pig and lipstick insults in the world will not change that fact.

Absolutely. With no effective policy proposals to help Americans, the GOP and McCain freak out about the POSSIBLITY that Obama MIGHT have insulted their VP candidate (using language she used in reference to herself in the first place).

The GOP fights these paper tigers because it knows it has no plans to address America's real problems. Don't be fooled.

Go O!!! I knew you had it in you……

The McCain/Palin response strategies to any criticism are wearing thin:
1) Scream Sexism
2) Attack the media
3) Attack Obama

Whatever happened to the issues – you know, international relations; a whale of a national debt; health care; education; civil liberties?

For the GOP, abortion is the smokescreen and taxcuts are the carrot.

Pigs have every right to be outraged by the comparison!

there's another "country" phrase: "pig in a poke"

Unless the republicans allow Palin to be subject to the same public and media scrutiny that Clinton, Obama and Biden have been through, they are asking the American public to buy a "Palin in a poke"

what, are we stupid?

He's correct. If this should accidentally get posted…………..Next time you watch one of the million short clips of Pallin's same scripted speech…take a few moments and look at John McCain in the background. He has a silly dumbfounded expression on his face…sort of like Tommy Smothers from the old Smothers Brothers TV Show. I think that the news media should do a short piece on those faces and blank stares………….absolutely HILLARIOUS !!! CNN take a few momments and create something FUNNY in this campaign rather than try to set the tone .

Anonymous….. It's quite clear that you are not a proud voter when you have to hide your identity to post your support for McPOW.

Grow a spin and state something constructive other than your make-believe weak support for the democratic ticket.

If you could not tell the difference between Senator Obama speaking about the policies and antics of the republican party and the candidate then just maybe you need a seeing eye dog.

How can we wean Americans off this soap opera obsession, so they can become responsible, mature decision making adults in these absolutely critical times…

I am truly amazed at how many Americans are being swayed by the truly juvenile games being played by the GOP…
My 11 year old son asked me, "what's up with that"" and for the life of me I couldn't answer…

I eventually told him that sometimes kids are just way smarter than adults.

ps: the media sucks too….

I can wait to watch Obama being sworn in as our next President. I can't wait for Sarah to go back to Alasaka, and John your so wrong about everything, I think its time for you to think about retirement! You have plenty of homes to live in.

Talk about the Pot and Kettle scenario. Please BHO, if you can't take the action, don't start it. Your protestations are a bit rediculous, especially the one about "loving this country too much"!!!

That's because the McCain /Palin campaign doesn't have anything else to talk about…they can only attack Obama, or talk about being stuck in a prison in Vietnam. Why else do you think they've been giving the same speech since the RNC?

Obama need to find a simpler way to say what he is try to say, that's what he is missing.

FINALLY!! I am so glad that Obama has said this. The republican party, and McCain ESPECIALLY, have become sad and desperate. They are now engaged in gutter politics (surprise, surprise). McCain should be ashamed of himself. Does he not remember that the same people on his staff are the same people that degraded he and his adopted daughter by implying that McCain fathered *gasp* a black child?? Oh yeah, this is also the same man that joked about Chelsea Clinton's looks when she was a child and called his wife the c-word to her face. Why should I expect anything from this low life? And why are women supporting him when he is willing to joke about rape, cheat on his first wife and disrespect his second? Now all of a sudden he is outraged over a saying that even his daughter has said he uses quite frequently? This man is a joke and God help us if he wins….

Hey Tina just because Obama went to Harvard doesn't mean he can run a country. Our current President went to Harvard to and look where we are. McCain/Palin are just the opposite of Obama/Bush as far as academics go, but sometimes making judgements with common sense wins out vs. Ivy League.

This is to COUNTRY FIRST….you represent the small minded people in this country who are so ignorant about what's going on in the world. ..all you can think about is you small racist views. You probably didn't even graduate from high school let alone trying to bellittle senator Barck Obama's Harvard education ……why don't you go back to Appalachia where no one even knows or cares that you exist.

The Republicans have traditionally (for some reason) been able to take the low road and make an "issue" out of whatever they choose AND the public seems to buy into it. (They DO get elected!) After they attack on a topic they then want to make the topic off limits (religion, family, experience). Obama wants to take the high road. Although I respect this I am afraid his reluctance to take off the gloves and play by the Republicans set of rules will give us McCain/Palin. No one will be able to debate Palin and she can say anything she wants. Anyone opposing her will be called sexist and some folks will buy it. The only person who can attack Palin is Hillary Clinton. After all, Palin is the Hillary republican "replacement". She needs to do MUCH more direct confrontation than she has done!

Finally we dont have to pander to the PUMAS. We won without you Hillary supporters. We have Palin now. PUMAS are a joke and so is Clinton.

PALIN 2012

mccain and palin are incompetent. that's what it boils down to it. americans need to forget all this other garbage and realize who is on their side. at the end of the day, mccain has backed all of the bush policies and it's bs. come on, people, mccain is a fool and we need to realize this before it's too late. this dope does not have one single original idea on how to fix this country. this rove bs is over the top…lets not be that country.

John Mccain just voted AGAINST the bill that would have guarenteed women right to equal pay. Don't take my word, look it up. He knows sexism, he lives and votes for it. And Palin is obviously a racists due her remark right after the primaries of and i quote "The Sambo beat the bitc-" referring to Barack beating Hillary.

John McCain is running a cowardly campaign…he's letting his "Pitbull"
ward off any economy or healthcare issues, so he won't have to face them himself. Keeping Palin's discusting family life in the limelight takes all pressure off McCain…good dog!

So, Obama can say whatever he wants in his arrogant voice. McCain hits back and he says enough is enough.

I am an undecided democrat but Obama is turning me off with his comments. He is making himself look sexist with his 'sweetie' comment and now the 'lipstick on a pig' comment. Just words?

BOTH campaigns need to get back on track. I need answers to the many problems our nation faces, not this childish name-calling BOTH sides are guilty of doing. Obama want to be president, he needs to lead the way and stop his and his campaign's behavior first. I have yet to hear either camp's REAL solution to our REAL issues.

Don't call out the other's campaign when you are behaving the same way. It makes you a whiner.

COUNTRY FIRST , please spare us YOUR phony cheerleading. Stop kissing the pig with lipstick. Palin=Cheney.

Go Obama!

Uh-oh. Game On! McCain and Palin have gone too far!

McCain, you said the exact same thing, that sort nullifies you from using the sexist argument!

FIRED UP, READY TO GO!!!!

This is too funny. 10 Trillion in debt, thousands dead, and McSame has us talking about pigs. They really think we the people, and most of all the press, are idiots.

We deserve the government we have. We truthfully don't deserve Obama.

Obama you are right Enough is Enough…
open all your speech Enough is Enough…

YES! LET'S GET BACK ON TRACK!!!!

Way to go, Barack! The curtain has been pulled back and we see Karl Rove as the Wizard of Odd pulling the strings of the McCain campaign. The polls are bouncing back and you'll win easily in November!

Fellow Obama supporters, stay strong.

We knew this was coming. It's just a different type of swiftboating. Putting out lies about Obama and about themselves.

Get the truth out there and lets focus on McCain and his record. Don't be distracted by the bull. IT IS JUST A DISTRACTION FROM THE ISSUES AND RECORDS THEY CAN'T DEFEND. How CAN you defend the last 8 years?

When they say the Democrats have been in power for the last 2 years tell them that's not true. We have a dufus in the White House and do not have a veto proof majority in the Congress.

ENOUGH!!!

Enough IS enough, but the McCain camp won't listen because they're run by ex-Bush campaign aides. All these ex-Bushies know how to do is lie, distort, and try to reframe everything in their favor. Their goal is muddy politics, not clearly stated policy. And they do this because they know American voters would never accept outright the McCain-Bush agenda. Let's not forget the invisible but nonetheless presence of Karl Rove's dishonest and despicable hand either.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08!!!!!

Go Mr. Barack Obama, your country is with you!!!!!!!!!!! is my greates honor to vote for you. thank you.

This is the kind of candidate I want. Substance, not slogans.

Whenever it's time to face the music, McCain wants to change the tune. This newly-minted change image is fake, and this latest phony outrage is just another example of his campaign's insincerity.

Enough! This is why people hate politics. The candidates spend more time on trivia & name calling than telling us how they plan to do any of the things they promise.

Yeah…I agree Frank. He needs to show outrage. How dare the Republicans the eptome of anti-woman play the sexist card. Forget just focusing on Abortion, that's an old card. Republicans have failed to vote on the International Universal Rights for Women. John McCain refused to vote for the Violence Against Women Act, but yet his running mate is a woman. I don't fault him, I fault Palin.

This message was approved by a real Republican who understands that sometimes your party is wrong. Republicans need to understand that if Mccain/Palin wins, it will be the end of the Grand Old Party.

What is the big deal. The woman was pround being called a pitbull. How was his comment lower and sexist. That is just plain asinine.

Can we focus on the fact that Palin will be one heartbeat away from the presidency and she has NO PLANS for the country. How is she ready from DAY ONE to run this country if need be?

Republican's don't like the lipstick on a pig analogy? Cry me a river.

Ok how about this…

You can't polish a turd.

WOO HOO!!! You tell 'em Barack!! We are with you! BTW Did Hillary whine when McBush called her a pig?

Spare us the phony outrage about the phony outrage, plz. thx!

WOW! They accuse Barack for using the "Race" card and condem him for using a pharse that's been around for over 50 years!!! The Republicans are really reaching now! It's sad when one party focus heavy on non-issue things! The unemployment rate is HIGH, gas is HIGH, my Tuition Fees and bills are HIGH, and the US is facing a critical time right now! But the Republicans only want to focus on IF Obama was talking about Sarah when he said "A Pig is a Pig". Well if she took offense to the phase I guess she sees herself as a PIG with Lipstick!

He’s apparently sick of the “phony outrage” and he wants to “debate the issues.” Apparently his campaign didn’t feel that way during the primary, when the campaign pulled the race card against both Clintons and he turned down opportunities to debate. When John McCain wanted to debate before the conventions, Obama couldn’t fit it in his schedule. That was because he just had to take a vacation in Hawaii and, incidentally, attend fundraisers. What kills me is he is always condemning the old “politics as usual” when his campaign’s tactics have proved to be the same or worse.

Obama why don't you accuse McCain of saying you have a funny name, or that you look different?

That worked against Hillary!

Anonymous – here's something you won't have to swift boat me on. You are an idiot!

No one esle but Obama would restore the country's poor economy.
Not with McCain's antics, nor Palin's lies, whatever you call them
Obama/Biden

That's right Barack, stand your ground!

Americans don't care about issues, they care about who looks good on TV and has pithy zinger sound-bite lines and makes them feel safe because they're famiiiar and don't have funny-sounding exotic names that remind them of dead Iraqui dictators.

That's why McCain is winning now and will win in November.

The GOP do 'get it' – it's all about presentation, not substance.

Barack,
Stay on message. Do not apologize. You have nothing to apologize for! The Republicans are using this for a diversion. Keep up the great job!!

I love your talk on education. Our country is in an education crisis! You see it. The republicans do not. They understand the rich will get educated and the poor will stay uneducated. This keeps the poor where they want them, making minimum wage at Wal-mart with no health insurance and not knowing the difference.

Keep fighting for us!!

Obama/Biden '08

Women should be utterly disgusted that the arrogant McCain campaign thinks that it can play women like flutes so easily. He thinks you are all a bunch of dumb bimbos who will go all a flutter with their fake charges. It's disgusting and is actually sexist.

Perhaps McCain is oversensitive to the remark because he is unsure of his VP. She says she is a pit bull but……

Who knows her well enough to say?????

Good for you Obama!!! The Republicans know that Obama was not referring to Palin, making an uproar about it was just a ploy to get Amercians off the topic of REAL CHANGE!!

People…..calm down!!! Obama will show his true colors and lack of experience in the debates. Without a teleprompter he'll be completely lost and we'll hear that terrible verbal pause he does when he is trying to think on his feet. He's full of crap and it will be obvious in the debates. Maybe Ellen and Oprah can get him ready…..ha ha ha

GO McCain…..notice the polls show that Obama is NOT way ahead and after the debates he'll be toast!!!

Why is McCain so sensitive about comparisons of Palin and a pig? Democrats haven't said she is, but McCain worries about a possible comparison.

I hope that they do start concentrating on the issues that the country is facing instead of being side tracked by things that McCain and party dig up. McCain does this because it distracts us from realizing than he doesn't have any concrete plans on how he is going to help this country. He has distracted us by picking Palin and making the election a sideshow. Palin is undoubtedly a poor choice for many reasons too numerous to name. I hope the American people look at what McCain is doing and understand that he is trying to manipulate each and everyone of us. American people do not be swayed. Do your research and make an intelligent choice. Go Obama/Biden!

Palin brought up the lipstick "joke" and she has to live with it…

I cringe to think she might make a stupid joke like this to the world leaders should she be VP. My vote switched with Palin on the ticket.

Wake up America…Obama is IT for our country.

Here we go again – since the beginning Obama has said anything he wants and when he is called out on it he tells people to get over it (or rather forget he ever said anything) – there are other things more important in the country to talk about.

What is going to happen when he says something like this about the leader of another country? Is he going to tell the people of the other country to get over it?

Its just getting really old. If there are other things to talk about why say things that could be easily misinterpreted in the first place? Sounds to me like Obama wants to make McCain look like he's not paying attention to the importants issues. Sounds like old politics playing to me.

The repubs are playing political theater like there's no tomorrow…
This is an old line used by many and it just happens to work on a couple of levels here
Sarah, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig eh?
You can throw a political puppet out there to feed us horse***t but only the ignorant will buy it.

This is ridiculous! We need to get to the issues and leave the rest of this crap alone. Obama was not referring to Palin w/the pig remark. He was referring to a McCain policy. Boy, the GOP is smart. They have chosen a VP candidate that no one can touch. If these two get in office, America is going to go down the tubes.

Enough of this partisan mind-reading on the part of McCain supporters. Try reading or at least listening. First McCain has a demonstrated and very public record as a sexist – cheating, strippers, sexist jokes, and foul and gender specific insults to his currrent wife. Second, did any of you read or hear the quote. Try it it helps. Just to be helpful. The pig is this case is McCain's and the Republican party's stale and disastrous policies of the lase 8 years that McCain is gleefully feeding on. The lipstick, by the way lipstick is a color called "Change." Incidentally, the dead fish and the fish wrap also refer to McCain's and his party's agenda. That one is probably easier for your guys to understand. To review then, a pig and a dead fish cannot be made attractive with lipstick, a wrapper or a slogan that is used without any meaning.

When McCain says the pig in lipstick line about Hillary it's OK, but if Obama says it, it's not?

Typical Republican spin…A whirlpool of lies and half truths…

I totally agree. I am tired, too, of the constant nitpicking on stupid stuff, and not focussing on the issues. CNN you are as guilty as the rest of the media. Stop being dragged into this by the spin of either campaign, and report on the truth, the issues like NPR and PBS are doing. You would be distinguishing yourself and make your program more watchable.

I can't believe the incessant coverage of Sarah Palin, to the detriment of both John McCain, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. You need to cover them all!!!!!

Way to go Barack!! Tell it like it is. I am so sick of the McCain and Palin smoke and mirrors. They are good at insulting, lying, and distracting us from the truth.

OBAMA BIDEN 08!!

Obama can't 'talk' about issues until he's blue in the face. However, he'll run as fast as he can from a 'debate' about those issues.

He can claim McCain is all about personal attacks and not the issues, while all the while, his campaign and lap dogs are attacking relentlessly.

The smoke has cleared and Barack is slowly revealing his true character…and America doesn't want it. Take your Socialist, Communistic butt elsewhere.

Obama is right about one thing, we have serious problems in this country and we need serious people to deal with them. Obama is an egomaniacal lightweight who is no more prepared to deal with the nation’s problems than I am. I have been a lifelong Democrat and this is the first time I will not be supporting the Democratic candidate for anything.

It's about time you said that Obama!! Stop attacking Palin because it only makes her look stronger.

Keep hammering after McCain for avoiding the issues, taking the low road, and constantly lying!! If you stay focused and professional and let McCain continue to take the low road, you most certainly will be the next president.

Obama…..so you think you know what the American people want and can provide it for us….I highly doubt that, please do not use the presidency as practice to further your political career! LEAVE THE POSITION OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO THE BIG BOYS, a true American that has served his country in ways you would never imagine…John Mc Cain

Way to Go Senator Obama!! I'm watching you speak and I have a renewed sense of hope!! You and Senator Biden are what we need.

We need to project a profesional image to the world, but you know, I like that lipstick on a pig line… it's awesome!!

Obama is a man who calculates things before he says them. On this instance he knew that the McCain camp would strike back come back at him in this manner. Those words were chosen precisely so question is why would he use those words. This latest rebuttal could be an attempt at a backfired attack or what he was wanting. Only obama and his staff knows. But by no means was McCains response not expected, its what the people percieve the comments to mean which determines Obama's next move.

Sarah "plain" Palin,

Is a clever distraction, but a distraction nonetheless. She has proven to be a broken record with her rants of "thanks, but no thanks", and " I sold it on Ebay." This is mere fluff from a woman who is being forced on the public for the sole purpose of political posturing from the extreme right. White women are enthralled by her because "we relate to her." I even heard they have an action figure of her? Please, is this what this country has become. A nation so divided that it would risk everything on a roll of the dice? This isn't Vegas folks, the is real. Only those who are reacheable can be reached. God Bless Us All.

CNN why are you not seriously addressing the fact that John McCain just released an ad saying that Barack Obama, a man with 2 daughters under the age of 12 years old, wanted to teach sex education to kindergarteners where the average age is 5-7 years old. CNN it has grown increasingly obvious that the republican bigwigs that control this network are giving it to you guys hard and deep to make sure that McCain has free reign to do and say whatever he pleases and hammer Obama on false controversy. I am ashamed to be an American at this time; and I am a 23 year old African-American female. How any American can vote for the same party and a man that agrees with the worst president EVER, is mind boggling!. America., be stupid b/c thats exaclty how the rest of the world will look at us. StupidAmericans, voting for popularity, religious and social issues that have nothing to do with gettinga raise in their own minimun wage checks, healthcare for their children, or equal pay for women. we deserve everything that we get when McCain/Palin get into the White House and what we get isnt what we will want. Mark my words.

LET PUT A LIPSTICK ON BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND CALL HIM PARIS HILTON LOOK ALIKE.

McCain refers to Hillary Clinton as a "pig in lipstick" 10/07– look it up.

Good, it's about time! It's time for the McCain campaign to start behaving like adults instead of like 3rd graders on a playground at recess.

Sarah Palin can dish it out as well as any man. She was asking for it.
Senator Obama was just saying what everyone else was thinking, and
doing what the media refused to do, to call this woman out on her lies.
He did. Now I agree, let's get on with the REAL issues.

First of all, Obama did not say anything TO McCain. He said it to a group of Liberals, at one of his speeches, to get them all fired up! Oh, just like McCain and Palin say things in front of their folks, to get them all fired up!
As an Independent voter, it is sad that Obama and McCain keep addressing each other, and not the issues – as Obama says all should be doing, but even he doesn't.
Second, just because the other side says something about you or your partner (and don't pretend Dems that Obama and Bieden aren't), does not mean that you need to come back with a witty retort. If he is elected, is Obama going to respond to every other nation's criticism of his policies or decisions. If he is, how will he ever have time to lead?

Anonymous: You need to readdress the issue Obama was referring to. I think you missed the point. I mean, really missed it. But when you want to hate someone, you don't care about facts or points.

Anonymous comment posted by a typical McBush fan boy.
Glad I'm not in that club.

LOL…

Vote for McCain people. I'm choosing between a Lincoln and Jaguar and could use a hand. Don't worry, I'll be sure to take care of the less-fortunate people at some point.

I couldn't understand what Sen. Obama was saying- his foot was in the way.

John McCain is a COWARD. He is hiding behind a phony skirt and phony outrage. If you've got fake "sexism" charges to make Fly Boy, step up and make them yourself. You won't because you know they're total nonsense. Can't believe Americans are stupid enough to fall for this manure.

Thank you Obama!!!!!! We now know why McCain chose Palin and now her supporters know. They are going to play the sexist card every time someone attacks the McCain campaign's policies. How dare he attack Obama over the same phrase he said a few months ago. We're not that stupid. McCain stick with the issues. Talk about home foreclosures, women's rights (or non rights) if you're elected, an unjustified war, low paying jobs and unemployment. All of the things that suffered under the Republican's reign in the White House! If I hear about how you are a war hero one my time I'll throw up. Be hero enough now to stick with the issues.

Easy math:

Bush campaign = McCain's campaign
President Bush = President McCain

= disaaster for our country

Typical Liberal…..nothing is ever his fault.

False Messiah, the landslide loss in November WILL be in large part because of your ignorance and arrogance.

have a nice trip back home to Chicago…….

Thank you, Senator Obama!

Obama/Biden '08!

Dear Mr. or Mrs. Anonymous
Obviously you did not hear Barack Obama speak in Lebannon VA. He did not refer to that woman as a pig. The only shameful act happening here is the McCain campaign. The Republicans are having an identity crisis and will say and do anything to keep the American people distracted from the real issues. Get it right!!!
DX in TX

That's rich. The woman who referred to herself as Pitbull with lipstick is now offended by pig with lipstick. Chinadoll, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. McCain, stop the distraction and focus on issues that affect Americans.

I find it strange that we have a man running for the Office of the President of the United States running against a woman running for the office of the Vice President of the United States. Cheeze they must really be worried about her! When Obama comes up at a loss for words during a talk (watch the video) he comes up with the lipstick comment? Now that IS thinking on your feet! I wonder if he will use that tact when he is in office? Same stuff different day, slap the opponent and when the opponent retaliates, scream foul and make it look like it was their fault. I am not impressed.

MC CAIN….BUSH…..ROVE

THE MAVERICK… NOT!

Instead of being outraged by this remark which meant nothing, why isn't anyone screaming about the fact that Palin is allowed to say whatever she wants to about her record, lie like a dog and never have
to face the media or be called upon to support the lies she is t elling?
She is spirited away, no media questions, no questions from the crowd. Now she is finally going to have one interview. Will this be carefully scripted or an open honest way to find out where she really stands? Don't we have a right to know about this woman beyond her campaign speeches and stock lines? This is too important to ignore
We have the right to vote, don't be have the right to know what we are voting for or against? .

hahahaha, great comment by anonymous, nothing like speaking the repub line. obama just talked about a very important issue- EDUCATION. instead you chose to concentrate on an old joke that was the truth about mccains economic plan. an informed voter who cares about america? i think not, just more political BS spouted by a obama/ biden hater. keep drinking rush's koolaid and keep complaining about how bad things are, becuse it is knee jerk reactions like this instead of informed ones that got this country where we are in 2008.

Obama feels the crunch and he could lose this election for not choosing Hillary as VP. THis democrat will vote McCain in 08 and Hillary in 2012.
The democrats really messed up this election.

The most troubling thing about this is WHERE IS PALIN? If she is such a tough lady, why is she in hiding? Why does she need Republicans to defend her?

Why does she REFUSE to face a press conference?

Why are Obama and Biden not mocking her as the COWARD she is.

Sorry Palin supporters but SHE IS A COWARD. Almost 2 weeks since she was picked as VP and not one press conference? What are you AFRAID of Sarah? That people might see how totally unready you are to lead if McOld kicks the bucket?

Unfortunately for the Democrats and this country Obama's pick of Biden and his overt overlooking of Clinton as a running mate has opened his campaign up to this charge of sexism. The Democrats didn't recognize the support Clinton got from woman when they thought she was being dumped on. The Republicans know what the Demorcrats can never seem to get. You have to win before you can govern. This means you do what it takes to win then you work out governing the country. The Republicans know it dosen't matter whats true they know it matters what they can get people to believe. By not picking Clinton the Democrats left their back door open and the Republicans walked right in. How could Obama not realize that just like blacks flocked to him because he was black that woman would flock to a woman candidate because she was a woman. Is he that arrogant or that dump to think his blackness had aything to do with his 97% rating among black people. How could he not think that woman would feel the same about one of their own. This is the third election in a row where the Democratic ticket is clearly superior to the Republican ticket yet in all likelyhood it will lose again. WE Democrats may hate Karl Rove but he knows the American people better than the Democrats. He knows more Americans will watch the Gong Show than Masterpiece Theatre and thats the crowd he and the Republicans play to. It wins everytime.

It's interesting how someone can have such strong opinions but can't sign their name. No more anonymous comments please, sign your name. Show some courage of your own.

John Mccain still does not have a plan to create jobs and get people on their feet again. NEWSFLASH: OPEC has decided to decrease production of oil. Gas is going back up and we need solutions to the energy crisis. John Mccain doesn't have anything. He has a tired POW story and a dishonorable campaign pushing increasingly negative, deceptive and downright nasty ads.

We don't need the GOP.

I like how Obama asks to focus on real issues, then CNN runs an entire story about the lipstick boloney. What is wrong with CNN's news judgment?

Yes, Obama let it go…. Let Joe whip her!

Amen!!

Don't you see what's going on here….the RNC is playing the media and the half smart people listening to them. McCain can say or do anything and not get half the attention by the media but when it comes out Obama's mouth they run with it for a whole week and weeks….This is the most bias election in history and sorry to see it has just begun. What about the issues???Nothing of substance from the RNC expecially Palin since she has been picked – all I is about this bridge to nowhere – and it's a lie. I really can't take it anymore – I'm sorry but it's going to end up just like the last eight years with McCain and people just can't see it but I wait to remind people in the next 1 or 2 -see I told you guys.

Please…there are other phrases he could have used. The direct reference to 'lipstick' shows that it was aimed at Palin from her recent comments. Obama is just using the 'blame game' again!

GOOD! Let's get back on track and have a discussion of the issues. The problem is, McCain cannot compete on that level. So he resorts to distraction and obfuscation. He invents ridiculous claims and the media bites on it.

I've had enough of Obama's sexist remarks and his dirty campaign!!
How did the dems pick such a woman hater, it's obvious now why he didn't pick Hillary as his running mate…

Kudos!! We are the change we have been waiting for. Obama gets it!!

cnn cnn cnn cnn get off your duff and cover this news like you did earlier in the election . you are setting back being manipulated by the mcsame crowd………….best political team?????????????????

Obama is obnoxious., sexist, no women /elderly vote for him.
Go Palin McCain/Palin -08.

I think women should be ashamed. They are playing us (or THEM rather) like violins, and you (you refers to the white women who say they now support McShamble/Pain bc he has a vag-ji-ji on the ticket) are falling for it. As a woman, I feel if Obama or Biden or anyone who interviews Palin takes it 'soft', I feel that's sexist. Like bc I am a woman, you have to be gentle with me. Sarah is not gentle, she is (in her words) a pitbull in lipstick! So be fair and treat her that way. I"ve heard that Repukucans know how to win elections, but really where is the honor if you don't win fairly? I don't see how anyone can align themselves with this shameless, lying, deceitful party, whose leader (G W Bushwacked) lied to get us into war. Then this lady Palin has the audacity to suggest that the mission is from GOD! Newsflash folks, GOD DOES NOT LIE nor does he support liars. That fact itself should negate her claim that the war is from GOD. I hate when people use GOD when it's convenient for them. I think God will punish them the most for using his name in vain.

CNN, quit fueling the fire by putting up these rediculous articles! What's the matter? are you afraid that if you report fair, unbiased stories that you will lose ratings? YOU KNOW DARN WELL that he was NOT referring to Palin. This is just another attempt to confuse the public by drawing attention to the McCain campain and their outright lies and BULL@#$T. Gotta keep people coming back right? WRONG. You just lost me as a viewer.

How about reporting on real news, like the issues we are all facing? Grow up CNN.

Voters, this election is about your needs not the candidates' personality. Obama is as american as mccain but mccain is as bush as Jebb. Pay attention to details. Mccrazy is trying to conceal his bush traits by bringing in palin to distract the real issues. Obama is not perfect but he is better than mccain and he is the best man for this country. Vote with your eyes close.

Obama/Biden 08

You can put lipstick on a dog, but it's still a dog . . . You can put lipstick on Sarah Palin and she's still a dog . . . I mean, pit bull.
Sarah Palin is an insult to pit bulls.
I am really sick of these people! It's okay for McCain to say it, but not Obama? It's okay for McCain to say Chelsea Clinton's ugly becasue Janet Reno is her father? It's okay for Palin to say yes and then no to the Bidge to Nowhere, but still keeps the money?
These two our going to ruin our country even more . . . if we let them.

AMERICA! STAND UP AND DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08 . . . THE LOGICAL CHOICE!!!!

A-friggin'-men!!! Can we talk about issues so Obama/Biden can kick your tails.

You can put an Armani tie on a chauvinist pig, but he is still a pig.

Enough Obama! You have called women "Sweety", you have dissed blue collar working men/women as "clinging to their guns, and religion", you have demeaned the U.S. soldiers saying it wasn't their efforts that is finally breaking down the violence in Iraq but rather the new tactics being used by the military commanders. Your VP has made racist comment's against indonesians, and proposed forced segregation to the people of Iraq as the means to end the war.

These are the reasons you lost my vote…Pig!

He's nailing this speech. This is exactly the kind of speech a real President makes. He briefly confronted some of the political silliness for what it is and then moved on to excellent, common sense solutions to some very serious problems in education. Isn't that what is most important?

When McCain says something, it is Hallelujah but when Obama says the same thing, it is Crucify Him. What a Country.

If the Republicans don't want anybody to talk about her, then she should get out of politics and take care of her kids.
Its just unbelievable.

Obama should practice what he preaches, Oh come to think of it he is just a preacher, nothing more……………he shames America

I am sick and tired of the lies being put out by the McCain camp. I saw the "lipstick" comments by Obama and at no time did I think he was referring to Palin. This is ridiculous. Looks live Rove is running McCain's campaign as well. And shame on CNN and all the other networks for even running this bs story.

After of 8 years of economic in prison now America is sailing to 4 more years to nowhere? 407 billion dollars well spent for your pocket and grand kids to pay for it. Wake America you better than this.

Yep, that's true Obama….

But to the GOP and it's supporters, this is all a game…. who can out gimmick the other and win in November…forget the issues.

America seems to be falling for it, though… I think we over estimate the overall intelligence of the American people….

This is why we had 2 Bush terms, and perhaps yet another in the form of a McCain term.

kudos for obama, you get my vote

I'm not offending by his comment, BO's arrogance and pretending he wants to talk issues when he really doesn't and the media lets him off the hook does offend me.

Thank you Senator Obama. I am tired of the distractions and ready to hear more about the issues.

Finally someone has said what needs to be said. Cut the crap and get down to the issues. The cadidate that can accomplish that will really make some change in this country. Let's get back to the job at hand and make a a change for the better regardless of who it is.

My 73 year old neighbor went to Lancaster PA yesterday to see mccain and palin speak. My neighbor is a staunch republican and has been all of her life. She is also very conservative and an evangelical christian. When she came back from the rally she knocked on my door and asked me did she have to do anything to be able to vote Democratic in november. She said she could not vote this republican ticket. And this coming from a woman who voted for bush, twice.

Obama makes a joke used my other politicians including John McBS and he gets a media frenzy plus the latest crocodile tears from the Karl Rove McBush led campaign. While all the while "Girl in a Bubble" Palin repeats her same speech, vebatim, complete with the same lies time after time and the media laps it up. This needs to stop by both parties. I am hurting enonomically and we get two parties of food fights.

By the way, if Palin is the "change, the new superwoman, the maverick," than why are they keeping her in a bubble? Palin is not "super maverick"… she is nothing more than a gimmick that should better be called "Bubble Girl."

Thank you Obama,

The media should be playing clips of John McCain saying he would run an honorable campaign juxtaposed to the irony that they tried to make a plan to make kids aware of child predators look like early sex education. Despicable!

I know who I am voting for.

Obama/Biden 08

Blue Tiger: There's nothing to refute. The comment was about bad policy. Should he apologize to the bad policy?

Let's talk about policies: McCain has supported Bush's policies that have undermined our Constitution, turned America into a nation that tortures prisoners, crippled our economy, outsourced our jobs, etc.

You can worry you're pretty little head about cliches all day but most of us are concerned about health care, mortgage defaults, and an endless war against the wrong enemy!

GeorgeWashington September 10th, 2008 10:45 am ET

Please fellow Americans, keep your campaign to issues, policies, and plan of action. Campaign and act like adults planning to serve this great nation.

to: GeorgeWashignton

You hit it on the nails!! We need to stay on the issues. We need to say what about the economy? healthcare? energy?

Let's DEMAND issues be talked on..

300 million americans and we MUST DEMAND perfection from the greatest country

This is the first time I have had any respect for Obama. I am glad he said this. Way to go! Enough is enough!!

Mccaine is a loser, he excited nobody even the right care less about him. To get some attention, he picks a right wing woman who will take all books from libraries and make a woman's right to choose criminal. Now the right is fired up, they are talking of lipstick, Paris Hilton, Drill Baby Drill and more billions for Iraq. What about the suffering American people?
We need CHANGE,only OBAMA will bring change, for Mccaine start looking for a long term care facility for yourself. For Palin you sound scarely

Theres no doubt he was refering to Palin as the pig (who else could it be?).. and the "old fish" would be McCain. I thought it was pretty funny and I'm disappointed that Obama is denying it.

Blue Tiger, All candidates during the primaries where attacking each other, it is not that Obama was the only one attacking Hillary and Hillary was not attacking Obama. Where have you been my friend? The same things happen among the GOP candidates, so singling out Obama alone is neither fair nor truthful.

Anonymous,
Learn the facts about this remark and you will understand why Obama responded this way today.

There are too many people who listen to sound bites and don't bother to find out the whole story. A nation of sheep – that's an old phrase coming back to life.

I hope all those people who think McCain will change their lives don't have a mortgage so they won't lose thier house, can afford healthcare, and are guaranteed to have a job in the future. Otherwise they are following the herd, being deluded by McSame's empty promises. HE WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING and his record proves it!!

Obama is absolutely correct. Enough is enough!

The McSame folks need to cut the crap and stick to the real issues. They're making themselves look ridiculous.

COMMON DECENCY APPARENTLY IS LACKING WHEN A POLITICIAN SEES HIMSELF LOSING THE BATTLE HE HAS WORKED SO HARD FOR. WE KNOW THAT SARAH PALIN IS A CHRISTIAN WOMAN AND WOULD NOT ATTACK IN KIND DESPITE HER OPPONENTS ATTACKS ON EVEN HER FAITH AND RELIGION.
WHICH IS EVEN MORE DESPICABLE..
AMERICANS (RELIGIOUS RURAL AMERICA AND WHITE WOMEN AND MEN) DO NOT OVERLOOK EVIL AND THEIR WORKS).

THANK YOU BARACK OBAMA!!!

The McCain campaign is disgusting and shameless. America, reject these politics!!!

I received a McCain ad mailed to my house yesterday.
On the front…….
1) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2) Hugo Chavez
3) Osama Bin Ladin
and 4) Kim Jun Il

Trying to scare old folks John? I hope my grandma isnt that dumb….

The low road is the only road McCain has travelled on since 2000.
McCain was a fantastic man and an exceptional candidate in 2000.
In 2008 McCain is simply a Bush clone. He pledged to make this debate about issues and found that his positions were bad for the country and nobody liked them. So he decided to go for the personal narrative approach and decided to lie about every issue.
He feigns outrage about this lipstick on a pig comment – he feigns outrage about any comment about him or his running mate. A week ago, he said the liberal media was out to get him.
McCain simply cannot handle any criticism and is not the person we Americans want running the country.

Obama is falling like a stone… and it's getting to him.

It was clear the comment was aimed a Palin… the crowed knew it too…

His vile attacking and negative tactics are backfiring in his face… he says issues and then attacks on anything but…

Obama's a tool… he's done… put a fork in him….

As a future educator in Florida, I agree with Senator Obama 100%. Living in Florida, I know the effects of politics in education. Our teachers are one of the lowest paid in the country and our students must face meaningless weeks of preparation for the FCAT when they should be preparing for their future!
I am so tired of the political parties trying to politicize issues like education. This is not what our children need. They deserve a better future. Education should be bi-partisan, politicians should be working hard to ensure that our children get the best education possible as our country is the land of opportunity. I am voting for Barack Obama because I think that he is the candidate that can bring us that opportunity. John McCain's latest ad accusing Obama of promoting sex education in kindergarten is disgusting and offensive. The McCain campaign is just all talk and no substance. This is not what America needs right now. Enough is enough! Obama/Biden '08!!!

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN AND WOMEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY.
"VOTE OBAMA 08″

If the mud fits … wear it!!!

I am so sick of the poor me do-and-say anything to win Republicans who think of nobody but themselves and their own interests. As for experience and qualifications… I don't care how you spin it, Palin is no more qualified to run this country than Donald Duck and the only reason they put her on the ticket was to appeal to "Evangelicals" and the uneducated.

Any body who is not looking for an excuse to vote against the black guy can see right through this BS.

The stock market is tumbling. Fannie Mae is not good news but it's even worse when the Republican ticket obviously doesn't understand the situation. (Tax payers didn't own it – they're bailing it out!)

Watch the money move. And it's not going to Alaska.

Indeed! The media has a responsibility in a Democracy ! Report the fact, focus on the issues and expose hate speeches and distortions as such.

Well, in a perfect world – not ours. The fact is, a large part of the American People is rather simple minded and troll behind the candidate who tells the most obvious lies.

Enough is enough is so right. I have heard and seen enough of you. Time for you move on.

Its refreshing to see someone like Palin in the race now so we don't have to hear and see so much of you now. When you started out you kept saying that you represent change but the only change I have seen from you is that I am seeing a black man. Your politics are no different from what's been happening in Washington so there is no change coming from you. Now, there is a change when McCain brought in Palin into the race. That is real change to see a refreshing face in this race and I hope your disrespectful supporters will leave her alone and not try to do the same thing to her as they and also your campaign did to Hillary Clinton. Well, I know the republicans will not allow that to happen anyway so stay clear from her with your vicious lies and accusations.
AGAIN, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND THAT GOES TO YOU OBAMA.

Good for Obama. The very idea of McCain's campaign and the GOP in general calling someone else sexist is outright ludicrous. This is the party that has been the standard bearer of sexism for decades and nothing has changed. McCain just found a female VP pick who pursues sexist policies in her own right. Women, do you want to have choice over your bodies? Do you want your daughters to have choice over theirs? Palin doesn't. Obama and Biden do.

Obama, KEEP STANDING UP to this ridiculousness and misdirection of the McCain/Palin campaign. You and Joe Biden have to fight back.

@Anonymous….Now I know why Bush was elected TWICE! Grow up…all this fake outrage is ridiculous. If that was enough to persuade you to change your vote then bye! Obviously you don't care about issues like healthcare, war, economy, energy independence. Stop acting like a 6 year old with hurt feeling and pay attention to the real issues facing this nation. You wIn the award today for "Most Likely to Be Distracted By a Shiny Object"….CONGRATS!

What a baby.

He cries about what the other side is "GONNA SAY". Like the "presidents on the dollar bill" comment.

Then he takes some heat for yet another gaffe and CRIES AGAIN.

What a puss.

love the hypocricy coming out of the McCain campaign. This morning, Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough gave Obama the best advise he could get on this issue. Get in front of the camera, and say (paraphrasing) "John McCain, if you really think I'm sexist, get out in front of the cameras and microphones and call me sexist. Don't hide behind your campaign or your surrogates to do your dirty work. Come right out and say it if you believe it. Otherwise, spare me your fake contempt." Obama needs to challenge him man to man, after which point he should AGAIN remind the voters what this election is about – ISSUES not personalities

CNN- please post this.

Dear John McCain,

You have to focus on the ISSUES!!!!!!

What are you going to do for me?

Barack Obama has elaborated and we all know the direction he will take our country…

All your campaign can do is whine whine whine……..
its sad really.

OBAMA > McCain

How come you didnt refute the comment Obama and defend yourself? How are you going to handle Putin, beg him to stop by saying enough is enough. Obama is weak….

This is the Barack Obama I have been waiting for! At a time when the media was trying to steer the conversation to sensationalism and non-issues he stood his ground and talked about a plan to help keep us competitive in the 21st century, something I have yet to hear from John McCain. We need a president who wont get caught up in the moment and focus on the real problems at hand.

Who votes for the President of the US because his VP is cute. Look at the issues and what they represent for the people, men, women, and children. Educations, college tuitions, healthcare, economy, global warming, peace in the world not war. Now McCain is talking about Russia. The only way he can have the manpower for all these wars is to reinstate the draft for both boys and girls. Is this what you want for your child??

He should say it every day.

The comment was regarding dressing up old policies, used in exactly the same context McCain used it (which was also fair at the time).

The outrage is feigned, and one great defense against feigned outrage is to turn it into a din – keep them outraged and they'll drown out their own message, which is BS anyway.

Make them scream so loud and so much that it becomes obvious to more casual observers that they are playing "the outrage game."

Obama is absolutely right. Phone outrage is all it is, designed to stir the emotions of people like "anonymous" who get stories out of context from talkers who have an ax to grind and an agenda to meet.

McCain is not putting the country first when he promotes a blatantly false interpretation of a comment in favor of a real discussion of the issues. That's not change, that's the same old lame, pathetic, disgusting politics of people like Dick Cheney leading us into Iraq or Karl Rove smearing the same John McCain in 2000.

McCain is blind with ambition. So blind that he would rather lie than lose. And if he would rather lie to get into office, what will he be willing to do to stay in office?

Hmmm….looks like the democrats are finally calling out those phony outbursts:)

I don't see Palin as a viable, capable President of the United States, should McCain experience health difficulties while in term. Palin would be a complete puppet to the NeoConservative decision-makers in her party should she have to accept that responsibility. Her inexperience and extreme right-wing views and judgment will become apparent, I think, when she sits before a panel or reporters and doesn't only take questions from a single interviewer.

Little has been said by the McCain campaign that compares their policy platform to Obama's. A direct comparison shows that Obama's plans and ideas are far superior (more detailed, more well thought out, more in line with the views of a majority of Americans) on every front: the housing/mortgage crisis; fiscal responsibility; tax reform; energy issues; environmental policy; health care; the role of science in the decision-making process; ethics reform; the war in Iraq; the war in Afghanistan; veterans' benefits; women's issues (equal work for equal pay); and so on.

McCain talks about breaking gridlock in Washington, but he said the same things decades ago and hasn't appeared to have much success. The current gridlock is a result of the Republican minority in the Senate voting party-line against every initiative brought forth by the Democrats. The Democrats do not have a clear majority so as to prevent Republicans from filibustering and killing bills. And of course, President Bush has vetoed nearly every Democrat-sponsored bill. This is why nothing seems to get done.

To end gridlock and improve our lives on so many levels, electing another Republican right now is not the answer.

One last thing: people who do not follow politics much may not understand that there are people behind the scenes that we never see or hear about who make most of the political decisions that actually affect our lives. A few have been brought to light shamefully, Karl Rove and Jack Abramoff being a few of the most infamous (more should be exposed if Obama is elected president). If we want the most immediate and long-lasting change in this country this election, it will not come by electing a Republican. This is because the real political decision-makers will not magically go away if McCain is elected. They will still be in place, and will have the strongest influence on what McCain does as president. The only way to take away their power is to remove their access to top leadership. I want real change, and so I am putting my money on Obama.

Number 1 do I think Obama meant Palin when he said lipstick on a pig…NO!!! but how stupid was his speech writer even to put that in there and doesnt Obama read his speeches one time before giving them. It was a BIG mistake to put that in there. With accusations of sexism i the Obama campaign going back to the primaries to give any kind of ammo is just plain STUPID!!
Number 2 it is quite obvious that Obama is RATTLED, if he does not right the ship now it has the chances of being a Republican Landslide. The media and the Obama people once again misjudged the size of the base of the Republican Party and do not understand the Country on a whole is Center-Right not Left. The base of the Republican Party is larger and than the base of the Democrats. The Obama people may be finally realizing thise. .Why now Obama says the Surge was been a success beyond his wildest dreams, he now things Charter School Idea is a good one, and he may have to delay repealing the Bush Tax Cuts. People he is is trouble he knows it and his people know it, but 7 weeks in politics is a long time this can switch in a new york second

McCain would rather win an election, than tell you the truth.

McSame used the same line on Hillary! The Minister of Propaganda, Herr Karl Josef Goebbels Rove's spin machine will continue to churn out many distractions until election day.

The economy is the biggest problem we face and we don't hear much from McSame or The Church Lady because the fix we're in is the direct result of the policies an asleep-at -the -wheel Republican president and his rubber-stamp Republican congress foisted on us, including an unnecessary war in Iraq and letting the dollar freefall for eight years.

FINALLY! Obama replaces Obambi.

It has been incredible to listen to Obama express shock over the fact that Republican's are unapologetic liars. Who did he think he was dealing with, decent human beings?

Even though i am voting for Obama now, I highly respect Hillary for what she stood for and how tough she is–compared to this Palin woman. Hillary stood the test of a tough campaign and fought back hard–like a man!! Palin is a wimp. Being use as a shield by the Republicans to fend off attacks from the Democrats crying "sexism, sexism" everytime she is attacked. What a shame!! I as a woman am appalled by this disgraceful tactic and all women should be ashamed of this as well.

Advice for Palin- if you think you deserve to be VP then come out from under the covers and stand up for yourself, face the press and the critics–just like all the other real men–and Hillary.

Obama, tell them like it is. You are on the right track. I'm listening to the issues. Mccain has nothing to say except hide behind a woman instead of talking about real issues.

Obama/Biden "08

More proof of the honor of Barack. I wish the American public were smart enough to realized what is going on. It's times like this that a good education is important to know the difference.

To COUNTRY FIRST McCAIN/PALIN: It's pretty funny that you can call Obama the Harvard graduate an idiot but get behind a lady with a BA in jounalism who repeats the same monologue VERBATIM every campaign stop and refuses to take ANY questions.

BTW, do you think YOU could get accepted to Harvard?

if you are so much smarter than Obama then wy don't you run or president?

Republicans- Fight back with the issues!!!! Quit distracting the real issues with this nonsense. Accusations of media bias and sexism is not the way to get votes! Quit distracting us with this malarky!

Obama/Biden 2008!!!!

Politicians are so petty. That's all I will say.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

To: Annonoymous

They said that these McCain gimmicks are aimed at a certain shall I say "ill-informed" segment of the population. I guess they were correct. You are the one that is shameful. The fact that you were insulted by that comment merely solidifies the fact that there are some people in this country that are just too ignorant to be rationale. And if you were insulted by that, you were voting for McCain anyway.

Good job Obama. But time to move on and put your money where your mouth is. Stop making jabs that will later open you to attack and focus on the issues at hand. YES, YOU CAN. We have to win this race.

Sarah Palin is a sorry excuse for "woman" and human being. If half of the American public was actually educated as to what democracy actually means and truly understood the priciples this country was founded on, they would see right through her and McCain. But Obama, you need to cut through the crap and keep "trucking" on.

I love this guy. He is a straight-shooter with a plan. He has less to gain as POTUS then that wrinkly dude and the savage that stands next to him. McCain has everything to gain….protector of the rich.

WE CANNOT AFFORD MORE OF THE SAME!!!

He starts throwing mud (forget that he said he is about change) and he is crying that it gets thrown back at he.

Poor Baby Obama

ENOUGH already of McCain's lame diversionary tactics…for anyone with good sense can see the blatant hypocrisy that he is peddling to the nation. Sadest commentary of all is that many are buying the fallacies of the "red herring."

It's about the ECONOMY STUPID!

Now, can we get past the trickery of the dishonorable P.O. Dubya and his cronies. America is in some serious trouble; being propped up my Bush's propaganda and his puppet.

Not this time!

I, too, am listening to Barack in VA and proud how he is standing up for himself and restating the issue of same old politics. I refuse to have spent all these past months supporting this man to stand by and watch the Republican party try to drag him down over this non issue. If his campaign needs money, lets all show the McCain-Palin group that we are still there for Senator Obama. Actions speak louder than words and those of us who believe in him can show our support quietly by giving what we can to allow him to continue this race strong. I agree with Barack Obama…."Enough, Enough".

More phony outrage, from "anonymous," no less. Ho hum.

I think there's a transcription error in "phony knee talk," there. Someone ought to fix that.

How do like the turn of the table?

I'm sure Hillary and Bill didn't appreciate it either.

Anonymous: You are stupid. Sorry. McCain is using you and your lack of understanding how his game to get your vote. There is no sincerity, only his quest to be president in which he'll do anything – including finding way to fool those who aren't intelligent enough to grasp his game.

It's funny how the Republicans can wear buttons that say "Hot VP" or "Hot Chick" during the convention and it's not sexist but Obama mentions lipstick on a pig and it's sexist. Talk about a double standard. I'm surprised they didn't go after the fish comment Obama made right after the pig comment.

did anybody complain when sara made the comparison between a hockey mom and a pitbull? i thought that was offensive and i thought hockey moms and women in general would have been outraged but everybody cheered and embraced her. what is going on?

Obama is quickly becoming less relevant and totally off his game / message. Fabulous. Can't wait for the debates. Both sides. O'Reilly got him backpedaling from his positions in the primaries to a more "moderate" view. Intelligent Americans – the ones that aren't Obama Zombies will see right through it.

I would love to see Barack and Joe both call the republicans on this FAKE OUTRAGE about Ms. Palin and any questioning at all is sexist. What should outrage women is this campaign of crying wolf and diminishing the concept of sexism. Sexism is real and all around. This is not it and the more they claim sexism erroneously and gratuitously, the more they diminish it.

Republicans are skilled at the game of running campaigns and to sell you John and Sarah.

THIS IS NOT JUST SOME HORSE RACE WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES BEYOND WHO WINS!

The whole republican crowd don't want you to focus on the fact that many of the same people will be in power as undersecretary's and management of the country if McCain were to win. Why would anything be different? It won't.

Obama/Biden 2008 and 2012!

ENOUGH!

I have had ENOUGH of the media being a platform for Republican talking points!!! They are betraying their country by refusing to vet and report ALL of the candidates' records. They keep saying Obama is new but have been sifting through every part of his life for almost two years!!!
But when it comes to Palin, they take her word at face value and brand her a reformer when anyone with google can see that her AND McCAIN'S record is LOUSY!!!!

AND THEN HERE COMES THE 'SEX-ED' AD?!?!?!

I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THE MEDIA….YOU AREE NOTHING MORE THAN PROPAGANDIST!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08, '12

NObama once again demonstrates poor judgement with the lipstick comment, proving again he's a racist, sexist buffoon, unfit to be our president. Did he really think there'd be no outrage from this? Dumb!!!

McCain / Palin '08

If you want to win you better keep it up. Give Aaron Sorkin a call! Take it up and take it strong! This is serious, a time for great, transcendence. Power! DOn't let the Reps define this race and dumb it down. We have to be as strong and stronger than the unflinching, uncompromising right. RIght to the heart, clear and committed to our ideals. Our starved souls deserve this kind of power. Don't hold back now.

Just win BO, even if its just by one EC vote, just win even if its a tie, you win in the house…gotta win Mich! gotta keep the right wing talking in tongue whaco's out of the WH…hey how about a day of new endorsements from: Chuck Hagel, Colin Powell and float HRC as a Supreme Court nominee…..interesting uh! and….Bill Clinton as Sec. of State!

So, Obama is supposed to be an agent of change, and he surrounds himself with Clintons, hires a 30 years insider, Biden, as a VP, and can't stop talking about Bush???

I want real change.

I'll vote for America.

I'll vote for McCain/ Palin '08!

Since there is no ability to comment on "How does Palin balance work and family?" I'm wondering if CNN is going to run the "How does Obama balance work and family?" story tonight.

Sexist pigs.

I am fed up with the McCain campaign. He said he would run an "honorable" campaign, but he has not done so. On so many levels, the Republican campaign is back to the same old tricks, smearing the opponent, dividing the electorate on wedge issues, and demeaning the character of the opponent. Sarah Palin is put up as a running mate, but she is still off limits to the public and to the press, and any criticism directed her way is labeled "sexist."

Obama was definitely referring to Sarah. He acts so Uppity.

McCain doesn't want to talk about the issues because he doesn't have a plan. None of the republicans have an answer to why the economy is tanking and how the deficit has blown up under George Bush's administration to over 400 billion dollars.

The McCain campaign is a joke. It is not funny but very sad, that he can garner so much attention but never has anything to say about our country in it's time of need. Get real McCain supporters and think about our future. I can not wait to the debates!!!!

I was totally discusted with McCains sex education ad. I couldn't believe that he was that low…Sorry John, you lost me, Obama will have my vote. No regrets.

I agree, Timi. I am starting to believe that CNN is tring to run "negative" articles about Obama. If that is the case, it is only fair that negative articles about McSame and Palin come to light. We all know that there are plent of them!

I agree

Lets stick to the issues. That goes for both sides. Thats what i wanna hear about. Not this bull

LMAO!!!
Obama has pulled the race card so many times and now he is getting a taste of the sexist card pulled on him and the wimp can not take it!!!!!!!!!!

He is crying like a baby!!!

Anonymous that not arrogance. The GOP are not talking about the issues. I guess the last 7yrs have been just great for you? Be not fooled McCain is part of the GOP party and just like the Democrats they both have a platform that they feel represents what is needed in America. The GOP platform is the same as it was for the last two elections. So, don't think McCain will not do as that platform says because if he wants to get another term he will do it. So if you are feeling this great about those last 7yrs of war and deficit and bad economy and low American pride around the globe than by all means Vote for McCain but, really are you just that STUPID?

So now the candidate isn't attempting to declare his "mispeaks" accusations regarding his possible ineptness, callousness can now just be named as "distractions" to keep from talking about the issues.

What a guy!

Just what issues has the McCain campaign avoided Mr. Obama?
Though Mr. McCains approaches may differ from your own (they are anchored in realistic goals and expectations).

Is this just a well timed outburst of feigned objection in the same vein to distract the public from your own insensitivity?

Obama and Biden are losing it. They know it and the Nation understands it. Sad

Amen!!! If the Repubs want to sit around with their lower lips sticking out , then let them . If you keep on doing as you are Senator Obama , delivering answers and facing the media, eventually even Mccains 'mentally vacant' followers will tire of him and may cross over to the meaning of truth ,

Well if it was something saying something about him…he'd pull the race card, go on Oprah, and create a new web site.

Hypocrite.

THE TRUE OBAMA IS STARTING TO SHOW…..WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!

John McCain…you are now a joke my friend. You would take a gamble on the future of this country and its people, to play political games? I mean are you serious? Do you know how hard it is for people in this country today? Do you have any idea? and you want to play games? I am outraged completely outraged….don't trust the polls Johnny boy because they are not asking people like me, or my neighbors or the doors I go knocking on on behalf of Barack…You are disgusting? Honor? Please you have none…they will posion you if you win, and use the "Stewardess" as a puppet, you would gamble my future and the future of my children to win a campaign…you and the Republicans are just sick people…sick!

Obama, you said Palin's family matters were off limits.

Then why do you have teams of lawyers crawling all over Alaska, trying to find dirt on her?

Just like the public money campaign funding..saying one thing and doing another!

Start acting like a Man and keep your word!

To those racists out there who will not vote for Obama because he is bi-racial, "so shall ye reap, so shall ye sew."

First of all, it was Gov't Palin who liken her self to a DOG, when she stated that the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull (LIPSTICK)so lets make that very clear. Second the phase Obama use is a common phase, McCain used it also, that like the pot calling the kettle black. McCain ENOUGH IS ENOUGH you did not vet this woman and now its coming back to hunt you. You gamble and you lost. To CNN and the media we the VOTERS ask you to PLEASE
hold this woman accountable on the issus.

Obama supporters thou protest too much. It's fine when Obama tries to tie Bush to McCain and uses the "same old" line where he is trying to also remind voters that McCain is older. This is just politics. If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. Where was the protest when Obama and his surrogates tried to make such a big deal out of Bush's speech in Israel several months ago where Bush said that dictators shouldn't be appeased and right away the Obamabots were attacking Bush. The fact is that Obama has used these exact same tactics and now they are being used on him and he's crying foul. Whining, complaining and more from the Obama campaign.

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease. Obama and his liberal buddies have done nothing but make personal attacks on President Bush for years. They ripped on mcCain all through the Democratic race to the primary. Then they dare to tal kabout the Republican attack machine or act offended whe nthey are called on it. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeese. I have never heard such nasty vile hate talk come from any politician as much as I have from the likes of Clinton, Reid, Obame and Kerry and Gore and the rest of the hypocritical liberals. What a bunch of whiners!!

Also you need to take the context of the comment. McCain's "pig" comment was not immediately following a Clinton comment like Obama's immediately followed Palin's comment. Of course Obama wasn't saying Palin was a pig, but how can you not realize that he was using Palin's comment. No big deal, but don't fool yourself into thinking that anything Obame does is not contrived and planned. Love or hate McCain and Palin, but right or wrong, they are pretty straightforward unlike the Democrats. Maybe they spend too much time in Hollywood.

GO OBAMA! Attack the Republican smear machine. Call a spade a spade, and go out with guns blazing! Don't fall into the quicksand of their mind games, and emblazon your fan base to victory!

ONE NATION

(TRUTH) Sara Palin recently stated she does not know what a vice president does.

Yet 50% of people polled think she is ready to be president. (CRAZY)

(TRUTH) When she speaks the truth NOBODY believes her.

When she tells a lie EVERYONE believes it's the truth. (ABSOLUTE MADNESS)

(TRUTH) John McCain recently stated he doesn't know much about the economy.

Yet he is leading in the polls when this election is supposed to be about the economy. (TOTALLY INSANE)

(FACTUAL OPINION) If John McCain was black, Obama would win in a landslide and millions of people wouldn't bother to vote.

This is getting pathetic. The GOP can't stop complaining, even when they're saying the same words.

Well said, Senator. Nobody is falling for McCain's feigned outrage at a phrase he has used himself!!! Why is McCain so afraid to discuss real issues???

Can someone please tell me what happened to "The Straight Talk Express"? Am I the only person who has noticed there hasn't been a single town hall meeting my Senator McCain since he introduced Governor Palin as his running mate? Does no one else think it's strange that she may be the President and she hasn't told the American people on single thing about where she stands on policy, especially the enonomy? Why isn't he willing to let the media and his supporters ask questions? Anyone got an answer for that?

People lets be HONEST. The main reason why most people are not voting for Obama is because he's half black. Why else would any sane person be voting for two idiots like McCain and Palin??

Awesome! It's obvious who the adult is in the presidential race.

The McCain campaign is obviously making this about personalities, as they promised, and that's REALLY gonna help the American people a whole lot. Unlike the Miss Alaska pageant, this is NOT about congeniality, it's about issues and the McCain/Palin ticket has avoided anything about the issues and has thrown every violin concerto up in defense of REAL talk that might hold them accountable.

Keeping Palin from reporters is WAY fishy – what are they afraid she'll reveal? That she can only read and not speak for herself? I'm so tired of the Sarah Palin reruns it's laughable. But it's obvious that the McCain campaign is only nitpicking on Senators Obama/Biden's words and not addressing real concerns.

THAT'S shameful.

I've been to the South Side of Chicago.

If you want America to look like that, vote for Obama.

Myself, I don't think so, I want better.

I'll vote for McCain/ Palin '08!!!

Question – has anyone seen McCain lately. It seems he has become second banana to this VP choice. Doesnt he have something to say, I mean he is running for president.

Like that old commerical use to say "where is the beef?'

"just words"
"I don't know who I'm running against"
"they will say"

You are experiencing a backlash of the arrogance you and your left leaning poiticaL PUNDITS so willingly expressed for the Clintons during the primary campaign.

How do you like it now?

I have resolved myself to the fact that the media is scared of the republican party and will not allow Obama to win. McCain puts out a commercial denegrating Obama's attempt to protect children against predators and the media decides to talk about a ridiculous story with absolutely NOTHING to it. Why didn't they spend this much time and energy discussing the fact that the only off the script comment Palin has given showed a TOTAL lack of knowledge about the housing situation (Freddie and Fanny hasn't cost taxpayers a dime). Why are they not holding the McCain campaign accountable for it's ludacris comments at ALL. Oh well, I guess they like stories about job loss and foreclosure so they are trying to ensure another 4 years of it.

Ah…the messiah has spoken again! Since Mr. O loves his old sayings,here's one for him…'you can dish it out, but you can't take it, can you?' I say let the McCain say when it's over since you started it, you wanna be playground bully!

Let the moderation begin…

um, uh, well um, enough uh is um enough, um uh we arent sticking um to uh the um issues uh. This is the great orator without a written speach to read off of. just watch the stephonopolis, and Orielly interviews if you want to doubt me. This guy is a fake just like mcamnesty we need to flush everything about washington, period, change includes getting rid of obama too. btw dems how do you feel about having a prowar candidate just one heartbeat away from the presidency, change you can believe in right.

AMEN!!

Words Matter

Finally, yes !!!!! This is how you beat the Republicans. Do not play their games, stick to the issues, DO NOT talk about Palin and act presidential. This is what the American people want.

Keep at it Obama…keep talking about the issues and let the McBush ticket spin lies and character attacks…they will be exposed by the election. Surprisingly, people haven't figured this out yet…but I have faith

Yes. way to go BO. Enough of this faux outrage.

Senator Obama is right. There is a double standard. Bring up experience, and Senator McCain's camp cries foul and that Senator Obama is being sexist for bringing up Governor Palin's experience. Never mind that they have been attacking Senator Obama's experience for months.

Bring up flip flopping on an issue (e.g. "the Bridge to No Where"), and again they cry foul. There is concrete evidence that Governor Palin drastically changed her position, and she is misrepresenting her stance to voters. Never mind that the GOP is attacking Senator Obama for his positions on Iraq.

And finally, it is okay for Senator McCain to use the "lipstick" line when talking about Senator Clinton's health care plan, but just because Governor Palin used the word lipstick in describing herself as a pitbull, the use of that word is off limits to the Democrats? Come on.

The hypocrisy of the GOP is insulting.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! 8 years of living under an administration that lies to the people they were paid to work for. 8 years of an adminstration that has robbed its economy blind with war debt and favors given for the criminal profit of US oil industry. 8 years is enough of people suffering without accessible healthcare. McCain – Enough is Enough!

Palin says she's a Pit Bull so, what is it? Does she think she's a Pit Bull or has she decided she's a Pig? Otherwise, the cliche doesn't have anything to do with her. Maybe by now she think she's some other animal. This woman is really off her rocker in more ways than one.

McCain, you're not fooling anyone because it's the POLICIES, stupid, not age or snappy snide remarks. The economic disaster, war based on lies, constitutional violations – things like that – that you have supported are the problem. Window dressing doesn't hide the ugly truth.

First of all, it was Gov't Palin who liken her self to a DOG, when she stated that the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull (LIPSTICK)so lets make that very clear. Second the phase Obama use is a common phase, McCain used it also, that like the pot calling the kettle black. McCain ENOUGH IS ENOUGH you did not vet this woman and now its coming back to hunt you. You gamble and you lost. To CNN and the media we the VOTERS ask you to PLEASE

Thank goodness. Someone finally said it. The whole reason Mccain picked Palin was for the very reason of distracting people from the issues and this pathetic attempt to victimize Palin is just one in a string of ridiculous distractions. I just hope and pray that the American people see these tactics as the exact same Rove tactics that ruined us 8 years ago. Lets talk about something pertinent like health care and the economy and the environment because I could care less if Palin got teased the playground.

Senator Obama does have a point. The McCain campaign has been responding to the Obama campaign either by mimicking Obama's messages ("Change") or by acting outraged. It seems to be one or the other. If Senator Obama is so outrageous, then why copy his "Change" campaign?

They can only shelter Palin for so long.

McCain's policies, the same old tired stuff Bush has pushed on us, is the pig in a poke Obama is referring to. What kind of intellectual hoops does one have to jump through to make a common phrase into some kind of personal affront to a politician regarded by those around her as "practically perfect in every way"?

Give the press access to her for a few weeks and we'll see the real Sarah Palin. Either she's ready to be President or she's not. I hope she can take it as well as her party can dish it out.

It is really getting comical these days how Obama's response to anything is just…."It's a lie"…."stop making fun of me"….."my feelings are hurt".

Doesn't he have any response to the issues?

This man is as desperate as they come….he sees his whole "fantasyland" collapsing before his eyes.

Obama got nasty with Hillary and the media was gleeful about it. The DNC turned the other way. Obama played dirty and his supporters engaged in a constant barrage of hatred and insults and vulgarity against Hillary, fellow democrats and Americans who disagreed with them.

Women were horrified at being so disrespected and dismissed and attacked in such blatant sexist ways.

Now Obama is doing the same thing to Palin- that pig and lipstick remark was over the top. I put Obama out of my list of potential presidents.

These nasty name-calling attacks on Americans is not the way to unite and to demonstrate hope and to argue for change.

If Obama does not get that he does not deserve to be in the White House.

He declared himself the uniter and then gut and tore the party and the nation apart with his vitriolic hateful demeaning attacks on those who are different then him. Antipathy towards people who are different?

Obama is sounding more stupid everyday. Somebody needs to remind him he is running for president and as such, needs to act presidential.

The Republicans are getting ridiculous. They haven't really talked about the issues, other than admitting that some of them exist. Then they jump on the "Change" and "Troop Withdrawal" idea that Obama has talked about for over a year and make it their own. Imitation is usually a form of flattery, but this is just getting out of hand. Alot of Republicans have some serious "soul-searching" to do.

Obama/Biden '08

Excellent, excellent, our diabolical plan is going exactly as planned.

Let me just say that the saying in the south which is rarely understood in other parts of the country goes as follows: "You can put lipstick on a pig and it is still a pig". . . .what that folk phrase means actually "You can try to make someone into something else but when all is said and done, they are what they are". This is not a sexist reference at all. It applies to men and women. Perhaps the media and others need to research TRUE southern culture instead of trying to interpret thus misconstruing and often taking things so far out of context that it is not at all what it refers to. This if anything shows ignorance.

Hey! If this "Barracuda" and "Pitbull" dishes it out she'd better beable to take it! You can't have it both ways honey. You can't yap your head off and then run with your tail between your legs complaining.
OBAMA 08!

Barack Obama is right.

Enough is enough and the American people have had enough of George Bush and John Mcain.

We need a real, effective and positive change in American politics and Barack Obama will deliver it.

Obama / Biden for change 2008

I say if Obama, consciously, or subconsciously was referring to Palin when he used the 'lipstick' comment, it is more or less justified.

Beautifully said. This election I s about Big issues not small petty things. Keep it on the high road as much as possible, sir. Those who have ears will hear and hopefully we are the majority. If not, we can live with it ( I hope those with lower incomes can live with their choices too) .

I have yet to hear issues from the Republicans! There only talking points are accusations of a liberal media bias and sexism. I want to hear about the Economy, Health Care, Education, the troops in Iraq. Are the American people really not seeing this? Palin was brought in as a distraction from the issues. Period. Country FIRST? Are you kidding me? Was McCain thinking about country first when he brought Palin on the ticket?!!? Or perhaps was he looking to USE her for votes to win the campaign. How will she handle a 3am phone call when she can't handle a single reporter over the past two weeks. This is a complete outrage!

Seriously, the repubs need to step up to the plate, stop their whining and give us some clue as to how they're going to address the issues. They have been so negative in their campaign, that it's ludicrous that they should complain one iota about any comment made by the democrats. Fair is fair. Let's talk about the issues.

That should be the new Obama ad campaign: McCain/Palin = Lipstick on a pig

Is it true that if you put lipstick on a pig it is still a pig? If you can answer yes than the outrage you are showing is a sham.

You can talk all you want about change, but if you have 7 lobbyist in your campaign the only change you are referring to is what will be left in my pocket when you get elected. Thus the pig and lipstick comment.

GET OVER IT.

He should run an ad featuring McCain calling Hillary's health care plan "lipstick on a pig" and shut them up for good. This is ridiculous and shameful. It's bad enough that their trying to call sexism on the use of a common, well-worn expression, but…they used it themselves! Anyone who falls for this nonsense, or accepts it, is a fool. Plain and simple.

This should be about the issues….and Barack needs to bring it back to that. But I agree, enough is enough. The McCain camp is using everything BUT the issues to attack the other side…even when McCain said the same thing less than a few months ago.

Sadly, Obama doesn't want to talk about issues.

All he wants to talk about is Bush, and hope and change.

We need somebody with real ideas.

McCain/ Palin have it.

America knows it.

Goodbye Obama!

President McCain

Vice President Palin

Get used to it.

Actually, Obama, there is REAL outrage over what you said.

It is time for MCain to begin to discuss what the policies are and how they differ,,not attack.
The comment was nto aimed at palin, and anyone listing to the whole thing knows that. McCain said the same thing when talking about Hillary's policy and no one screamed sexist then,,
it is saying…everyone needs to get over it….

finally!!!!

It's about time that Sen Obama fights back against the Republican machine. Fighting back against lies and innuendo is not arrogance, it's standing tall.

Yes, enough IS enough…..so go back to Chicago, Barack! We've had enough of you and your ego.

Can I please ask a serious question because I am confused beyond reason. How can anyone, and I mean the lowest common denominator, think for one second about voting for McLie and McLipstick? Do you people not get it? Are you even from this planet? It is depressing to think that there is even a small group of people willing to vote for another 4 of McIgnorant. Wake up you drones of GOP juice….how about being part of the solution for once in your miserable test tube existance.

Time for Senator Obama to get tough and start calling it like he sees it. I want answers to our problems and so far Senator Obama is the only one who has stood up and given us a detailed plan of how he plans to enforce them I may not agree with all of them but I grow tired of this vague statements from Senator McCain that offer no real substance.

I want a President that is going to make things happen, not talk about the good old days and we just need to sit back and ride it out. This campaign is starting to look more like and Andrew Shepard/Bob Rumsfeld election as portrayed on An American President.

Obama/Biden '08

His comments were obviously referring to a comment McCain made about Hillary May. Obama was not talking about Palin! I am glad to see Obama getting his campaign back on track. Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and the Undecided..please vote for Obama! If you do not see right through McCain and Palin…LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER!!!!

This is an election in which people have two choices.

1. Elect a president who is advocating war to solve problems. War which kills thousands of Americans, hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, uses hundreds of billions of taxpayers money to increase the profits of the big weapon companies. War which makes the US being more and more hated around the world.

2. Elect a president who is advocating peace and diplomacy to solve problems. A president who would use the taxpayers money to improve education, health care, infrastructure, small business, Social Security instead of using all these hundreds of billions of dollars to make war.

The choice is simple. The choice is yours.

All I have to say is AMEN to that!!

Obama/Biden 08

"lipstick on a pig"!!!! Misogyny running wild in the Obama camp and still no apology or penance. This is progress???

Barack is telling the truth enough enough I dont think Obama was not refering to Palin as a pig,,,,,I wondering who running for president McCain or Palin I dont know who,,,,The media is not telling the truth about the polls because in Ohio people are energize to get the vote out for Obama…..I see Obama staff with signs in the street if you going to vote for Obama blow your car horn and you see how many blowing horn for Obama and not only black people it white and black, hispanic and mostly women and older women….

Ohio for Obama/Biden 08

What else do you expect from McCain/Bush '08? The contradictions of the Republican party's campaign just never cease to amaze me.

And let me guess – the mindless McCain Klan followers are saying this is sexist, right? Where were you a year ago when McCain said the same thing about Hillary?

Go Obama! You are fighting for us because their is too much at stake! I am a woman and I will not vote for McCain/Palin because they want to take us back in time! Bye bye GOP!

LOL, to quote Anonymous Republican Plant: "nuh uuuuh, you are." Is that all the McCain camp's got?

OOOOOOHHHH, I'm scared! The big man, sexist Obama says "Enough is Enough". Practice what you preach, buddy.

Im not exactly sure what the problem is. Isn't she the one that brought up lipstick???? Palin is a NUT!

I will love to see Palin on the Bill Maher show. Bill will eat her alive.

Hey Barry Obama forget it, it's over. Just like your campaign.

If anyone hasn't noticed McCain and his phony outrage you have to be in self denial. McCain's campaign has been dishing out every and any possible attack on Barack Obama, but they take huge offense to any remark that's against the persona they're trying to portray. They want this election to be about personalities, but it will be about issues.

"News" organizations should be ashamed of themselves for reporting these fake stories and not reporting the news. This story is the top story at CNN right now. CNN has become the same as the tabloids! I am very sad today because I falsely beleived that you – CNN – was on the side of the American people. YOU ARE JUST OUT OF HEADLINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHAME ON YOU CNN!!!!!!!!!! AND THE REST OF THE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS!!!!!!!!

American people are hurting – hundreds of thousands of people are without jobs – and you, the "news" organizations have become like soap operas.

McCain's comment was about policy. Obama's was personal. As with most liberals, when caught out, he claims he meant something else – just like Clinton – trying to lawyer his way out of things by saying that is not what he meant.

Perhaps Obama should focus on trying to match up to the Republican Presidential candidate, who he is supposed to be opposing, rather than taking shots at a woman with more executive experience and a wider support base than him. Shouldn't he leave the VP baiting to his own VP nominee ? The more Obama compares himself with the Republican VP nominee the less presidential he looks

Talk about phony outrage!!

Obama, go back to Chicago. Your 15 minutes is up.

Good Riddance.

I'm sure that Obama didn't mean to take a swipe at Palin.

But hey, if the shoe fits….

Yes!! Get strong!! Expose McCain for this ridiculous idea that he is going to be different….how long has he been in D.C.!!!

Fight hard Obama and end this crap we are hearing from the republicans. There are too many stupid people in this country that will believe it.

Good for Obama! Its about time someone spoke up and pointed out that all McCain is doing is buying time by attacking Obama so that he doesn't have to talk specifics about the REAL problems we are all facing. The simple truth is that he doesn't have any worthwhile policiies, just more of the same that we have gotten grom Geoprge W. Bush. So he is trying to divert attention away from the real issues by making headlines with his attacks on the man who does have real policies.

I live in fairbanks and I am very worried that Palin could be VP. This is such a different place then the States. We have very little in common and are very isolated from the goings on down there. The TV is what keeps me tied to the lower 48. The governing that she has done up here NO way qualifies her to be the VP. I find it spooky that after 1 speech everyone down there is gaga over Palin. have we all lost our mind ? Please people……vote with a steady mind NOT with a crush. They ALWAYS end…

This is no longer the McCain campaign, I wonder how he feels knowing his VP pick is the only reason people come to the rallies now. How can the Republicans think this is a good thing. She is taking over and the funny thing is McCain doesn't even realize she is,Palin is the only thing people talk about as for as that campaign is concerned. Very sad and pitiful. JM said the same thing about Hillary so he needs to put this thing to rest, is he kidding who does he think he is fooling with this. His own former press secretary wrote a book called Lipstick on a Pig!!!

Lets not forget that Gov. Palin is not running for President, McCain is. If she would have ran for the nomination against McCain they would have ripped her apart. There was nothing sexist about his comments. When are the Republicans going to talk about the real issues. When are people going to wake up and see that they are just using Ms. Palin.

The only thing I have had enough of is Obama!!!

It was in reference to McCain's economic program. Lipstick on a pig is still a pig. And it's true.

Sweetie in Michigan

Now is pig

Give us break

Mc Cain 08/ Palin 08

NEVER HEARD OF A PROUD REPUBLICAN (UNLIKE
SALLY) WHO WOULD NOT BE OFFENDED BY THE LIPSTICK ON A PIG REMARK BY OBAMA.. FOLKS !!!! HAVE YOU NOT NOTICED?
BOTH DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES OBAMA AND BIDEN ARE ATTACKING THE NUMBER 2 NOMINEE ON THE GOP TICKET ? THAT IS TWO GROWN MEN RUNNING FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICES
IN THE LAND TRYING TO PULL DOWN A WOMAN RUNNING AS VICE PRESIDENT ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.? UNHEARD OF IN OUR MEMEORY . FURTHER , THE RHETORIC HAS GONE TO NEW " LOWS" IN NEGATIVE TERMS.

This is the dumbest thing I have seen. Why is the media even giving the McCain campaign the news cycle on this. Obama has said this line over and over, as has McCain. It was not a swipe at Palin and anyone with half of a brain (which unfortunately many of the US electorate does not have) knows it.

Can McCain please explain his healthcare plan, energy plan (outside of more drilling), education plan???? That sound you here from their campaign is silence because he does not have any plan.

Also amazing that the candidate for VP is NOT AVAILABLE to the media. How is this not a HUUUUGGGEEE story????

wow cnn, such freaking bias against democrats, We know his tax plan will increase your taxes (for you making 600k+) but seriously this is ridiculous. Cover something on Palin's views rather than point counterpoints to ridiculous slandering. Show some journalistic integrity once in your life and cover equal news. Dont get scared of covering Palin. She wont shoot you in the face like Cheney did, that's something only a VP can get away with. This is not news, this is stupid.