Let's try to keep it civil here... The connection was not the word "pig" but the word "lipstick" which she had used in her joke in her acceptance speech at the Republican convention last week. Obama used that word, "lipstick", to identify her, and connected it with "pig" to imply that she's ugly...
Obama is a lawyer - he knows how to make a scathing statement while at the same time saying it in a way to ensure he has plausible deniability.
I saw the tape footage and it was clear that the audience responded in a spontaneous way that showed what they understood. This is a business of...
Gringinho: Please don't misunderstand what I said and don't take me out of context.
What I believe is that our human logic is dualistic, as is this whole universe, but true religion takes us out of that limitation and guides us to the one truth inside us.
But, perhaps we've beaten this...
You confuse his wise modesty, Zen-like, Socrates-like, self-deprecating humility with reality. Don't forget that Republicans are, as a group, better educated than liberals. Not to mention a whole lot smarter - just check the posts here on ET! :)
Well, in my original example, the first person just wanted to find out where the next gas station was. He asked someone else who answered with the distance bit. The first guy followed the directions without feeling controlled or forced in any way.
The point is that true religion is not...
Look, I'm a simple man. In my example, in asking the question and answering it, they both had good intentions. But, maybe I don't understand what you are driving at...
Here are some silly jokes that "truly describe" Democrats and Liberals.
Q: What do you get when you offer a Liberal a penny for his thoughts?
A: Change.
Q: How do you confuse a Liberal?
A: You don't. They're born that way.
Q: Why is it good to have a Democrat passenger?
A: You...
Let's set the record straight here: they weren't allowed to book conference rooms because they couldn't work the reservation software and later claimed that the Republicans had made it particularly difficult... the thing was asking questions, etc. :)
IMAO: Conservative Concerns About Palin
"I notice I've been getting a lot of comments on IMAO by conservatives who have reservations about John McCain's running mate, Governor Sarah Palin. I thought I might post some here and respond to them.
I am a conservative who is voting for McCain...
What's more, in choosing such a pivotal person as Sarah Palin for a VP, an extremely strong woman, McCain showed once more his propensity to work with others, be a team player. Not to mention that more than half of Americans are women!
While Obama, in choosing Biden (mostly silent supporter...
Couldn't disagree with you more - either on the grounds of science and mathematical logic or according to my religion, Christianity. From a human perspective, something is either true or false, equal or not equal, good or evil (according to one's definition of good), etc etc. This duality is...
Maybe you are just joking here, but, just in case you don't, I couldn't disagree more. My parents taught me to tolerate and love everyone, as much as I can. That's how I brought up my children too. But, you've got to be humble and know your own faults. You don't like something in the world...
One of Them and One of Us
By Pat Buchanan
"One wonders: What did Sarah Palin ever do to inspire the rage and bile that exploded on her selection by John McCain? What is there either in this woman's record or resume to elicit such feline ferocity?
What did we know of her when she was...
Some valid points here, well framed in light political sarcasm (maybe not so very light...)
What I see is two great, but, regular Americans running for office (McCain and Palin) on one side, and a pack of evil media moguls trying to stuff THEIR pick (another regular American) down our...