"Enough!"

Posted by LM Stansbury on Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:19:08 PM
I highly doubt I am the only person who has heard the “lipstick on a pig” phrase before Senator Obama so masterfully used it a couple of days back. I say this so as to acknowledge some complaints I have received from my friends on the Left who argue that Republicans are sensationalizing a very common phrase, recently employed by their candidate.

Although I know some of you might disagree, we cannot know whether Obama was referencing Governor Palin specifically, or whether he was simply forgetting himself and the innumerable cameras that are watching his every move. Regardless, his comment was wrought with a lack of common sense at the very least. My friends have demanded that the Right forego the sensationalism of the lipstick fiasco and let the matter die, a statement which suggests that they believe their candidate did nothing wrong and that the real fault lies with our party’s inability to rise above the fray.

They are not alone in their complaints about Pig-Gate. I have heard this argument from others on the Left, to include many of our media talking heads. So the question must be asked, if Obama did nothing wrong, then does that mean that the Democrats would not have him take the comment back if that option were available? My guess, and I am usually right, is that they would have him take back the comment if he could. Why? Because his judgment has come with consequences that his party can hardly afford to suffer this close to Election Day. Senator Obama must understand that when his opponent (even though Sarah Palin is really Joe Biden's opponent) makes an inarguably popular statement about lipstick and he follows it up by employing a very negative catch phrase with that same word, he should expect to hear about it… a lot.

Sure, the Democrats would like for the "sensationalism" to stop. Can you blame them? The shoe is on the wrong foot, that foot is in their candidate’s mouth and his mouth is talking America right out of a vote for him in November. This is politics my friends and no presidential candidate, to include Senator Obama, is entitled to immunity. After making a reckless statement, Senator Obama sternly responded to the American people with one word, “Enough!” Not only was the word itself insulting but the manner in which he delivered it, as a strict and pompous school master might snap at a probing student, Obama’s response wreaked of arrogance. George Washington, our nation’s first president, led our military to victory against Great Britain. He helped to free us from tyrannical rule and inspired us along our way to freedom and independence. And yet… even he did not consider himself fit for King of the United States. I suppose it is for this reason that I struggle to understand what it is Senator Obama believes he has accomplished which might justify his self-righteous response when faced with questions posed to him by the American People. He is, after all, interviewing for a job as our employee.

Stop the sensationalism? At precisely the same time he is demanding a higher standard of conduct on the campaign trail, Senator Obama’s running mate has begun to target Governor Palin's youngest child, Trig, in order to make his case for stem cell research. And the Democrats think Barack Obama is above the fray? My friends, he is swimming in it.