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At Coretta Scott King's funeral in early 2006, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, leaned over to him and whispered, "The torch is being passed to you." "A chill went up my spine," Obama told an aide. (Newsweek)

Oh, boy! Or girl! For a presidential race where three of the four major candidates are of the male persuasion, they're spending an awful lot of time talking about lipstick.

Another measure perhaps of how the addition of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the political mix in the Republican's No. 2 spot has shaken things up on both sides in just 12 days.

New polls out Monday revealed a 20-point swing in support of white women away from the Barack Obama-Joe Biden Democratic ticket over toward the John McCain-Palin package, attributed largely to the blast of fresh air and down-to-earthness brought by the surprise presence of the 44-year-old reform governor and mother of five.

Today, Obama walked into some Republican machine-gun fire when he appeared to echo Palin's lipstick line from her widely viewed and quoted convention speech last week

At Coretta Scott King's funeral in early 2006, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, leaned over to him and whispered, "The torch is being passed to you." "A chill went up my spine," Obama told an aide. (Newsweek)

I feel that once a black fella has referred to white foks as "honky paleface devil white-trash cracker redneck Caspers," he's abdicated the right to get upset about the "N" word. But that's just me. -- Jim Goad

Obama either is too stupid to be President if he didn't realize how this would be perceived or he is too vicious. Look at him put his hand to his head before he said it - he is deciding if he wants to go there, and he does.
The audience knows exactly what he meant.

And no comparison to the McCain/Hillary story. He was talking about her program.

I think he put a shiny new lure out behind his boat and the RNC ran right up and bit it.:D

At Coretta Scott King's funeral in early 2006, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, leaned over to him and whispered, "The torch is being passed to you." "A chill went up my spine," Obama told an aide. (Newsweek)

It's not an important issue. But it's an issue. Obama talks alot about rising above that kind of stuff. Come to think of it, those who post here that appear to support him, haven't talked about real issues yet. It's all about Palin's 17 year old daughter, etc.

"You know, with all this talk about change coming from Obama, I bet Biden is very uncomfortable. Here he is, an old school politician having to burn alot of bridges with his old cronies. I bet you behind closed doors, he's sweating like a slave."

How exactly would that go over?

I feel that once a black fella has referred to white foks as "honky paleface devil white-trash cracker redneck Caspers," he's abdicated the right to get upset about the "N" word. But that's just me. -- Jim Goad