AMERICAblog reader SMT from Raleigh, NC writes about pig-gate, and includes an image they made:
It seems to me that the best way for Obama to respond to this latest manufactured outrage from the Mighty Wurlitzer is to do something that no Democrat has done before, but that Republicans do all. the. time.Okay, that's freaky, Josh Marshall posted pretty much exactly the same thing moments ago (sans photo).
Repeat what he said. Repeat it and repeat it and repeat it. "Like I said yesterday, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. You can wrap a fish in paper, but it's still gonna stink." Laugh while you repeat it. Over and over again, at every campaign event.
It demonstrates that he can't be badgered into submission, that there was no subtext to the statement to begin with, that he's not afraid of Mccain or Palin, that he's not afraid of the noise machine, and that he trusts the American public to discern the difference between an issue and utter bullshit.
Don't back down, don't waver or hesitate, don't alter your stump speech, and for god's sake don't explain or ever ever apologize.
And I couldn't help myself:
