Posted by
Mike Bates on Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:55:57 AM
On
CNN's American Morning
today, White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reported on Barack
Obama's campaigning in Virginia. Afterwards, anchor Kiran Chetry had a
question:
CHETRY: All right. And Suzanne, what's on tap for the campaign today? And please tell me it's not lipstick again.
MALVEAUX: Let's hope not. He's going to be in Norfolk, Virginia.
That is in southeast Virginia, and it's home to the world's largest
Naval base. It's one of the most competitive areas that the Democrats
and Republicans are fighting over. It's a critical piece of property,
piece of land there with folks in Virginia, and they want those voters.
Regardless of your views of Obama's intent in his lipstick on a pig
incident, there's no doubt that the episode has been illuminating. The
fumbling, bumbling manner in which the Democratic presidential
candidate has mishandled this mini-crisis, knocking him off message and
wasting valuable time even on Letterman's program trying to explain
himself, must give even his most ardent supporters pause. How
articulate is he without his teleprompter?
Kiran Chetry may be frustrated and want the lipstick affair to go
away. Then she and her sidekicks can focus on really important
stories. You know, like the one CNN's Jessica Yellin reported on
during the same program this morning:
I'll tell you -- here's something you might not know
about Sarah Palin. When she was pregnant with her fourth child, she had
her baby shower at a shooting range.
Well, at least it's not about lipstick.