Comments on: Barack Obama, Charming Fellow

By: David Kinkade

David Kinkade — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:14:00 +0000

Stacy,
I prepared a submission, but the editor rejected it because my prose style was “too manly.” It was profoundly disappointing.
D.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:54:34 +0000

Dave, perhaps you should write about your rugged outdoors experience with the Jane Austen book club here:
http://www.jonesborosun.com/outdoor_writers.php

Enjoy reading The Arkansas Project. Be well. Stacy

By: David Kinkade

David Kinkade — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:08:30 +0000

Bill,
I don’t actually read Austen novels. I overheard some fellows talking about them at a football game I was attending. Or maybe it was a hunting trip. It was definitely something rugged and macho.
D.

By: Bill from Sheridan

Bill from Sheridan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:03:23 +0000

Kinkade, the fact that you have read Jane Austen novels concerns me.

By: David Kinkade

David Kinkade — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:20:34 +0000

Rob,
Your point about ‘context’ is very important, given the connotation that “lipstick” has in the post-Palin world.

Let’s think about it this way: If McCain was debating Hillary Clinton and criticizing her and said “That’s the pot calling the kettle black,” we’d think nothing of it. If he was debating Obama and said the same thing, I’m pretty sure all of our jaws would drop. In one context, it’s an innocent old expression; in another, it’s a gaffe. I can’t say for certain that Obama intended it as an insult, but it was certainly sloppy.

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:13:19 +0000

I agree completely with Rob

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:43:47 +0000

Just because something is an old “sexist” expression doesn’t excuse its meaning in context. Huck’s endorsement of this smear shows how deeply he resents Palin as the so-con’s new leader.