By Kathleen Gilbert
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin continues to make waves in the media, drawing the attention of Democrats and Republicans alike, following her eruption onto the presidential election scene. Now the GOP is warning voters via a TV ad that the Democrats are in attack mode against McCain’s popular VP pick.
The McCain campaign has sponsored a new TV advertisement calling into question the Democrats’ motives for attacking Palin, saying that “as Obama drops in the polls, he’ll try to destroy her.” The ad recalls a recent Wall Street Journal article that said the Democratic Party has “airdropped a mini-army of 30 lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers into” Alaska to dig into Palin’s public record, a claim that the Obama campaign has hotly denied.
On Wednesday, South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler, in one of the latest barbs thrown Palin’s way, aimed a caustic remark at the Alaskan governor, saying her “primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.” A staunchly pro-life mother of five, Palin recently gave birth to a son with Down Syndrome, in a country where as many as 90% of Down’s children are aborted. Fowler later retracted her statement and apologized “to anyone who finds my comment offensive,” adding that she meant only to point out that some voters make their decision based on a single issue.
Sen. Obama recently created a stir by attacking the McCain campaign in a statement which many considered aimed at Palin. As he criticized the Republicans for failing to represent radical change in politics, Obama said, “That’s not change, that’s just calling the same thing something different. But you know you can’t, you know you can put lipstick on a pig, it’s still a pig.”
Sarah Palin had made “lipstick” a buzzword after the impromptu joke she delivered in her acceptance speech last week: “I love those hockey moms,” she said. “You know they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick.” Many in the media construed Obama’s “lipstick” remark to be a jab at Palin, effectively comparing her to a pig.
McCain’s campaign called Obama’s comment “offensive and disgraceful” and asked for an apology, but Obama’s campaign denied that Obama was referring to Palin. Sen. Obama, in an interview with David Letterman on the “Late Show,” called the connection between his comment and Palin’s “silly” and “illogical,” emphasizing that the expression “lipstick on a pig” is common in Illinois.
Despite the negative media, Sarah Palin has soared higher in popularity than even the two presidential candidates. According to a Rasmussin Reports survey Palin is viewed favorably by 58% of voters, while McCain and Obama are each viewed favorably by 57%; Joe Biden, Palin’s Democratic counterpart, was viewed favorably by 48%. In addition, 59% of independent voters think favorably of Palin, which is a promising figure for the GOP, as many consider independent voters the decisive variable in a presidential election.
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