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Ben Smith's Blog: Obama knocks press on 'made-up controversy' - Politico.com. It was a stupid comment given that Palin and the McCain campain have effectively commandeered all use of the word 'lipstick' for the rest of the election season... but two days of controversy over it is too much.

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Marc wrote:

Come on, it's ridiculous to even propose that someone can "commandeer" the word lipstick.

∴ Marc | 10-Sep-2008 4:27pm est | #10813

Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:

Case in point, Obama said "lipstick", everyone immediately thought of Palin.

∴ Keith | 10-Sep-2008 4:30pm est | http://keithdevens.com/ | #10814

Marc wrote:

No one would have cared/noticed had the McCain campaign not called attention to it.

∴ Marc | 10-Sep-2008 4:36pm est | #10815

Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:

Nah uh, the McCain campaign only responded to it after it'd made the rounds. They just chose to escalate it. FWIW I read an account from someone who was there and she said most people there took it as a reference to Palin at the time. I.e. it didn't take the McCain camp to label it.

∴ Keith | 10-Sep-2008 4:40pm est | http://keithdevens.com/ | #10816

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