Posted by
Nerdus Maximus on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:33:41 PM
Professional football players are not selected primarily for their verbal abilities, but even they are expected to know when something they are thinking of saying will go on their opponents locker room bulletin board and serve as motivation. Understanding how your words will be taken, in or out of context, is much more important for the job of President of the United States. It is also much harder to do when you are dealing with people of different cultures as Presidents must do.
Obama's "lipstick" comment is strong evidence that he is not qualified to be President. There are two possible explanations for it. One is to take him at his word that he really didn't mean it as a slap at Sarah Palin, in which case his inability to anticipate the effects his words will have completely disqualifies him from such Presidential duties as negotiating with nuclear armed rogue regimes. The other possible understanding is that he did mean it that way and is now lying about it. This is also a Presidential knockout for most Americans.