Of Obama and Lipstick

There's a faux "controversy" about Obama using the phrase "you can put lipstick on a pig; it's still a pig".

I think its pretty obvious where I stand on the election, and how I feel about BO. But this is just silly. Had Palin not made the hockey mom/pit bull joke, I don't think this would even flicker on the meter.

Here's what Obama said:

Let's just list this for a second. John McCain says he's about change, too. Except -- and so I guess his whole angle is, "Watch out, George Bush, except for economic policy, health-care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy, and Karl Rove-style politics. We're really gonna shake things up in Washington." That's not change. That's just calling some -- the same thing, something different. But you know, you can -- you know, you can put lipstick on a pig; it's still a pig.

Here's the video... you decide:


It's ordinary campaign stuff, with a side order of the usual Obama sputter/stutter.

Lighten up people.