[mmichaels1970]

This is a big thread, so I'm not sure if I missed this. But to me:

Democratic Congressman Russ Carnahan on Tuesday – introducing Joe Biden at a campaign event – ripped into Palin’s record and punctuated it with this snarky jab. “There’s no way you can dress up that record, even with a lot of lipstick,” he said. Later in the day, Obama used a variation of the lipstick line, though he was clearly talking about the McCain-Palin reform rhetoric. "You can put lipstick on a pig," he said. "It's still a pig."

puts the entire thing in context. Lipstick is their theme for attacking Governor Palin.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

And how does the stinky fish get explained away? It doesn’t any more than the lipstick on a pig. A pig! And yes I know it is a common phrase...BUT...nobody else would ever be given a pass on an insult like this.

[snarkytart]

This is a big thread, so I’m not sure if I missed this. But to me:

Democratic Congressman Russ Carnahan on Tuesday – introducing Joe Biden at a campaign event – ripped into Palin’s record and punctuated it with this snarky jab. “There’s no way you can dress up that record, even with a lot of lipstick,” he said. Later in the day, Obama used a variation of the lipstick line, though he was clearly talking about the McCain-Palin reform rhetoric. “You can put lipstick on a pig,” he said. “It’s still a pig.”

puts the entire thing in context. Lipstick is their theme for attacking Governor Palin.

[stockstrader]

Lipstick is their theme for attacking Governor Palin.

It was a very "NUANCED"ugly personal attack.

Just like the 'fish'--very NUANCED.