[Lyford]

If she did not say lipstick, BO would have never used the term.

Really? Then why was he quoted using it a year ago? Did he know that Palin would be the Republican VP candidate and use the lipstick joke, and was preemptively preparing a defense? Or was he just using a damned old cliche?

He may very well have been thinking about her when he said it. But it is by no means certain. It's an expression that he uses. And the audience may very well have been thinking about her when he said it. Words mean things, and the words that he used, and the context in which he used them were not inappropriate. The Republicans need to not whine about it.

[Cedric]

You’re whining about the Republicans whining.

[muawiyah]

You and I both know that he uses the term "fish" for women as a quite normal thing to say, and we both know what sub-group in our society does so.

You'll hear more of this stuff as he knuckles under to the pressure of the campaign. Maybe he'll put on a bit from Kiss of the Spider Woman.

[Orange1998]

Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday in a telephone interview. "George Bush has given a mission to General Petraeus, and he has done his best to try to figure out how to put lipstick on a pig."

It the context not the statement. I have heard the comment before from others but never has anyone applauded. The audience perceived it as a come back comment to Palin statement.

[Orange1998]

OK lets start with the definition of the slang.

1. lipstick on a pig

slang for when someone tries to dress something up, but is still that something. usually used on ugly broads, when they put on a skirt and some lipstick and well, they still look like the same digusting pig. "You put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig"

Obama has some xplaining to do. LOL