Lipstick on the pig?

At the Republican Nation Convention Sarah Palin said in here acceptance speech that the difference between a pit bull and hockey mom was "lipstick."

Yesterday, Barrack Obama said "if you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig."

Although, the lipstick on a pig - let us call it a joke - has been around for years, it is more than mere coincidence that Obama used the "lipstick" so soon after Palin did.

You can argue until you are blue in the face that Obama was not talking about Palin as the pig, but, many, if not most of us, will see the denial as a lie.

At best it was a stupid analogy to use so soon after Palin made her lipstick analogy. This goes to judgment and personal insult.
It was bad judgment to use the lipstick on a pig analogy since it should have been clear that, even if wrong, many would think Obama was calling Palin the pig.

In spite of the fact Obama said he was taking the high road (no personal attachs), the lipstick on the pig comment could certainly be taken as a personal insult and a low one at that.

So much for the high road. Obama just made us see his lipstick.