NEW YORK, NY -- Lately the presidential campaign has felt like a bad joke, so it’s fitting that Sen. Barack Obama revisited the latest manufactured Republican
“„Letterman:Let me ask you a question here: Have you ever actually put lipstick on pig?
“„**Obama: **The answer would be no. But I think it might be fun to try …. This is sorta silly season in politics. Not that there’s a non-silly season, but it gets sillier. It’s a common expression in at least Illinois. I don’t know about in NYC. I don’t know what you put lipstick on here. (laughter) In Illinois, the expression connotes the idea that if you have a bad idea — in this case I was talking about McCain’s economic plans — calling them change, calling them something different doesn’t make them better. Hence lipstick on a pig is still a pig.
“„Keep in mind, that technically had I meant it this way, she would be the lipstick … The policies of John Mccain would be the pig.