I'm sure all of you are as tired of hearing about this as I am, so I will be brief.

Yesterday, Barrack Obama used a familiar expression to illustrate a point.  Barrack's point being that he feels the McCain campaign is using the same Republican platform of the current Bush administration, only packaged differently.  The expression in question is, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."  The McCain campaign was quick to turn this into a political add that aims to paint Senator Obama's statement as sexist.  I heard the comment in it's context.  It was immediately followed by another familiar expression, "You can wrap a fish in paper, but after 8 years it's still going to stink." 

I don't agree with Senator Obama on many issues, but I really can't attack him for these remarks.  It's clear to me that he was not comparing Governor Palin to a pig, but rather calling the Republican platform a pig.  I do believe that many people took it as an insult to Sarah Palin, and he would've been better off just using "fish wrap" to avoid the whole mess.

I have to say shame on the Republican campaign on this one.  A much smarter strategy would have been to come out and say that Obama's remarks clearly weren't meant to be sexist, let's get back to the real issues.  Unfortunately the opposite was done, and the McCain lead in the polls will soon be in danger because people will see this latest add for what it is, an ugly smear campaign.