lipstick on pigs

In a recent speech, Obama made the following statement "you can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig." McCain interpreted the statement as a personal attack on palin calling it a sexist remark and demanding an apology. To worsen matters, the media has blown the statement out of proportion as Obama continues to falter in the polls. But, i ask you what does it say about McCain, when he hears the phrase "lipstick on a pig" and immediately thinks of his running mate Sarah Palin. Also, what does it say about our nation's press, they blow tiny issues out of proportion especially in regard to politics and have done the same with this innocent statement. As obama stated in a follow-up speech "i love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and Swift-boat politics. enough is enough." He's exactly right, the best thing the Obama campaign could do right now would be to put McCain on the defensive by speaking about the below-freezing approval rating of our current president, the unpopular war in iraq, and the suffering economy. The race is tied and the media needs to focus more on what each candidate plans to do about our nation's problems and less about lipstick on pigs.