The desperation of Republicans has again attempted to use "sexism" to describe Barack Obama. On Tuesday morning, Obama was speaking to a Michigan crowd regarding John McCain's policies, and said “You can put lipstick on a pig; it’s still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change; it’s still going to stink after eight years.”.

At no point had he mentioned Sarah Palin, and the age-old joke was immediately taken out of context, and McCain's camp demanded an apology. Ha! Barack Obama was correct in his comparison, and McCain seems to forget that he used the exact same joke in 2007 referring to Hillary Clinton's Health Care Plan. “I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig,”

The weak arguments repeated by the right-wing, and the McCain/Palin crowd is embarrassing to say the least. If any fresh in the Democratic Party suddenly appeared, without the proper vetting process they would have a field day with it. Obama's camp is correct to defend the remark "this is another example of John McCain does not want to discuss the real issues" .