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Actually the question that we should be asking is what the people in the audience that Obama was speaking to believed.  Do you really believe that they did not make the connection between the reference to lipstick and Sarah Palin's comment about lipstick on a pitbull?  I agree that it was a slip-up by Obama and that he did not consciously call Palin a pig.  But the sad fact is that the audience believed that was what he was doing.  You can see it in their body language and you can definitely hear it in their laughter.  That is what the McCain campaign is so vociferously decrying and if the shoe were on the other foot the Obama campaign would scream out in protest as well.  So let's put this issue at rest, but we should all acknowledge that it was not just Republicans that saw it - the D's in attendance got great pleasure from it and that is the sad fact in this controversy.

After all the completely false, misleading and downright total bulls*** slur campaign ads McCain is running throughout the country about Barack, I'm sorry, but there is nothing "sad" about how anyone took his comment. It's time to fight fire with fire.

Well, I listened to the comments that preceded the remark, and even though I was not physically there, anyone with any sense would know that he was NOT talking about Governor Palin but referring to the "change" concept.

Give it up, people. Try to keep an open mind until the election. To read the comments on this is like listening to Fox News vs NBC!

How can you honestly come to the conclusion that an entire audience believed Obama was talking about Palin?!!! You can hear it in their laughter?? Please!!! Is this what this election has come to? Lipstick? Judging what an audience is thinking by their laughter?!! Taking a old phrase and pulling it wayyyyyyyy out of context. I heard people laughing in the audience each time McCain used the term as well. I am not about to take my time to wonder beyond that what the audience was laughing at.

How about what is going to happen to our economy, healthcare, education issues, gas prices, 2 wars being fought, and the list goes on and on? What about those things. People please let's stop being fooled by these outrageous ploys to be distracted from the real issues. Let's get back on point and leave the foolishness to those who want to "PLAY" politics.

The McCain campaign is following all the tried and ture Republican tactics created by Karl Rove.  Look beyond the lipstick controversy to the other bilge the McCain campaign put out yesterday.  The ad about "air lifting an army of lawyers into Alaska to dig up dirt on Palin" and the "Obama supports sex education for kindergarteners ,even before they learn to read".  Both are out and out lies.  But since these lies are out there and used in the McCain and Palin tired old stump speeches, people believe them  For goodness sakes, people still believe Obama is a Muslim!  Obama tries to speak on issues and the McCain campaign keeps turning it back to personalities.  His campaign manager is on record saying that's their strategy.  The American people deserve better than this, we deserve to hear what candidates have to offer.  McCain needs to speak about his plan rather than smear Obama.  And both McCain and Palin need to stop telling all those lies in their speeches.  They get great applause, but again its been proven that Palin didn't say "Thanks but no thanks to that bridge to nowhere...".  SHe's accepted more pork per capita than any other state in the union!  There is one thing I do agree with that in McCain's speech.  We need to drain the swamp in Washington.  BUt with McCain expanding the swamp I think he's the one who has to go.  Send the Maverick of the Senate out to pasture where he belongs.  As for anyone who thinks the lipstick comment was a reference to Palin or the old fish comment a refernce to McCain, I suggest you are the ones who need to fire off an apology to the afrementioned individuals. You are the ones who apparently think of them this way, not Obama.

Hi!

The 0bama lipstick remark was directed directly at Gov. Palin. He knew full well what he intended. He revealed a major character flaw in doing it. Do the Math: 0bama+0media= 0. 0bama is a media puppet.

forrest.

I'm not certain if he said "lipstick on a pig" or "lipstick on a prick"