Lipstick on a Pig

People are all atwitter about this Obama statement yesterday:



Seems that those famous warriors for women's rights, the Republicans, think Obama was talking about their own Sarah Palin:



You can see how upset they are:



Obama's reference to lipstick on a pig wasn't a reference to the Pit Bull of Alaska; it was really just an homage to John McCain:



Err, I mean, actually I think he was paying his undying respect to Darth Cheney:



Or maybe the McCain campaign is just seizing on an innocent remark as catnip for the media: