Never have cosmetics and politics been as fused as they are in this election. First, we were subjected to endless references to Sarah Palin as a pitbull with lipstick. See, it’s because she’s tough but also feminine. Clever, huh? Many people must have thought so since it made headlines everywhere.
 

But now a different animal in a lip shade is making the news. At a campaign stop in Virginia, Obama said of McCain’s attempt at portraying himself as a change agent, “You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.”
 

And along came the outrage!
 

The McCain campaign has demanded an apology for the sexist, disgraceful insult of his VP. Wait, what?
 

As a CBS article puts it, “It’s honestly like being stuck in a ‘Twilight Zone’ episode in which reality has no meaning at all.”
 

Just last year, McCain himself said of Hillary Clinton’s health care plan, “I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” McCain’s own former press secretary, Torie Clarke, even wrote a book called “Lipstick on a Pig: Winning in the No-Spin Era.”
 

It’s like the pot calling the kettle black.
 

Cue the accusations of racism.