Obama outraged at "Lipstick Bungle" controversy

After making the comment, "if you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig," Obama says the McCain campaign is using lies to and Swift-boat politics to claim it was a sexist slur toward Republican Sarah Palin.

By: ASSOCIATED PRESS | WSLS 10
Published: September 10, 2008

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NORFOLK - (AP) Barack Obama says John McCain's campaign is offering lies, phony outrage and Swift-boat politics by claiming he made a sexist comment about Sarah Palin at a rally yesterday.

At issue is Obama's comment that "you can put lipstick on a pig" but that it's "still a pig."

He used that old saying while arguing that McCain's economic policies are just like President Bush's policies.

The McCain camp accused Obama of "smearing" Palin.

Obama's campaign points out that McCain has used the phrase himself.