Obama to Letterman: ‘Lipstick on a Pig’ Comment Was Not About Palin

Barack Obama was David Letterman ’s special guest on Wednesday’s “Late Show,” and during the appearance, Obama vigorously denied that his “lipstick on a pig” comment was directed at Sarah Palin , calling the notion silly and Palin herself "a skilled politician." "This is a sort of silly season in politics, not that there's a non-silly season, but it gets sillier," Obama said, continuing: "And it's a common expression in at least Illinois. I don't know about New York City. I don't know what you put lipstick on here." The Democratic presidential nominee said he used the expression as a metaphorical way of contending that Republican rival John McCain ’s proposed economic policies won’t change things in Washington, D.C. (link)