i r confuzzled

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"John McCain says he's about change too, and so I guess his whole angle is, 'Watch out George Bush -- except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics -- we're really going to shake things up in Washington,'" Obama said.

"That's not change. That's just calling something the same thing something different. You know you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. You know you can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change, it's still going to stink after eight years. We've had enough of the same old thing."

Barack Obama - CNN

he is clearly discussing policy, not an individual. so where does the mccain compaign get off with this:

For the McCain campaign, the comments were a not-so-subtle reference to Palin's comments at the GOP convention. In an ad lib, she asked delegates if they knew the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom. "Lipstick," she said.

The McCain camp called Obama's comments "offensive and disgraceful" and said Obama owed Palin an apology. In its latest advertisement, the McCain campaign today called Obama's comments sexist and used the punch line: "Ready to lead? No. Ready to smear? Yes. l.a. times

not to mention mccain has used the phrase "lipstick on a pig" himself in discussing hillary clinton's healthcare plan as seen below.

hello? how about not going off on tangents of distraction which amount to neener neener and discuss the fucking issues?