Obama: McCain-Palin message is like ‘lipstick on a pig’

Barack Obama hurled an acidic attack at his Republican White House rivals’ reformist credentials, likening their promise of change to putting “lipstick on a pig.”

“We’ve been talking about change when we were up in the polls and when we were down in the polls,” Obama said as surveys suggested John McCain and Sarah Palin have overhauled his lead for the November 4 election.

“The other side, suddenly, they’re saying ‘we’re for change too.’ Now think about it, these are the same folks that have been in charge for the last eight years,” the Illinois senator told a crowd of 2,400 people in Lebanon, Virginia.

“You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig. You can wrap up an old fish in a piece of paper and call it change. It’s still going to stink after eight years. We’ve had enough,” he exclaimed to a standing ovation.

Lipstick On A Pig – Obama – McCain – Palin