1. "Lipstick on pigs" has been a commonly-used description of disingenuous statements for decades.

2. Both of the current candidates have used this statement on several occasions in their campaigns.

3. Anyone who took the time to listen to the way Obama used the statement--which was in the same way that John McCain has used it in the past, by the way--could easily conclude that it was not intended to apply to any person, certainly not Sarah Palin.

4. The country has spent an entire 24-hour news cycle discussing and debating this absolutely meaningless issue.

How about getting back to the issues of health care, fiscal policy, education, the economy...stuff that really IS important?