lip stick on a pig?

[Paul]

TheRealMafoo said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:
"Keep in mind that technically, had I meant it this way, she would be the lipstick," Obama added, referring to GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. "The policies of John McCain would be the pig."

 

Umm... I thought that's how he really did mean it. If that's not what he meant when he said it, what did he mean?

 

 If you can't figure out what this means:

“John McCain says he’s about change, too — except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics. That’s just calling the same thing something different. You can put lipstick on a pig; it’s still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change; it’s still going to stink after eight years."

You should work on your reading comprehension.