Senator Barack Obama claims he wasn't calling Governor Sarah Palin a "pig" with his remarks the other day. Judging from the audience reaction, Sen. Obama was the only one in the room who didn't make the connection between his remarks and Governor Palin's joke about hockey moms being pit-bulls with lipstick. Her remark got so much attention, it is unimaginable that it just never occurred to Obama that people would immediately connect his comments with Palin's.

Then, of course, Obama went on David Letterman's show last night and made a joke calling Palin the "lipstick" being applied to "the pig" John McCain. So as usual, the Democrats want to have their cake and eat it too -- they expect to get away with slanderous remarks, to later deny the remarks were slanderous, and then make more slanderous jokes about the slanderous remarks. No doubt, anyone expressing further outrage over Obama's continued offensive jokes on Letterman's show will be met with more denials followed by more offensive wisecracks from the Democrats.

What surprises me is, nobody has mentioned that Obama's initial insulting remark about "lipstick on a pig" preceded yet another even more potentially crude and offensive bit of innuendo from Obama. Immediately after the "lipstick on a pig" slander, Obama made a remark about "old fish". Now, I'm not going to get into much detail explaining the obscene nature of the implied insult there, but I think everyone can pretty easily figure it out.

So, if Obama was indeed trying to make a not-so-subtle reference to Governor Palin with his "lipstick on a pig" remark, it seems to me that his very next comment about "old fish" has to be taken in the same light. And it is simply a disgusting way for a presidential candidate to conduct himself. Of course, disgusting behavior is nothing new for the Democrats, but this is really a new low even for them.

And even if we take Obama at his word -- a dangerous proposition, and not one I would ever recommend mind you -- then he was calling Palin nothing but "lipstick" and McCain the "pig", and further calling McCain "old" with the "old fish" insult. Right? I mean, whichever way Obama tries to spin it, either McCain was being called "old" and smelly, or Palin was being called a smelly fish. So which is it, Sen. Obama?

I'd also point out that, in Obama's version of events, him calling Palin "lipstick" still has rather overt sexist overtones. So she's just there to pretty things up, eh? Just comparing her to "makeup", right? Why not toss in a joke about shoe-shopping while you're at it, Senator? And really, we're supposed to think it's entirely appropriate for you to call Sen. McCain a "pig"? And "old"? And stinky? Really, you think that this spin on your slander makes it all acceptable?

Of course you do. Because how dare we even begin to question you, someone who lives so high above the rest of us unwashed masses down here on Earth, right? Palin's just some broad without substance and good for nothing but eye-candy, and McCain is just some old pig who smells bad, right Senator? I can't wait to hear you call Palin "sweetie" or whatever it is you go around calling women this week.

So yes, by all means, call Palin a "pig" or "lipstick" or a "fish", or call McCain a "pig" and "old" and smelly. Because one thing we'll never call YOU is "President".