John McCain, seemingly getting a boost from all of the attacks on Barack Obama, is now taking some heat for the obvious distortions (lies) put out in two of those ads. McCain’s claims on Obama’s “support” for sex education in kindergarten has been thouroughly debunked, and his attacks on Obama for the lipstick on the pig comment have been contrasted with his own use of that very same phrase to describe the Hillary Clinton health plan. Was McCain calling Clinton a pig? From the New York Times:
Mr. Obama has also been accused of distortions, but this week Mr. McCain has found himself under particularly heavy fire for a pair of headline-grabbing attacks. First the McCain campaign twisted Mr. Obama’s words to suggest that he had compared Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, to a pig after Mr. Obama said, in questioning Mr. McCain’s claim to be the change agent in the race, “You can put lipstick on a pig; it’s still a pig.” (Mr. McCain once used the same expression to describe Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s health plan.)
Then he falsely claimed that Mr. Obama supported “comprehensive sex education” for kindergartners (he supported teaching them to be alert for inappropriate advances from adults).
The Straight Talk Express apparently has gotten a little bent.
Bill Manzi.com 
Your Honor,
The rank and file Democrats love to gossip and prattle instead of running a campaign. Meanwhile Obama is falling behind.
I agree that Obama’s reference to pigs and lipstick was a typical reference (silk purse from sow’s ear). However, the crowd, who made a standing ovation, was hearing Sara is a pig.
Obama did support the sex education in Chicago. I saw and read the law. Vaguely I remember the law had a number 22 in its number. I will search for it.
Meanwhile McCain’s campaign keeps rattling the Obama campaign. Good job McCin.
By the way, reports from the NY Times are always suspect as it is a captive of the Democratic cause. A few falsehoods have been printed by that rag in support of their party.
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