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Dressing up, the original term, comes from a woman putting on a dress for her husband. It was initially a misogynistic bullshit remark. It was later revised into a popular phrase, "You can't dress up *act or person in question*. If you put lipstick on a *noun* it doesn't make it any less *synonym for bad*.
It's a lousy phrase to begin with. It always has been. With that said, it's EXTREMELY popular. I probably hear it once a month from assorted people. Whether Obama or McCain said it, I'd take it the same way. "No matter how you spin (alter, enhance, exaggerate, manipulate) something, it's still something."
Now, with that said, I DO think Palin is a pig. As is McCain (see remarks about his wife). I don't care if they wear lipstick or not.
If it was a move by the Obama camp to exaggerate the event, I'd laugh almost as heartily. The only reason why I laugh MORE at the Republicans for exaggerating this is because I generally see them as ahem, less informed(?). Exaggerating something as asinine as an obvious popular phrase in a coincidental situation is stupid no matter how much lipstick you put on it.
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