ANOTHER MIND READER

Just like Jake Tapper and Ben Smith, we have another journalist who can read the collective mind of a crowd:

OBAMA: PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG, IT'S STILL A PIG

By GEOFF EARLE, NY Post Correspondent
Last updated: 10:15 pm
September 9, 2008
Posted: 7:23 pm
September 9, 2008

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama stuck his foot in his mouth today when he said "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig" - which the angry McCain campaign immediately charged was an out-of-bounds attack on running mate Sarah Palin.

Obama delivered the line while campaigning in Lebanon, Va., tearing into his rivals for not representing real change.

"You know, you can put lipstick on a pig," Obama said, "but it's still a pig."

He added, "You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called 'change.' It's still gonna stink after eight years."

Many in the Obama crowd leaped to their feet in delight - apparently taking the "pig" comment as a direct slam at Palin.