BEN SMITH ALSO DOESN'T GET IT

In Politico, he takes the same view as Jake Tapper even though Smith wasn't present:

The crowd apparently took the "lipstick" line as a reference to Palin, who described the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull in a single word:
"lipstick."

Smith gets some credit for not buying the McCain agit-prop:

UPDATE: The McCain campaign is now saying Obama called Palin a pig, which he didn't.