Tip of the hat: Barack Obama

I came across the cartoon at the right by Glen McCoy yesterday. It highlights how deep many believe Sarah Palin has gotten inside the head of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.

That said, Senator Obama has handled the situation with political grace. Even if his "lipstick on a pig" was meant to jab at Alaska's governor, he deserves a touche' instead of a rebuke. It's a common descriptor, and in light of Sarah's RNC speech, a great retort in the political realm.

It doesn't approach the toxic effluence that has flowed from the left. Therein Senator Obama has shown his grace or savvy, I don't know which. If he's hoping to make this an election about issues and not character assasination, he shows grace. If he sees those trying to destroy Palin as dashing themselves upon the rock of her character, he shows his savvy by distancing himself from them.

Regardless, good on him for speaking against those who have slandered Sarah Palin.