The “lipstick” war between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain has been this week’s shootout that has consumed this week’s news cycle thus far. It has arrived to Louisville accordingly.

Calling it a “thinly veiled sexist attack” by his party, the Jefferson County Republican Party is coordinating a statewide effort to send 1,000 tubes of lipstick to Sen. Obama’s campaign headquarters.

“It seems to me that Barack Obama and his surrogates want to denigrate Sarah Palin at every pass,” said Jefferson Country Republican Chairman Brad Cummings.

Calling the story “phony” and “foolish”, Obama has responded today, calling the dustup a faux constroversy and that the McCain campaign will “seize on an innocent remark, take it out of context, throw up an outrageous ad because they know it is catnip for the news media.” (PB)