The joke is a play on Palin’s ‘08 acceptance speech, when she described herself as a hockey mom and then asked and answered what the difference was between a hockey mom and a pit bull—lipstick.
It was clearly a shot at Palin, but the original post misses the point by saying it was nonsensical—it was a turnaround of a well-known Palin quip.
There was no shot at Palin. The setup was intended to make you expect a shot at Palin but then the target of the joke turned out to be Obama and the dog. He was poking fun at himself, not Palin. Now some things aren't funny and so it was a poor choice but there are plenty of things Obama does to get me irate, implying a joke about Palin was coming but then making it about himself isn't one of them.
On the other hand, maybe the point (as some contend) really was a slam that Sarah Palin isn't delicious, whatever that means. I don't think so. But whatever, I'm probably wrong (I am about most things, just ask my wife)
It was clearly a shot at Palin, but the original post misses the point by saying it was nonsensical—it was a turnaround of a well-known Palin quip.
Actually the funny part is how much The Won continues to fear Sarah Palin almost four years later. He's such a wuss!
Hence the problem with the joke: not having a problem with the punchline, he thought it a clever & funny spin on another joke ... but the audience found the punchline so offensive they never noticed the reference.