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Condoleeza Rice's BFF (and, er, her entire staff) really let her down last night by letting her deliver her Republican National Convention speech with lipstick all over her teeth. The internet weighed in, of course, with comments like this one: "Yo Condi. CONDI. What in THEE HAIL are you talkin bout, girl? You know you got lipstick on yo teeth, right? Aight. Cool. #RNC2012 #GOP2012." For more where that came from, head to Gawker. [Gawker]