Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Lipstick on a pig

Let's get past this. Obviously, Senator John McCain and his campaign are trying to distract by seizing on any little thing throwing it at the wall and seeing if it sticks. You can tell that Karl Rove is involved with this campaign.

I suppose you could accuse the left wing blogosphere for doing the same to Gov. Sarah Palin. But, and this is a big BUT, that is left wing (and even somewhat moderate) bloggers, not a major candidates campaign. Have you seen Obama/Biden throw anything untrue out there themselves? No.

Here is the currently offending quote:

That's not change. That's just calling the same thing something different. You can put lipstick on a pig -- it's still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change; it's still going to stink after eight years.

What! How is that an insult to Sarah Palin?

That interpretation is the equivalent of saying to someone, "You're an a&%hole!" and then that person turning around and saying, "What did you say about my mother?!" And then the accusation being considered credible by those who heard the entire exchange!

Let's find an example of a person who has used this term. Such as NPR points out:

The expression is a common political cliche; Obama used it in a 2007 in reference to the Iraq war, and during the primaries John McCain himself called Hillary Clinton's health care proposal lipstick on the pig of her failed plan from the 90s. _{(italics mine)}

Oh, you want another example....hmmm...

How about Vice President Dark Lord, uh, I mean, Dick Cheney on Nov. 1, 2004:

THE VICE PRESIDENT: The President and I know better than that. We know that it is not our job to conduct international opinion polls. Our job is to defend America. (Applause.)

Now, in the closing days of this campaign, John Kerry is running around talking tough. He's trying every which way to cover up his record of weakness on national defense. But he can't do it. It won't work. As we like to say in Wyoming, you can put all the lipstick you want on that pig, but at the end of the day it's still a pig. (Applause.) That's my favorite line. (Laughter.) You want to hear it again?

AUDIENCE: Yes!

THE VICE PRESIDENT: As we like to say in Wyoming -- (laughter) -- you can put all the lipstick you want on a pig, but at the end of the day it's still a pig.

So good, he said it TWICE! Was he referring to Teresa Heinz Kerry?! Who the heck did he think he was?! Oh, that's right he is the Dark Lord of the United States.;-)

C'mon people, let it go. I know you are smarter than this. I know you are smarter than a lot of this. Please prove me right.

Comments welcome,

Pat McGovern