Lipstick on a pig
September 10, 2008 at 12:16 pm by Joe Bardi“Did he really call her a pig!??!” That’s the question flying around the Internet today. Only in a society this sexist could a male presidential candidate refer to a female office-seeker with the phrase “I think they put some lipstick on a pig.” Shame on you … John McCain.
My favorite part of the “Palin — The Other White Meat” controversy is that the Republicans anger is entirely misdirected. With the “pig” comment, Obama is referencing the McCain campaign’s switch from “experience” to “change” as their talking point of the week. If you take the time to listen to the 47 second clip, you can see that. However, if you choose to willfully misunderstand Obama and want to stretch his words into a personal comment about his opponents, I think it’s fair to say that Palin is the “lipstick,” and it’s actually ol’ Johnny Mac who is the porker.
But it has been fun today watching the McCain campaign gin up phony outrage. Then again, what did you expect from a pig but a grunt?
