No Silk for Making Purses, Either

by Don Boudreaux on September 11, 2008

My friend Ron Souers, via a personal e-mail to me, asks a momentous question: "Since it has become
apparent that this election boils down to one all-important issue (How
to apply makeup to a farm animal), I have one question: If you remove
the makeup from a politician, is he/she still a pig?"

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BoscoH September 11, 2008 at 1:36 pm: The whole quote was: "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 gonna stink."

His audience knew that he was calling McCain an old fish and Palin a pig. It is funny that in this case, when you lose a little context (the old fish), the offense sounds contrived.
John Smith September 11, 2008 at 3:02 pm: “The campaign is coming down to one important issue: putting makeup on farm animals.”

— Jay Leno, The Tonight Show
Methinks September 11, 2008 at 3:11 pm: I love rhetorical questions!
Ike September 11, 2008 at 4:09 pm: Thanks Don – now "pork-barrel politics" has a whole new cannibalistic connotation.
Martin Brock September 11, 2008 at 5:26 pm: Know-nothing politics.
Methinks September 11, 2008 at 5:53 pm: Not true, Martin! Politicians know all there is to know about taking bribes and talking without saying anything, for starters.
John Smith September 12, 2008 at 12:52 pm: Debating Lipstick and Pigs

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