Lipstick on a pig
I am not a big fan of what Chris Matthews has become in the last dozen years. He went down a crazy path during the Clinton administration, particularly during their second term that never went away. I got a great reminder of what brought Matthews to prominence, though, today. He gave a grilling to the GOP spinmeister today about this “lipstick on a pig” crap that would have done any fictional TV prosecutor proud. It was focused, it was relentless. It was completely on point. He’s used clips and quotes of other politicians (and used more Republicans than Democrats) using the same phrase. McCain’s former press secretary wrote a book by that title and McCain himself used the phrase to attack Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign proposal on healthcare. He’s played the commercial three times to refute claims that the ad isn’t trying to say that Obama called Palin a pig.
Let me say this about the ad itself. If you think that Barack Obama was in any way calling Palin a pig, or in any way being sexist in this remark then YOU ARE A MORON. You are too stupid to vote. You’re probably too stupid to tie your own shoes. If you don’t believe that he’s calling her a pig, but are willing to put forth this story as part of a campaign to win the whitehouse, then you are what is wrong with American politics. You are the reason that most people don’t vote. You suck.
