Posts Tagged as ‘Lipstick on a Pig’

September 23, 2008

The Audacity of Entitlement

It was only a matter of time.
Rebecca Walker- self-anointed mother of the naval-gazing third-wave feminism that we so dislike here at Across the Pond – posted on Palin Power today over at the Huffington Post.
I posted on the similarities between Palin and Walker’s weak brand of feminism almost immediately after Palin hit the scene. [...]

September 15, 2008

McCain-Palin Peak

In this NYTimes video Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says that the McCain-Palin campaign has peaked.
Are we ready to move beyond lipstick, pigs, and pitbulls?  We’ll see.
The first presidential debate is about two weeks away – Friday, September 26th.
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September 10, 2008

Lipstick, Pigs, and Pitbulls

The McCain-Palin campaign is in a tizzy over Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” comment.
The comparison to an animal isn’t the problem. Palin says proudly that the only difference between her and a breed of dog with an aggressive reputation is that she, the hockey mom, wears lipstick.  (No matter that her hockey mom cred has [...]