From the Sept. 10, 2008 episode of All Things Considered: "The phrase 'lipstick on a pig' is commonly employed by politicians including Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, Vice President Dick Cheney and Rep. Charles Rangel. Joel Salatin, a farmer from Swoope, Va., talks about what actually happens when one attempts to put lipstick on a pig." Listen Now [3 min 29 sec]
Recent recommendations from our readers:
- Check out Ben Zimmer’s Visualtheasaurus.com post, entitled "Of Pigs and Silk and Lipstick," which follows up on the super-informative article he wrote for Slate.
- And bite into Dennis Baron's Web of Language article, "Pig-gate: any way you spin it, lipstick on a pig is politics as usual."
- Some pics from Buddy Stone's Flickr photostream and the "Repigs Diversion Games" picture set:
Keep sending your Lipstick on a Pig photos in to Brachish [at] gmail.com.
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