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Putting Lipstick On A Pig 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.
LIPSTICK ON A PIG.... I suppose it's possible for our political discourse to get even dumber, but it's hard to imagine how. Last October, asked about Sen. Hillary Clinton's health care plan, Sen ...
KRAUTHAMMER: Dissertations will be written on the "pig in lipstick" incident. But clearly Obama had no intention of maligning her or referring to her. However, something happened after he said it.
Surfers Against Sewage chief executive Giles Bristow and Feargal Sharkey who used to front The Undertones slam report by author Sir Jon Cunliffe which has warned people’s water costs will likely surge ...
But you know you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It’s still going to stink after eight years.
We talk to David Epstein, director of the new play "Lipstick on a Pig." "Lipstick on a Pig" is a daring and dangerous look at futility in the face of death. A family in crisis struggles with self ...
As the saying goes, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. It's fair to say that the Commission proceedings have been a public relations disaster for the U.S. not because the congenial ...
Nobody in the theater intentionally puts on a "steaming turd of a play," says Sylvia Glenn, one of two actress-characters in the showbiz-based comedy Legends. Well, actually, in the case of this ...
Vincennes Sun-Commercial You can, indeed, put lipstick on a pig, dress ol’ Porkie in the silkiest of raiment, but even so dolled up a sow is not the best prom date. The governor and his ...
The shift to “inclusive excellence” is a perfect example of trying to put lipstick on a pig. No matter how thickly you apply it, it remains a pig. Richard T. Bosshardt is a board-certified plastic ...
Last week I noted that Best Buy announced a new Black Tie service plan. This announcement raised (for me and for many of you, it seems) a difficult computer-buying question. As I said, I don’t ...
Abraham Lincoln once said: "Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed." Those are the opening words in a new book, "Lipstick on a Pig ...