Lipstick On A Pig
I have heard politicians say this saying for the last 20 years.
Let me repeat that, 20 YEARS, referring to certain policies were like putting lipstick on a pig. First of all, it didn’t look good, and second of all, it annoys the pig.
You guys thought this race was goofy pre-Palin.
It’s gotten much, much worse. I have never seen such asinine reporting from the Mainstream Media in a long time. Hurricanes, the economy, Iraq, Iran?
No, we are still in day three talking about lipstick on a frakking pig.
And, you know, it’s working. The very sweet and kind women who I adore who work for me who just happen to be Republicans were wearing Palin Rosie The Riveter political buttons yesterday. Dear Tennessee Democratic Party, the republican party in Nashville HASN’T forgotten about the rural vote, but you have and I have a whole new post for you later today ’cause you done gone and made me mad but that rant is for later.
I guess lipstick smeared on the face of political discussion is the way it’s going to be this year. (For the record, I don’t wear political buttons at work but they can if they want to.)
I realize I may be a day late and a dollar short on this due to the lack of blogging here to an upgrade, but it’s the same old media and, honestly, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Brilliant, I say, with a heavy dose of snark.
In another note, I was still having problems posting yesterday but it seems to have cleared out. It’s like hitting the side of the television when things are out of whack or pushing the vending machine when your PayDay won’t fall.
It wasn’t working. Now it is.
Glad to be back as I’m a blogging addict and my name is Newscoma.
Good for you for not wearing the buttons to work. My mom worked for Gannett for 30 years and in that time she would never, ever let me put a campaign sticker on her car. It seems like a no-brainer to me that when you work in journalism, you have to leave your politics at home. But that’s a whole other discussion that’s been had over and over…
I don’t. I don’t do bumper stickers either. My whole thing is that I can rant here, but when I’m at my job, I need to be objective. The staff wearing them are clerical and I don’t mind them doing it as they have the right to free speech.
But I don’t because I just don’t think it’s professional being in my position. I have them, they are just in a box here at the house.
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I don’t see anything offensive with Obama’s mentioning of lipstick for the pig. Obama should not apologize, it is the republicans who should apologize to the American people for turning this country down to the ground. In fact many of them should be fired and we the people should be able to fire them now without waiting for election. They don’t work or serve us but big businesses only. They are all idiots and crooks.
I would think that someone at the paper should explain to those workers that they shouldn’t be wearing any political buttons, or putting up any signs, while at work at a newspaper. It’s just inappropriate.
But I’m so glad your blog is fixed.
Agreed. It’s yet another silly chapter in what passes for public discourse. I support and admire your choice to keep your politics and your profession as separate as you can.
I try to keep it separate for myself. I let them do it as they are clerical but I don’t. The reporters aren’t allowed to at work either. It was for one day so I let them do it.
Heck, I have a Bush End of an Error shirt that I only wear at the house or to Drinking Liberally meet ups when I’m in Memphis/Nashville but not in Hoots.
Lipstick, Who Cares ?
Don, thank you!
y’know, in all my million years on the planet, i was fortunate enough to have never heard that saying…till now
coulda gone another million
really