Pigs On The Wing

Obama really grinds the gears of the Super Gaffe-O-Matic ’76 with this one:

“You know, you can put lipstick on a pig,” Obama said, “but it’s still a pig.”

But hey, he still hasn’t called her sweetie!

Meanwhile, Camile Paglia writes:

The witch-trial hysteria of the past two incendiary weeks unfortunately reveals a disturbing trend in the Democratic Party, which has worsened over the past decade. Democrats are quick to attack the religiosity of Republicans, but Democratic ideology itself seems to have become a secular substitute religion. Since when did Democrats become so judgmental and intolerant?

Gosh–I don’t know. Let’s ask Clarence Thomas and Robert Bork if they know how far this trend goes back…