The Lipstick And The Pig

From the New York Times:

“John McCain says he’s about change, too — except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics,” Mr. Obama told his supporters here. “That’s just calling the same thing something different.”

With a laugh, he added: “You can put lipstick on a pig; 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.”

How, exactly, is that a smear on Gov. Sarah Palin? When you chase windmills looking for offense, you only hurt your cause. Hillary Clinton—and her supporters—embarrassed true feminists everywhere with their constant claims of sexism where there was none. There were true instances, to be sure, but they were few and far between and most wound up being lost amid the storm of phony accusations. At the time I believed we were witnessing the low point of this election cycle.

I was wrong.

The McCain campaign has managed to lower that bar even further. The pig is John McCain’s policy, not his running mate. The fool is anyone who believes otherwise.