She may be a self-described pit bull wearing lipstick, but her presence is more lipstick on a pig.
As long as we're talking lipstick, we can't but think of the old Madison Avenue catch-phrase for gamely hawking a bad product, "Let's put lipstick on this pig and sell it." The pig in this case is the McCain candidacy and the Republican brand. Sarah Palin, to be sure, is a feisty, confident and brave candidate, pleasing on the eyes, and not to be taken lightly. Paired with witty speech writers I'm going to give her her props.
But like lipstick, she's a thin glaze on an otherwise plain exterior. That that plain exterior is attached to an even uglier interior is every suitor's nightmare: when the lipstick and paint comes off and the cohabitating begins, disappointment, hardship and divorce lawyers are just around the corner. Yet Madison Avenue knows, there is always someone who's a sucker for pair of ruby lips.
The reality is that using pretty Palin and paint to hawk the Republican record and message will last only until the cold cream and cotton comes out. To a weary and wiser electorate, issues, mercifully, will finally trump image, and even Fire and Ice won't sell this pig.