Republicans are getting huffy about "lipstick on a pig".

Let me break that metaphor down for you: Palin is not the pig, she's the lipstick.

That's right, McCain and Palin were compared to a coat of lipstick. Republican policies were compared to a pig, which lipstick will fail to beautify or disguise. That is to say, he showed respect for her, and contempt for what she stands for...or rather, stands in fron of.

Sheesh...doesn't anyone in the Right Wing ever read Lakoff?