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rhetorical bait-switching

 

What's good for the goose...


Submitted by Cynthia on September 10, 2008 - 7:16am


...is apparently not good for the gander. This whole 'lipstick on a pig' brouhaha has me rankled. McCain first used the phrase in reference to Hillary. Now Obama uses it in reference to McCain, and the McCain camp spin it as an insult to Sarah Palin (who told this joke: the only difference between a hockey mom and a Pit Bull---lipstick). Come ON!