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Barack Obama: “You know, you can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2008
You know, you can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama uses a metaphor to argue that McCain is not a true candidate of change.

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