Comments on: A Prize for Putting Lipstick on a Pig

By: Jesusita Finkelson

Jesusita Finkelson — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:38:52 +0000

Nice read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing some research on that. And he just bought me lunch as I found it for him smile Therefore let me rephrase that: Thank you for lunch! “Love is made in heaven and consummated on earth.” by John Lyly.

By: Apples of Discord - Walter Russell Mead's Blog - The American Interest

Apples of Discord - Walter Russell Mead's Blog - The American Interest — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:31:41 +0000

[...] the difference between the Bush and the Obama policies is more about presentation than substance: lipstick on a pig. Since the international perception that the United States is now a friendlier, nicer country [...]

By: Walter Russell Mead

Walter Russell Mead — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:06:45 +0000

As I wrote, all the President has to do now is make the policy work!

By: Obamaistan

Obamaistan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:10:31 +0000

So, giving speeches that are better than Bush’s is going to change the realities of fighting a ground war against 100 crazies in caves?

By: the new contrarian - Obama’s Nobel Speech

the new contrarian - Obama’s Nobel Speech — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:44:45 +0000

[...] his blog at The American Interest online Walter Russell Mead has said that Obama’s salesmanship has gone beyond “putting lipstick on a pig”—that is, [...]

By: Adam Garfinkle

Adam Garfinkle — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:44:34 +0000

The speech he just gave in accepted the Prize is brilliant. A word-work of genius. It exudes Reinhold Niebuhr, and that makes me happy. It will not make those 6 fuzzy Norwegians happy, which also makes me happy.