(2008-09-10) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s growing popularity has spawned a booming cottage industry in Palin-esque items from hockey jerseys to her distinctive frameless eyeglasses. Now, an allegedly off-hand remark by Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama has sparked a run on another product, clearing the shelves of pig lipstick at farm stores across the nation
Yesterday, Sen. Obama mocked the McCain-Palin ticket’s “maverick” claim, at one point noting that “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig“. An explosion of laughter from his audience on the word ‘lipstick’ seemed to indicate that many people recalled the punchline of Gov. Palin’s convention joke about the difference between a hockey Mom and a pitbull, and thought he was ridiculing her.
The combination of Sen. Obama’s ability to mesmerize a crowd, and Gov. Palin’s endearing personality almost-instantaneously revived a once-moribund market in domestic animal beauty products.
So, while the debate over whether Sen. Obama meant the comment as a slap at Gov. Palin continues, at least one maker of cosmetics for horses, cows, sheep and pigs — Wisconsin-based Haybelline — is wallowing in record sales, not only of pig lipstick, but of porcine cosmetics in general.
“We’ve been flooded with calls from retailers,” said an unnamed Haybelline spokesman. “All of the lipstick in our Passionate Pigment line is just gone, and stores are dangerously low on stocks of other products like mascara, blush and our classic sparkling snoutliner.”
The Haybelline source said “the timing couldn’t be better” because the firm is about to launch a complete line of beauty products for use on wild animals, slain by hunters, which appear in trophy photos.
“I just got off the phone with our plant manager,” he said, “I told him to go round the clock on production of Magnificent Moose Mousse. I just have a gut feeling this is going to be big.”
24 responses so far ↓
1 gafisher // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:11 am
After his sudden adoption of other McCain-Palin positions and points, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Obama trying lipstick himself.
2 Libby Gone // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:27 am
I wonder what the MSM would say if someone commented about putting lipstick on a monkey.
3 Just Ranting // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:28 am
Proof again that you can put a jackass in a suit but you can’t make him think.
4 Libby Gone // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:28 am
or Minnie Mouse……?????
5 Shelly // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:33 am
Down in the polls? Call your running mate’s VP candidate a pig. Such new politics. Such nuance. Such brilliant thinking. How mess-i-uh like. I feel a swoon coming on.
6 conserve-a-tip // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:52 am
Shelly, is your leg tingling?
Scott, I just about spewed my tea through my nose – and it’s HOT tea! Don’t write such funny pieces in the morning.
I’m wondering. Since cosmetic companies for women use animal bi-products in their items, does Haybelline use human products in theirs? Do you think that left leaning animals need to be forming a group and picketing?
Let’s see: EATAPEA – Ethical Animals Treating All People Ethically Always
7 Maggie // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:56 am
Libby …re#2
He would “cry wee wee wee” all the way home.
8 gafisher // Sep 10, 2008 at 10:02 am
Given his recent admission I’m almost as surprised to hear Obama knows so much about pigs as to learn of his familiarity with women’s cosmetics. Is this really the kind of “experience” America needs?
9 Maggie // Sep 10, 2008 at 10:10 am
Scott,
I read the comments first and then read your post,and it was a good thing……
Had I not read CAT’s comment 1st and put down my coffee cup ,my fate would have been the same.
“Haybelline”….Wahahahahahaaha
Thanks CAT
10 ep29030 // Sep 10, 2008 at 10:11 am
Great satire. It’s a hoot to watch the madia cover this. Gretta reported last night that 2 Inquirer reporters wer in Alaska desperately looking for something to report about Palin. I assume they don’t want to report the facts. They could silence her by reporting the facts: (1) she really is married to her first husband–not her lesbian lover; (2) yes, they really are her children–all of them; (3) yes, she speaks to real Americans every day; (4) no, she doesn’t live inside the DC beltway; (5) she has traditional values. Why, that stuff alone should have her shouted down at every political rally, until she returns to Alaska in shame. Why look for dirt, when the truth will get her shouted down….in San Francisco….
11 Shelly // Sep 10, 2008 at 10:21 am
I like Drudge’s take: “Holy Sow!”
I also enjoy the pundits telling us little women that he wasn’t talking about Palin. Thank goodness we have these nice men who can tell us how to think, seeing as how we can’t do that on our own.
Scott, maybe you need a disclaimer about hot beverages like McDonalds.
12 upnorthlurkin // Sep 10, 2008 at 10:50 am
Me too, me too!! My critters were running in fear….mama’s laughing out loud…what’s going on?!! This really tickled my funny bone this morning. I love the Haybelline line…especially the sparkling snout liner! I use it all the time….heh. Shelly, yeah, don’t you just love when dhimmies talk to us like we’re too stoopit to understand what they meant?! We’re not supposed to understand when we’re being insulted.
13 Tinman // Sep 10, 2008 at 11:00 am
Evidently the 30 lawyers Obama sent to Alaska could find no smear so he had to revert to namecalling.
14 onlineanalyst // Sep 10, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Passionate Pigment? Good one, Scott.
Re your comment at #6, C-A-T, the Left would only approve of such makeup if it were made of abortion by-products.
15 Hawkeye // Sep 10, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Magnificent Moose Mousse… up ’til now, only Bullwinkle knew for sure.
16 NeaL // Sep 10, 2008 at 12:34 pm
On the subject of wildlife in Alaska, animal-rights activists are smearing Palin. I wrote something on this in my blog this morning.
I don’t mean to ride on Scott’s coat tails, but here is a link to my page. It’s the blog entry about “fast food” and the topic on Palin is in a tangent at the end.
http://www.myspace.com/nealbrooks
17 woodnwheel // Sep 10, 2008 at 1:47 pm
It’s a darn good thing I don’t drink coffee, but all the same, note to self: DO NOT read new ScrappleFace items at work! I had to fight to keep from bursting out laughing while reading this one. Paragraphs 4 & 5 were especially potent
18 baragirl // Sep 10, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Yah ,we all use dat pigstick here in the frozen tundra,we don’t even need botox, and we get fat lips.Some of it may be from drinking out of da bubbler,though,aina?yah Hey,you betcha.Still
prettyold
19 mindknumbed kid // Sep 10, 2008 at 5:40 pm
A spokesperson for Cover Squirrel says that they are experiencing similar sales growth.
20 camojack // Sep 10, 2008 at 5:59 pm
When I read “pig lipstick”, my first thought was of a lard-based cosmetic product.
21 R.A.M. // Sep 10, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Until now, “pig lipstick” was only being bought by Jane Hall, Mara Liasion, and Nancy Pelosi.
Does anyone know the stock market symbol. I want to buy some stock.
22 R.A.M. // Sep 10, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Does O’Bama use lipstick, or do his lips look that awful naturally?
PS: Where is “pretty boy” Edwards hiding? Wasn’t he supposed to do an interview?
Must have changed his mind.
Sorry for the “off topic”, the lipstick comment made me think of his couffered (sp) hairdo.
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24 kurtlee // Sep 11, 2008 at 5:44 pm
#19 – cover squirrel.
i got the warnings for the actual article, but that comment should also be flagged for “spew potential.”
*snorted a little Dr.P.
funny stuff all around.
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