Can we all just get a little thicker skin? "Put lipstick on a pig" is a common phrase in the American lexicon and highlights the fact that a campaign that is void of fact and puts a hot chick on the ticket is still a campaign void of facts. Lipstick + Pig. Besides, I have seen some real pigs in my day, and Mrs. Palin is not one of them. Now a cookoo bird, that is a different story.