premise: The other day , the BARGE list exploded with about sixty emails a day with the subject " Lipstick on a pig . " Not knowing the folk expression in question , and having ceased watching the news for election coverage for exactly this reason , I had NO idea that this was something out of Obama 's mouth that had been turned into a campaign issue . I thought it was an internet meme along the lines of two girls , one cup . ( Link removed for graphic content issues with LJ 's stupid preview thingy . What is two girls one cup ?
hypothesis: A pig .