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Deeper Truths behind Pit bulls and Lipstick

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Perhaps on a more basic level it might be worth considering the pit bull and lipstick analogy.  Like any dog, a pit bull depends on its owner and trainer for guidance.  As most people know,  there have been countless news reports over recent years detailing pit bull owners who have bred and trained the dogs for cruel and vicious fighting matches.  Usually, the dogs in question were seen as mere objects used by cruel, self serving owners who engaged in inhumane treatment all for victory, regardless of the cost to the animal itself.


On the day after the speech, New York City  tabloid headlines were screaming pit bull with lipstick.  But,  there is a more important story about Governor Palin's politically clever line and her party.  Palin, like any other up and coming political figure has been trained, mentored and has let it be known that she subscribes to an Party ideology that has for the most part been responsible for one of saddest, most selfish economic, disastrous foreign policy reign of our century.  The results have led to one of the most destructive collective psychological downturns that this country has ever seen. 

Albeit hard to accurately measure, American's are not happy with the direction the nation is now heading.  Gloom is in the air as an occasional news report or conversation at the grocery store shows us heartache, perhaps they witness a foreclosure sign on a neighbor's home, maybe it comes in the form of a knock on the door from a military officer with bad news regarding a loved one who bravely followed orders from a commander in chief who's administration now appears to have engaged in the worst form of deceit.   

No matter how much lipstick one applies on those conditions, facts bubble forth.  And, once weaved together, those facts are very telling. And, it is imperative that voters do their homework and look beyond the makeup of both parties and understand what is at stake here.

Regardless of Sarah Palin's gender, her charisma or any questions or positives about her ability to lead, there are greater, more stark choices in this election.  In the end, despite the historic change our nation will witness with the election of either of these tickets, sexism, racism and all the prejudicial and reactionary baggage that comes with it will continue to poison our society. 

Putting "lipstick" on Party ideology that endorses policies that have led us to the miserable place so much of our nation finds itself in today, only threatens the realistic changes that government can indeed make in all American's lives.


    

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Cody Lyon is an Alabama native who is a freelance writer in New York City.
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