Lipstick on a pig

They can call themselves reformers as much as they want. That doesn't make it so. Especially when all the evidence out there proves the opposite. She obviously wasn't against earmarks enough to send any of the money back that came directly from earmarks. She sang the praises of Alaska's Congressional delegation and their abililty to direct money to her city and state. She supported Rep. Don Young and Sen. Ted Stevens vigorously until it became a problem to do so.

“John McCain says he’s about change, too — except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics. That’s just calling the same thing something different.”
With a laugh, he added: “You can put lipstick on a pig; it’s still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change; it’s still going to stink after eight years.”