If I were Obama, my rejoinder would be, "I meant no reference to Ms Palin or any other human individual; but if the shoe fits, she is free to wear it if she so desires."


Alternatives continue to spring to mind: you can put a sports bra on a Kodiak, but its still a monstrous carnivore with big teeth.

You can put perfume on a wild boar, but it will still stink.

You can put a wig on a Great White, but it won't stay.


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