[ptsal]

Post 6..... Does Sarah Palin get credit for popularizing the phrase?

[DugwayDuke]

ptsal wrote: “Post 6..... Does Sarah Palin get credit for popularizing the phrase?”

Actually, the phrase predates Palin by a bunch. Rather interestingly Obama used it, supposedly, to refer to Palin.

Here’s an article.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2008/09/where-does-the-expression-lipstick-on-a-pig-come-from.html