You Can Put Lipstick on a Pig…

Matt Mayer / June 11, 2010

It looks like the Obama Administration and congressional Democrats are taking the tough talk beyond just BP and Matt Lauer. The problem, of course, is that Americans have learned something in the last 18 months: President Barack Obama and his Administration like to talk the talk, they just don’t walk the walk very well.

Politico reports that the liberals have realized the problem with getting traction on their amnesty proposal isn’t that the proposal is flawed; rather, the problem is they are using the wrong words to describe it.

Out: “undocumented worker,” “an earned path to citizenship,” and “come out of the shadows.”
In: “illegal immigrant,” “secure the border,” “crack down on employers,” and “get in line.”

Will this semantic sleight of hand work? Not likely. The fundamental reality is that the Obama Administration’s amnesty proposal isn’t gaining traction because Americans know it is a bad idea, no matter how much make-up gets lathered on the amnesty pig. (more…)