Lipstick on a Pig

An interview with Professor Noam Chomsky from the documentary "American Feud: A History of Conservatives and Liberals" helps explain the "lipstick on a pig" debate and put it in context.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• chomsky
• lipstick
• election
• democrat
• republican
• liberal
• conservative
• palin

[simonesimian]

Thanks for your comments. It means a lot to know that people are still getting something out of our "labor of love" efforts. What do you think can be done about this situation?

[simonesimian]

Thanks for leaving feedback. The DVD has plenty more Chomsky, including bonus interviews in the extras.

[simonesimian]

yes, it was a blessing to our little project that he agreed to participate

[tomheppy]

id do anything to meet the chomsky

[Rcbquark]

go to his office at MIT

[apotcake13]

Chomsky should run a think-tank and make policy advice for the gov

[biggingeryeti]

@NerdsMakeMedia Oh, that's a typo, it was supposed to be bits. It wasn't the elephant/donkey per se (although I didn't particularly like them), it was more the weird background effects and such. I just find them distracting, annoying and unnecessary.

[NerdsMakeMedia]

@biggingeryeti well, it's surely not for everyone, but most people who do watch it like the donkey and elephant. They only appear for a few seconds every five minutes or so. This is intended to be helpful for the education market; and a metaphor for the silliness of the two words. What is "btis"? Can you explain why you consider this "crappy?"

[biggingeryeti]

Ignore below comment, this video is full of stupid crappy btis, which is a shame. I would like to watch the documentary but I've been put off by all those stupid parts with people wearing elephant/donkey masks.

[biggingeryeti]

Skip to :30 to avoid the crap.

[NerdsMakeMedia]

@xjtbarnesx FYI: We do have a full 15 minutes of Chomsky on the DVD extras for American Feud...with no distractions. I'll post that on youtube someday...or you could purchase the DVD :)

[toseeornot2see]

This is a very interesting video; I think back to some of the political campaigns in the past few years, in New Zealand and it's all about imagery, you know.

"Don't vote for the other guys cos he can't be trusted".

"support such and such guy because he is 'close to the people' ".

And some of the arguments made by the leaders are just pathetic.

Sadly, even my university student association consists of a bunch of politically correct, pseudo-left leaning opportunists.

[toseeornot2see]

@Rcbquark Yeah, I think you are very right; he's always up for interviews and stuff.

[ShadeToSun]

Hard to maintain credibility with Kraftwerk.