Did Palin Borrow 'Lipstick' Schtick? - From Hagee

[RamboLiberal]

Sarah Palin's now famous "lipstick" joke from her acceptance speech Wednesday night is generating lots of buzz in Democratic circles and the liberal blogosphere. Not because of how funny it was, but because of its similarity to another (in)famous one-liner delivered by controversial evangelical pastor John Hagee.

Palin, who, like Hagee, is an evangelical Christian, had Republicans inside St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center doubled over laughing when she said, "What's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick."

Hagee, in his book "What Every Man Wants in a Woman," wrote, "Do you know the difference between a woman with PMS and a snarling Doberman pinscher? The answer is lipstick."

And remember, Hagee also called the Catholic Church "the great whore" and suggested in a sermon that the Holocaust was God's will. His last faux pas, in which he called Hitler a "hunter," forced John McCain to reject Hagee's endorsement of the GOP presidential candidate.

A Democratic operative who asked to remain anonymous alerted us to the striking similarity between Hagee's joke and Palin's. And we see that Chris Rodda was first to write it on her Talk to Action blog.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/09/did_palin_borrow_her_lipstick.html