Lipstick on a Pig

Deva was sipping his divine tea. Devi had just finished watching ANN, the American News Network.

Devi: Republicans are gaining ground in US Presedential elections.
Deva: Hmm............
Devi: The media says it is because of Sarah Palin.
Deva: Hmm .........
Devi: Democrats are saying she is like lipstick on a pig.
Deva: Hmm .............
Devi: What do they mean, who is the pig and who is the lipstick?
Deva: They refer to people of the World and American Elections.
Devi: I dont understand this!
Deva: Americans through their presidential elections proclaim to the world outside that theirs is a great democracy.
Devi: Is it not?
Deva: It is not because the candidates lie through their teeth and fool the American Voters.
Devi: So?
Deva: The World who believes that these elections are honest is the Pig and the elections are the Lipstick.