in the Fight for the Highest Office, Low Blows Thrive
This 2016 presidential election season brought us a lot of firsts: first woman ever nominated as a candidate for the highest office, first time a former president is running as a first lady, and first time reality TV celebrity got a nomination. There was also another, often overlooked, first! For the first time ever Miss Piggy was brought up during presidential debates. Unfortunately, she was not mentioned in the context of promoting veganism or the pork lives matter movement, but rather in the very unsavory situation involving former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado. Consequently, it was the first time a Miss Universe was brought up in the presidential debate as well. Hillary Clinton referenced incident from nearly 20 years ago when Donald Trump called Alicia Machado Miss Piggy. According to Hillary Clinton, comparing a woman to Miss Piggy is an act of male chauvinism and tactlessness. Fans of the Muppet Show and of Miss Piggy would disagree. Additionally, Ms Clinton praised Ms Machado for becoming US citizen and voting in 2016. Ms Machado herself describes herself as a role model for latinas. In case you are not familiar with Miss Machado's resume, it includes: 1) participating in Miss Universe pageant which objectifies women; 2) personal ties to Mexican and Venezuelan drug cartels; Ms Machado dated cartel bosses and even has a child with one Mexican drug lord 3) professional ties to drug cartels: her achievements in that field include threatening to kill a judge, driving a getaway car during a hit 4) cheated on her fiance on a reality TV show which produced infamous "sex-tape" 5) and was recently the leading female in Colombian telenovela La Madame where she played a woman leading a prostitution ring! As one great man once said : "You can put lipstick on a pig ... It's still a pig!". You can put lipstick and Miss Universe Crown on a woman and she might still pale in comparison to Miss Piggy !
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