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CLARIFICATION APPENDEDLast February, Christopher A. Ballesteros ’12 stuck a flag pin in his lapel, walked onscreen, and informed the viewers of channel K5 that he was ready to be president. Not president of his student body—he had done that already. President of the United States of America. It was Chris’ first talk show appearance. Andy Bumatai, a Honolulu comedian, had heard about the local kid with Oval Office dreams and invited him for a chat. With the cameras rolling, the 17-year-old settled into an armchair next to Bumatai...
...screen and crossed her arms, deep in concentration. “Okay guys, is it going to be an early night or a late night?” she asked. Dingman craned his neck forward at the screen as he tried to attach a patriotic pin to his jacket lapel. “For the rest of your life, you’ll remember where you were, what happened,” Dingman said. “No matter what, this is just an historic election,” Hammonds agreed. “The youth have been energized...
...Brief History of the Flag Lapel...
...even 21 months ago, for that matter. There are the subtle physical changes: the graying hair, the pounds shred from months of grueling 18-hour days. And then there's the legacy of the longest campaign in U.S. history: a stronger debate voice, a flag pin on his lapel and a tendency, picked up from Hillary Clinton, to relay some of the stories he's heard from struggling Americans. Thanks to John McCain and Sarah Palin, he's refined the art of attacking an opponent by flinging their own words back at them. "Look - we've tried it John McCain...
...been a lightning rod for controversy during the presidential campaign, but it is not a litmus test for patriotism. Francis Scott Key wrote of the Stars and Stripes waving "o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave," not o'er the Brooks Brothers lapel. Tracy Leverton, VIENNA...