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Time for a day ender. And what better way to do it than with campaign memorabilia.

There was a wonderful moment, during the 1992 vice presidential debate, when Adm. James Stockdale, Ross Perot's running mate, opened his remarks with, "Who am I? Why am I here?"

It wasn't, of course, that Stockdale was clueless about himself. He was a decorated fighter pilot who spent years as a POW in Vietnam. He used the line as a rhetorical opening, to begin to explain who he was and how he arrived at that moment. Sadly, it made Stockdale a punch line, and the quote was widely repeated the rest of his life.

A collection of eight mystery political buttons.
 

But here's where the "who am I?" question becomes relevant. As you may have noticed in the week-plus of the new incarnation of Political Junkie, I've been using old campaign buttons to illustrate aspects of the blog. And while I have a lot of them to choose from, I do have many from candidates I have absolutely no knowledge about.

If I may assume, for a minute, that many of you who are reading this are fellow political junkies who follow this stuff, maybe you might recognize some of the items pictured here? And maybe you'll help identify them?

Personally, I think America needs to know the connection between Judge Sutton and rice pudding.

Thanks!

categories: Missing Persons

4:18 - December 8, 2008

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