Saturday October 29, a few days before the mid-term elections, decisive for the rest of the presidency Biden, Barack Obama was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to support the Democratic candidate in the corner in the Senate, named Mandela Barnes , during a campaign meeting. For long minutes, the former president tried to mobilize the voters, welcoming the record of Joe Biden while castigating the posture of the Republicans, in tight rows behind Donald Trump. What is called “wet the jersey”. Literally.
winning handle
Drafting in front of any effort, Barack Obama had, for the occasion, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, thus perpetuating a tradition of fourteen years old. It was indeed one evening in September 2008, during a high -earth meeting (Indiana), that the Democrat, candidate for the presidential election, then in unfavorable tank in the polls against the Republican John McCain, had been seen for the First time that has fallen and rolled up jackets. In the process, he had started the ascent in the polls which led him to the final victory. Coincidence? Mandela Barnes no doubt hopes that not.
blue in politics
Placed on the left of Barack Obama, the candidate of the day, 35, had chosen to keep his jacket, being careful not to reveal a single drop of sweat. The choice of security? On the contrary. This jacket gives us the opportunity to recall, once again, all the hatred that we dedicate to this azure blue roughly stalled somewhere between Marine and Violet, and become in the space of a few years one of the pillars of the ‘modern male clothing.
Let’s say things more clearly: you might as well bring down the jacket and exhibit its perspiration, if it is to wear such a thing.
bank polar
To the right of the former president, Tony Evers, the outgoing governor of Wisconsin, had opted for another strategy. Less covered than Mandela Barnes but more than Barack Obama, he wore a fleece vest identical to the famous Fleece Vest by Wall Street employees. In fact, this vest, adorned with the banking logo, has become so emblematic of the New York stock market that the Patagonia brand announced, in 2021, that it would no longer make large prices to banks in order to protest against the excesses of finance. We bet that Tony Evers had missed the info. And the symbol.
yellow jersey
Finally, to the right of Tony Evers, this woman wears a fluorescent yellow t-shirt with a clear message: “vote, it’s a Power Thing” (“Vote, it’s a sign of power”). The opportunity to recall that the very first political t-shirts in history were created in 1948
By the governor of New York State, Thomas E. Dewey, on the occasion of the presidential election. Striked with the slogan “Dew-it-With-dewey”, these t-shirts did not allow Dewey to avoid defeat against Harry Truman. Too bad: he might have
Enough to roll up the sleeves of his shirt to be elected.