Ngaba ucinga ukuba ixesha lobupolitika laliphelile? Nathi sinempikiswano.
I-akhawunti ye-twitter yase-North Carolina ye-GOP igxeke usekela-mongameli weDemokhrasi ngethemba u-Tim Kaine izolo ebusuku ngokunxiba isipeliti esibonisa iflegi-yelizwe elingalunganga. Ngokomphefumlo ongalunganga obalekayo (okanye obalekayo) iakhawunti ye-twitter yase-North Carolin GOP, uSen Kaine wayenxibe iflegi yaseHonduran. Kwakungenjalo, njengoko intatheli ye-WNYT uBen Amey watsho.
Nantsi skrini yalonto @NCGOP tweet malunga @iqosweb Kuba bayicimileyo. #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/LbAywwnnob
-Uben Amey (enBenAmeyTV) Julayi 28, 2016
I-akhawunti ye-GOP yaseNyakatho Carolina kamva yaxolisa. (UKaine uchithe iinyanga ezilithoba evolontiya eHonduras kwiminyaka yoo-1980). Nantsi ipini ekubhekiswa kuyo.
I-North Carolina GOP isusa i-tweet ephosakeleyo kwiflegi kwipini kaTim Kaine. #DemsInPhilly https://t.co/mpAeDBQwAD pic.twitter.com/sVLRbKHoi5
-Upolitiko lwe-AP (@AP_Politiki) Julayi 28, 2016
Yayingezizo zodwa iindaba ezinxulumene nepini ezivela kwiDemocratic Convention izolo. Owayesakuba ngumongameli uBill Clinton wabonwa kwisihlwele e-DNC enxibe isipiniti sase-Hillary, isipho esivela kwi-National Jewish Democratic Council. Kungenzeka ukuba uClinton wayedlala ipini njengesikhalazo kubaqhankqalazi abo utshise iflegi yakwa-Israeli ngaphandle kwendibano kusuku olungaphambi kolo.
Ndifuna ukubonisa ukuba uBill Clinton unxibe isiHebhere 'Hillary' (הילרי) isikhonkwane ngokuhlwanje kwindibano yeDemokhrasi pic.twitter.com/ra4MwCjBEg
- ((((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) Julayi 28, 2016
Izikhonkwane zezopolitiko zinokubonakala ngathi ziibhubhu ezincinane ezingenangqondo, kodwa kubagqatswa abangamadoda bamele elona thuba linqabileyo lokufikelela kwi-wardrobe kabani. Izibophelelo zihlala zibomvu okanye ziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka: ziyadika. Kodwa ipini ye-lapel iyakwazi ukuthetha ngokubanzi. Siyakulibala ukuba i-pin's versatility, kuba kule minyaka idlulileyo i-lapels yezopolitiko zaseMelika ziye zasebenza kakhulu njengearhente yezikhonkwane zeflegi yaseMelika.
Kwakungasoloko kunjalo. UTruman wayenxibe ipini ye-masonic, eyayiza kumilisela iithiyori zesigidi namhlanje. 
UHarry Truman, freemason.(Ifoto: Iifoto zeFox / imifanekiso kaFetty)
U-Lyndon Johnson wayenxibe ipini ebonisa ukuba uphumelele Inkwenkwezi yeSilivere Ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. Umbhali ngobomi bakhe URobert Caro wayibiza njalo enye yeenkwenkwezi zesilivere ezingasifanelanga embalini. 
ULyndon Johnson, ophumelele inkwenkwezi yesilivere.(Ifoto: Keystone / Getty Izithombe)
URichard Nixon ngokucacileyo wayengumongameli wokuqala ukunxiba iflegi yaseMelika, enikela ngozuko oluncinci ngexesha leMfazwe yaseVietnam. Abagqatswa bendibano yeRiphabhlikhi baqala ukunxiba isikhonkwane ngo-1970 njengengxelo ngokuchasene nabaphembeleli bemfazwe, ngokuka-a Imbali ka-2008 yepini yeflegi ipapashwe kwi Ixesha. Nangona kunjalo, yayikukusebenzisa kukaRobert Redford isikhonkwane ngo-1972 Umgqatswa enike umphathi wabasebenzi baka-Nixon u-H.R. Haldeman umbono wokuncamathisela iflegi kwizikhundla zobongameli. 
URichard Nixon wayenxibe isikhonkwane seflegi yaseMelika xa wayeka isikhundla sobongameli(Ifoto: Pierre Manevy / Express / Getty Izithombe)
Kubonakala ngathi uNixon kunye nehlazo lakhe balingcolisa igama le-American flag pin. Phantse iminyaka engamashumi amathathu, iirabels zoomongameli baseMelika kunye nabagqatswa baka-Mongameli babeludlolo. 
Sasingazi ngoko, kodwa le yayiyimpikiswano yokugqibela kamongameli engabinamakhonkco.(Ifoto: DON EMMERT / AFP / Getty Izithombe)
Umboniso omkhulu welizwe lonke wokuthanda izwe emva kwe-9/11 wenza izikhonkwane zeflegi ngokusisinyanzelo. UGeorge W. Bush uxele ukuba bonke abasebenzi bakhe mabazinxibe emva kohlaselo. Kwiminyaka emininzi, bekukho isivumelwano kwihlabathi liphela malunga nemfuneko yezikhonkwane zeflegi. UBarack Obama wayengumgqatswa wokuqala kamongameli wokucela umngeni kwesi sivumelwano. Kwi Okthobha ka-2007 , wabuzwa eIowa ukuba kutheni enganxibanga ipini yeflegi.
Inyani yile yokuba kanye emva kwe-9/11 bendinesikhonkwane, utshilo u-Obama. Kungekudala emva kwe-9/11, ngakumbi kuba njengoko sithetha ngemfazwe yase-Iraq, leyo yathatha indawo ndicinga ukuba ukuthanda ilizwe lakho kuyinyani.
U-Obama uzame ukulwa nokugxekwa kweendlela zakhe ze, kodwa ekugqibeleni wabuya. NgoMeyi 2008, inkqubo ye- ipini ibibuyile .
Kodwa umkhuhlane wawuphelile. Emva koko uSomlomo weNdlu uJohn Boehner akazange anxibe enye ngexesha le-2012 ye-Union. Kwingxoxo yokuqala yaseRiphabhlikhi ka-2015, bali-10 kuphela kwabali-17 abagqatswa abanxibe isikhonkwane seflegi . UBernie Sanders akazange anxibe elinye iphulo lakhe lonke, endaweni yoko wakhetha ukunxiba iphini yakhe yeSenate yegolide engaphantsi.
Ngelixa isivumelwano esikhulu sepineti yezinto ezinokubonakala ngathi zingumzuzu omnyama kwimbali ye-sartorial yezopolitiko, kukhokele abezopolitiko ukuba bacinge ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Abagqatswa bakhululekile kunxitywa izikhonkwane kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, kodwa ngoku bakhululekile kwi-pin homogeneity yeminyaka ye-Bush. Olu dibana lubavumela ukuba bakhethe izikhonkwane, babonise isitayile kunye nomlinganiswa ngamnye. UNewt Gingrich wayenxibe ipini ebonisa ifayile ye iflegi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yomkhosi kaGeorge Washington yabhabha ngexesha leMfazwe yoQhushululu. UChris Christie, ngokunqwala kwisithethe nakwindlela entsha, unxibe isikhonkwane esime njengeNew Jersey. 
UChris Christie, oyinyani entsha yentsimbi.Andrew Burton / Getty Izithombe
Kwezopolitiko, izimvo zotshintsho zihlala zifukama kumanqanaba asezantsi orhulumente ngaphambi kokuba ziye kwinqanaba lobongameli. Kukwanjalo nangezikhonkwane. Ixesha elizayo le-lapel pin ngoku lisebenza kwiNdlu yabameli. Igama lakhe ngu-Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) kwaye ubukho bakhe yimpama ebusweni bendibano yesikhonkwane.
UBlumenauer unxibe isikhonkwane esikhulu sebhayisekile, ukubonakalisa ukuthanda kwakhe amavili amabini. Ewe kunjalo, nayiphi na ingxoxo yezikhonkwane kwezopolitiko, ubongameli okanye hayi, ngekhe igqitywe ngaphandle kokuchaza uMadeleine Albright, unobhala welizwe lowasetyhini.
Umdlalo wephini ka-Albright wawusele uhambele phambili, waze wabhala incwadi enesihloko Funda izikhonkwane zam: Amabali avela kwiDiplomat's Jewel Box . Izikhonkwane zakhe zaye zaboniswa kwi USmithsonian . 
UMadeleine Albright xa kutyhilwa ingqokelela yepini yakhe kwisiXeko saseNew York.(Ifoto: Spencer Platt / Getty Izithombe)
Igqwetha elidala laqala ukunxiba izikhonkwane ezitsolo, njengoko watyhilayo USmithsonian Ngo-2010, emva kweMfazwe yokuqala yaseGulf xa wayesebenza njenge-ambassador yase-United States kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo ngexesha lolawulo lukaClinton. Amajelo eendaba ase-Iraq alawulwa ngurhulumente, akhumbula u-Albright, endithelekisa ‘nenyoka engenakuthelekiswa nanto.’ Kwathi kanti ndinenkonkxa yenyoka, ndayinxiba kwintlanganiso yam elandelayo e-Iraq. Xa umshicileli wandibuza malunga nayo, ndacinga, Kulungile, kumnandi oku. Ibindim kuphela umfazi kwiBhunga lezoKhuseleko, kwaye ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndifumane ezinye izacholo zempahla. Ngeentsuku ezimnandi, ndandinxiba iintyatyambo, amabhabhathane kunye neebhaluni, kwaye ngeentsuku ezimbi, zonke iintlobo zeencukuthu nezilwanyana ezitya inyama. Ndiyibone njengendlela eyongezelelweyo yokubonisa le ndiyithethayo, indlela ebonakalayo yokuhambisa umyalezo.
