You may, gentle readers, live under the impression that the heavy political currents of our current electoral year do not, cannot inflict their pungent aroma upon the rarefied, beatific atmosphere of our politically-naive fashion world. You may be of the persuasion that, if such an unholy union between our beloved shoes and a presidential election campaign would, against all reason, be possible, it would certainly be in bad taste, and the combined forces of ghosts of coutouriers past led by a vengeful Anna Wintour would banish the creation to the Land of Eternal Footwear Doom, down with Crocs and 70s style men’s platforms.

Unless…well, could there be one candidate who would actually look hip shooting hoops? By golly, there actually is!

May I present to you…the Obama sneakers!

On the other hand, McCain gets the consolation prize of being made exciting by Colbert, so at least that’s that…