At Fringe, 'Carry a Big Stick' speaks softly, but doesn't go far

Remember those Mitt Romney flip-flops that were so popular at liberal-leaning beach destinations last summer? They would have been the perfect agitprop accessories 100 years ago, when Theodore Roosevelt was running for president. A companion political cartoon could have featured the mustached 26th president wearing flip-flops and straw hat, looking straight out of a Panama Jack ad.