You could solve this week’s ScuttleButton puzzle and have a chance to win the coveted Political Junkie button. Or you could get the Order of Friendship award and become the next secretary of state. It’s up to you.
How to Play
ScuttleButton, as you may know, is that weekly waste-of-time exercise where we post a vertical sequence of campaign buttons. Your job is to take one word (or concept) per button and add ’em up to arrive at a famous name or familiar expression. Guess the correct phrase and you could be the proud winner of the coveted Political Junkie button!
Enter your submission using the convenient submission form below, or email your submission to scuttlebutton@krpoliticaljunkie.com. You must include your name and city/state to be eligible.
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The New Frontier Man of the Year/Astronaut John Glenn — 1962 button heralding Glenn’s orbits around the Earth.
A Man Came Out of the West/Hart — Gary Hart sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984.
Welcome Back to Earth, Glenn — see button #1
It’s Time to Clean Out the Barn/Perot for President 1992 — Ross Perot ran as an independent, capturing 19% of the vote.
So, when you combine Glenn + Gary + Glenn + Ross, you kinda get …
Glengarry Glen Ross. The David Mamet play that was made into a 1992 movie.
And the randomly selected winner is … Guy Petzall of Ullapool, Scotland. Guy wins the coveted Political Junkie button.