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babylonsister

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Fri Feb 10, 2012, 12:10 PM Feb 2012

A Brief Photographic History of Glitter-Bombs

http://swampland.time.com/2012/02/08/a-brief-photographic-history-of-glitter-bombs/#sl_glitter01_santorum_0208

Receiving a shower of sparkles from gay rights activists has become something of a rite of passage for Republican candidates this year. But now that the Secret Service is protecting Mitt Romney, glitter-bombing’s days could be numbered. TIME’s photo editors look back at American politics’ glitziest form of protest.



Lesser known Democratic 2012 presidential candidates, left, Vermin Supreme of Rockport, Massachusetts, throws glitter on, right, Randall Terry of Purgitsville, West Virginia, who does not support gay marriage, during a forum at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, Dec. 19, 2011.
(ME: who the heck is Vermin Supreme??)



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A Brief Photographic History of Glitter-Bombs (Original Post) babylonsister Feb 2012 OP
i heart vermin supreme! nt xchrom Feb 2012 #1
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