http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050719/ap_on_fe_st/flip_flop_flapCHICAGO - There's a flip-flop controversy at the White House, and this one has nothing to do with President Bush and John Kerry.
A photo of Northwestern University's national championship women's lacrosse team, taken during the athletes' visit to the White House last week, shows four of the nine women in the front row wearing flip-flop sandals along with their dresses and skirts.
The choice of footwear has prompted a mini-controversy — a flip-flop flap, if you will.
A front-page story in the Chicago Tribune included the headline "YOU WORE FLIP-FLOPS TO THE WHITE HOUSE?!" inspired by an e-mail sent to player Kate Darmody from her older brother after he saw the photo on the team's Web site.
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This was on the front page of both Yahoo! and Sludge just now. And when people look back on the sad state of the media during the Bush Administration, this kind of story has got to be front and center as an example of it all. It includes a backhanded slap against last year's Democratic candidate, and is as much as a non-story as anything I've ever heard. This is beyond sad.