An Etch A Sketch for Political Metaphor 2012. Shake it up, America, and exercise your freedom of personal expression. The Etch A Sketch response: We stand firmly behind our proclamation that "we have a left knob and a right knob for each political party." And "...when both work together, we can do loop de loops." We"re especially serious about the loop de loops part. We call on you to shake it up America! Exercise your freedom of self expression by voting on Election Day, and drawing on your Etch a Sketch every day. Our political neutrality is unflappable. And our stance on self-expression is unshakable. Etch A Sketch.