Announcing... 2004 ELECTION WAS STOLEN t-shirt contest

[wakemewhenitsover]

My entry is, a map of the United States with Ohio missing on the front, and an elephant making off with stolen Ohio on the back.

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[wakemewhenitsover]

2. Ohio written on stolen state on back?

My guess is Americans would have a better idea where Ohio is than *.

[Vektor]

3. Those who voted for Kerry will know where Ohio is.

Those who voted for *, they might not.

[wakemewhenitsover]

4. TRIED to vote for Kerry, that is...

[Vektor]

18. Precisely -

I should have worded more clearly! :-)

[wakemewhenitsover]

5. Or just, "Ohio was stolen" to get the message out?

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[emlev]

7. It wasn't only Ohio where evidence shows election was stolen n/t

[Sancho]

8. Florida's new state motto:

When all else fails, manipulate the data!

--Feeney--

[wakemewhenitsover]

9. Remember "Sore Loserman"? They had those signs ready.

We need an election-was-stolen motto, and we need it on t-shirts and bumper stickers all over America.

[tinanator]

36. two stolen elections, two wars, one attack on US soil

and all I got was this stupid t-shirt

[wakemewhenitsover]

38. That's great!

[mikelewis]

74. I agree, this is awesome

I want one

[helderheid]

108. Love that!

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. Great basic idea, but I'm not sure I'd focus on OH.

I realize it has been the most visible, but there are countless stories of vote manipulation and voter suppression in many states. I like the visual of the elephant making off with something though. Unfortunately there are so many ballots it is probably impossible to render a generic ballot to indicate vote stealing.

[Amaryllis]

16. Agree. OH got the most attention, but doesn't indicate the magnitude.

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. I am sooo not a graphic artist.

[wakemewhenitsover]

21. This is great! Did you create this? Elephant looks...

...a little too innocent, though.

[Pacifist Patriot]

30. Yes, I created it...BUT

used images from the company websites, the elephant is from MS Clipart Gallert and the Map of the US is from an educational site. I have no idea what the copyright implications are after I added the equation, bars and text.

I picked that elephant because of the flag and thought the innocent look was perfect given their protestations of uninvolvement. But an enraged bull elephant would probably work well with their indignation too.

[whistle]

46. Right, kinda like a KKKarl Rove Dumbo

:rofl:

[FreepFryer]

12. "I voted twice for Bush!" (n/t)

[emlev]

26. Or "I voted for Bush...without even trying!"

A graphic or text could illustrate the concept of votes for Kerry jumping to Bush.

[KaliTracy]

28. like this one, too!

[wakemewhenitsover]

51. Or... "A vote for Kerry was... a vote for Bush?!"

[Amaryllis]

88. Then add "courtesy of Diebold"

[MissWaverly]

13. my suggestion

Republicans are red
Democrats are truly blue
I voted 5 times for Bush
and flipped your vote to him too!

[KaliTracy]

23. LOL -- really

thanks for the laugh.

[MissWaverly]

39. thanks, glad you like

Another suggestion

I voted for Kerry on the electronic machine
Thieves stole my vote inside the screen
What's that I hear about social security too
Don't those thieves have better things to do
than to steal America from me & you

[wakemewhenitsover]

94. You're the poet laureate of DU

[MissWaverly]

110. Thanks a lot, now if I could see everyone wearing this

just think of going to a mall and seeing these words everywhere

[wakemewhenitsover]

111. I'd wear one!

[MissWaverly]

112. Thanks anybody can use my poems on a T-Shirt

It's not like they are copyrighted, I thought them up myself.

[FreepFryer]

14. "Hack the Vote!" (n/t)

[FreepFryer]

15. "Karl Rove Stole My Vote!" (n/t)

[Peace Patriot]

17. Here are some of mine...

PROVE BUSH WON.
(Hint: you can't.)

----

KERRY WON THE EXIT POLLS
Why don't you know this?

----

ELECTRONS 2004
(oops! I meant, election)

----

front:

NEW VOTER REGISTRATION 2004
Democrats 59%
Republicans 39%
You figure it out.

back:

(Hints:
59 + 39 = Bush wins
59 - 39 = Bush wins
59 x 39 = Bush wins
59 div by 39 = Bush wins.)

-----

2 + 2 = Bush wins.

-----

Odds Against the Skew to Bush
in the Official Tally vs. the Exit Polls:
10 MILLION TO ONE!
--USCountVotes.org

-----

63% oppose Bush domestic policy
58% oppose Bush foreign policy
Bush approval rating: 45%
(...the same as his vote, if the truth were known)

or just

Bush approval rating: 45%
(...the same as his vote, if the truth were known)

-----

Gore '00 repeat voters
+ new voters in '04 (Dem 59%, Rep 39%)
+ Nader voters (Kerry 64%, Bush 17%)
= Bush wins.

Right.

------

WHO COUNTED THE VOTE IN 2004?
Two companies run by major Bush donors.

HOW DID THEY COUNT THE VOTE?
With secret, proprietary computer code.

ARE YOU SURPRISED AT THE RESULT?
(You shouldn't be.)

______

Note: Why not use the T-shirt to give the public some factual information, since they won't get it from the news monopolies? The facts are compelling.

[wakemewhenitsover]

19. Fantastic idea! Let's start the TSM = T-Shirt Media.

[KaliTracy]

24. these are great! and I think that you are right -- what better place

to have a message. We have a tshirt from Syracuce Culture Works with
Fascism Sucks on the front and the 14 Warning Signs of Fascism by Laurence Britt on the back. It has generated some interesting conversations...

http://www.syrculturalworkers.com/catalog/tshirts/tshirt4.html

[Pacifist Patriot]

31. You are right. Rather than a pithy slogan like...

"Sore Loserman" putting out some facts to get people thinking is key.

[wakemewhenitsover]

53. Luntz specializes in pithy and it's worked for him, sadly...

[Pacifist Patriot]

37. Stole your ideas for #34.

[helderheid]

109. YES YES YES YES YES!

[wakemewhenitsover]

20. Just by coincidence, after I posted, I saw...

...my first "2004 Election Was Stolen" bumper sticker.

Are people starting to get the message?

[LatePeriduct]

75. Looks like it.

Let the message spread far and wide.

[Amaryllis]

22. Check this for ideas:

The background story is as follows: during the Bush campaign, the website for the Bush-Cheney campaign - the real one, paid for by MBNA America and Richard Scaife - featured a "create your own banner" tool, where you could enter your own slogan and print out your own poster, with the Bush-Cheney logo, and a note at the bottom "paid for by Bush-Cheney '04, Inc."


Democrats, of course, couldn't get enough of this. The original
Sloganator accepted everything, then it started censoring profanity and
words like "dictator," and "evil." Nevertheless, many clever folks
exploited the sloganator to their own ends before its sad demise only a
couple of weeks after its birth, and its mourners assembled some of the best
for the slide show.

The link below is best enjoyed with the sound on:
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~meo232/sloganator/

[wakemewhenitsover]

25. Cool. How do we create one unified message?

[Pacifist Patriot]

32. OMG! That was fantastic.

I'm so sorry I missed that when it first started. Damn those are good.

<Ruminating as an aside here>
Hmmmm....incorporating the Bush-Cheney logo. Wonder if that would make people gloss over and assume its an idiot still wearing typical campaign stuff or if people would actually stop and read the message. Could go either way. Can we use the Bush-Cheney logo legally or is it copyrighted by the campaign?

[Pacifist Patriot]

33. By the way. Do a Google Image search for...

"Bush/Cheney 2004"

[Amaryllis]

42. How do you do an image search?

[Pacifist Patriot]

45. Go to google and then look at the tabs above the

text box. I believe it is the second one from the left. Google allows you to search specifically for images. You can even do an advanced image search that allows for narrowing the request to small, medium or large images.

[Amaryllis]

64. You could maybe change it just enough...

[MelissaB]

35. OMG! That was great!

I want one of every one of these. I also think this deserves it's own thread.
Thanks for sharing.

[Amaryllis]

41. I started a thread for it. YOu can kick if you want! Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x355639
It's not getting many hits.

[Amaryllis]

43. Here's another funny thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=355263&mesg_id=355263

[KaliTracy]

27. my entry

On Front

GOT DEMOCRACY?

--

On Back

What’s more important to you...

The fact that we can order hamburgers
almost without incident throughout the country
from the same franchise on any given day...

Or the fact that on election day
the machines in charge of keeping our votes

broke down, recorded thousands
of overvotes for Bush, switched votes from Kerry
to Bush, and lost thousands of votes, and that

one of the machine companies responsible
pledged a win for Bush (and just happens to
make most of the ATM machines in the country).


You want fries and a cola with that?








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edit: typo
(yeah, too long, maybe I'll try again...)

[wakemewhenitsover]

29. Good concept. How about a vegetarian version?

[Pacifist Patriot]

34. Using Peace Patriot's Idea....

FRONT 1



BACK



ALTERNATE FRONT

[Kip Humphrey]

40. Try one of these...

The Protest Store

51 Capital March

[mopinko]

44. here are a couple of my buttons.

i'm gonna do a cafe press store soon, but-

[wakemewhenitsover]

50. Are these available now?

[mopinko]

101. as a button, yes

i need to do a cafe press store, ya know. soon.

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

47. "I Helped Steal The 2004 Election & All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt!"

I Helped Steal The 2004 Election
& All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt!

This kind of reverse psychology might work better than front-on-assaults.

maybe

I Helped Steal

The 2004 Election!

& All I Got Was

This Lousy T-Shirt!

[wakemewhenitsover]

49. lol

[wakemewhenitsover]

48. front: "2004 WAS STOLEN" back: "ASK ME HOW"

With summer coming up, 10,000 t-shirts like this strolling through parks and jogging on streets, could provoke so much grass-roots conversation, and raise the collective consciousness.

[LatePeriduct]

65. "Those who Die Bold"

"LieBold"

[wakemewhenitsover]

52. How about a simple: "Kerry Won"?

[LatePeriduct]

54. Classic. n/t

nt

[wakemewhenitsover]

55. If we all wore t-shirts saying "Kerry Won" this summer...

...it would get a strong message across, and at least start a conversation that might lead to the truth.

So many people must know what really happened in 2004, and if they each confided in just one or two people...

Are Repubs really that discreet?

[LatePeriduct]

57. It would also make you a big red target.....

For one of the worst smear campaigns ever seen, possible stalking and/or attempted harassment and murder etc.

There are alot of crazy reich wing nuts out there who believe doing the stealing was all for Jesus himself. They're called dominionists.

[wakemewhenitsover]

70. How would you suggest getting the word out non-confrontationally?

[LatePeriduct]

76. Might seem funny, but....

Leaflets, Glow in the dark baseball caps, and cards you can hand out wherever you want that show "stolenelectionfraud2004" and put uscountvotes.org or some other big time election fraud website on the front.

Then even at night, people will go searching and looking to find out what is going on. They will begin to come to face the truth of the stolen elections, and start making their own decals and labels to spread.

[roseBudd]

84. By helping to spread bushcheated04.com ...

http://bushcheated04.com

You can write the URL on dollar bills, Freeway blog it, print the graphic and use 3M Super77 adhesive spray and glue it to bus stop shelters, stop signs, metal utility poles, newspaper racks:



Download the highres file by pasting the URL below in your browser:

http://bushcheated04.com/images/bushcheated04.pdf

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[roseBudd]

86. It will get a lot more eyeballs than Tshirts, you can't expect people to

wear a Tshirt and walk around all day. Some of my guerilla marketing BushCheated flyers I glued to bus stop shelters, grocery cart corrals and phome booths were "stuck" for up to 1-2 months at a time. They are a hell of a lot cheaper than Tshirts. They print 2 to a page and you can do either B&W or color.

The graffiti on this bus stop shelter apperaed after I glued the BushCheated. This one was in place for amonth before the graffiti sweeper got to it.




This stop sign lasted for 2 months, probaly because it was difficult to reach.

[LatePeriduct]

93. You can also put it on the back of...

..Business cards. Its so easy to get the word out, without getting into a fight if you know what you're doing.

Putting the address of your website on things like that, people will just automatically see it whenever they check. Good work.

[roseBudd]

97. I think an intriqueing URL on dollar bills will garner curious eyeballs

[LatePeriduct]

100. True too....The government makes their own "new" money..

And changes the back of quarters in Iowa, Ohio so why not the citizens too?

[wakemewhenitsover]

102. What's this about changing the backs of quarters in Iowa and Ohio?

[LatePeriduct]

103. Heard about it very recently, when they went to the mint.

Several new coins, dollar bills, and 2 dollar bills have been made in the U.S. One of them was due to a mistake on the back of the original quarter.

[KaliTracy]

58. This is true... and we could have a flier or even a business card

that has important websites that inform about the issues.... just in case anyone asks...

[KaliTracy]

56. another...

On front
Got Democracy?


On Back
Democracy. de·moc·ra·cy n. pl. de·moc·ra·cies

1. Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
2. A political or social unit that has such a government.
3. The common people, considered as the primary source of political power.
4. Majority rule.
5. The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.



Over 95% of Voting anomolies were in favor of Bush. Many instances of Machines switching Kerry Votes to Bush. Machines losing data. Ballots misplaced. Registrations Purged. Machine misallocation led to lines longer than 2 hours.

Who Counted Our Votes?

Majority of votes tallied by two companies, both who support the Republican Party.

Who Certified Ohio’s Votes?

A Secretary of State who was the co-chair of the Bush/Cheney re-election committee (just like Katherine Harris in 2000).

Who Determines how our elections go next time?

US. Stand Up For Your Rights! Stand up for Democracy!



***

ALTERNATE: Instead of "Got Democracy?" on Front -- put definition on front, and more questions on back...


(ignore the gaps between question and answer...don't know how to get rid of them with code. -- also...the definition part should be seen as smaller)

edit:clarity

[wakemewhenitsover]

59. Here's to democracy!

:toast:

[LatePeriduct]

60. kick

[LatePeriduct]

61. kick

[adolfo]

62. K.I.S.S.

As with any basic advertising method, you should Keep It Simple and Stupid. Any hint of partisanship can end up with the reader mentally blocking your message.

The domain name is just an example. I'm not sure if it exists.

[Amaryllis]

63. Bush/Cheney-Stealing elections since 2000.

[Bill Bored]

66. Show some Revolutionary War Veterans at Boston Harbor

throwing some DREs into the water. Research it to get the name of the actual ship or whatever that was the target of the original tea party.

The caption says:

"2004 Election Fraud = Taxation Without Representation!"

Make it look REAL patriotic. The Flag needs to be shown with all 50 Stars, and some reference to Bush, such as his mug, and an image of the White House. Also show the Constitution or Declaration of Indep. if you can squeeze it in.

On the back: "The US Pro-democracy movement wants YOU!" With Uncle Same pointing his finger at you of course.

[Amaryllis]

71. That's brilliant, Bill. I'd love to see that.

[Bill Bored]

73. Thanks Amary.

I'm not much of an artist but I see it as a kind of collage thing on the front with Uncle Sam on the back. I think Brad Friedman came up with "US Pro-democracy Movement."

One of the ships was called Dartmouth. Maybe it could be called Diebold??? ;)

[Amaryllis]

87. Oh, yeah. Good idea to name the ship Diebold.

[Bill Bored]

95. In this case, HMS Diebold. And His Majesty is you know who... nt

[Amaryllis]

98. You made me laugh :) Except it's one of those too-true-to-be-truly-funny.

[wakemewhenitsover]

106. How about variation on some Vietnam-era posters?

[mod mom]

67. My idea :

A justice scale, unbalanced with two votes (square boxes with X's) and undernealth:

de-voted American

[LatePeriduct]

69. Kick

[dbonds]

68. Ideas

'The US suffers from Electile Dysfunction'

'There is no honor among thieves and republicans'

'Conservative Con-Job 2004'

'Pro-Choice applies to elections too'

[wakemewhenitsover]

72. All fantastic, especially "electile dysfunction" & "no honor"!!

[Amaryllis]

99. I feel uneasy about the republican part. Chuck Herrin is a republican and

is one of our staunchest allies in this fight. My best friend from college is a republican (listens to Faux and Rush) but is open to me giving her Chuck Herrin stuff since he is a repub, and is starting to question her party and seriously question the legitimacy of this election. We need all the allies we can get in this fight. There are a number of repubs who post on DU, who are very upset over the hijacking of their party. It's a small group of thieves we are dealing with here, not rank and file repubs.

[glitch]

77. Don't Blame Me - My Vote Wasn't Counted

or, a big fraWd at the top, with a checklist down the front:
2000 -checked
2002 -checked
2004 -checked
2006 -
2008 -
2010 -
2012 ...

[wakemewhenitsover]

78. "fraWd" -- that's great

:headbang:

[glitch]

79. it wasn't mine - another DUer thought it up. It is great so I use it

whenever I can.

[wakemewhenitsover]

80. I love it. Repubs put out a word like flip-flopper...

...and it has such a devastating impact.

Oops, I nearly forgot, Kerry actually won. It's easy to do that, isn't it, with all this faux mandate talk.

Let's try to get fraWd out there!

[Mist]

113. maybe put the "fraWd" in a little oval,

like the stupid little "W" ovals?

[wakemewhenitsover]

114. I love that! We need a t-shirt-maker DU'er. Know one?

[Mist]

115. Seems like a lot of people use Cafe Press -

Apparently they take a good amount off the top, but they're fast and have a good website.

[Mist]

116. On checking this morning, DU already goes thru Cafe Press for

T-shirts and bumper stickers, etc.

[Amaryllis]

89. Don't blame me. Diebold switched my Kerry vote to Bush.

[adolfo]

90. Good One

You have my vote

[wakemewhenitsover]

81. How about: "WHO FREEPED 2004?"

[Smirking_Chimp]

82. Live Free or Diebold. n/t

[wakemewhenitsover]

104. lol

[glitch]

117. I want this one. Or, Better Diehard Than Diebold

although that worked better when they were calling us diehard partisans for contesting the vote.

[roseBudd]

83. BushCheated04 high res graphic here...

Download the high res PDF file for printing by pasting the following link in your browser:

bushcheated04.com/images/bushcheated04.pdf

[Amaryllis]

91. Many of these would make good bumper stickers, too.

[Amaryllis]

92. "Those who control the voting machines control the election"

[wakemewhenitsover]

118. True, but how long will you have a bumper (in a red state)?

[wakemewhenitsover]

96. What about an official DU 2004-was-stolen t-shirt? This would...

1. Get the word out.
2. Raise money for DU.
3. Help DU'ers identify kindred spirits on the street.

[wakemewhenitsover]

105. Or DU buttons?

[mopinko]

107. allow me to vote again for my own design

because i think that it not only asserts that the election was stolen, but it puts the theft of the election at the heart of the steaming pile of corruption that is the * rResidency. where it belongs.

[wakemewhenitsover]

119. great design!

:dem:

[garybeck]

120. this is a shirt I'm working on, it will be available soon

the back has too much on it, i'm trying to edit it down.

feedback?

FRONT of shirt:


BACK of shirt: