The ABC's Primer Behind Bush's Sinking Poll Numbers

[David Zephyr]

A – Abramhoff Associations
B - Bin Laden Still Not Captured
C - Culture of Corruption and Cronyism (From Cunningham to Cheney)
D - Deficits and Debt
E - Environmental Malfeasance
F – Fatigue from Fear-mongering
G – Gasoline Prices
H – Halliburton over Healthcare
I – Iraq, Iraq, Iraq
J – Judicial Extremists
K- Katrina
L – Lies, Lies, Lies
M – Manipulation of Pre-War Intelligence
N – National Security as Politics, Not as a Duty
O – Outsourcing of American Jobs
P – Ports Unprotected and Cargo Un-inspected
Q – Quality of American Life, Education and Housing Ignored
R – Retirement Worries & Insecurity
S – Spying Illegally on the American People
T – Tax Cuts for Billionaires at the Expense of 99% of the Rest of Americans
U –Unemployed and Under-employed Workers
V – Voting Fraud, Valerie-Outing and Veteran Neglect
W – Weapons of Mass Destruction
X – Xenophobia Blowback
Y –Young Americans Dying Needlessly for Oil
Z – Zealot Fatigue of Ideologues, Religious and Political

[Burried News]

1. Printed and posted on the Fridge :)

[David Zephyr]

5. Cool.

:)

[sagesnow]

10. Definitely Front of Frig Material!

May post it on friends fridges today too!

[David Zephyr]

18. Thanks.

:)

[electropop]

41. Nice. My fridge will look nice with it too.

[Nitrogenica]

2. Nice list, I love it.

Mind if I copy/paste post that elsewhere?

[David Zephyr]

4. Please do so.

:)

[katty]

3. memorize it so you can tell your kids 'what went wrong'

[David Zephyr]

7. Kidz need their ABC's, too.

:)

[SPKrazy]

6. That's Cool! n/t

[dbackjon]

8. Awesome - going on message boards I frequent!!

[David Zephyr]

9. Thanks. And put me on your fridge, too.

:)

[sagesnow]

19. I always give credit where credit is due.

Thanks DaveZ!

[David Zephyr]

12. Cool enuf for the fridge?

Thanks! :)

[rpannier]

11. You should make it into a book

Kind of like the Dr. Seuss books.

[David Zephyr]

16. I'll leave the books to William Pitt.

But I do know my ABC's. Thanks! :)

[iconoclastNYC]

13. Excellent.

Hey Zephyr....want help turning this into a Flash video?

[David Zephyr]

14. If you can, please do so.

Just be sure that the DU gets credit. :)

And put me on your fridge.

[iconoclastNYC]

15. I could do it

But I'd need help.

Like.....photos to use....and links that people could click to support the claim.

But I can do the Flash...pretty easily. Anyone want to help compile resources?

[iconoclastNYC]

17. Image Ideas -- add to this or help me find them with Google Image Search

A – Abramhoff Associations
pic of Abramoff with Bush? are those are out yet?

B - Bin Laden Still Not Captured
twin towers falling, picture of osama,

C - Culture of Corruption and Cronyism (From Cunningham to Cheney)
Halliburton logo, Cheney, Cunningham, Duke-stir boat?

D - Deficits and Debt
Chart Animation of the surplus turning into deficits and the national debt clock

E - Environmental Malfeasance
This one is hard.... "Clear skies" "Healthy Forests"....... clear cut forest, smog, smokestacks?

F – Fatigue from Fear-mongering
Alert color code scale, headlines from newspapers of bogus terror threats? Quotes from the campaign?

G – Gasoline Prices
Exxon-Mobil logo, headline "Exxon record profits", Pic of gas sign with 3.50/gal gas

H – Halliburton over Health-care
I'd change this to Health-care crisis.....45 million uninsured americans, and maybe some logos of HMOs?

I – Iraq, Iraq, Iraq
The causality count 2300+ dead american gis
The current price tag
Flag draped coffins

J – Judicial Extremists
Pics of the SCOTUS RATS - R]oberts - A]lito - T]homas - S]calia

K- Katrina
p'shopped foto of him with the guitar and the katrina survivor, bush and the mccain cake, and the Astrodome

L – Lies, Lies, Lies
??????

M – Manipulation of Pre-War Intelligence
Photos of the non-existent "Drones", mobil weapons labs, pic of Powell at U.N., Yellow cake?

N – National Security as Politics, Not as a Duty
????

O – Outsourcing of American Jobs
China, India, Factory,


P – Ports Unprotected and Cargo Un-inspected
Pictures of ports/ cargo containers

Q – Quality of American Life, Education and Housing Ignored
graphs comparing various quality of life metrics vs european countries. Infant mortality, happiness index, etc.

R – Retirement Worries & Insecurity
Picture of retired people, headline of Enron retirees being bankrupted?

S – Spying Illegally on the American People
The all knowing eye, NSA logo, Headlines of FBI intimidating and infiltrating anti-war groups

T – Tax Cuts for Billionaires at the Expense of 99% of the Rest of Americans
- Billionaires for Bush demo pics? Pie chart of the distribution of the tax cuts? Other graphs?

U –Unemployed and Under-employed Workers
- Breadline? Closed factories? Graphics of statistics, headlines of layoffs?

V – Voting Fraud, Valerie-Outing and Veteran Neglect
Tiebold logo, ES&S logo, Picture of "Fooled AGain" book jacket, headline of some of the more notable DRE "glitches"

W – Weapons of Mass Destruction
I guess a lot of this is the same as the Prue-war manipulation lies

X – Xenophobia Blow-back
Foots of right-wing anti Arab demo's??? Headlines of people illegally rounded up after 911 and deported?

Y –Young Americans Dying Needlessly for Oil
Pictures of dead/mangled soldiers, flag draped coffins

Z – Zealot of the "Religious Right"
Falwell, Fred Phelps, Pat Roberts, Brent Bozell,

[iconoclastNYC]

20. Link to help out - Research Forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=358x3380

[Dave Sund]

21. Reminds me of a TDS piece a while back

Spoofing the hurricane naming system, and going with alphabetically escalating ridiculous scenarios (O was "Osama & Jenna Sex Tape?")

[David Zephyr]

22. Kicking for the night crowd.

:hi:

[BuyingThyme]

23. Well done.

[KoKo]

24. The Alphabet........out there...of BUSH CRIMES.....

Thanks..it's a handy "pocket reference" for those of us Dems who want to catalog the Bush Lies into a neat package.

It says it all...doesn't it.. Plain and simple so that when we "knock on doors" and try to tell folks WHAT WE ARE ABOUT...we can just hand them this and it says it all.

thanks...it's excellent to have this for us ACTIVISTS/GRASSROOTS who do the work..

[ignatius 2]

25. Most excellent work there. I am making copies to put in

the bookstore,coffee shoppe,lobby at work and the bathroom at work. Keep reminding people why Bush and Co have to go.

[mdmc]

27. agreed very nice

:kick: r

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

26. Nice work.

:yourock:

[BREMPRO]

28. excellent list!! but left out one of the most despicable acts......

T also = TORTURE!!!!

as if 26 nails were not enough....

[iconoclastNYC]

30. Yeah torture is better than taxes.

[David Zephyr]

32. I have to agree that Torture would have been better, BREMPRO.

Hey, I'm an old guy and not as swift at the draw as I used to be. But I got this idea in the middle of the night, scratched a lot of it down and then went back to bed.

Torture would have been a better "T".

Thanks.:)

[Usrename]

38. Yep, were completely out of nails and just scratching the surface.

T = Treason

need a much larger alphabet..

[David Zephyr]

39. T = Treason.

Torture and Treason should both have been in the T's.

Thanks! :)

[Imagevision]

29. Also and quite important, - Election Fraud!!

[David Zephyr]

31. Kicking for the morning crowd.

Hope everyone enjoys this. Spread it around.

[williesgirl]

33. Great compilation - sad but true - just sent to my list. n/t

[David Zephyr]

36. Thanks.

:)

[bleever]

34. Spot on. Recommended. nt

[David Zephyr]

37. Thanks!

We should have made the "T" for torture, though. :)

[Maestro]

35. Great list -nt

[David Zephyr]

43. Thanks.

:)

[dchill]

40. Damn...

For a second there I though that this had come from ABC News. But then they don't spend a lot of time on the truth when there's all that propaganda to catapult...

Great list!

[KittyWampus]

42. What a creative person! thanks, would love to see a Democratic A-Z

[David Zephyr]

46. Thanks.

I had fun with this one. At least it is something that we all can agree on here at the DU: Bush is an idiot.:-)

[sonias]

44. Excellent use of the alphabet

Not the reason for it though.

I can be both Iraq and Iran later this year. Iraq and Iran

Sonia

[David Zephyr]

47. I hope it isn't Iran, too.

Thanks, Sonia!:)

[Synnical]

45. I like it!

Thanks. Got in one last recommendation before time ran out. Good work. Saving now.

:toast:

[David Zephyr]

48. Thanks, Synnical

for squeezing in the last one for the thread which I will let retire now. I had so much fun with this one. :)

[Synnical]

50. No Prob - Did I ever tell you that Zephyr

Is my dog's name? :) (I think I have.) So, I have pre-existing affection for you. :hi:

[0007]

49. H" Stand for the Hague.....nice little room awaits junior.

[sarahlee]

51. Excellent!

Going to be passing it on.

[mdmc]

52. kick