Images of designs for T-shirts, buttons, etc. Political for the 2008 Presidential election (government and citizen issues)

Bumper sticker for 2008

(2008 Nov 02 blog post)

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This page of T-shirt, button, etc. designs
on government/citizen (political) issues
of the 2008 Presidential McCain-vs-Obama campaign

INTRODUCTION : There are various sites on the web --- such as zazzle.com --- where you can interactively design your own t-shirts (and other wares: bumper-stickers, hats, buttons, mousepads, shoes, aprons, posters, etc.) --- and where 1000s of such items are on display. As the November 4 voting date for the 2008 U.S. presidential election approached --- McCain versus Obama --- after 8 years of Bush --- I took the time to go through a lot of the zazzle.com political items and collect JPEG image files of the ones that 'struck' me (mostly humorous sayings or images). For your convenience (and mine), I have collected the images --- more than 60 --- and displayed them below, in this web page. These image files add up to more than 1.0 Meg of files. I have made sure most of the files are suitably small for email attachments. But, even so, some people's mail server does not allow for emails of a large size, like more than one Meg. This web page provides a way to email people the selected pictures. One can simply email them the link to this web page. Since the writing in some of the images may be hard to read, the text of each image appears below each image --- in a form that can be scaled up. One of my favorites : "Mooselini" A pun on Mussolini --- and the fact that Sarah Palin was from Alaska and she had made various statements about moose and moose hunting.

"I can see the moon from Alaska Let me run NASA !" Palin famously said she could see Russia from her house --- triggering comments like the ones above and below. "I can see Russia from my house with my great designer glasses. "Unqualified? You betcha" "You betcha" was a favorite phrase of Sarah Palin "McCAIN Strength through uncontrolled anger" Senator John McCain often showed anger when people did not want to send U.S. troops into some country and 'finish the job'. (He seemed to have some image that all U.S. conflicts would end nobly with a surrender like Japan surrendering a ceremonial sword on the USS Missouri battleship at the end of World War II.)

"No banker left behind" is a reference to the bailout and huge economic meltdown ('Great Recession') at the end of the 2nd term of George Bush --- and a reference to the "No child left behind" program during his presidency. "No really, I'm telling the truth this time" is a reference to fact that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was predicated on a made-up weapons of mass destruction threat. "McCain-Palin Let them eat cake" "Only McCain can save the Homeland"

"The more Republicans I meet, the more I like my dog !" mousepad. "I voted twice and all I got was this lousy president" is a reference to G.W. Bush running for 2000 and 2004 presidencies. (NOTE to right-wing literalists: This person did not vote twice in one election. They voted once in two different elections.) "Sarah Palin --- Master Debater" "Trickle down economics is just a euphemism for Republicans pissing on everyone else."

"Your finances aren't MY crisis !" is a expression of outrage about the 'bailout' of the big banks that brought ruin upon themselves. "700 BILLION dollars The New Minimum Wage for Wall Street CEO's" "I just spent $700,000,000 on bailouts, and all I got was this lousy shirt" "A 'Free Market' does NOT support corporate welfare"

"Home of the brave politicians who are willing to sacrifice someone elses life just to make themselves richer" (a reference to sending young men to fight an Iraq war for control of Iraq's oil by U.S. oil oligarchs) "Like a rock --- only dumber." "STOP Mad Cowboy Disease" " 'YEEHAW!' is not a foreign policy "

"FIGHTIN' FOR WHITEY" with a picture of Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State under G. W. Bush "DEMOCRAT IS THE NEW REPUBLICAN" is probably a reference to the fact that it is getting harder and harder to tell a corrupt Republican from a corrupt Democrat "KEEP YOUR RELIGION OUT OF MY POLITICS" is a refence to Republicans continually distorting the part of the Constitution having to do with 'freedom of religion' --- the part meant to guarantee freedom from other people's religions. "McCain 2008 - Bush's third term" is a reference to the expectation that a McCain presidency would be indistintuishable from a G. W. Bush presidency.

"McCain 1928" is a reference to the likelihood of a McCain presidency reverting the U.S. government back to a form that existed around the time of the Great Depression Other 'interesting' items : "A moose in every pot. McCain/Palin 2008" "Iraq War: 3 Trillion National Debt: 9 Trillion Wall St. Bailout: 700 Billion Buying your vote for a $1200 tax cut, Priceless!" "Another Accountant Sick of G. W. Bush" " Hank Paulson for King" (Paulson was one of the 'engineers' of the bailout --- a banker who bailed out the bankers who created their own predicament.) "EVIL Conservative '08"

"Want more pain? Vote McCain" "WANTED George W. Bush for crimes against humanity and the planet ..." "Liberals love people. Conservatives love money. Neoconservatives love power."

"Lobbyist ... The McCain Puppet Show" (This is a reference to McCain's 2008 campaign team being made up of about 177 lobbyists for monied interests such as drugs, insurance, oil/gas/coal, utilities, pay-day-lenders, holy-roller-church-preachers, mail/email/phone-scammers, etc.) "Dick Cheney's black cousin for president" (This may be a reference to Obama's love of use of drones not being much different from Cheney's love of use of water-boarding.) "NO COUNTRY for really old men!" (This may be a reference to Republicans year-after-year stonewalling on any kind of a decent medical system for retirees.)

"Just a Couple of Boobs" with pictures of Obama and McCain over each boob. (This is a T-shirt for women who found it difficult for vote for either 2008 candidate.) The NO-symbol on "McBush" (This contraction of McCain-and-Bush is a reference to the expectation that McCain would follow the same policies as G. W. Bush.) Image of McCain's head with a thought-bubble containing an image of a plane dropping bombs. (This is a reference to McCain's eagerness to go to war on almost any excuse.)

"Bush Lite" under an image of McCain. (This is a pun related to Busch beer coupled with the expectation that McCain would just be a watered-down version of George W. Bush.) "McSame" under an image of McCain. (This is a reference to the expectation that McCain would just be more of George W. Bush.) "Joe the Plumber is my BFF" (This is a reference to the fact that the Republicans were using a man referred to as 'Joe the Plumber' --- a conservative commentator, not a plumber --- to try to convey that Republicans are the party of the working [white] man. This subterfuge probably did appeal to many working white men.)

"John McCain MORE WAR LESS JOBS" (This is a reference to McCain's tendency to favor a leap into almost any war.) "John McCain Scares Me to Death" (This is probably another reference to McCain's tendency to favor a leap into almost any war.) "Nothing flies with only a RIGHT WING" (What party could this be referring to?) Image of Palin over the word 'JOKE' This is a play on the poster image of Obama over the word 'HOPE'.

"Sarah Palin Clueless" "Who ever heard of a nice piece of elephant" "Republigun" (A reference to Republicans supporting guns everywhere for everyone --- in schools, parks, theaters, shopping malls --- but not in Congress or court buildings.) "Prisoner of a RED STATE" (A 'red state' refers to a state whose government is controlled by Republicans.)

"Better dead than RED" (This is a play on an old, 1950s-era saying from the McCarthy 'witch-hunt' days --- "Better red than dead.") (Translation: Better dead than live in a Republican state.) "Draft Republicans" (This is probably a suggestion that Republicans should be drafted to fight in Bush's Iraq war that G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney wanted so much.) "Guns don't kill people. Dick Cheney does." (This refers to the NRA and Cheney --- both of whom are rather cavalier about the killing of people with guns. Also Cheney accidentally shot a friend of his.) "READY ... FIRE ... AIM" (This refers to Cheney shooting a friend of his --- in the face, by the way.)

"Shoot first" by an image of Cheney, and "Ask questions later" by an image of G.W. Bush. "Save the Planet Transplant Bush" (This is a reference to the Bush administration's horrible record on environmental issues.) "Moose for Obama" (This is a reference to the fact that any self-respecting Alaskan moose would not like to see Sarah Palin in the White House.) "The Wasilla Hillbillies" (This is a reference to the Sarah Palin 'clan' --- from Wasilla, Alaska --- --- and the old TV show 'Beverly Hillbillies'.)

"Aks me how many moose I shot" (This is a reference to Sarah Palin and her comments on shooting moose.) "Wall Street Bailout I Want All Your Money" under an Uncle-Sam-wants-you image "Bush Retirement Party January 17, 2009 :: bushretires.com The party the whole world has been waiting for Austin, TX" Unfortunately, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment to me as documented on this web page. High hopes were dashed.

FOR MORE INFO : For any one wishing to find more T-shirt-etc images relating to government and citizen (political) issues --- in particular, issues related to the 2008 U.S. presidential election campaign, here are some 'sample' WEB SEARCH links on keywords: 't-shirts 2008 presidential election' 't-shirt images bailout 2008' 'bumper stickers mccain palin obama 2008' 'buttons posters bush cheney mccain palin'

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