Would you wear something ORANGE everyday until Bush & Cheney are impeached?

[yurbud]

I went to the fabric store to buy three different kinds of orange fabrics to mess around with. The high school girl who cut it for me ask why so much of the same color and I told her the World Can't Wait has come up with this campaign to show national, public support for impeaching Bush & Cheney. She got excited and said she was going to get all her friends to do it too.



The campaign would like to get critical mass on this by Labor Day, and especially have people wearing orange on ORANGE FRIDAYS.


http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4174&Itemid=223



The choice of colors has a couple of advantages:

• It echoes the orange revolution in the Ukraine, which is a great irony since Bush criticized that government for rigging elections when the exit polls didn't match the vote.
  
  
• Orange is a bright, annoying color, most people don't wear in most situations.
  
  
• Enough construction workers wear orange that it will make it look like even more support the campaign.
  
  
• It is also the color of the jumpsuits of the prisoners at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib.
  
  
• Rush Limbaugh has been selling orange "Club Gitmo" wear for a while, so some dittoheads will unwittingly be participating in the campaign.
  
  
  
  

The World Can't Wait has bandanas and tees, but if you can't afford to buy anything from them, you could go to a thrift store and buy a couple of orange tee shirts, or a strip of fabric from a fabric store to make a bandana, scarf, or armband. You can also buy one of those rubber wristbands in orange.



Some variations you can do with this:

• Tie an orange ribbon to the antenna on your car or side mirrors.
  
  
• Send an orange postcard to your senators and reps with just the words IMPEACH NOW on it. (or maybe tell them you'll wear orange until they do their job and impeach, so every time they see the color they'll remember they aren't doing their job).
  
  
• Send that postcard to the White House too. What the hell. You know you're on the list already.
  
  
• Put an orange banner or background on your blog.
  
  
  
• You might also send a nice orange tie or scarf to your favorite White House press corps reporter and say you would be honored if they wore it at press conferences, especially when they're with Bush himself. (Whether or not you tell the reporter the significance of the color is up to you). Hell, Helen Thomas might wear it even if you tell her what it's for.
  
  
  
  Even better, when Cheney goes hunting, he will be supporting impeaching himself.
  
  

Will you participate in this campaign?

[Raven]

1. Funny! All the gun folks will be wearing orange soon, hunting season

is just around the corner. I'll be wearing orange and my dogs as well!

[Xenotime]

18. *sigh*

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I am already there

I have an orange bracelet that says IMPEACH and I have bought several orange shirts. I also have an orange ribbon on my car antenna.

[yurbud]

13. cool

[EstimatedProphet]

3. I will if it becomes an actual campaign

[yurbud]

8. it is an actual national campaign go to WORLD CAN'T WAIT LINK

http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4174&Itemid=223

[EstimatedProphet]

21. Missed it the first time thanks

[stimbox]

4. I wear my Orange Impeachment shirt alot.

I always get positive comments from people.

http://www.beachblogger.net/barbara/

[yurbud]

12. put up a pic of yourself wearing orange

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. Here's my kid

Friday night helping us get signatures for our IMPEACH petitions

[Yael]

5. I learned while doing my undergrad studies at the U of Tennessee

That orange is a really, really bad color on me.

:hi:

[Jack Bone]

6. yeah..I'm there!!

I loved the Lawrence Welk singers in orange pic! That brings back some good times spent w/ my Grandma!!

[hyphenate]

7. I like orange

but it would be difficult to wear it on March 17. I'm of part Irish descent, and it's a no-no on that day. :P

[yurbud]

9. if Bush's is still in office in March, I doubt the Dems will ever impeach

[Webster Green]

10. That isn't a good enough reason for me to wear orange.

I have no orange apparel, and never will.

[yurbud]

11. not even to scare and/or piss off republicans?

[charlie and algernon]

33. what?

i don't know too many republicans who would be scared that i wore an orange shirt, lol.

[yurbud]

55. If you told them what it meant, then they notice burly road crew guy giving him a scowl...

that would probably make Sean Hannity wet himself.

He may do that anyway.

[lligrd]

14. How Ablut Some Ammoying Orange Flags For Autos

to counter their annoying habit of flying the US Flag that way?

[yurbud]

25. change the red & blue to orange

[cynatnite]

15. No, because it's too much like wearing red on Fridays...

most people won't get it.

Plus orange is a really bad color for me.

[yurbud]

23. what does red friday mean?

[cynatnite]

28. War supporters said wearing red means supporting the troops...

I thought it was a stupid idea.

[yurbud]

30. it actually implies they support the troops bleeding and dying

[Richard D]

16. Sorry . . .

. . . I'm a "winter." Orange just doesn't work.

[Babsbrain]

24. Orange isn't your color?

The #1 problem is that MOST dems are afraid to identify themselves. Until we do, we deserve what we get.

When you go to work, to the store, to the dentist, or just driving, do you identify who you are?

Do you know if your clerk, doctor, repairman, the person driving behind you is someone who believes in their president or is someone who is aware of what is really going on?

Oh, and as a winter, red is a very good color for you.

[Richard D]

29. But but but . . .

. . . I'm a sort of shy winter, so red isn't often worn. I have bumper stickers on my car though, and talk politics whenever the opportunity presents. I'd wear an orange impeachment badge though.

[Babsbrain]

31. There should be more like you

[Richard D]

32. Likewise, I'm sure.

[yurbud]

92. it's odd that the majority acts like minority

[dkofos]

17. Will I look like a pumpkin??

[Fierce]

19. If bumperstickers, protests, letter-writing campaigns,

signs on overpasses, t-shirts, marches and the 2006 election haven't brought it about, why on earth would this?

I'm sure "construction workers" appreciate the thought, too.

[yurbud]

22. it is on-going & viral

[spindoctor]

20. No problemo...

...I'm Dutch!

[Igel]

26. No.

I have two pairs of pants, 5 pairs of underwear, two shirts that button and 3 t-shirts that fit. That's it. If I don't do laundry every 5 days I use a towel or do laundry in the buff.

You lose 50 lbs in 7 months and see what happens to your wardrobe. And the problem is, I may gain some or all of it back once the meds get my body back in line. But until then, I may lose even more weight.

Orange? Not on my radar. More pressing clothing needs.

[stillcool]

34. I like the idea..

but not so much with clothing..jewelry..embroidery...I think it's time I start wearing my discontent on my sleeves..

[proud2BlibKansan]

35. OMG This is so sad

I can remember so many campaigns like this promoted here on DU. Some even involved collecting money. And the response has been fabulous!

Who can forget what DU did for Andy Stephenson? And the flowers for Helen Thomas? And the outpouring of support for Cindy Sheehan, who started her vigil outside bush's ranch 2 years ago today. DUers were awesome in their responses to each of these and many other campaigns.

But this simple idea gets blown off with some of the most ridiculous comments I think I have ever seen here!! It's one thing to not agree. It is another entirely to belittle and demean the idea.

yurbud, you spent a lot of time putting this OP together and I thank you for that. Your pictures are wonderful and very clever.

But for a community that has spent 6 and a half years criticizing this administration and has voted overwhelmingly in favor of impeachment in several DU polls, the reactions you are getting to your OP just blow my mind.

No wonder so many longtime DUers are leaving this place.

[yurbud]

41. it would be a mistake to leave because of obvious trolls.

[Raine]

36. Self-deleted nt

[Canuckistanian]

37. No problem

My party's color is orange anyways!
http://imgred.com/

[rug]

38. I still haven't decided if I should put a blue paper clip on my lapel.

[debbierlus]

39. I will wear black everyday. In mourning for my country

I don't own anything orange.

[WA98296]

40. The "media" can't spin a large living (orange) opinion poll if it grows large enough...A modern

day version of taking to the streets.

Can something this simple be too much to ask? Why don't we try?

[mentalsolstice]

42. Eek! It departs from my team colors, & football season is upon us!

:sarcasm:

[redacted]

43. Where can I get one of those ribbons?

Folks at the LA National Impeachment Center are wearing them

[proud2BlibKansan]

53. We made them and handed them out here

as people signed our IMPEACH petitions.

[redacted]

66. OK, but where is here?

[proud2BlibKansan]

71. Kansas City

[redacted]

77. Wow! Great!

[KAT119]

44. I wore orange in comraderie/support of the Ukraine Revolution

Love to do it now--for our own freedom from Dark House neocon fascist peril.

[Breeze54]

45. I'll color the exclamation point orange on my IMPEACH cap!!

:P



http://www.usalone.com/impeach_cheney_cap.php

Get a hat with each donation. $5, $10, $15, etc.

Or

Save America Impeach Cheney Bush Trucker Hat


http://www.cafepress.com/buy/impeach+bush/-/pv_design_prod/pg_1/p_storeid.147483313/pNo_147483313/id_20558923/opt_/fpt_/c_360/

[proud2BlibKansan]

51. Did you get your hat?

I darkened the question mark on mine so it didn't show. Shit, there is no question - the man should be impeached.

[Breeze54]

62. Not yet and they just got 10,000 more and

they said they're going through all the stacks of requests and they are going
to start delivering from the west coast addresses first! :( But they did say
that I might have it in another week or so, I think.

I'm going to turn that question mark into an ampersign ( & ) instead and get
a tube of white and orange liquid embroidery and add BUSH on the bill! ;)

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[blues90]

46. Not me , I don't think it will help and to -

go with orange may mean a decade of orange if ever , Perhaps if one wanted to add tons of carrots to their diet to give off that orange skin tone you could do the orange thing as well as bring your health up or die from some toxic carrot crop .

[jpgray]

47. I Am Furious (Orange)

How will this be distinguishable from those who just are wearing orange for no reason? Or is the idea to force our interpretation of orange fabric on all who wear it? To me it fails from an identification standpoint--orange clothing will not be evidence of impeachment support in all or even most cases. Also, if the idea is that since so many people wear orange anyway it will make many people seem as though they support impeachment: first, that's rather deceptive; second, why not just say the new impeachment secret handshake is wearing white socks? Or black shoes? Look at all the impeachment supporters we've created.

[yurbud]

50. it's the same concept as a sick out strike--the boss doesn't know exactly who's striking or sick

and the doubt is more powerful than even a higher number known for certain.

[FloridaJudy]

48. I wouldn't be caught dead in orange!

Not only is it a perfectly dreadful color on me, but I would be mistaken for a football fan. The local college team color is orange, and every summer and fall this town is infested with orange-bedecked boors waving orange flags. It looks like a convention of escaped convicts, only with worse manners.

YMMV, but I'm asportual.

[yurbud]

49. Get even with sports fan then with bumper sticker that says: wear orange to impeach Bush & Cheney

then the person who sees the bumper sticker will think at least the next couple of neanderthal sports fans are actually in favor of impeaching Bush & Cheney.

[in_cog_ni_to]

52. You don't really believe the politicos are going to care that people are wearing orange, do you?

They'll just laugh at the silly lowlife subjects who still believe they can change things in Washington. Face it, it's OVER. The politicians don't CARE what you want, what you think or whether you wear Orange or Pink. THEY DON'T CARE. Cindy Sheehan arrest, anyone? BY A DEMOCRAT no less.

Remember the phone calls to Congress members during the SCalito and Roberts hearings? We overloaded the switchboard with so many phone calls! Who is sitting on the court? SCalito and Roberts.

They REALLY don't give a crap what you want. THEY have the power, not us. You're a nobody to them. Remember that.

[yurbud]

57. what are you going to do then? Stick your head in an oven to save them the trouble?

[in_cog_ni_to]

60. NOTHING. It's a waste of time, effort and money. FUCK THEM. They will never use me again.

I won't let them.

Wearing orange will change NOTHING. When are you going to realize that? NOTHING you say or do is going to mean jack shit to them. They do not CARE what we want. Period.

[yurbud]

64. I would rather do nothing, but if we do that, we will definitely be used.

did ignoring what our government was doing in the Middle East prevent 9/11?

Apathy will kill you--or at least make it harder to pay the bills, buy a house, go the doctor, and send you kids to a decent school and college.

[cynatnite]

54. Here is why no one in my state would get my wearing orange...

It's Vol country and every idjit Vol fan would think I was one, too, and I don't like football. Plus orange looks like shit on me.

[yurbud]

56. you have just shown me 11 unwitting supporters of impeachment

all you have to do is put on a bumper sticker that says "wear orange to support impeaching Bush & Cheney" and whoever sees it will at least wonder if those knucklehead football fans aren't actually impeachment supporters.

[cynatnite]

58. No, that's football fans who love their vols...

and that's what most see around here. Just the way it is in E. TN.

[RB TexLa]

59. No way I wear orange for a political movement

Nope.

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/murphyl/all%20images/Northern%20Ireland%201997-2003/junior%20Orangemen%203,%20heading%20west%20on%20Albertbridge%20rd.,%20Somme.JPG

[SidDithers]

95. Exactly...

That was my first thought as well.

Sid

[WinkyDink]

61. No. I'm a "Winter".

You think I jest?!

[jazzjunkysue]

63. This kind of posting just makes us look like fools. n/t.

[yurbud]

65. I would like to thank all negative posts who have helped keep this thread near the top of GD

it's a very clever way of showing your support.

[renate]

67. great bunch of pictures!

The reasons for the color orange are all good, too--especially the jumpsuits and the (OMG how vile) Rush Limbaugh shirts.

If this became an easily recognizable sign of protest, I'd wear orange, but until then... it's my least favorite color, I have nothing orange in the house let along in my closet, and, because Bush is so wildly unpopular anyway and everybody's already aware of that, I'm not sure even a widespread protest would make enough of a difference to make wearing orange:puke: worth it. It's not as though his 28% standing in the polls has changed anything.

I don't mean to be a wet blanket. If the color were black, green, purple, or blue, I'd go along. Even though I know it's not about fashion but about a statement. I just really don't like orange and look like a cadaver in it.

But my sincerest thanks for your post and for all the work you put into it. And if "orange = impeach" came to be a generally understood shorthand, I'd be happy to look cadaverous in solidarity.

[yurbud]

69. dare to be a trendsetter. I figured that out back in high school. most people are so terrified of

being different or the first one to do something, then the first time, YOU are the first, and people start imitating you, or even if you just realize you can endure the mocking, it's liberating.
.
fuck everybody else if it doesn't catch on. at least it's worth a try.


wear a token amount like the rubber wristband or a tee under another shirt

[bbgrunt]

68. A year or so ago, it was important to let people

know that there were others with the same thoughts. Now it is the predominant opinion. So it's not clear that it has the same coded meaning to be wearing orange that it once would have--but hell, if it can encourage one other person to feel empowered, I'm all for it. Of course, like in 1984, we are just creating an easy way for them to identify and deal with us. So, get me one of them orange wristbands........

[Breeze54]

70. But if I see someone else wearing orange, I can wink, knowingly!

:)

[Perry Logan]

72. Sounds good--except for here in Austin, TX, where everyone wears burnt orange all the time.

It's the law.

[yurbud]

75. so the hunters can't say they mistook the liberals for deer?

[Breeze54]

79. LMAO! But probably true!!

:rofl: :rofl:

They want to make sure that when Cheneys in town, well, you know!! :P

[treestar]

73. Why not? It couldn't hurt.

[radfringe]

74. other: we don't have the oranges... ;)

[Beelzebud]

76. No because the Democrats would leave me wearing orange forever.

[noonwitch]

78. No, but I used to wear orange for St. Patrick's Day

Just to piss off my catholic friends when I was in college.

[Breeze54]

80. You're lucky they didn't

kick the crap outta you! ;)

[cobalt1999]

81. I will be wearing orange (or blue) every Saturday this fall.

IMHO, it's great for supporting my university football team, it's a bad idea for supporting a political goal.

[Breeze54]

83. I guess that means you won't wear pink or red ribbons either,

in support of breast cancer research, heart research studies or support for AIDS victims?

Or any other color people use to represent a cause?

Only to support a sports team? :eyes:

[cobalt1999]

84. a ribbon means something to people

an orange shirt doesn't.

[Breeze54]

85. But you're wrong, and that's the point of starting it up again.

It CAN mean something and it already has to a lot of people!

A lot of people know what it means.

on edit:

If you did wear an orange armband and people asked you why.
Then you'd have the perfect opportunity to inform them too! ;)

Enjoy the game!! :hi:

[cobalt1999]

89. yes, it COULD mean something

Armbands and ribbons generate questions, like you said. Just wearing the color orange won't have people asking "why", especially during football and basketball season.

I think your armband idea is much better than a shirt color.

[Breeze54]

91. I agree on the armband thing too!

I'm going to have it on my impeach hat also.
But maybe I'll make an armband too! ;)

[zanne]

82. Only if the Salvation Army has alot of orange clothing. nt

[yurbud]

93. probably do.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

86. No Way. Not Only Would It Not Mean A Thing, But Others Around Me Would Think I've Gone Over The

political deep end.

I know you mean well, but no thanks.

[Breeze54]

87. You mean they don't already?

:shrug:

:P

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

88. I Know You're Used To The People Around You Viewing You In Such Ways, But That Doesn't Mean You

should be surprised when others aren't viewed that way by those around them.

[Breeze54]

90. Lighten up. It was a joke!

:eyes:

and you know nothing about the people who know me or surround me.

[DurShar]

94. With football season here........

and my favorite team being the Cincinnati Bengals I will wear orange and black at least once a week for the next 4 or 5 months.

:P

[w8liftinglady]

96. only if i could convince my representatives to do the same