Name that Bush Scandal

John Dunagan

Wanted: Nicknames such as (but better than) 'Monicagate' to describe the scandals of the Bush Administration.

Portlander Jon Perr is giving up an iPod and several Amazon gift certificates (one of $50 USD, and several more of $25) to various winners of such awards as the:

A top-10 list of scandals is provided to get you started. Entries must be in by the day of the Coronation Inauguration, Thursday 20 Jan.

It's a worldwide contest, so make sure your snark is top-drawer.

  • Steve Schopp (unverified)
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    Iraqnaphobia= Iraq WMD (or lack thereof) Edupropagandoscious= Armstrong Williams (the Bush administration’s pay-for-play pundit) Abubooboos = Abu Ghraib torture scandal Raisingate = Medicare reform fraud (including budget lies, tax-payer funded fake new stories) Powerattaboy = Enron (including stock disaster, California energy fraud and Bush denial of Ken Lay friendship) Cheneyville Horror = Secret Cheney energy plan George of the bungle = "Mission Accomplished" speech on USS Abraham Lincoln Blown cover-cover up = Valerie Plame CIA agent outing Mushroom cloudy report = Bogus Iraq/Niger yellow cake uranium claims. Physical schmysical =Bush National Guard non-service

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    1. Iraq WMD (or lack thereof)

    Nucularity

    1. Armstrong Williams (the Bush administration’s pay-for-play pundit)

    Hackdraft

    1. Abu Ghraib torture scandal

    Genitanalia II: Electric Boogaloo

    1. Medicare reform fraud (including budget lies, tax-payer funded fake new stories)

    Treat or Eat

    1. Enron (including stock disaster, California energy fraud and Bush denial of Ken Lay friendship)

    the "Current" Events

    1. Secret Cheney energy plan

    An Old Man, A Young Man, and Fraud's Greatest Lesson: Tuesdays with Enron

    1. "Mission Accomplished" speech on USS Abraham Lincoln

    Project Codpiece

    1. Valerie Plame CIA agent outing

    van Spanking: the Hunt for Novakula (Day 400)

    1. Bogus Iraq/Niger yellow cake uranium claims

    Junglefunnies

    1. Bush National Guard non-service

    Saving Lieutenant Wilson

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    I'm apparently gunning hard for the Powell.

  • Nick Zukin (unverified)
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    I'm a Bush supporter, but I'll play along:

    • Dr. Stranglehold (Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Saddam) -- For the whole Mess-o-potamia, as Jon Stewart calls it. Or maybe a less similar name, like Dr. Quagmire.

    If I get bored, more later.

  • Nick Zukin (unverified)
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    Operation Iraqi ...

    ... Bumbledom ... Conundrum ... Martyrdom ... Aggravation ... Annexation ... Assimilation ... Colonization ... Fragmentacion ... Frustration

    Maybe later I'll do more.

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    Wow all you liberals can't even come close to the creativity of Schopp's names.

    He's better at pretending to be a liberal than you all are at actually being one!

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    Three-Card Donnie (Rumsfeld) = Iraq WMD (or lack thereof). Where's the justification of the day? Where's our ace of the day? Wrong. Try again.

    Bush Affirmative Actions (BAAs) = Armstrong Williams (the Bush administration’s pay-for-play pundit), as in "BAA, I'm a sheep"

    Slaughter of the Innocents = Abu Ghraib torture scandal. (not funny, but neither is the issue).

    MediWhere's the Beef? = Medicare reform fraud (including budget lies, tax-payer funded fake new stories)

    Getting Lay'd with Bush (betcha can't deny just one): Enron (including stock disaster, California energy fraud and Bush denial of Ken Lay friendship)

    Oil Slick = Secret Cheney energy plan.

    Dr. Loose Banner (don't make him made, or he'll become a hulking green scowling machine) = "Mission Accomplished" speech on USS Abraham Lincoln

    Using the Plamethrower = Valerie Plame CIA agent outing. Burn all the evidence. Collateral damage allowed.

    Antionnette Revisionism (You can't have a cake and prove it too) = Bogus Iraq/Niger yellow cake uranium claims.

    M.I.L. (Missing in Laziness) =Bush National Guard non-service

  • Jon (unverified)
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    Jon at Perrspectives here.

    Thanks for all of the great suggestions for the "Name That Bush Scandal" Contest so far.

    We'll be picking the winners on Inauguration Day (January 20th), so there's still plenty of time to send in as many entries as you'd like. As the GOP says in Florida, vote early and vote often!

    So remember, don't let the gloom of Bush's second inauguration get you down:

    Play the "Name That Bush Scandal" Contest!

    You could win an Apple Mini-iPod and other great prizes. Best of all, you can have fun at George W. Bush's expense, since the next four years will come at yours.

  • Becky (unverified)
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    1. Iraq WMD (or lack thereof):
      Warhawks of Mass Deception

    2. Armstrong Williams (the Bush administration’s pay-for-play pundit): Boodles and Caboodles for the Schoodles, No Bribe Left Behind

    3. Abu Ghraib torture scandal:
      Fratboys and Cheerleaders Gone Wild

    4. Medicare reform fraud (including budget lies, tax-payer funded fake news stories):
      Snake Oil for Food, Geezer Indoctornation, Wheeling and Dealing for Healing

    5. Enron (including stock disaster, California energy fraud and Bush denial of Ken Lay friendship): Ken Lay Off, Electrical Discharge, Rotating Rat-Outs

    6. Secret Cheney energy plan:
      Keep ‘Em In the Dark Plan, Cahoot to Loot and Pollute

    7. "Mission Accomplished" speech on USS Abraham Lincoln:
      Claim then Blame, Hyperbole at Sea, The Pesky Banner Incident

    8. Valerie Plame CIA agent outing:
      Trading Exposẻs

    9. Bogus Iraq/Niger yellow cake uranium claims:
      Let Them Eat Fake Cake

    10. Bush National Guard non-service:
      Bush’s Disservice, The Nervous Reservist, The Pretense of Defense

  • Tenskwatawa (unverified)
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    -- Top 10 Name Bush Scandal entries

    1. WWMD (Wild W Monkey Doo)

    2. PWAY TV (Armstrong W strongarm)

    3. WAbu GWaub

    4. (Medicare) Wactuarial

    5. ENWRONG

    6. CHENErgY traitor

    7. USS Wuss

    8. Lie guy's spy dies

    9. Wellow CWake WUwanium

    10. W AWOL

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    And miscellaneous entries in various categories:

    "my sin accomplished" "Brain am gone." "Dead or a lie."

    No child gets a mind Double U-2 : W, too -- spy plane crashes, crew captured Kitty Kelley Cokebook Push All The Rich In Oil Tar -- patriot act anthWax letters

    the u.s. governWent

    W ebb logging

    Evil Office in The Fright House

    WMD - W Mouths Dick WMD - W Means Dick-tater WMD - W Makes Dumb WMD - W Ditto Monkey WMD - W Deceit Monkey WMD - WTC Murders: Dick WMD - W Major-league Delusional WMD - W, Master of Disaster WMD - Warped Mind Dubya WMD - World's Most Dangerous WMD - Weapon of Mental Deficiency WMD - Wrong Men Died WMD - Worst Military Defeat WMD - With Malice Deliberate WMD - W's Misinformation Double-cross

    Nine Eleven Op (neo-) conservatives

    social screWity

    Wimpeach

  • Tenskwatawa (unverified)
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    Contest results are posted here. Steve (in Oregon) -- stand up and take a bow. In one other category, one candidate was a parallel of one of my entries, Weapon of Mental Deficiency.

    That was fun. Employed, J-school headline writers everywhere are sooo over... "Name That Bush Scandal" Contest Winners To commemorate the Second Inauguration of President George W. Bush, Perrspectives is pleased to announce the winners of the "Name That Bush Scandal" Contest which concluded at noon EST, January 20, 2005.

    Perrspectives received entries from all over the United States (and the world, for that matter). We'd like to thank everyone who participated for their creativity, spirit, energy and, given the election results, understandable angst. But while America may be the place where , to quote President Bush, "wings take dream", unfortunately only a select few can be recognized as winners.

    ... The Award Winners

    Perrspectives is pleased to announce the award winners, the newest members of George W. Bush's "Ownership Society":

    The George W. Bush Award: Jeff (Minnesota)

    Jeff wins an Apple Mini-iPod for providing the best overall list of names for all 10 scandals listed below. His entries included "Premature Emancipation" (Bush's USS Abraham Lincoln "Mission Accomplished" speech), "Whack-a-Mole" (Valerie Plame CIA outing), "Rice Cake" (bogus Niger uranium claims), "Medicon" (the assorted Medicare reform frauds) and "If the Superscripts Don't Fit, You Must Acquit" (Bush National Guard records).

    ... The Bernard Kerik Award: Steve (Oregon)

    Another $25 gift certificate goes to Steve for the biggest joke and perhaps most apt suggestion of all, "George of the Bungle."

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