Sticker book is a conversation piece

Political bumper stickers are nothing new, but a handy new book turns them into postcards you can send to your favorite activists.

Fans of President Bush may want to skip “Stick It to Bush” (Chronicle Books, $9.95), which makes fun of the Republican’s policies and malapropisms. The pamphlet-size book includes 10 stickers with slogans that spoof everything from Bush’s perceived lax environmental policies (“More Trees, Less Bush”) to his propensity to mangle phrases (“We’re Gooder!”). One sticker expresses a longing for the return of former President Clinton with the refrain, “Bring Back Monica Lewinsky.”

The sayings were created by visitors to the Daily Kos, a left-leaning Web site that held a contest in mid-2003 to find the most humorous Bush reelection slogans. Of the 100 to 200 responses, the slogans included in the book were the funniest, said Markos Zuniga, who runs the site.

The book, which was released in April, has been popular at bookstores across the nation, said Lianna McFadden, a senior editor at Chronicle Books.

“People can make a political statement without effort,” she said. “And the slogans are really funny.”