The Democratic Progressive Party used the slogan "Wear Bush Shoes-Show China the Boot, Show Taiwan the Love" to call on Green-camp supporters to march in Bush Shoes, while the Kuomintang appealed to its followers to counter by wearing thoroughly Taiwanese blue-and-white flip-flops to symbolize the blue and white of the ROC flag.
民進黨以「穿布希、踏中國、愛台灣」為名，號召挺綠者腳踩布希鞋遊行；國民黨則「腳踩青天拚本土」，號召挺藍者穿著「台味」十足的藍白拖鞋應戰。