No, Sarah Huckabee, It's Not The "Democrat National Committee."

[TrollBuster9090]

Last edited Tue Jul 11, 2017, 02:15 PM - Edit history (3)

Can we just stipulate in advance that anybody who refers to...

The Democrat Party
The Democrat National Committe
The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee
The Democrat Party base
A Democrat Party Congress etc.

has immediately proven themselves to be a complete idiot, and need not be listened to any further? This whole thing of calling the Democratic Party the 'Democrat Party' started with Rush Limbaugh, and if you repeat his mistake it just identifies you as one of his brainless dittohead followers.

Of course, one of the many reasons they do this is because they can't stand the idea that the Party name has a positive adjective like 'democratic' in it. As a result, some try to remove the word 'democratic' from the Party name by calling it 'The DemocRAT Party,' and others have gone the other way, and tried to denigrate the word 'democracy.' Dipshit Rand Paul wrote a pathetic op-ed piece attempting to explain that the United States is a 'republic' and NOT a 'democracy.' The Republican base (at least those who actually read) embraced that, of course. "Republic-an GOOD....DemocRATic BAD..."

We all know, however, that a republic is one of many forms that a democratic government can take. Saying that the United States is a republic and not a democracy is like saying that trucks are made of STEEL, not METAL. Idiots.

UPDATE: maxrandb (below) made a brilliant suggestion. We can now start calling the Republican Party the RUSSIAN PARTY. And the RNC the RUSSIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

I LOVE IT!

[DLevine]

1. One of the many things I love about Joy Reid is

she always corrects her guests when they pull that crap. It should always be called out. It's disrespectful to our party.

[malaise]

19. +1,000

It disgusts me

[phylny]

28. I always correct it, especially in print,

and when I'm correcting my congressman, I say "It's 'Democratic Party'. When you say or write otherwise, it makes you look uneducated."

[meow2u3]

33. That's the whole point

Repunks are going out of their way to be disrespectful to the Democratic Party. That's their MO, brought to you by Rush Limpballs et al.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. It's a purposefully disrespectful 'mistake'. She knows better. . . nt

[The Wielding Truth]

3. It is disrespectful or ignorant or lazy to shorten the name of a group of people on air.

I respect those who bring it to the attention of the person who has done it.

[magicarpet]

4. The intent is....

To emphasize the word RAT in Democrat.

The people who do this "secretly" convey to other like minded people they hate democRATS- have no respect for democRATS - and can't stand the ground democRATS walk on.

The second "hidden" message is that they rat-fuck democRATS seeking to derail them - fuck them up - each and every chance they get.

Marginalize, obliterate, and annihilate is the intent of this juvenile delinquent's political game.

[Lars39]

5. Anti-Semetic, too...Nazis referred to Jews as rats.

[Doug the Dem]

6. "Democrat Wars"

Remember when Bob Dole threw that at Walter Mondale in 1976? Didn't work!

[Alt-Orange]

7. The Democratic Party that operates in the county that I border here in IL

Refer to themselves either as Randolph County Democrats or Democrat Party of Randolph County. I asked them about this and they said it's correct and intentional. In fact the local paper here constantly refers to them as the Democrat Party.

[lapucelle]

10. Are you talking about this organization?

"Welcome to the Randolph County Democrats official Facebook page!"

snip--------------------------------------------------------------------------

"The Randolph County Democratic Party is committed to bringing you strong, qualified candidates ready to provide bold leadership as Randolph County moves forward in the 21st century."

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Randolph-County-Democrats-Illinois-1425923867658459/about/?ref=page_internal

[Alt-Orange]

11. Yeah

But that's the first I've seen them use the proper Democratic Party name

[lastlib]

8. Would they like us to call them the "Publican Party"?

[MrModerate]

22. I use 'Lican -- and my intent is the same as theirs . . .

. . . when they misuse 'Democrat': to delegitimize them.

[classykaren]

23. Yes the repubs.

[PatSeg]

9. Not only is it disrespectful,

it is terrible English. It makes the person saying it, sound terribly stupid and uneducated. Whenever I hear it, it is like fingernails on a chalkboard, they degrade themselves more than they insult the Democratic party.

[lapucelle]

14. "Democratic" is the adjective form,

and that adjective describes the noun "party".

"Republican", "conservative", and "liberal" can all function as either nouns or adjectives, and therein lies the difference.

While the framing is disrespectful and incorrect, it is useful for identifying concern trolls.

[PatSeg]

21. Yes, it is a dead give away

As soon as I hear someone say it, I automatically tune them out as I know what they agenda is. Unfortunately, it started out as an intentional misuse of the word, but now for many it is an unconscious habit.

[George II]

12. It goes back to the 1930s, but Joseph McCarthy and his gang made it a regular thing...

...in the 1950s, intended to be derogatory and insulting.

[Tanuki]

16. It figures. McCarthy's hatchet man (and later Trump mentor) Roy Cohn

undoubtedly did the same.

[underpants]

31. Yes was just about to post that. Rush is Copy catting Mc Carthy

Did anyone really think Rush had an original thought?

[Squinch]

13. Yes, but just to be clear, I am a proud Democrat. A poster here yelled at me

and told me that I was buying into a Republican meme when I said that, and that I should say "I am a member of the Democratic party."

So for the slower, let's be clear: Democrat is a noun. It's ok to be used as a noun. I AM a proud Democrat. But if you use Democrat as an adjective (Democrat party, Democrat base) it's a ridiculous and childish Republican dog whistle.

Personally I don't care that much to spend my energy being angry at it when they do it. I find it more of an eyeroll offense. But I DO take offense when a DU poster tells me that I am buying into a right wing meme when I say I am a proud Democrat.

[TNNurse]

15. They are proud of their ignorance and lack of education.

They think Trump has "the best words".

Unfortunately grammar is a low priority to many. Just check out Facebook.

[Dulcinea]

24. So true!

It's easy to spot a Trumpkin on Facebook or other social media: misspellings, poor grammar, multiple exclamation points, and all-around disdain for the conventions of English. I see better writing out of my ESL students.

[Chipper Chat]

17. Sarah lives inside of the Fox Bubble.

The gospel according to Roger.

[unblock]

18. this is a small but clear point that demonstrates right-wing media bias

the tactic has several goals, but mainly their hope is to goad democrats into correcting their grammar. people love to hate "grammar nazis" and democrats are in a pickle if it's left unchallenged because it's hard to counter without coming across as schoolmarmy.

but this is one of those easy, truly *objective* facts that the media could very easily step in and correct.

why on earth wouldn't the moderator or news anchor or media someone step in and correct them, and indeed, chide them for their mistake? a moderator, in theory, should at a minimum keep people addressing each other in a respectful manner.

so, whenever this happens, whoever is covering the story should be saying, at a minimum "of course, ms. huckabee got the name wrong, it's the democrat*ic* national committee."

the media's job is to report facts, so they can correct facts like this without taking a hit.


but no, the media almost never corrects this, allowing the republicans to score an easy jab.

[maxrandb]

20. I do think that we can start referring to the RNC as

The Russian National Committee though

and yes "Democrat Party" is the most childish use of Orwellianism in the world, however, it seems to be effective.

That's why my life's work has become ensuring that whenever the GOP is mentioned, it is called the "ReTrumplican" Party

[classykaren]

27. Great comment I will always refer to them as the Russian national Committee.

[TrollBuster9090]

34. DAMN that's a good idea!!!

I'll append my post, giving you full credit for it!

Thanks!

[classykaren]

25. I know this is nasty but maybe she couldn't read the card right due to her wobbly eye.

[a kennedy]

26. and I just call the repubs, RepubliCONS as others have done here as well. eom

[Jim Lane]

30. Another alternative is RepubliCAN'T

Repugnican and Rethuglican also have some currency on DU.

[a kennedy]

32. Ooooooo, like this RepubliCAN'T.

[phylny]

29. "I'm sorry, Miss Huckab, what did you say?" n/t