The Democrat Party

[hedgehog]

In NYC it seem to have descended into an eternal fight amongst wealthy dilettantes whilst Upstate the Democrat party is just one more line to run on. It's not uncommon to see someone running in a town or county race on the Republican, Democrat and Conservative lines simultaneously. Meanwhile good people go down in flames time after time.

[nookiemonster]

1. Just so you know, it's the DEMOCRATIC party.

Please make a note of it. Thank you.

[tularetom]

2. Jeez don't call it the democrat party

Ya sound like tom delay.

[DaveColorado]

3. RWers disparage dems by calling them the "Democrat Party"

I think we should call them the "Republicon Party"

[Walt Starr]

4. There's no such thing as a "Democrat Party"

There is, however a DemocratIC Party.

[leftchick]

5. you still have time to edit!!!

WE ARE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY! sheesh!

[MADem]

7. And I strongly urge the poster to so do

That is one of those childish, red flag words. Idiot DeLay used it the other day, and looked like the whinging, whining thief that he is.

[SoCalDem]

6. The republican characterization of our name has worked (unfortunately)

I have heard congressional democrats even call it "the democrat party".:grr:

I cringe everytime I hear it.. They started this a few years ago, and democrats just let them get away with it..

[tularetom]

10. It's little shit like this that our dem "leaders" don't get

I'd be willing to bet that there was a repub talking point instructing repub pols, media talking heads and pundits and talk radio hatemongers to use the term "democrat party" and they've done very well at staying on message.

It pisses me off too, big time. The other term that raises my blood pressure is the infamous faux news phrase "homicide bomber".

[SoCalDem]

12. Of course there is.. I remember when it started too..

Callers on C-span all of a sudden started to, very pointedly, say "The DemocRAT party"...Democrats calling in afterwards would try to make the correction, and the hosts would say stuff like "Why does that bother you?:, or "What's the difference"..

Their "re-naming us" was deliberate and pervasive.. It's like calling a guy Billy, when he has told you repeatedly that his name is William.. It's done to rankle and irritate..

It's just like:
death tax
clear skies
healthy forests
partial birth abortion

[tularetom]

15. I think it's the "crat" sound that makes it so annoying

You know, like "bureaucrat" or "technocrat". Maybe we should start referring to the repub party as "the autocrat party" or "the plutocrat party".

[PATRICK]

21. More than a few years ago

Gov. Connally of Tx. used it in Nixon's time(when that Zell Miller of his time switched parties, Agnew may have too, it is the language of turncoats) to wedge away the concept of democracy from being our party's monopoly- which of course, then as now, it was. I am sure it was not a new word game for Connally but likely a Nixonian way of trying to insult the party at the same time as being linguistically PC.

[Neil Lisst]

8. ain't no such thing as the Democrat Party.

Anyone who calls it that is carrying water for the Republicans.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Wel you never know

he \ she may be talking of the Democrat-Republican party, the party of Jefferson... and not even know it.

;-)

[Captain Hilts]

11. The "Democrat Party" expression started by Republican Pollster...

Lance Tarrance, to make the party seem less 'democratic'.

Folks need to e-mail The Guardian to tell its writers NOT to use this expression, which they often do!!!!

[kentuck]

13. Makes it sound like only one person in the entire Party....

:shrug: I guess they don't like the idea of "democratic" since it is so difficult for them to say?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. "Democrat Party" is more accurate.

Seeing that it's beholden to corporate "donations" (aka payoffs) as the also misnamed Republican Party, just not as much.

They both should change their names. The Capitalist Party. And, the Not-So-Capitalist Party.

[Greyhound]

16. Hmm, 14 replies and all correcting language...

Guess we like being run by dilettantes. :shrug:

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Well the Democrat line was started by a repub and it is their

talknig point

[jonnyblitz]

18. LOL..i found that funny, too. its called..

Let's change the subject!!! :crazy:

[K-W]

19. Not changingt he subject so much as a knee jerk reaction. EOM

[Raksha]

20. I suggest you edit your subject line.

Unless of course you want the discussion to be what it's turned into, i.e. about the insulting publican meme "the Democrat Party." I have recently starting calling them "publicans" in retaliation, since I can't get them to stop doing it.

[hedgehog]

22. The worst part is

I was trying to reply to another post and accidently entered a separate post then couldn't figure out how to remove my post!

Thanks for the corrections by the way. I guess all these years I've been thinking Republicans - republican party Democrats Democrat party