The REPUBLIC party

[niceypoo]

If Bush wants to sink to the savage/Limbaugh partisan level of saying "The 'democrat' party then it's high time that democrats start calling the GOP the 'REPUBLIC PARTY'. I would love to see the RW hacks cringe when it hits their ears. Rub their fucking noses in it.

[snowbear]

1. Yes! Keith Olbermann also said CALL THEM THAT !!!

The "Republic" Party!

Bush's filthy dirty mouth the other day as he kept saying the "Democrat Party" was sickening.

Let's do it!

[tularetom]

2. LOL - I heard him say that!

I wish Keith would shit can that ass kissing bush sycophant dana milbank though.

[Dr.Phool]

3. Way past due to get rid of him.

[zbdent]

5. The Republican Guard

(a la Saddam's "Republican Guard")

[Dinger]

7. I Heard Kieth Say That Yesterday - Good!

It's also a red flag when some posters here occasionally use that term. Yes, the "Republic Party" will do nicely.

[zbdent]

4. RepubliCANT party

or Repugnicon party

[Bozita]

6. RepubliCON or RePIGlican Party

so many possibilities!

[elehhhhna]

51. Me-publicans

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Doesn't have an unpleasant sound to it though

The way "Democrat" used as an adjective does, unfortunately.

[niceypoo]

9. Sure it does

It sounds just as stupid as saying "democrat" party. It sticks out like a sore thumb and the GOP would hate it. Keith should refer to them soley by this name from now on as should we here on DU!

[DavidDvorkin]

12. I prefer "fascist swine"

and use it whenever I can. :)

[SOS]

16. Agree

The Republic Party wordsmiths do this sh#t for a reason.
They demonize "Democrats" all day long and then rename our Party to match their rhetoric.
"Democratic" has a positive association and that's why they do this.
It's very calculated.
Time for us to rename their party.
Let's defeat the Republic Party in 2006 and 2008!

[jayctravis]

32. How about "Repub Party"?

[ljm2002]

10. Roger that!

From now on, every chance I get, they will be referred to as the Republic party.

Other suggestions are clever, but this has two virtues that win out: 1 -- short and sweet, no one has to think about puns or spelling; and 2 -- it is an obvious slap for the misuse of Democrat party, which just grates on me every time I hear it.

So let's give 'em a continuous dose of their own medicine, every day, every chance we get!

[PurityOfEssence]

11. Count on me

They should be endlessly derided and harassed for their scurrilous use of language.

Quite frankly, the two appellations are quite accurate: the Democratic party believes in democracy, pluralism and an open society where ideas have equal footing in dispute, whereas the Republican party believes in little else than the establishment of a non-monarchy, with no respect for the right of the vote--in line with elitists like Scalia--and an absolute hatred of popular equality.

A "republic" can be much more ugly than an enlightened monarchy, but a "democracy" at least suggests some sort of access for all.

[Igel]

13. But it sounds wrong. Not the same thing.

"Democrat" is someone in the Democratic Party.

"Democrat Party" would be a party that's composed of Democrats; just like 'apple pie' is 'pie with apples.' Think of it as a compound word, or as "Democrat" being taken as an adjective "of or pertaining to those with membership in the Democratic Party". A perfectly productive process in English grammar.

Try it with "Republican". Well, a person in the "Republican Party" is a "Republican". In fact, I have trouble parsing the phrase "Republican Party" in any way other than "the party that's composed of Republicans". "Republican views" are views held by Republicans, not 'views that are commensurate with believing that a republic is the preferred system of government.' It could become circular in reference quite quickly, but breaks out of the circularity by having the definition not be quite what I simplistically said it was, i.e., the members can be identifying by voting, not membership; but 'republican' as a common adjective is pretty much dead in my lexicon.

"Republic party" goes back to the views that a republic is the preferred system of government. I'm not sure that describes the "Republican Party" (which probably originally meant 'party loyal to the Republic,' referring to a much older political context, one now lost).

In other words, "Republican Party", IMHO, is actually syntactically more parallel to "Democrat Party" than to "Democratic Party" these days. But I suppose the people that find "Democrat Party" like the framing implied in "Democratic Party", playing off the dualism of "democratic" and "Democratic".

[niceypoo]

17. Your being overly analytical

there is no need for deep meaning. Its like rubbing a dogs nose in its shit when it craps on the floor.

[Igel]

24. I'm a linguist.

I think in paradigms and in general I have trouble linearizing my thinking.

"Democrat party" and "Republican party" are in one paradigm, where fronted nouns are coerced to function as adjectives; "Democratic Party" and "Republican Party" are in another paradigm, where words that are formally adjectives are used as adjectives. Note the ambiguity. "Republic Party" fits neither paradigm, and is quite distant from either; it's simply an irrelevant suggestion prompted by not recognizing the ambiguity.

It won't fly for that reason.

[niceypoo]

26. 99.9% of americans are NOT linguists

and in particular, republicans tend to be simplistic, willfully ignorant morons. It makes their use of such language sound petty. I love it.

[ClassWarrior]

39. Most people do have an instinctually good ear, though.

They don't have to understand it for it to influence them.

I agree. "Republic" party sounds copycat and lame.

NGU.

[niceypoo]

41. Yes, it does

and it should sound copycat and lame. Of course you can take the "Nice them to death" approach and see if that gets you anywhere if you find my tack offensive but from this point out I shall refer to them collectively as the "REPUBLIC PARTY".

[ClassWarrior]

47. "Nice them to death??" LOL

Why don't you get REALLY mean, and call them poopy-pants??

:rofl:

NGU.

[jayctravis]

33. Call them "Repubs" then. "Repub Party"

Sounds like a repeated tavern carousal.

[mariema]

35. I've been using "repub" since 2000

It drives my repub brother in law crazy. And when my sister says "It is the Republican Party NOT the repub party!" I always reply "If you learn to say Democratic Party I might consider changing my terminology."

[calimary]

18. Understandable, but the point is the leaving off of the last syllable.

It's the incomplete-ness that counts. It's a glaring, MOST noticeable deliberate error - precisely mirroring their attempt at a subtle, under-the-radar slap in the face to the Democratic Party. It is an attempt, VERY subtly, to diminish and discount. To cut our side down JUST a WEE bit, every time and every time and every time.

Taste o' their own medicine, I say. And if called on it by one of them, I'd simply respond - I'll say the terminology correctly - when YOU do. It's WAY past time we shoved their tactics back in their own faces, down their throats, and up their asses. And we should stop when they do. Not unless OR until. And not a day sooner.

And about Dana Milbank - yes, they could lose him YESTERDAY and the show wouldn't be lacking one bit. I'd say the same for that damned Richard Wolffe of Newsweek, who would bend himself into Cirque du Soleil pretzels to avoid saying anything less than positive about this White House. I also have noticed he hasn't been on in awhile, either. Which gives me some hope. But still too much timidity and too much tip-toeing around the facts. Too much accentuate-the-positive crap coming out of some of his guests. At least Olbermann himself knows the score, and proves it consistently.

And I LOVED how he repeated that Nexus of Fear and Terrorism report last night. Even better, his brief introductory reference to the calls and emails from people wanting to see it again. By popular demand! THAT is a VERY good sign. And one, I think, that his new boss, Dan Abrams, has noticed. I think that's also why, all of a sudden, Keith is being flown out to the TV Critics Association junkets, in person, to rub elbows and be an "MSNBC Ambassador" in the flesh, and do the "Tonight Show" and make other personal appearances. Guys - they just DON'T do stuff like that with their talent unless they regard that talent as valuable. They don't spring for the airfare (first class, I'd bet) OR the hotel room OR the rental car or limo OR whatever other perks go with a road trip like that, with somebody who's on the outs. Have they sent Rita Cosby or little tucker-boy anywhere, representing the network to the public? Obviously, they think Keith is an asset to be flattered, given extra treats and perks and privileges (probably why he's getting a little more time off these days), and kept happy. His ratings, while low overall, are still rising. I bet they rue the day they let Phil Donahue go, because he was doing fine for them in the numbers. In fact, I think his was the highest-rated show. But the timing was bad - everything was slanting conservative because at the time, THAT was perceived to be the hip thing to do. Especially since, back then, the republi-CONS were on the rise, instead of flushing down the crapper as they are now.

Which brings us back to calling them what they deserve to be called. And treating them the way they deserve to be treated. Around here, with our son especially (when he was young and crazy), we had this frequent admonishment: "if you act like a jerk, YOU'RE GONNA BE TREATED LIKE A JERK." He came around. SOME in the republic party will respond accordingly. The others are just hopeless putzes and deserve whatever shit treatment they get.

[JNelson6563]

14. I've been using "radical Republicans"

as opposed to real conservatives.

Julie

[July]

15. 2 more good names I picked up here and at Daily Kos:

Publican Party, with its negative Biblical connotations (can't remember who came up w/it, but it was a DUer)

and

F-Uplicans (I think this was ctkeith's at Daily Kos).

[Raksha]

43. I think the DUer who came up with "Publican party" was me.

One other Dem on another forum picked up on it and uses it consistently, which is kinda funny because *I* don't use it consistently! Often I call them the Repukes.

[July]

49. It's a good one! nt

[Vinca]

19. Agreed - unless we're somehow allowed to call them what they

really are without being bleeped.

[mikelgb]

20. I always hear Sam Seder on AAR say

RAY-publican and it gives the same double take for me that democrat party does

[Clark2008]

21. I want to call Limpballs or Insannity so badly and ask,

"You support immigrants to this country being made to learn how to speak English, don't you?"

And, when they naturally say, "YES! Of course I do!"

Then I want to say, "Well, why don't YOU learn how to speak English first. It's not the 'Democrat' Party - it's the DemocratIC Party. You sound like you don't have good command over the language when you use a noun for an adjective."

And then hang up.

:evilgrin:

[Turn CO Blue]

22. It's the REPUBLAN Party - leave the "I" & "C" out just like they do

R E P U B L - - A N

D E M O C R A T - -

[Odin2005]

23. They're Republicunts

[City Lights]

25. I prefer the "Repubic" party.

I'm actually open to anything that sounds insulting. :evilgrin:

[ieoeja]

27. "Not to be confused with the Islamic Republic of Iran" n/t

[ruggerson]

28. kick n/t

[MADem]

29. I've been doing just that for years. I hope it takes off! NT

[AtomicKitten]

30. I completely agree.

eom

[DavidDvorkin]

31. I just saw "Republick" used on GD

Now, that does the trick for me.

I don't think that "Republic" looks nasty. But "Republick" fits the bill. Sounds the same either way, of course.

[Raksha]

44. I saw that too, and it made me think of "Republicker"

as another possibility.

[DavidDvorkin]

46. Hmm. That's good, too.

Or Republicky.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

34. Then Repubic it is. n/t

[Fovea]

36. I call them the Repugs.

They are worse than repugnant, but it works for me.

[checks-n-balances]

37. When someone willfully says that, it makes THEM sound dumb!

It has a ring of ignorance to it that, to me, reflects back on the one who misuses the word "Democrat." It is used as a subtle malign on the party, but IMO it makes them sound like the real dumbasses that they are.

[ClassWarrior]

38. The Con Party. The Party of Nixon. The Rape-Publicans.

Criminals.

NGU.

[calimary]

40. I've also heard "ME-publican Party" because they're only in it for

themselves.

And there's always republi-CONS, 'cause all they offer is a CON job.

[Raksha]

42. Sometimes I call them the Publican party

when I'm not calling them Repukes. No particular reason, except that it shortens their name to something they won't like, and it also refers to the tax collectors in the New Testment who were universally hated.

[peaches2003]

45. Who do they think they are

Every time I hear one of these arrogant SOBs say Democrat Party I wonder who the hell they think they are. Democratic Party is a proper name. It is the same as if I called Joe Jones- Jo Jon. It's not his name nor is Democrat Party the name of this political party. I like Republic Party.

[Skittles]

48. well let's just shorten it and say REPUKE

yes INDEED

[Festivito]

50. Pronounced: Repub-BLEAK party, for our bleak future under them.

Since only European-American matter to them, we should use the european long-E pronunciation of the i in Republic.

[elehhhhna]

52. added bonus: sounds French. Republique Party !

[Festivito]

53. LOL. Tre manifique. French it is. I'll use my best accent each time.

It'll be fun to try when I hear their semi-adjectival democrat .. party.

[Ninja Jordan]

54. That blew me away too!!!!!

Is this the first time a repuke president has sunk to the level of Rush-Gingrich language concerning the Democratic Party moniker? How the hell does he expect Democrats to work with him WHEN HE WONT EVEN CORRECTLY PRONOUNCE THE NAME OF THE PARTY??? The reporters should ask him why he says 'democrat party,' and watch him stutter.

[shpilk]

55. Rape-public-cans

[TankLV]

56. REPUKE party.

Has better images...

Sounds like a swear word coming off the lips...

Lot better...