Pelosi just nailed them

[Dr.Phool]

In the press conference she refered to the opposition as "The Republics".

:applause: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

1. Did she really?

If so, good for her!

The next two years will be interesting. :D

[elehhhhna]

2. K&R I HOPE SHE DID!

[EFerrari]

3. LOL

Go, Nancy!

lol

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. LOL....That's my girl!

:woohoo::woohoo:

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[DU9598]

5. Nancy Rocks!

Turnabout is fair play!

[rodeodance]

6. Call in time for Nancy's conference now.

[rodeodance]

7. Repug caller saying outside commission is great idea

[Jacobin]

8. HA

Nice going Nancy!!!

:rofl:

[aquart]

9. If that's true, I think I'm in love.

[madokie]

11. it's true

[wryter2000]

24. She's the real deal

She's from around here, and we love our Nancy Pelosi

[catabryna]

10. Love it, love it, love it!

What comes around, goes around! :loveya:

[Captain Hilts]

12. GOOD for her!!!!!!! Let's make 'em get our name straight! nt

[burythehatchet]

13. Nancy, may I suggest Repubics?

[samsingh]

45. let's not insult pubics

[aquart]

54. Yes. Many fine pubics in this nation.

[SpiralHawk]

58. may I suggest republicons

Bwa ha ha ha

[Lasher]

76. How about Publicans?

Now run along and sulk in the shadows, Publicans. You've had your turn at the podium. Buh bye, worst Congress in history!

[Jawja]

14. BRAVO!!

I love it! :bounce: :applause:

[NotGivingUp]

15. good on you nancy!

[SlipperySlope]

16. I don't get it

Why is this funny, I think I'm missing the punch line.

I'd get it if she called them the "repugs" or the "pukes", but I don't get this...

[jasmeel]

18. Because the repubs like to refer to the Democratic party as the

Democrat party- thus suggesting its not democratic (even * does it). It's quite irritating. Now Pelosi gave it back to them-hehe.

[cascadiance]

21. They also like emphasizing the "rat" at the end of it...

... instead of "ratic".

[tom_paine]

61. Semantically identical to Nazi and other bigoted slurs against Jews.

Point #1:

Take the insult, "Jew Lawyer". Why does this comment have such force and vitriol? Is it not properly descripive of someone of the Jewish religion who practices law?

No, even if one disregards the tone, semantically what has been done is an adjective is improperly converted to a noun. Doesn't sound like much, but add a contemptuous tone and it is clearly an insult.

For instance, "I just had an appointment with Mr. Tabor, a Jewish lawyer." versus "I just saw Tabor, that Jew Lawyer."

The transformation of "Democratic Party" to "Democrat Party", especially combined with tone of voice, is IDENTICAL in semantiuc structure and intent.

If you think this similarity is a coincidence, I have a century-old bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. It's hardly been driven on.

Point #2:

This insult becomes quite a bit more troubling when one adds the "rat" emphasis. As we all know, both Nazi and Bushevik propaganda uses varying degrees of dehumanization of their fellow citizens as it's centerpiece.

And both Nazis and Busheviks alike frequently refer to their fellow citizens as rats or vermin.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0009/12/ip.00.html

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:x-K-Gk1uNDEJ:www.amazon.com/Enemy-Within-Churches-Schools-Military/dp/1595550135+%22Michael+Savage%22+%22liberal+vermin%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2

[0rganism]

66. so we can emphasize the "lick" at the end of republic

let's give them the same treatment they reserve for us.

[SlipperySlope]

25. I get it

Sorry - I was dense.

[NJCher]

53. not to worry

They are immature, especially the ones who like the "RATic" part.

Cher

[tavalon]

40. They keep referring to the Democratic Party as the Democrat Party

as they were instructed to by Mr. Contract On America himself, Newty Patootie.

[cascadiance]

17. She probably meant it to be spelled "Republicks"

as in either "Repub" + "licks" or

"Republ" "icks"...

or maybe even spelled Republhicks

as in "Republ" + "hicks"!

I kind of like the last one best. They may be trying to term us as "rats", but I like calling them "hicks"!

[Ganja Ninja]

32. or Republiklan. n/t

[spooky3]

43. or RepubliKKKs

[cascadiance]

47. Or take out the L and have it be "Re-pubic"

[mzmolly]

63. I like that spelling!

Go Nancy!

[jasmeel]

19. Video?? That would be awesome to see.

[LSK]

20. K&R - this is homepage worthy!!!!

:bounce:

[progressoid]

22. SMACK!

[Pacifist Patriot]

23. Aw shoot. I saw the announcement here, meant to watch it and...

ended up mopping my floors of all things. Ack!

[tavalon]

41. You were mopping your floors

Speaker Pelosi was mopping up the Congressional floors with a Republic mop.......

[Lisa0825]

26. I wish I could nominate this twice!!!

:rofl: :yourock: :patriot: :kick: :rofl:

[Matariki]

27. i just did it for you ;-)

little things like this just make my day ;-)

[Lisa0825]

30. Thanks!

:rofl:

[kentuck]

28. It's not the same....

sorry.

[Lisa0825]

29. I don't care if the grammatical meaning is the same.

The point is that they should be using our proper name, and if they won't give us that respect, we shouldn't give them that respect either.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. Who cares what "they" do?

I didn't see the show, don't know what word was used instead of "Republican". I just hope it was not disrespectful. Why push away the fence-sitters?

In the media, using proper names looks more professional, while we go about the business of improving things.

Improving health care, education, environment, and ending the war is more important. Making up funny names or insulting names should be saved for comedy shows. (and computer sites, of course :))

Being an old fart (well, roughly as old as N. Pelosi - 39yrs), I would look to past masters of the language of Democrats for examples. What words would be used by F.Roosevelt, Kennedy, Carter, W.Clinton? I might not use LBJ as an example :).

[Lisa0825]

36. It's about time they were publicly called on it.

Their use of "Democrat Party" has gotten to be so pervasive that people who have no idea it's incorrect are using it, as well as the media and even the pResident. If they want to be addressed respectfully, they should earn it by treating us that way.

[helderheid]

37. agreed

[janetle]

49. Tom Delay does it all the time--DemocRAT

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

73. Exactly my point ...

Do we want to sound like Tom Delay? Emulate Tom Delay? We're better than that.

Save the trash talk and end-zone dances until after we've accomplished some real improvement, like peace or health care. Not just because "our guys" occupy the nice offices.

Regards.

Well, maybe a little end zone dance might be in order :)

[seashorelady]

56. I agree

[Le Taz Hot]

38. I have absolutely nothing to

contribute on the subject but I cracked up when I saw your screen name.

Welcome brotha/sista.

LTH<--Firsign Theatre Fan

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

48. Thanks, and

oh, yeah, the screen name.

When I signed up I had a 101 fever, and was spending the day off work drunk on cough syrup, going through the mindless tedious process of converting some old vinyl to .wav, then to cd, then importing to iTunes and the ipod.

One of the bits on the vinyl got stuck in my head. I'll just borrow the name until the Firesign Theater lawyers show up at my door. Wearing huge floppy yellow rubber wing-tips. I'm sure they'll be Republican lawyers.

Regards.

[kentuck]

46. It's a weak reactionary phrase...

It's more effective to just correct them, in my opinion. Let them know that we are the "Democratic" Party. Everytime they say it, correct them. I think that is the most effective way to counter this rather than to try and find a name to call them. Just my opinion.

[treestar]

62. Nah, then they'll start going on about how sensitive we are

They go on about "weakness" and "appeasement" and smell blood whenever. They think differently. You have to stand up to bullies. This shows them they are being stood up to.

In this country today, it is "weakness" to take the high road, but looks "tough" to stand up to them.

[Phredicles]

33. It isn't the same, but

she's letting them know she's onto them, and she's not just sitting back and taking it like so much of our party's leadership has done in the past.

[athena]

67. "The Republic Party" sounds pretty bad.

It sounds Orwellian.

"Democrat Party" makes the speaker sound like an idiot who never studied grammar. "The Republic Party", on the other hand, sounds like the name of an actual political party.

[helderheid]

31. I missed this - when someone gets the video online, PLEASE let me know!!

[originalpckelly]

35. Personally I prefer Republicons.

Doesn't sound too different, just like Democrat Party, I think that's best.

[tavalon]

39. Beautiful

I'm going to enjoy her tenure. Let the beatings commence! LOL!!

[marmar]

42. They can't intimidate her....

At the photo op following the meeting with Booosh, he looked quite intimidated.

[hootinholler]

44. Great! Now the question is will it be noticed and whined about? n/t

[dalaigh lllama]

50. Why not call them Publicans?

Because it would drive their fundy base nuts -- or nutser(??) -- with the reference to the stereotypical Biblical "bad guys."

And of course, three syllable words are so much easier to say than those pesky four syllable words like Democratic and Republican.

[rateyes]

51. Yes. ....

RE-Publicans....Publicans all over again! "The Publican party.." that would drive them nuts.

[markbark]

77. ...bad guys indeed

The Publicans were the Jewish tax collectors for Rome. Hard to find a more hated bunch o' folks.
PERFECT moniker

--MAB

[SharonRB]

52. I love it!

I hope all the Dems start doing that. Maybe the Republics will realize how stupid "Democrat party" sounds.

:rofl:

[AtomicKitten]

55. Brava!

I've been calling them that for a while. Now they can enjoy being denigrated in public.

[omega minimo]

57. heh

:evilgrin:

[tom_paine]

59. YEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!

Nancy, I think I love you.

I had wondered if even a victory could pour a glass of fresh guts down the throat of our Democratic Leadership.

On so many front, ALREADY (including this picayune yet significant issue) they are standing up and FIGHTING!

Thank God and KEEP IT UP DEMS!

[me b zola]

60. Give it to 'em, Nancy!

The media won't call them on it, so it's time to take matters into our own hands. Good on ya, Nancy!

[Cameron27]

64. Wow, just WOW!

I've been waiting for this for years!!!

:applause:

:rofl:

[bridgit]

65. Ha! so turn about is fair play...

:thumbsup:

[wildflowergardener]

68. I can't always remember

I'm afraid I can't always remember the proper name. Maybe it's because it's been named incorrectly so many times in the media for as long as I've voted - or paid attention to the two parties, so it doesn't feel as offensive to me - cause if you repeat it enough - it starts to sound normal.

Meg

[I Have A Dream]

72. Yep. See, their little campaign worked. I saw it in the title of an article...

on comcast.net just this week. (And they don't usually come across to me as especially partisan.)

It's the right's way of getting in a little jab which most people don't notice but it's very deliberately an insult. Watch for it now, and you'll see how often they do it. It's not an accident when politicians or pundits do this; they know better.

[Evergreen Emerald]

69. I sent her a letter as did other DUers

After she had the press conference with the President who was touting unity while calling us the "democrat party," a number of us sent her letters. She must have heard our words.

[Cameron27]

71. I had no idea that you sent letters!

I think it probably DID play a part.

Bravo to all of you!

[NoAmericanTaliban]

70. Repukes would be more like it. Good for her.

[buddysmellgood]

74. I prefer Sam Seder's "rApublican party"

[StrictlyRockers]

75. Love it! Did I mention that I LOVE THIS?!

[City Lights]

78. OMG, I wish I'd seen that!

:applause: Speaker Pelosi, :yourock:

Today's secret word...Republicks...

:party: