DEMOCRAT PARTY???

Why is the Democratic Party now being referred to as the Democrat Party by Republicans and the media. I've even seen some posts here on DU that use this expression. When/Why did this start? Where does it come from? I just recently started noticing it and I find it very irritating since I'm almost sure the RW haters use mainly just to BE irritating and get under our skin...

I've read that, and tried to find links via Google, but wasn't able to.

I remember my mom calling it the Democrat Party in the early 60s, so it's been around for at least that wrong

always been a tool of the pugs to demean the dems, making the supposed differentiation between democrats and being DEMOCRATIC, as if dems are anything BUT democratIC, like, say, comsymps

that sort of thing

I think it's a recent thing (from the Gingrich era). And it pisses me off every time I hear it. It's such an obvious Orwellian way for GOP types not to say equate democracy with Democrats. I'm sure they had a memo and meetings about it back in the early 90's.

Morse

when ever I hear some one use the term "Democrat party" I point out to them that they can not possibly have any intelligent opinions regarding politics because in a nation with only two major parties, they can not correctly name more than one.

Just keep throwing that back at them no matter what they try to say, or how they try to justify anything else. It's the only way to put a stop to that childish crap.

I am a Democrat. That is a proper noun.

I am a member of the Democratic Party. Democratic is an adjective there, technically.

When they call us the Democrat party, they are not demeaning us, but showing their own ignorance.

Call them the gops, as someone here suggested. That is gop with a small 'g'. It rhymes with slop, and flop. Call them gops, gopers, gop party, etc.

Less obvious than repukes, etc, but gets a point across.

Can't say if it was Joe McCarthy, since that was before my time (born 1953).

I know for sure -- because I remember directly -- that Barry Goldwater started saying "Democrat Party" in the 1964 presidential election. It is (and always has been, in my book) part of the Republican propaganda -- express contempt for your enemy, as a strategy to deprive him/her of the ability to define him/herself.

In my book, it's about on a level with "Achtung Juden!" ("Attention, Jews" in German) and "Diesen Untermenschen" ("these sub-humans"), both standard Nazi Party propaganda usages from 1934 on.

I usually confront people when they say it in my presence. "You mean 'Democratic Party,' right?" They usually squirm. One woman told me once, "Well, Democrat Party is its official name, you know."

Yeah, I know. I know more about you, chienne, than I want to know.

and the republicans don't get to rename it.

It's a republican thing. I don't think democrats actually use the term.

it seems to be getting around.

democrats were using it too. I thought it was mostly freepers.

That said, I don't hate Nader and freepers any less.

don't fall for that.

want people to think of it when they think of the Democratic Party.

Also, there's a great Winston Churchil quote about mispronouncing your political adverseries' names. I wish I could remember it.

I thought they had officially changed their name to the Federal Fundamentalist Fascism Party.

The word " republican" is a shortening of their party's full name:

RE-distribute PUBLIC funds to our rich friends because we CAN.

That got to be quite a mouthful, so they shortened it for brevity in conversation.

And we are still Democrats for the Democratic Party.

Just don't call me, "Late for dinner."

We'll start calling them 'The Party of the Republic'. Communism connotation, anyone?

Just the way

George
Orwell
Predicted


MDN

Accompanied by a sneer, of course.

I thought, "You little scumbag. Giving the finger to a protestor the other day and now this--what a petty little creep you are."


Cher

Democrat convention set to open

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3925421.stm

I don't particularly care for the name Democrat in the way it is being used. It reminds me of that GOP commercial where the "RAT" in Democrat were in red.

It is called Democratic Party, not Democrat Party!

because the Liberal Democrats in Britain use 'Liberal Democrat' as an adjective; see, for instance, their website http://www.libdems.org.uk/ - titled "The official Liberal Democrat website", and talking about "Liberal Democrat policy papers".

Thanks for that piece of interesting information.

Let them know.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3925421.stm

Of all the things that piss me off about Republicans, this one falls somewhere between So? and Who gives a shit?

It makes me crazy, too. It's a way for them to tell each other they're on the same side, and grew came up as a result of that "rat" ad from 2000, seems to me. (Sometimes you can even hear them emphasize "rat." Blatant rightwing jerks will capitalize it on message boards.)

Are they "Republics?"

www.lipolitics.com/nassau-democrat

"Nassau County Democrat Party"

http://graysonco.texoma.net/Democrat/

"Grayson County Democrat Party"

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/United%20States%20Democrat%20Party

"United States Democrat Party"


I could think of a lot of things to rant about, but as my 5th grade teacher Ms. Snugbottom told me, "Young man, never mix-up proper names, use the right name, always" as she waps my knuckles with a ruler. It would seem though, that many do this.

The above are noticebly not repub and I also notice, I doubt they do it to just "get under your skin". You just ain't that important.

:eyes:

I, too, have been wondering why they say 'Democrat Party'. I figured it was just another petty and obnoxious way for them to disrespect us and our values.

But it seems like needlessly provoking the electorate would be a bad idea at this point in the game, considering how close the polls are.

No worries, the Democrat Party will teach gops a big lesson on Nov 2.