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never cry wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 02:47 PM
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Why does the Democrat Party continue to allow this?
By this, I mean the continued mispronounciation and misspelling of the party name. Not just by freepers and media whores but by their colleagues on the Senate and House floor. I get SO irritated every time I hear it, why don't they??

If it were me, every time I heard that I would protest that there is no Democrat party, could you please use the proper name. If it continued I would start referring to the right side of the aisle as the Republik Party or some such name.

Any thoughts? Does this bother anyone else? Any ideas for a new name for the bad guys party??
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 02:48 PM
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1. Oh yeah it bothers me
Edited on Tue Dec-09-03 02:49 PM by ibegurpard
And why they continue to let it slide is a complete mystery. It's another not-so-subtle attempt to control language and define the Democrats.

On edit: I am assuming that you did the same thing in your headline because of the nature of your post?
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sexybomber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 02:52 PM
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3. "Attempt to control language"
Yet another parallel to "1984". Now they're introducing NewSpeak...

Bush: Double-Plus-UnGood!
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never cry wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 02:54 PM
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5. Well I used it to attract those who hate it....n/t
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Iverson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 02:51 PM
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2. you can't really stop people from being juvenile
Just try to count the number of times discussant here spell Nader's name "Nadar" or "Nadir" as some bold political gesture. It's not worth a response.

What Dems can do is figure out a snappy comeback to be used at a high-profile, meaningful time. It shouldn't be too hard to make partisan Republicans look stupid.
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GainesT1958 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 02:53 PM
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4. That Repub-invented term...
Seeks to deprive us of the very thing we were founded to promote and continue: democracy. It also shows--in a way I'm sure its GOP inventors did not intend--their party's distaste for real, direct democracy--the kind an ORIGINAL Repub like Abe Lincoln took up for: "...that government of the people , by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the face of the Earth"...but only Teddy Roosevelt and a handful of others on their side have since.

I won't allow our Party to be insulted this way verbally by ANYONE, Repub or otherwise. We are the DEMOCRATIC Paty, and we will always BE so!x(

:kick:

B-)
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never cry wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 02:56 PM
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6. I also feel it is a wink and nod to the freeper types
Who call us the democRAT party. That top politicians in ANY party not only allow this but condone and SAY it is beyond me.
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mrgorth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 03:02 PM
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7. Agreed
We need to start using something else as well.
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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 03:02 PM
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8. Call the repub party what they really are.
Call the repub party what they really are, the republinazi party.
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eileen_d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 03:04 PM
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9. RepubliCONS is my favorite. n/t
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never cry wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 03:09 PM
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12. I like that one too...n/t
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Kremer Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 03:09 PM
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13. You think Nazi Party or the New-look SS is a bit much?
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 03:05 PM
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10. Oh, I was about to rip you a new one.
:)
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never cry wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 03:08 PM
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11. My GD is as dangerous as they say
Hey Will, next time you get some Dem Pol's ear, ask him about this please. I know there are many more important issues but it is a huge sign of disrespect that is unwarranted.
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 03:10 PM
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14. For the record:
It's DemocraTIC Party. "Democrat" Party is what the Cons call us.
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never cry wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 03:22 PM
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15. I know...
I may not have been as clear as I should have in my original post but that is the whole point, I absolutely HATE the Democrat party crap, it's like fingernails on the chalkboard every time I hear it.
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-03 07:03 PM
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16. In the South, people belong to the
Edited on Tue Dec-09-03 07:06 PM by Gman
Dem'crat' Party.

And if that's what they want to call it that's fine with me as long as that's how they vote.

We don't take kindly to the Queen's English down here. Sounds too hoity-toity.
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