Time for a new term: THEOPUBLICAN

[Rosco T.]

I'm been saying 'thugs, Repugs, Repukes for 5 years now, and thus far it has been pretty much me, every now and then someone else I talk to will pick up on it, but most of the time I've heard back just "them" or "Republican"

about 3 weeks I started to use THEOPUBLICAN.. (I don't claim originality) and guess what.. from the people I talk to, IT'S STICKING. It's hitting a mental chord and IT'S STICKING. Sometimes people as 'what's that?' and after a very brief explanation, I get a nod of the head and IT STICKS.

The other terms are more blatently insulting true, and that's why I think it dosen't stick. This does.

Theopublicans...

Let's see if we can get this mainstream (hell, I'll settle for Air America... can we get a caller to Randi?? Malloy?).

[Goldmund]

1. "Theocons" sounds better methinks.

[Rosco T.]

2. Nope.... and this is why..

when you stick 'con' it sounds more like slang and dosen't resonate with any of the 'common terms' and it comes off more like an 'attack'.. (yes it is, but that's beside the point).

People understand REPUBLICAN

It 'attaches' itself to the "-publican" in the head, something familar..

People understand THEOPUBLICAN

I used TheoCon also and it didn't have the 'sticking power'...

[fighttotheend]

3. OK can I have a brief, clue me in on how you came up with this..

I'll pass it on :-), b/c fuckerheads isnt nice

[Rosco T.]

4. Quite Simple...

1. THEOCRARY
2. REPUBLICAN

THEOPUBLICAN

the Religious Reich.

[fighttotheend]

6. OHHHHHHHHHHH,

;) Got it, Thanks!

[fighttotheend]

7. lookie here..

Theocracy

Theocracy, derived from two Greek words meaning "rule by the deity," is the name given to political regimes that claim to represent the Divine on earth both directly and immediately. The idea of direct and immediate representation is important for two reasons.

First, most governments throughout history and across cultures have claimed to be following their gods' designs or to be legitimated by a divine mandate. An example is the notion that kings rule by divine right. (This theory, which had been important in European politics in the sixteenth century, lost ground after the "Glorious Revolution" in England in 1688.) But governments in which the ruling and the priestly roles are separate are not considered to be theocracies. Second, the divine mandate must be interpreted by human beings in specific political contexts, such as wars or floods or famines. In theocracies the interpreters--who explain what these events mean--are the rulers. A number of ancient civilizations worshipped their kings as gods on earth, so the problem of interpretation was somewhat different. By definition, the king could not be wrong.

In theory, there is no reason why a theocracy and a democratic form of government are incompatible--vox populi, vox dei ("the voice of the people is the voice of God")--but historically those nations regarded as theocracies have been ruled by a theologically trained elite. This may be a council of clerics, or a charismatic leader may claim a special call from God and gain office by force of arms. The office might later become hereditary. The primary effort of government in a theocracy is to implement and enforce divine laws.

[quiet.american]

5. I like it n/t

[ihaveaquestion]

8. Don't need a new word - They're "Theocrats"

And using Theocrats has the added benefit of including the word RAT - TheocRATs.
:evilgrin:

[Rosco T.]

9. and it sounds like DEMOCRAT... think.... n/m

[AntiCoup2K4]

10. Theo-fascists

or dominionist-fascists. They are not Republicans, regardless of the fact that they use the Republican party as a vehicle. By pointing this fact out to actual Republicans, they can wake up to the fact that they need to take their own party back from these lunatics.

[LittleClarkie]

11. It doesn't "sing"

You need something that comes off the tongue better.

[ComerPerro]

12. I like "theoCons"

Although, I read the post above about why you don't like using it.

I just think "TheoPublican" sounds akward.

[Rosco T.]

13. One thing you can do with "Theopublican" you can do .....

.. that you can't do with any other term. You can just 'slip' it in the conversation, the ear may only hear the 'publican' the first few times and then it gets stuck in the head.

One person I had been saying this around just started to 'spontanously' say it, when I was grinning back at her, she asked why and when I told her she just stopped dead for a second and then said "yeah, it does seem to fit them better dosen't it, I hadn't even thought about it, it just was there....".