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Romney's dickish use of the terms "Democrat President" and "Democrat Congress" (Original Post) bleever Jun 2012 OP
He really doesn't know what he's doing. Wait Wut Jun 2012 #1
I disagree! He knows exactly what he's doing. He damn well knows the difference between Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #21
stepford candidate. n/t hrmjustin Jun 2012 #28
publicon liberalnationalist Jun 2012 #2
All haters of the Democratic Party and what is stands for use the ladjf Jun 2012 #3
And with that JustAnotherGen Jun 2012 #4
I read somewhere this started during the McCarthy era. xfundy Jun 2012 #5
Bringing Us All Together otohara Jun 2012 #6
When it comes to Mitt... C_U_L8R Jun 2012 #7
Some history of the usage: bleever Jun 2012 #8
Thanks For Info otohara Jun 2012 #9
As long as they do this... meeksgeek Jun 2012 #10
Did I ever tell you that you are my Fave? Botany Jun 2012 #11
And flies around to jump on "his" bus just before events. bleever Jun 2012 #14
I heard that Steph covered this this AM Botany Jun 2012 #16
Tell her bleever Jun 2012 #23
I wonder whether there are videos of him when he was running in Massachusetts JDPriestly Jun 2012 #12
Their name bongbong Jun 2012 #13
I always equate the usage of that term SoFlaJet Jun 2012 #15
Roof Doggy Dog is the consummate dick. GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #17
Rec'd. And this is the best they've got? Ugh. nt babylonsister Jun 2012 #18
I wrote many tweets to him and others about this. I also noticed that when he was jenmito Jun 2012 #19
Hey Chris, you're welcome. bleever Jun 2012 #22
Which is why we need to keep calling them "RepubliCONs", or better yet, TRAITORS! n/t backscatter712 Jun 2012 #20
When I first joined this site, I didn't get what all the hubbub was about Jamaal510 Jun 2012 #24
We need to talk about the "Republican Recession" & the "Republican Deficit". Fozzledick Jun 2012 #25
Romney is inadvertently admitting that he is being controlled by the right-wing media DFW Jun 2012 #26
Remember Weiner's rant against the "REPUBLIC PARTY"? NYC Liberal Jun 2012 #27

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
1. He really doesn't know what he's doing.
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 03:09 PM
Jun 2012

I think in order to catch up on the current CON lingo, he spends his evenings perusing FReekville. He probably giggles everytime he sees them use our President's middle name...because that never happened in '08.

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
21. I disagree! He knows exactly what he's doing. He damn well knows the difference between
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 10:02 PM
Jun 2012

"DemoCRAT" and "Democratic"! He's just doing what he's told. He's a dream candidate for Norquist and the Teabaggers.

 

liberalnationalist

(170 posts)
2. publicon
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 03:18 PM
Jun 2012

thats what we should call them....tealiban publicon's America's first reich wing party of for and by the Raw Money's billionaire contributors, and of course the Catholic bishop's NAMBLA.

ladjf

(17,320 posts)
3. All haters of the Democratic Party and what is stands for use the
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 03:23 PM
Jun 2012

term "Democrat Party". That's because the word "Democratic" connotes something that follows Democratic principles, which used to be much revered all around the World for Centuries.

On the other hand, the "Democrat Party" is used to steer away from the beautiful word "Democratic". The original use of Democratic was as an adjective. The Republicans use the word "Democrat" as a derisive noun. It is intended as an insult, sort of like saying "The Dirty Bastards Party".

I know that everyone on DU already understood all of this. I just wanted to delineate a bit.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
5. I read somewhere this started during the McCarthy era.
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 03:34 PM
Jun 2012

And was picked up again during the Bush Error.

bleever

(20,616 posts)
8. Some history of the usage:
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 03:45 PM
Jun 2012
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0403b&L=ads-l&P=11024

This is a longstanding Republican fetish that predated Gingrich by
decades. Safire's New Political Dictionary states: "In 1955, Leonard
Hall, a former Republican National Chairman, began referring to the
'Democrat' rather than the 'Democratic' party, a habit begun by Thomas E.
Dewey. Hall dropped the 'ic,' he said, because 'I think their claims that
they represent the great mass of the people, and we don't is just a lot of
bunk.'

The University of Virginia's Atcheson L. Hench said of this usage
in American Speeh magazine: 'Whether they have meant to imply that the
party was no longer democratic, or whether they banked on the harsher
sound pattern of the new name; whether they wanted to strengthen the
impression that they were speaking for a new Republican party by using a
new name for the opposition, or whether they had other reasons, the fact
remains that ... highly influential speakers ... used the shorter
adjective.

Some Democrats suggested retaliating by shortening Republican
to Publican, but the National Committee overruled them, explaining that
Republican 'is the name by which our opponents' product is known and
mistrusted."

meeksgeek

(1,214 posts)
10. As long as they do this...
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 03:58 PM
Jun 2012

As long as they call us the "Democrat party," I will call them the Religiofascist party. Sums it up nicely.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
11. Did I ever tell you that you are my Fave?
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 04:27 PM
Jun 2012

What do you expect from somebody who thought it was funny to
walk a blind person into a wall and made his money screwing people?

bleever

(20,616 posts)
14. And flies around to jump on "his" bus just before events.
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 05:40 PM
Jun 2012

His contempt for us little people is monumental.

bleever

(20,616 posts)
23. Tell her
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 10:23 PM
Jun 2012

bleev says "hey".

Bill Maher said that the difference between Romney's bus and his car is that with the bus, the greyhound is on the side.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
12. I wonder whether there are videos of him when he was running in Massachusetts
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 04:42 PM
Jun 2012

in which he used the term "Democratic." Using "Democrat" as an adjective my have been done prior to recent years, but I think it is fairly recent. It might be interesting to know just how long Romney has abused grammar in that way.

 

bongbong

(5,436 posts)
13. Their name
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 04:56 PM
Jun 2012

Greedy Old Pedophiles - since almost all convicted pedophiles that can be pinned to a party (office holder, voter registration, etc) are repigs.

SoFlaJet

(7,767 posts)
15. I always equate the usage of that term
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 06:13 PM
Jun 2012

as a sign of ignorance-and also as a dead giveaway for trolls here on DU

jenmito

(37,326 posts)
19. I wrote many tweets to him and others about this. I also noticed that when he was
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 08:59 PM
Jun 2012

interviewed on C-Span (where I'm sure he thought more intelligent people would be watching) he used "Democratic." He's the fakest fake I've ever seen.

p.s. Chris Matthews actually mentioned this today! He has also called out Repubs. who said it on his show. I remember when Ron Christie was on his show and he said something about the "Democrat Congress" and Matthews said something like, "Why do you say that? You know it's 'Democratic'!" Ron apologized.

bleever

(20,616 posts)
22. Hey Chris, you're welcome.
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 10:20 PM
Jun 2012

Seriously, I've seen him call people out on this before too.

It's contemptible, juvenile behavior. Next they'll be saying that Democrats have cooties.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
24. When I first joined this site, I didn't get what all the hubbub was about
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 10:33 PM
Jun 2012

whenever someone says "Democrat Party" instead of "DemocratIC Party." I said it once on here, and some folks jumped on me for it. But I realized they call us this to delude low-info voters from the fact that our party is more in tune with the will of the majority than the GOPhers. I actually find it more comical than offensive, though, because all it does is make Mitt Rob-me come off as obtuse to the more rational voters.

Fozzledick

(3,859 posts)
25. We need to talk about the "Republican Recession" & the "Republican Deficit".
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 10:38 PM
Jun 2012

I find it interesting that the word "Democratic" has become a shibboleth: fascists can't pronounce it!

DFW

(54,057 posts)
26. Romney is inadvertently admitting that he is being controlled by the right-wing media
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:59 PM
Jun 2012

By using "Democrat" where "Democratic" would be grammatically correct, Romney is doing what he is being told to do by Rupert Murdoch and his employees. Romney is saying that he is no more his own man than Mickey Mouse was independent of Walt Disney.

That's Republican "leadership" for you.

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