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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:24 PM
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If Dems were going to rename the Republican Party . . . what would we call it???
Suggestions . . . ???

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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:25 PM
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1. I'd go with THE LYING SHIT FOR BRAINS PARTY.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:37 PM
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17. +1
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:25 PM
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2. Party of Death
:S
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UnrepentantUnitarian Donating Member (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:26 PM
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3. NAFPA!
...the NeoCon Authoritarian Fascistic Party of America. How's that?
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:26 PM
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4. The party of No. easy.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:26 PM
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5. Christian Falangists.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:27 PM
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6. Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up Shut Up!
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:27 PM
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7. Dying Old White Guy Party
with photos of Fred Thompson and McSame super imposed over a pic of Metamucil and a tombstone
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:31 PM
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14. * and one orange guy.
:rofl:
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:27 PM
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8. Keep it simple. The Shit party.
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Frustratedlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:28 PM
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9. Pity Party or Party of No nt
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KGodel Donating Member (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:29 PM
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10. Already weighed in on this:
Oligarchic Fascists.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:29 PM
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11. Those wretched colonial upstarts who don't properly defer to their God-given monarch
Oops, sorry. Meant to post this response in the "Out-dumbass Mitt Romney" forum.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:30 PM
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12. The Party of Id. (that's a lot catchier than "Party of Irresponsibility"
Also, easier to spell.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:30 PM
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13. Group of BULLIES.......thats the traits they expose.....
Bullies are cunning....they have an agenda....self interest and selfcentered...they worm their way to the Peter Slot.

The DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder are:

A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy, as indicated by at least five of:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes

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Parker CA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:31 PM
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15. The Idiots.
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gmudem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:37 PM
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16. The Party of Torture Values. nt
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:37 PM
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18. The Confederacy. And they wouldn't have a problem with that.
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kimmerspixelated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:38 PM
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19. GOP-Gross Old Proctologists
Anyway, they always have a lot to do with the Hershey Highway!
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KatyMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:39 PM
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20. I would like
Edited on Thu May-14-09 04:40 PM by KatyMan
The Republican Party, which folded in 2009

edited to add, change GOP to WTWOTW : Went the Way of the Whigs
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:41 PM
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21. National Socialist American Workers' Party
Heil Limbaugh! :sarcasm:
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Zen Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:54 PM
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22. The John Birch Party -- or maybe just the American Fascist Party
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NinjaguyDan Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 04:57 PM
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23. Banana Republicans
I used that one on an MSNBC forum back during the 2000 elections, the wing-nuts were not amused.
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Evoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:05 PM
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24. Democratic Party
:hide:
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Mist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:07 PM
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25. I love the simple but expressive "Rethuglican." Actually, I've been saying it
for a few years now, and it just pops out. I'd have to concentrate to say "Republican."

Or, call them the party of gold, oil, and pedophiles.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:17 PM
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26. The Permanent Minority Party. n/t
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Optical.Catalyst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:24 PM
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27. It will soon be termed a "FORMER" political party. n/t
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Pyrzqxgl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:33 PM
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28. How about bringing back "The Know Nothings"?
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:38 PM
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29. Vultures of life
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:39 PM
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30. The Venal Party
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:41 PM
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31. I still think we should call them the "Republic Party" in all official literature
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:45 PM
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32. The IQ Party
IQ = Idiot Quotient

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santamargarita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:45 PM
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34. Old Fat White Dirty Bastards
Kinda has a ring to it...
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:53 PM
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35. Vinegar and Water Party

Douche Bags R-Us
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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 05:56 PM
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36. "The Deck Chairs"


They run around doing useless things and getting in the way. They are so busy that they don't notice major problems coming.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 06:19 PM
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37. The Kinder and Gentler Nazi Party.
Or perhaps the Morono-Idiotic Party.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 06:46 PM
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38. The "Rich White American Men" Party. nt
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Swede Atlanta Donating Member (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 06:51 PM
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39. The "Morans" Party
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 06:57 PM
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40. mean hateful arrogant elitist Fasco-Corporatist Cleptocrat Plutocrat smelly ol toe tap'n white guys
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