Comments on: Why Bush Can Never Truly Work With Democrats

By: Church Secretary

Church Secretary — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:21:04 +0000

Well you see, George, if he reads THE FACTS, he’ll have nothing over which to argue (pointlessly). Though I don’t think that will actually stop him.

By: George K

George K — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:02:31 +0000

Dugger -
Here’s a little advice typically dispensed on Fark.com…

READ THE F***ING ARTICLE!!

From said article:
The provenance of the sneering label “Democrat Party” stretches back to the Harding administration. William Safire traced an early usage to Harold Stassen, who was managing Wendell Willkie’s 1940 campaign against Franklin D. Roosevelt. A party run by political bosses, Stassen told Safire for a 1984 column, “should not be called a ‘Democratic Party.’ It should be called the ‘Democrat party.’ “

Happy Thanksgiving y’all!!

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:36:47 +0000

I think since the election, Dugger’s brain’s broken altogther.

By: Wilbur

Wilbur — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:32:06 +0000

Dugger, it’s sort of like the difference between calling Joe Lieberman a Jewish politician and calling him a Jew politician.

Don’t they both mean the same thing? Well, no, they don’t.

Until the Republicans cut it out, I vote that we retaliate by referring to them as the “Republicancer party”

By: S

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:18:42 +0000

Dugger | Nov 22, 2006 2:04:21 PM
“I don’t see why it makes a difference. Why is one preferable to the other?”

BLINK.
BLINK.

Your arrogant, cocky pre-midterm election ravings were more intelligent and less ridiculous.

By: buma

buma — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:55:40 +0000

Speaking of how succesful the right was in reaching out to the Democrat Party, here is a poignant example, from the salad days of Mission Accomplished. http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/right_brothers_bush

By: buma

buma — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:40:33 +0000

“I don’t see why it makes a difference. Why is one preferable to the other?”

Typical clueless dugster.
Why not try to recognize how one is the correct name of the political party. The other is incorrect, and consciously used by some Republicans to annoy.

By: frameone

frameone — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:28:13 +0000

“I don’t see why it makes a difference. Why is one preferable to the other?”

It’s sort of like when I refer to you as Asshole instead of Dugger. Which do you pefer?

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:12:34 +0000

Is there some unbiased documented history here?

The WaPo column that Oliver linked covers it pretty well.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:48:58 +0000

I’m still not the president. And the idea that you’re pretending not to get this is ludicrous.

By: Dugger

Dugger — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:46:48 +0000

I don’t see why Democrat vs. Democratic (is it that you get some good vibe from the connotation of democratic?)is a put down. Is there some unbiased documented history here?

And OW, you are a major blogger – not just a monoweinerdogowner.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:32:33 +0000

So let me get htis straight.

You failed to do so. Care to try again? Let me know if I can he’p.

By: Mickeleh

Mickeleh — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:24:46 +0000

Republicans have been truncating the name of the Democratic Party for decades. It didn’t start with Bush. It goes back decades.

I’ve always wondered why Democrats appearing on TV talk show (and the hosts of the shows themselves, for that matter) didn’t correct Republican representatives who spoke about Demcocrat ideas.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:53:03 +0000

“Dear Leader” is a pejorative of an imperious ass of a leader written by a private citizen whose jurisdiction extends to exactly one weiner dog.

“Democrat” said the way Bush does on purpose is a put-down by the leader of the free world to about 40% of the voting public in the country he is the leader of.

By: BD

BD — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:25:26 +0000

Dugger, you did NOT get it straight.

The leader of the country continuously and deliberately disrespecting the opposition party rhetorically in the international media is NOT equivalent to a bunch of anonymous bloggers calling the President names on an Internet blog with a fraction of a percentage of the exposure.

By: Dugger

Dugger — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:05:10 +0000

So let me get htis straight. Calling the president “Dear Leader’ after a North Korean dictator is equivalent to the president confusing Democrat and Democratic?

Wow.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:36:11 +0000

BTW, He doesn’t comprehend grammar OR history. But his speech writers do.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:33:55 +0000

Why would you hold him to a higher standard? He’s equal to the people who elected him. That’s why they like him so much.

By: michael

michael — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:17:08 +0000

Or, I should say, I _once held_ the latter to a higher standard.

By: michael

michael — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:16:06 +0000

And does anyone here have any sense of irony (or intellectual honesty)whatsoever? This site calls Bush “Dear Leader”, after a murderous commie dictator, and consistently calls Rs Rethuglicans.

And therein lies the difference between partisans in front of computer keyboards, and the President of the Entire United States.

Personally, I hold the latter to a higher standard.