Comments on: Chris Matthews doesn’t want the Democrat Party to be called the Democrat Party

By: fien

fien — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:18:32 +0000

Matthews used time to complain.. so that he could ignore Mr. Darrell’s remark that the DEMOCRAT Congress failed us in a BIG way! It’s they
who are/were hiking up the deficit, and they fault the Republicans!
Matthews is a sorry liar!

By: Mia

Mia — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:42:45 +0000

Mike said: But if Chrissy is so concerned about calling a movement what it calls itself, then why not call pro-lifers pro-life, rather than those who “oppose abortion rights.”

I believe they call us “anti-choice” as well.

By: Mia

Mia — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:40:23 +0000

Instead of calling Chrissy Matthews a reporter, let’s call him what he really is – a sissyfied ass.

By: doug

doug — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:47:13 +0000

I prefer the term liberal. I think its more of a slap in the face.

By: ocmadam

ocmadam — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:53:21 +0000

i fail to see why calling someone a democrat is an insult, unless you have an IQ higher than a carrot.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:39:46 +0000

My party has been calling the Democrat Party the Democrat Party for decades. They’ve been complaining about that since at least the 50s. It’s all good fun.

But if Chrissy is so concerned about calling a movement what it calls itself, then why not call pro-lifers pro-life, rather than those who “oppose abortion rights.” Chrissy is consistent with his outrage, no?

By: Administrator

Administrator — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:36:01 +0000

Was just reading that Wikipedia says the term Democrat Party is an epithet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(phrase)

Wikipedia wasn’t too bright on creating this page, there are parenthesis in the URL. So to get to the proper page, click the link above and then click on the link on the page for “Democrat Party (phrase)”

Democrat Party is a political epithet used in the United States by some people instead of the name (or more precisely, the proper noun) Democratic Party. The term has been used by some conservative commentators and some members of the Republican Party in speeches and press releases.
Some members of the Democratic Party, as well as non-partisans, object to the term.[1] New Yorker commentator Hendrik Hertzberg wrote: “There’s no great mystery about the motives behind this deliberate misnaming. ‘Democrat Party’ is a slur, or intended to be – a handy way to express contempt. Aesthetic judgments are subjective, of course, but ‘Democrat Party’ is jarring verging on ugly. It fairly screams ‘rat’.”[2]

A slur?

This could be an interesting conversation. Care to discuss it?