On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:09:49 -0800, Gandalf Grey wrote:

"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:01:08 -0600, Russ Rose wrote:

"Gandalf Grey" <gandalfgrey@infectedmail.com> wrote in message
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On the Nov. 17th. edition of Hardball, Chris Mathews interviewed former
Bush advisor Ron Christie.

Christie was bloviating along, using the usual left-handed slap of
referring to the Democratic Party as the 'Democrat Party.'

Is that really an insult?

Actually, it's just silliness. The name of the party is the "Democratic
Party," not "Democrat Party." Why the right is doing this is beyond me but
it's not correct. No more than "Republic Party" would be...

It seems to have started after the Reagan Election in the conservative wing
of the GOP.  Before that I can't remember having ever heard it.  It's
obviously not the kind of thing for which a single individual is going to
take the credit.  That would sort of ruin the effect.  I can say for sure
that it wasn't an aspect of the GOP of the 50s or the 60s.

There's no question that the movement is a meme and that it has been
spreading very successfully in the conservative wing of the GOP.  You can
still hear moderate republicans refer to the Democratic Party as such.

The funny thing about is... it's dumb.

I mean really, really, really dumb...

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Mark K. Bilbo
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