So, what can be done about this "Democrat party" crap?

[tridim]

Because it's continuing, unchecked on the house floor. I've heard it dozens of times since yesterday and it's now being recorded in the official record. Of course in the grand scheme it's really not a big deal, however it's extremely rude and should be addressed. Let's brainstorm this and send our ideas to the leadership because it must not continue.

IMO, calling them "republics" is not a real solution. It's fine for blogging, but not for official business.

[Fovea]

1. Call them 'Puggies'

or Repuglicans.

[Debs]

24. I prefer

ReNAMBLAcans. Thats how I respond when arguing on the net with wingnuts who keep using the Democrat party slur

[Richardo]

2. I think BurtWorm had a great idea:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3047836&mesg_id=3047836

We should e-mail Pelosi and Hoyer and suggest this.

[tridim]

8. That's a great idea!

Obviously I missed that post yesterday.

Stooping to their pathetic level and calling them names is a bad idea and makes us look no better than them.

[Warpy]

10. BurtWorm comes up with a lot of great stuff

Other than teaching them some manners by referring to the Republic Party and calling them Repubs, I doubt anything else can be done for such boors.

Maybe fines in Congress would be a good idea. It would be hard to enforce outside Congress, though, and we'd still be stuck with Freepers and boors who fancy themselves newscasters.

[ccinamon]

3. I like to call them republiCANTs n/t

[Ian David]

4. They're the Republickers in the Republick Party with minority leader John BONER..

They can also be the RepubliCONS, Repukes, Repubes, etc.

Instead of "The Gee Oh Pee," can we call them "The GOPS?"

[Karmageddon]

12. Great idea IanDB1 "The GOPS" - I like that.

[Doctor_J]

5. I would like to see Waxman say publicly that every time

the Repukes use that term, he adds another subpoena to his "to do" list.

[Jane Austin]

6. Make the punishment fit the crime.

Either call them the Republic Party, or pronounce John Boehner's name Boner until they reliably call us by our chosen party name.

[kentuck]

7. Just scold a couple of times as ignorant ...

of the great tradition of the Democratic Party...They will stop doing it. They will continue to do it so long as they get away with it.

[Guaranteed]

18. Not even necessarily as ignorant, but like a psychologist

trying to influence behavior. Just a straight, very firm, psychological correction.

Direct eye contact, and "It's not 'Democrat Party," so-and-so, it's 'Democratic Party.' 'Democratic Party.' Say it correctly, now..."

[elehhhhna]

9. Miss Manners would suggest this tried and true technique:

Interrupt the speaker and kindly, gently point out that it is rightly called the 'Democratic Party' or 'Democrats'. Mainitain an polite smile at all times and, if possible, a patient, thinly patronizing air as if "helping" Ronald Reaganduring the later stage of his dementia.

Do this two, three times, max and VOILA!

[kenny blankenship]

11. Time to rename our party the Democracy Party

or the Republican-Killer Party, (RKP) just so there's no more confusion about little enclitic syllables which get "forgotten".

[ellisonz]

13. My proposal:

Nancy should put a jar somewhere on the podium, everytime they say Democrat instead of Democratic, every Democratic member must come to the Speakers podium and put $20 dollars in the jar. At the end of the month, the money is given to Fisher House. That'll shut em up.

:patriot:

[OregonBlue]

22. I'm confused, why would every Democrat put money in the jar? Wouldn't it be the Republics who

would need to do that?

[ellisonz]

25. She can't order them to do that, it's totally unconstitutional.

But we can do this. What are they going to do when everytime they pull the "democrat crap" we make them look unpatriotic?

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[OregonBlue]

28. Silly. Just call them the Republics or the Corporatists.

[ellisonz]

14. My proposal:

Nancy should put a jar somewhere on the podium, everytime they say Democrat instead of Democratic, every Democratic member in the hall must come to the Speakers podium and put $20 dollars in the jar. At the end of the month, the money is given to Fisher House. That'll shut em up.

:patriot:

[Orangepeel]

15. ignore it. "Democrat" isn't an insult.

I know that it is done purposefully in an attempt to 1) get under our skin and 2) disassociate us from the democratic process. It is rude, disrespectful and childish. But, it is also ineffective at doing anything other than annoying us.

Democrat isn't an insult and saying Democrat party instead of Democratic Party isn't going to do ANYTHING to make ordinary people think we're less democratic or not for democracy. It's just stupid.

The only thing republicans get out of it is the satisfaction of annoying us. Don't give it to them and they lose.

[Infinite Hope]

20. No kidding. Let children be children. It makes no difference.

It isn't like voters notice. It's just to be petty.

[fuzzyball]

32. You are the smart one here, and I agree....IGNORE it

there are much more impoprtant issues out there....

[DeepModem Mom]

16. Someone suggested yesterday that Nancy could mispronounce "Bayner" (Boehner)...

the House Minority Leader, as "Boner" until it stopped.

[Guaranteed]

17. We need to respond by saying it the right way as often as we can,

and verbally, directly correcting those who use it incorrectly. Use of the phrase "Democrat Party" should be repremanded in the same way a child is taught through verbal corrections.

By using the phrase over and over the way they are, they are trying to prove their influence to themselves. They're playing with psychology, and marketing. We have to use the same psychological tactics, which means immediate confrontation when it occurs.

[pdxmom]

19. This is being done on purpose, in a methodical and coordinated way.

They need to be called on it. Every time. The Dems that go on the Sunday shows should ask the Repuke sitting next to them why it's happening. Every time a Dem is interviewed, they should spend 15 seconds pointing out that it's being done, and asking why the Repukes would just start doing this. Get it into the heads of the populace that the Repukes are out there, trying to play with their heads and it will come back and bite them in the butt.

[ktlyon]

21. It has been said so many times, in so many places, by

so many people for as long as I can remember

We just need a couple news commentators to correct some people on the air until the word gets out what the parties name is.

The ones that know better do it irritate us, we shouldn't give them the satisfaction of us losing it or even being annoyed.

[calimary]

29. I correct it whenever I can.

I find myself yelling at the TV "DEMOCRATIC!!" every time some republi-CON asshole mangles it.

I like BurtWorm's idea of urging Pelosi to levy a fine on any republi-CON (or "republic") who says "Democrat Party." But it can be a multi-pronged approach, too. While that's being done, the rest of us can retaliate with the "taste of their own medicine" strategy. If they object, the response is: "I'll be happy to get your party's name right when you do likewise with mine." Or, "if you can get a name wrong and get away with it, so can I." Turnabout IS fair play. And thank you, Mr. BONER.

[Sparkly]

23. It's very irksome

They've certainly made it part of the vernacular now. It is dumb.

You're right: "Republican" is both a noun and and adjective. "Democrat" is a noun, "Democratic" is an adjective. Coining "Republic" as a substitute for "Republican" isn't really a solution.

I think it needs some media attention so that people hear it and realize it's stupid, if not insulting; realize it's a silly rightwing ploy. Articles on blogs and in publications like The Nation; correcting people on talk shows, bringing it to the attention of radio shows, etc. might eventually get it into the "common wisdom" that it's a childish effort at grammatical twisting.

Granted, such a campaign should be reserved for more important things, but I think it's worth a mention while discussing important things. Just make the correction, then go on to discuss whatever's being discussed. (I still think blogs and publications could take a page to call it out, though. If anybody has lexis nexis, it'd be interesting to trace its origins.)

Finally, I don't think it's only about breaking the link to the word "democracy" or "democratic" with the small "d." I think it's also about the syllable "rat." "DimmocRAT." (Remember that ad?)

So the best we can do is get it into common consciousness that it's a stupid, silly game of rightwingers to use "Democrat" as an adjective, so that everytime they do, they're seen as stupid and silly (which they are).

[sofa king]

26. Start calling the other side what they really are: Criminals.

Call 'em The Grand Theft Party. Do a Condoleeza Rice and have Democratic talking heads mention "criminal" in the same sentence as "Republic," just as they followed up any mention of "Saddam" with "Osama."

Only this time, there would be a huge chain of evidence linking the two terms. Easy stick.

[EndElectoral]

27. Deleted

[caledesi]

30. Oh, you hit a raw nerve with me...I just cringe when the thugs refer

to us as Democrat Party. Why doesn't someone call them on this?

[jenmito]

31. Chris Matthews corrected Ron Christie (sp)

On his show about a month ago, Ron Christie was taking about the "Democrat" party and Matthews interrupted him and said, "Why did you say that? Democrat? It's the Democratic party" and Ron just said, "I apologize. The Democratic party..." and that was it. I hear Bush say it all the time as well as most other Repubs. Drives me crazy.