I just went to David Shuster's "Twitter" site...

[jenmito]

He said he's twittering right now. So I asked him, "Why don't you call out/correct Republicans (like Darryl Issa) when they call the Democratic party the "Democrat party?" And he replied: "why don't we call lawmakers for saying "democrat" party.. probably because I didn't hear it clearly enough to conclude he said it." Then I wrote back, "OK, but please "be on the lookout" for that. Nearly every Repub. calls Dems. the "Democrat party" or the "Democrat congress."

http://twitter.com/home?status=@Shuster1600%20&in_reply_to_status_id=1242677490&in_reply_to=Shuster1600

[ClarkUSA]

1. Good for you, Jen. Have you been on Jack Cafferty lately?

[jenmito]

4. Thanks. I don't watch his show anymore, but I sometimes answer his questions and yes, I just had

one read on the air few weeks ago. The question was, "What would Dr. Martin Luther King say to Barack Obama if he was alive today?" And I answered, "I can't believe you beat the Clintons."

[ClarkUSA]

34. Love it. You've got the "write" touch.

:rofl:

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

2. Why is that insulting? I've heard my relatives who are democrats say democrat party.

not until here did i know it was considered a slur. why is it considered a slur? i genuinely want to know.

[jenmito]

5. Some say it started with Newt Gingrich. He instructed Repubs. to call Dems.

the "DemocRAT party" so the word "rat" is the end of the word. And if you go to freeperville, they write it just like I did above.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

6. oooo ok. thanks

[jenmito]

9. No problem. There are tons of links about it if you google it. n/t

[frazzled]

14. it's he "CRAT" part, not "rat"

Like bureauCRAT, technoCRAT, autoCRAT ... it has a socialist/apparachik ring to it.

We're lucky they don't call us the Democrachik party.

[jenmito]

17. Oh, ok...

but that's not what I read. I read it was the "rat" emphasis.

[On the Road]

7. It is a Subjective Thing,

but the word "democratic" has positive connotations of equality and fairness, while "Democrat" smacks of partisan politics.

Also, by using a noun like "Democrat" as an adjective, the effect is to harden and objectify.
Think of the difference between calling Lieberman a "Jewish senator" versus a "Jew senator."

[Fleshdancer]

8. The best explanation I've found:

http://us-parties.suite101.com/article.cfm/democratic_vs_democrat

When a conservative deliberately says, the “Democrat Party,” instead of the “Democratic Party,” s/he usually means that s/he does not think that party’s principles are democratic but rather are communistic, socialistic, authoritarian, dictatorial, or some other quality that runs counter to traditional American democratic, people-oriented values.

[Cha]

29. The reason I thought they

said "democrat party" was because they didn't want to remind people that we're the Democratic Party..same kind of thing.

[JBoris]

13. Because "Democrat party" implies its about individuals (ie rich power-hunrgy politicians), whereas

the other is about the democratic principle.

[WyLoochka]

30. It's not the name of the party

that's enough reason to be insulted. If you tell someone what your name is and they insist on calling you something else - aren't you insulted?

It's not grammatical - another reason.

The main reason to be insulted though, is that the Repubs - who do not like democracy - in calling our party the Democrat Party are specifically deemphasizing "democratic" - because they discovered (probably through that Luntz guy) people respond positively to that word. People generally like governments that operate in a democratic way and parties that have democratic ideals.

So they are trying to dissasociate us from our true name so that positive impression, triggered by hearing the word "democratic," is broken.

Straighten out your relatives. I've never heard a member of the Democratic Party call it the Democrat Party. And I've been around for a long time.

[ErinBerin84]

3. I hope he holds onto the time slot

Someone twittered last week and asked him why they don't rerun the show on the weeknights, and he said it was because his ratings aren't high enough. So much better in that timeslot than Gregory (or, ugh, Tucker). I remember during the campaign when there could be five "I HATE DAVID GREGORY!" threads on a night, heh.

[Pirate Smile]

15. People need to DVR it because those numbers are counted in the ratings. Even if you generally

can watch it live so you don't need to DVR/TIVO it, do it anyone just so his numbers go up.

Of course, you can only do that if you actually have one so it doesn't work for everybody. ;)

[jenmito]

16. So do I...

and he has the "Hypocrisy Watch" segment which is almost always about Repubs.

[eleny]

10. Ask him to put a muzzle on Holt

[ecstatic]

11. wow! He's actually responding? I take it his site

hasn't taken off yet? :shrug:

[jenmito]

12. He responded about a minute or two after I asked the question. n/t

[Pirate Smile]

18. So we can only see his response, right? We can't see the questions people ask.

That is what I've seen when I check these out. Am I missing something or is that the way it works? If you sign up at Twitter then can you ask/email anybody a question who has a Twitter site?

I've been reading some - Claire McCaskill, Ana Marie Cox, Shuster - but am still figuring it out.

[jenmito]

20. I'm not sure. The link in my OP shows the questions and answers...

unless only I can see it since I asked the question. It's my first time doing this so I don't really get it yet, either.

[Pirate Smile]

21. Can you see anyone else's questions? I've noticed they sometimes repeat

questions before or during their answers.

[jenmito]

23. No. All I see is my question and all the rest are comments by Shuster and

Rick Sanchez. I must be doing something wrong.

[Pirate Smile]

24. That is what I see also. That may just be how it works. It worked since he got your

question and responded.

[jenmito]

28. Hmmm. Hopefully we'll figure it out.

[camera obscura]

25. You ask a question by writing a "reply" (click the arrow to the right of the Tweet).

You can see the question if you click their name and read through their recent Tweets. So you scroll down until you see

@Shuster1600

Like here is jenmito's question: http://twitter.com/jenmito/status/1242768909

[Pirate Smile]

27. Thank you.

:yourock:

[rug]

19. What's he having for supper?

[jenmito]

22. Don't know, don't care. n/t

[Pirate Smile]

31. Well, Sen. McCaskill is going out to dinner with Govs Kaine and Sebelius.

She also really liked Obama's quote: "The majority has to be inclusive. The minority needs to be constructive. "


http://twitter.com/clairecmc

;)

[jenmito]

33. That WAS a good quote!

And I hope they have a good time. :D

[firedupdem]

26. Go Jen!! Good Job! n/t

[jenmito]

32. Thanks, firedupdem, but anyone could do it.

:)