January 27, 2007

The Democrat Party

I have seen this on the forums for a while, but it seems to be spilling into the TV media as well now. Democrats getting pissed off because their party is referred to as the "Democrat" party instead of the "Democratic" party.

Aside from the fact that it is entertaining to see them pissed off over something so ridiculously trivial, the term is technically correct. After all, you don't refer to them collectively as "The Democratics". They are "The Democrats".

Presumably, the main reason they are pissed off about it is because they want to portray other parties as "non-Democratic". So it is just kind of funny to see Republicans needle them over this. I heard Rush mention it on his show last week, but I also heard it on CNN tonight (some commentator casually whining about it during a debate). The fact that it bothers them at all is pretty funny.

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