Open Letter to NOLA Republicans
Dearest Friends and Devotees to Crawfish, Chicory Coffee, Parkway Bakery, and Hubig's Pies:
There has been a disturbing increase of late in your ranks of the use of the term "Democrat Party." I'd like to politely suggest that y'all consider using the correct name for the party. The party's name is the "Democratic Party." While you may think you humble author and Companion of the Hubig's Lemon Pie is picking nits here, it's more than just two letters at the end of the word. Prior to the Bush Administration, referring to us as the "Democrat Party" probably would not have even raised an eyebrow. It would have been dismissed as a slip of the tongue. Since 2000, however, George W. Bush's and his political advisers, most notably Karl Rove, began to use "Democrat Party" regularly.
Why is this a big deal? It's like using a nickname that you know someone hates, like calling the girl who goes by "Elizabeth" a nickname she can't stand, like "Lizzie," or calling a guy named William, "Willie." The only reason to do it is to piss the person off. That's why Rove got his boy started doing it. Of course, it's easily dismissed when he does it, because so many people view him as a Texan who clearly has demonstrated on more than one occasion that his command of his native language is sorely lacking. The problem is that the term is not merely a slip of an ignorant man's tongue, it's a concerted effort to frame and characterize a group of opponents. The usage has spread from Bush to other White House staffers, to Congresscritters, to Fox News Channel on-air clowns.
And now to y'all.
Please consider correcting yourselves when making this reference. It's not like we refer to your party as the "Republic Party." We now return you to your regularly scheduled 10am discussions of where to go for lunch.
Love, YatPundit
There has been a disturbing increase of late in your ranks of the use of the term "Democrat Party." I'd like to politely suggest that y'all consider using the correct name for the party. The party's name is the "Democratic Party." While you may think you humble author and Companion of the Hubig's Lemon Pie is picking nits here, it's more than just two letters at the end of the word. Prior to the Bush Administration, referring to us as the "Democrat Party" probably would not have even raised an eyebrow. It would have been dismissed as a slip of the tongue. Since 2000, however, George W. Bush's and his political advisers, most notably Karl Rove, began to use "Democrat Party" regularly.
Why is this a big deal? It's like using a nickname that you know someone hates, like calling the girl who goes by "Elizabeth" a nickname she can't stand, like "Lizzie," or calling a guy named William, "Willie." The only reason to do it is to piss the person off. That's why Rove got his boy started doing it. Of course, it's easily dismissed when he does it, because so many people view him as a Texan who clearly has demonstrated on more than one occasion that his command of his native language is sorely lacking. The problem is that the term is not merely a slip of an ignorant man's tongue, it's a concerted effort to frame and characterize a group of opponents. The usage has spread from Bush to other White House staffers, to Congresscritters, to Fox News Channel on-air clowns.
And now to y'all.
Please consider correcting yourselves when making this reference. It's not like we refer to your party as the "Republic Party." We now return you to your regularly scheduled 10am discussions of where to go for lunch.
Love, YatPundit
You should go to Taco San Miguel for lunch. I say this because I go to this place like a crack addict goes to his dealer.