Posted on 01/29/2007 9:49:29 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Bush didn't intend to insult Democrats: Snow
26 minutes ago
President George W. Bush did not intend to insult Democrats by failing to pronounce their party's full name in his State of the Union address, spokesman Tony Snow said on Monday.
In his speech last Tuesday, Bush declared to a joint session of the U.S. Congress that "I congratulate the Democrat majority." Some Democrats were incensed he did not say "Democratic." The party's proper name is the Democratic Party.
Republicans for years have dropped the last two letters of the name as a slight to the party. Bush's prepared text of his speech had the proper pronunciation, but when he delivered it he made the mistake.
Snow said Bush meant no slight.
"I want to thank everybody for making three mountains out of a mole hill. The president, when we asked him about it, said, 'What?... I didn't mean anything by it,"' Snow said.
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Sorry to hear that.
But telling...
:)
Frikkin' Democrat ninnies...
They got the majority. What more do they want? I hope it's not respect.
i just thought saying "Democrat party" was a Southernism. is it?
Call a wahmmmmmmmmbulannnnnnnnce!!!
Who in the world cares about what the Democrats think aside from themselves?
He should have used the name I prefer....DemonicRATS.....
A lot of Ds and other Leftists have been insulting the Pres as much as they can since he has been Pres. Even before.
For some reason this annoys them. Go figure. That's the only reason I use the term.
He should have referred to them as "The Rat Party."
OK, from now on, let's use the full form of the name: "People's Democratic Party".
Bush used the term correctly. What are we supposed to say now; examples: "bills proposed by the democratics" or "Nancy Pelosi and the democratics"?
Yes, but ... any subject, name calling, etc - just let us not talk about something really important.
So am I. The Democrats are an insult to America.
If the democrats take issue over a mere name, how the h^&l do they honestly believe ANY of their candidates can handle the non-stop barrage of insults the Presidency would bring?
He should have referred to them as traitors and then let in the FBI agents to take them into custody.
Correction: Who in the world cares about what the Democratics think aside from themselves? Thats waht they wanted, right?
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