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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They probably hate it because it's obviously being used with the intent to insult them, the same reason George Allen's people were mad that Jim Webb kept using Allen's middle name Felix in debates (though in Bush's case, like another person said, it's probably innocent given his other verbal slip-ups).
If I were the President I would send over Doctor Phil to congress as a joke to help heal them so they can get on with the work of the people.
they are Democrat....cause they certainly aint Democratic.
It ISN'T the party's full name. And if we ARE going to change the name of the Democrat Party, then put the world Socialist in there somewhere.
And if you say 'Democrat'. .. everyone will know who you are referring to. There can be no mistake about it. . .
democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democrat/democra. . .and a small 'd' for appropriate measure!
I suggest that we form a new Conservative political party called the American Party. That way we can ask voters to vote "American". And the Democrats can be honest and say they oppose Americans and American policies.
I like the sound of "democratyuk" better....
President Bush been surfing Free Republic, Jim?
"Nancy Pelosi and the democratics"
Sounds like an 80s punk band!
Precisely. . .it is pityful the disrespect; their absolute refusal to go there. (Wendel Goler; on Fox News; has NEVER slipped up. . .) GW get Mister Bush. . .or is referenced as 'the president'; seldom, if ever; do we hear; or more importantly, does President Bush here; himself referrenced with the respect and dignity and by the title, he deserves.
So let me get this straight... The President is a nincompoop who can't string three words together without stumbling, but dropping the "ic" from "Democratic" was a finely honed and deliberate insult from a master of the language...
"The Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison as the Republican party in 1792, was the dominant political party in the United States from 1800 until the 1820s. The party and its members identified themselves as the Republican party (not related to the present-day Republican Party), Republicans, Jeffersonians, Democratic Republicans, less frequently Democrats,[1] or combinations of these (like Jeffersonian republicans)."
I vote democratically for Republicans every election.
When I see a "vote Democratic" button, I have to ask, what other way is there to vote in America?
I also see "Friends don't let friends vote Republican" buttons and stickers. Why don't they just cut to the quick and clearly state "Don't let Republicans vote"?
Let me get this straight. They call him "Hitler", "Nazi", "Chimp" "War Criminal" and "Moron". Nobody says a thing. He says, accurately, "Democrat" and it's newsworthy.
I am truly beginning to think it's time for these shrieking demons to be sent over the cliff.
Are they also pissed at Bush for calling it global "climate change" instead of global warming?
3diculous.
" I congratulate the F@ckwad majority."
So, the demoKaRatz don't like name calling?
Too friggin bad!!!
HEHEHEHEHE!
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