"My mother's mother, Grandma Loy, came from downstate Illinois....Grandma thought the Democrats were, like drought and wheat rot, an inexplicable evil of nature that America had done nothing to warrant....And she wouldn't even speak the word 'Democrats' if there were children in the room. She'd say 'bastards' instead."
--P. J. O'Rourke, from the introduction to Republican Party Reptile
Damn Dirty Democrats Now there's some poor usage of English - never use three words when one will suffice.
I wonder if he's paraphrasing the great Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes....."you damn dirty ape"