Retort when conservatives call the Democratic Party the Democrat Party

[boston bean]

Retort with the Con Party or Cons or The Cons. Afterall, it just short hand for conservative. No harm meant by it.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. And they're dominated by males, so

I say it's the Con Men Party.

[truebluegreen]

2. DUzy!

I'm so adopting that.

[pansypoo53219]

3. i use publican.

[malaise]

11. I like

ReTHUGs

[BlueCaliDem]

4. Yep. Can't spell conservative without the "con".

And they are a bunch of low-life con men trying to take this country down for their moneyed Con masters.

[moriah]

6. There are a lot of words like that....

I love the "You can't have manslaughter without laughter!" shirt...

[BlueCaliDem]

7. True. But in context of this thread, my word play is pretty apropos.

Because Republicans aren't even remotely conservative anymore, although they do enjoy conning their supporters, corporate media, and most a-political people to believe they still are.

[moriah]

8. Yep. I figure they're more making fun of themselves by doing it, so why retaliate?

They're shooting themselves in the foot, and it's funny to watch. They have no understanding of grammar, they don't even mean it as an insult I don't think.

But yes, anytime they pull the "rat" stupidity, I bring up "con" and suggest they aren't so childish.

[BlueCaliDem]

12. Now I think about it, have you noticed how Joe Scarborough says, "Dimmocrat"?

He's doing that less and less these days, but in the beginning, he was clearly saying "Dimmocrat" when referring to Democrats. And having listened to how he pronounces other words that are similar, it has nothing to do with his accent.

[moriah]

13. With my accent, my stuff blends, but no, I don't watch Joe. Or any of 'em.

I have chosen to bury my head in the sand of blissful ignorance of the cable news networks. I haven't owned a TV for years, and my roommate doesn't have cable. I stream the Daily Show, if there's a major news event I can find a livestream somewhere. I don't eat nearly as many Tums anymore.

I would like to find a collection of some of the Sunday morning talking head shows to stream weekly, but those were really the only political ones I liked to watch.

[treestar]

15. Unless he's from New Zealand

That's not the way he'd say it (though there might be other accents that would allow for it - Maryland maybe).

[BlueCaliDem]

17. He was born in Atlanta, GA, and grew up in Florida.

I don't see how he can misspeak "Democrat" the way he does with Southern accents of either states.

[moriah]

19. Believe me, I'm not defending Joe.

Or criticizing anyone. I just love the manslaughter and laughter thing, so when I saw it come up, it was fun. There's also Congress v Progress, which had been appropriate recently, too.

I only say "pin" and "pen" differently because of being lectured over and over again about it in my childhood, and it's a conscious effort. "The pin is not mightier than the sword" was said a lot, just like "Do you sof-ten your hands as you do dishes?"

[Danascot]

24. ... or my favorite as one who grew up in Miami,

You can't spell Florida without the "duh".

[moriah]

5. If they say democRAT, yeah.

Otherwise, I let them show their ignorance of the English language as they will. It does no harm to me.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

9. I have many a Retort for the Cons!!

But I can't list them due to the chance of getting my post locked!

[gopiscrap]

10. I just call them the Republiklan Party

[Gman]

14. I've always just called the Republics

And the Republic party. Sounds kinda stupid to me.

[GoCubsGo]

16. I'm partian to "Repugnicans".

They are definitely repugnant.

[Bradical79]

18. I never notice

Do they actually intentionally say that as an attempt at being disrespectful? I always thought it was an educational or intelligence issue, so I try to simplify what I'm saying to them :-P

[LaydeeBug]

20. Nope. I say REPUBLIC PARTY. And they *notice*. They notice everytime.

When they try to correct me, I give it right back.

[RandiFan1290]

21. Publicons nt

[pamela]

22. Just call them the tea party.

I would love to see every Democratic politician and spokesperson stop using Republican and start using tea party all the time. I wouldn't differentiate between the t.p. caucus members or the so-called "moderates" just completely change the name of the party. They went to bed with them, let them own it. Or let them deny it...that might be even more fun.

[OregonBlue]

23. I use Teahadists and Tealiban.