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CTyankee

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21. I do tutor ESOL. And I was raised by parents who would not let me off the hook grammatically.

Reply to Lawlbringer (Reply #19)

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 12:43 PM

Apr 2012

When I was a teenager my father gave me hell for saying "irregardless."

The right wing started this whole thing with the "Democrat Party." Throughout the Party's entire history it has been called the Democratic Party.

You have either fallen for a trick of the Republicans or you are trying to further it. Either way, you are wrong.

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McCain did the Czechoslovakia thing too. MrSlayer Apr 2012 #1

No they don't. Gman Apr 2012 #3

I couldn't believe that McCain said that. Wasn't he then on the Senate Foreign Relations CTyankee Apr 2012 #5

Why do the republicans only give us morons now? eyewall Apr 2012 #2

Eep, hit reply to thread rather than reply to this post. Lawlbringer Apr 2012 #11

Moderate, intelligent Republicans like Huntsman don't go far Lawlbringer Apr 2012 #4

You need to fix your grammatical errors. Please go back and read over your post CTyankee Apr 2012 #7

A lot of noun/adjective confusion, eh? Richardo Apr 2012 #8

Ouch. Lawlbringer Apr 2012 #9

Circles where they use 'Democrat' as an adjective. Richardo Apr 2012 #13

Should I have used "Democratic/Democratically" rather than "Democrat"? Lawlbringer Apr 2012 #10

It's really quite simple. It is the "Democratic Party" and you would use "Democratically-aligned" in CTyankee Apr 2012 #12

Hm. Thanks, I guess. Lawlbringer Apr 2012 #14

A member of the Democratic Party is correctly called a Democrat. CTyankee Apr 2012 #15

So then I'm lost. If I was to say, for instance Lawlbringer Apr 2012 #19

I do tutor ESOL. And I was raised by parents who would not let me off the hook grammatically. CTyankee Apr 2012 #21

I appreciate the fire you're feeling Lawlbringer Apr 2012 #22

You are making way to much out of this. Really, you are. CTyankee Apr 2012 #23

I agree, let's move on. Lawlbringer Apr 2012 #24

Yes, I agree. And I am hoping that this totally right wing lunge on the part of Romney CTyankee Apr 2012 #25

FYI UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2012 #17

I hate typing *sigh* but I just did it for this Lawlbringer Apr 2012 #20

Romney must have done the high jump Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2012 #6

The only way that mittens can win madokie Apr 2012 #16

Biden is the party's best attack dog LynneSin Apr 2012 #18