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Tigress DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 11:47 PM
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11. QUIZ - response to... We don't live in a Democracy, it's a Republic is....
... and how is THAT working out for you?

... they why are we EXporting Democracy to Iraq?

... oh so in a REpublic, it isn't the votes that counts, but those who count the votes. got it.

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  -"Democratic" -- NOT "Democrat" LSparkle  Apr-07-06 07:32 PM   #0 
  - The easiest way to turn around the demonization of "liberal"...  KyuzoGator   Apr-07-06 07:34 PM   #1 
  - bob dole & the pub dinosaurs have used it long before then  Neil Lisst   Apr-07-06 07:34 PM   #2 
  - Now it is used by the entire party, though. nt  July   Apr-08-06 04:12 PM   #33 
  - I agree. n/t  I Have A Dream   Apr-07-06 07:34 PM   #3 
  - I like that idea  brentspeak   Apr-07-06 07:36 PM   #4 
  - Expose Luntz at the same time  Timbuk3   Apr-08-06 12:05 AM   #17 
  - But pronounce it "re-pube-lick" and only in response to their use of  MADem   Apr-08-06 05:37 AM   #25 
  - I find it curious...  fiziwig   Apr-07-06 07:46 PM   #5 
  - Complaining is whining, but SARCASM tears flesh.  Tigress DEM   Apr-08-06 12:55 AM   #21 
  - excellent analogy--that really makes the point clear  spooky3   Apr-08-06 04:22 PM   #36 
  - Oh God, this misuse of the word drives me up an effing wall!  Lancer   Apr-07-06 07:47 PM   #6 
  - My husband goes ballistic  Mabus   Apr-07-06 08:04 PM   #8 
  - When having conversations online with individuals  Bok_Tukalo   Apr-07-06 08:01 PM   #7 
  - That's a good idea, using the (sic) when quoting them.  Raksha   Apr-07-06 08:20 PM   #9 
     - Nah, we just got our DEMS to open their mouths and not back down.  Tigress DEM   Apr-07-06 11:59 PM   #15 
     - I would love to see that. I hope they'd say it's childish, too. nt  July   Apr-08-06 04:13 PM   #34 
  - ok, so in a nutshell  Iris   Apr-07-06 08:52 PM   #10 
  - QUIZ - response to... We don't live in a Democracy, it's a Republic is....  Tigress DEM   Apr-07-06 11:47 PM   #11 
  - Democracy - it's when the grownups are in charge...  Tigress DEM   Apr-07-06 11:52 PM   #12 
  - I think it's an effort to separate Democrats from the word "democratic".  nicknameless   Apr-07-06 11:58 PM   #13 
  - You win the bonus round --- and a nickname! JoeDEM or JoeDEMa.  Tigress DEM   Apr-08-06 12:02 AM   #16 
  - Woohoo, thanks!  nicknameless   Apr-08-06 12:36 AM   #19 
     - Welcome!  Tigress DEM   Apr-08-06 12:56 AM   #22 
  - to them it also may sound like "bureaucrat"  spooky3   Apr-08-06 04:25 PM   #37 
  - Why do they think it will drive us crazy?  TexasThoughtCriminal   Apr-07-06 11:59 PM   #14 
  - Because DEMs know how to use all them BIG words, like Soverign.  Tigress DEM   Apr-08-06 12:33 AM   #18 
  - Remember the Rove "RAT" commercials?  MADem   Apr-08-06 05:38 AM   #26 
  - Someone by the name of Craig Crawford was interviewed on Countdown  gristy   Apr-08-06 12:45 AM   #20 
  - Nothing wrong with Craig Crawford, or Randi Rhodes either, for that matter  checks-n-balances   Apr-08-06 02:12 PM   #31 
  - It's been driving me crazy for over 10 years  incapsulated   Apr-08-06 12:58 AM   #23 
  - Thank you for saying this...  Stand and Fight   Apr-08-06 03:48 AM   #24 
  - It's partly based on polling  Jim Lane   Apr-08-06 09:57 AM   #27 
  - My almost ex-congressman Tom DeLay LOVES using Democrat  muse   Apr-08-06 10:14 AM   #28 
  - And as a counteroffensive... Republicine, not Republican. n/t  skids   Apr-08-06 11:57 AM   #29 
  - This is a huge pet peeve with me, too. Thanks for highlighting it  ProfessorPlum   Apr-08-06 01:42 PM   #30 
  - What if we started calling it the "Republic party"  DuaneBidoux   Apr-08-06 03:24 PM   #32 
     - Or "Publican."  July   Apr-08-06 04:18 PM   #35 
 

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