REPUBLICAN'T -- Your new vocabulary word of the day...

[johnfunk]

... courtesy of the always-amusing Carpetbagger Report:

Back in March, I had an item about Republican use of the phrase "Democrat Party," which is the GOP way of using grammar for childish purposes. [johnfunknote: It's also a McCarthyite slur.] I asked readers for ideas about what name Dems could use to tease Republicans — and you guys came up with a lot of suggestions.

As it happens, my friend Tom Schaller noticed that many of you liked "Republican'ts" — and he suggests that we all start using it, at least as often as the GOP throws around "Democrat Party."

I'd love to see Howard Dean, next time he's on Meet the Press, send a shot across the partisan bow by telling Tim Russert or other media types that if they refuse to correct Republicans (Ken Mehlman seems to be a common culprit) when they say "The Democrat Party," then Dean is fully entitled to begin publicly referring to Republicans as the "Republican't Party." As in: Can't balance the budget; can't stop raising the national debt ceiling; can't manage federal emergencies; can't find Osama bin Laden; can't control our borders; can't stop smearing and leaking; can't answer tough questions from the media; can't find weapons of mass destruction… (I can't spend all day doing this, but you get the point.)

remember... that's Republican't with an apostrophe!

[enid602]

1. media

And the MSM consists mostly of Repub-lickers.

[Demeter]

2. Don't Forget, the NeoCon GOP Speaks in Can't Cant!

Eat your heart out, William Safire!

[npincus]

3. that's pretty good: "RepubliCAN'T"

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. this is good enough for a kick

good OP

[DinahMoeHum]

5. Heh heh, good one! They're also a bunch of YOYOs

YOYO = You're On Your Own


In contrast, the Democratic Party should market itself as the "can-do" party with the "WITT" approach.

WITT = We're In This Together
(or WAITT = We're All In This Together)


:kick:

[KittyWampus]

11. YOYO- not bad, not bad. But RepubliCAN'T does have that certain ring

:)

[jane_pippin]

6. Ha! A friend of mine had a home made bumper sticker of that

word on her car all summer before the 2004 election. She's ahead of her time. :D

[johnfunk]

7. Blatantly self-serving kick...

... as in "Vote every Republican't out of office this November!"

[a kennedy]

8. Makes a great bumpersticker too!!

:thumbsup: and :kick:

[scarletlib]

9. It's perfect!

Use it often.

[johnfunk]

10. RepubliCAN'T agenda --- add YOUR talking points!

So far:

Can't balance the budget;
can't stop raising the national debt ceiling;
can't manage federal emergencies;
can't find Osama bin Laden;
can't control our borders;
can't stop smearing and leaking;
can't answer tough questions from the media;
can't find weapons of mass destruction

I'll add:

CAN'T escape a culture of K Street corruption

[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. HANG ON A SEC! this didn't get 5 votes, it should! Kicked and REC

here's your 5th vote

[rosesaylavee]

13. YEEEEESSSS!

This will most decidedly get under their skin - and is very memorable. I like this so much I changed my signature to add it. If I need to attribute it differently, let me know?

K & R

[emlev]

14. Another vocabulary word for DUers: "Hearnia"

It's what you get from listening to things that are too heavy.

I just coined it via the typo method.

[OnionPatch]

15. I saw this on a bumper sticker

and next to it was one that said "Read between the pipelines"

Hey, maybe it was a DUer!

[meow2u3]

16. Let me put my $.02 in

Can't keep veterans' personal info out of the hands of identity thieves.


K&R :kick:

[GoldenOldie]

17. This could really catch on

How about: CAN'T keep their OATH OF OFFICE to defend the Consititution of the US, "so help me GOD."

[eppur_se_muova]

18. Darn, I was just getting used to calling them the Republicanic Party . nt

[BigBearJohn]

19. ((((OH GAWWWWWWWWWWWD I LOVE IT )))