tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post6142230297230364504..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: I Favor Divided GovernmentM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-64527201677690512822007-06-16T18:06:00.000+00:002007-06-16T18:06:00.000+00:00I Favor Divided Politicians.Let's do this the Amer...I Favor Divided Politicians.<BR/><BR/>Let's do this the American way and bid for the rights to divide politicians. Spectators to the politician divisions can vote for the cutting plane: horizonal, sagittal (left-right split), or coronal (front-back split).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-82684847394856421522007-06-15T16:40:00.000+00:002007-06-15T16:40:00.000+00:00I use Democrat purposely to differentiate it from ...I use Democrat purposely to differentiate it from democratic.<BR/><BR/>I mean nothing pejorative. Others may have different ideas.<BR/><BR/>I once was a Democrat. Now I'm a reluctant Republican.<BR/><BR/>In fact had the Ds run Lieberman he would have had my unequivocal support. Mr. Kerry and I have issues going back to 'Nam. No way I would vote for him. No way I would be silent.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-3332294549132967402007-06-15T15:38:00.000+00:002007-06-15T15:38:00.000+00:00rascal,I'd suggest for your first item you could a...rascal,<BR/><BR/>I'd suggest for your first item you could add dismay among mainstream Democrats at the recent leftward tilt of the party's leadership with respect to the feckless stampede toward a defeat at all costs policy in Iraq. There are other factors, not the least of which is blatant corruption, a bipartisan affliction. Another factor is the whole bipartisan immigration policy boondoggle in which a new law is foisted on the country under the false premise of fixing an existing law. It's a false premise because the existing law(s) haven't been enforced, largely due to Congressional meddling.<BR/><BR/>Since you're obsessed with grammatical form and rhetoric, it would be appropriate for you to preface your first remark with the fact it's only your opinion.<BR/><BR/>Regarding your second item, aside from the fact it's an old and stale liberal seminar talking point, there's a certain useful quality that attaches to the use of Democrat as an adjective form, whether it's pejorative or not. It does separate the current crop of moonbats and their leftist policies from the old Democratic party which many Americans could take pride in associating with. If, as you say, the usage is over fifty years old, you'd best accept it as, alas, one of those unfortunate idiomatic lapses of English that afflict us all, and as you Democrats are fond of doing, move on.linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-39569097923937915542007-06-15T13:43:00.000+00:002007-06-15T13:43:00.000+00:00Two things: 1) Much of the discontent with Congres...Two things: 1) Much of the discontent with Congress stems from dismay among antiwar Democrats at the recent approval of Iraq war funding without timetables for withdrawal of U.S. troops; and 2) When are you Republicans going to quit using the word "Democrat" as an adjective ("Democrat Party," "Democrat agenda," "Democrat candidate," etc.)? Such usage is ungrammatical. It's the "Democratic Party." This use of "Democrat" as an adjective dates back to the McCarthy era of the 1950s and stems from the silly notion that "Democrat" sounds more pejorative than "Democratic." Wake up, Publicans, and quit setting a bad grammatical example for your young 'uns.The Rascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255237905690635887noreply@blogger.com