I Would Like To Know

[Freedom Lover]

Sometime there arises some imponderable questions that seem to have no rational answers. But I thought I would try anyway. So here they are:

1. Why does the Democrat Party always think the best answer to any problem our nation has is more government with socialist policies?

2. Why do congressional Democrats run as somewhat conservative, only be the socialist partisans that they are?

3. Why are Democrats and the liberal press so stunned that President Bush would actually try and accomplish in office what he campaigned on?

4. Why do Democrats abhor democracy so much, and have such distain for the majority of the voters, unless, of course, they receive a majority of the votes?

5. Why do Democrats never mention the words freedom and free enterprise in any of their speeches?

There are probably others, but this is enough for now.

 

[The ClayTaurus]

Why do people ask loaded questions?

 

[dmp]

Why do people ask loaded questions?

Or Rhetorical Questions...

 

[The ClayTaurus]

Or Rhetorical Questions...

I don't think I have an answer for that...

 

[Zhukov]

Because it's their nature.

 

[Max Power]

Why does the Democrat Party

I've a question for you.

Why do you refer to the Democratic party as the Democrat party?
Do you also refer to the Republican party as the Republic party?

I'm just curious, that's all.

 

[no1tovote4]

I've a question for you.

Why do you refer to the Democratic party as the Democrat party?
Do you also refer to the Republican party as the Republic party?

I'm just curious, that's all.

Maybe he is referring to a Party with a ton of Democrats attending as in the Democrat Party down the street...

Or maybe he is referring to ownership. As members of the Democratic Party are called Democrats. Therefore he may be speaking of ownership of the Party.

Why does it bug Democrats so much to have their Party referred to as the Democrat Party?

 

[BaronVonBigmeat]

Why does the Democrat Party always think the best answer to any problem our nation has is more government with socialist policies?

Because people in government--republicans too--aren't even capable of imagining a solution to a problem not involving government. To put it another way, try to imagine getting the CEO's of GM, Ford, and Toyota together to propose ways to improve traffic and reduce gas useage. GM might propose electric cars and contraflow traffic lanes, Ford might suggest hybrids and double-stacked lanes, and Toyota might advocate biodiesel and self-driving cars. But none of them would ever come up with a solution as simple as "live closer to work" or "make it legal to build apartments and condos on top of retail businesses, like the rest of the world". They know cars, so every solution they come up with is probably going to involve...well, cars.

Why do congressional Democrats run as somewhat conservative, only be the socialist partisans that they are?

I dunno, why do republicans do that too?

Why do Democrats abhor democracy so much, and have such distain for the majority of the voters, unless, of course, they receive a majority of the votes?

The bedrock foundation of left-socialism is a fundamental, condescending arrogance. If you start out dripping with arrogance, it's easy to support running other people's lives. You can also see this on display when lefties profess that education is the cure to all ills, and it usually comes through loud and clear in their ponderous, condescending, faux-academic writing style. I'm sure Doc and dmp can think of one classic example of this from another forum.

That's not to say that real democracy is great. Lots of people are ignorant and vote for stupid shit at best, or my money at worst. That's why the founding fathers had such disdain for democracies.

 

[speederdoc]

The bedrock foundation of left-socialism is a fundamental, condescending arrogance. If you start out dripping with arrogance, it's easy to support running other people's lives. You can also see this on display when lefties profess that education is the cure to all ills, and it usually comes through loud and clear in their ponderous, condescending, faux-academic writing style. I'm sure Doc and dmp can think of one classic example of this from another forum.

True dat!!!!!!!!!

I sure wish I could have convinced him and his buddies to come "educate us" over here. If someone feels strongly about their positions, then they should be able to defend them on any forum. The libs on the RX8club seem to be afraid of the members here.

 

[musicman]

I've a question for you.

Why do you refer to the Democratic party as the Democrat party?
Do you also refer to the Republican party as the Republic party?

I'm just curious, that's all.

If the party of the left were peopled by "Democratics", it would rightly be called "the Democratic Party". Kind of like, if the party of the right were made up of "Republics"... . It's pretty simple, Max; try to keep up here.

Referring to the most rabidly intolerant collection of lockstep lunatics in this nation's history as members of a "Democratic" party is merely a subtle, agenda-driven perversion of language. It's kind of like the idiotic non-word, "homophobe".

 

[musicman]

"What is necessary is to rectify names. If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things" - Confucius.

More succinctly:

"Words mean things" - Rush Limbaugh.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

I've a question for you.

Why do you refer to the Democratic party as the Democrat party?
Do you also refer to the Republican party as the Republic party?

I'm just curious, that's all.

Maybe he was just being polite. I woulda referred to it as the Demallcrap Party.

 

[Freedom Lover]

I suppose that members of the Party of the Republic would be referred to as Republicans. By the same token I would think that members of the Democratic Party would be referred to as Democratics. Since they call themselves Democrats it is only logical that the name of the party should be Democrat Party. I think, however, the name is a misnomer whichever it is called since they have evidenced that they only believe in the results of democracy if elections happen to go their way!

The questions are not loaded or rhetorical. I really wanted to know from a democrat, or democratic, why their party fosters the beliefs that I put forth in the questions posed. As usual, they have no real answers, only the ability to try and toss it back and thus shrink from exposing what their true beliefs are. They know if Americans knew what the D party really stands for and proposes they would be all but eliminated as a major political party in this country. As for me, I more than willing to expose the socialist beliefs of the D party to anyone, and everyone who is interested in hearing.

 

[Max Power]

If the party of the left were peopled by "Democratics", it would rightly be called "the Democratic Party". Kind of like, if the party of the right were made up of "Republics"... . It's pretty simple, Max; try to keep up here.

Referring to the most rabidly intolerant collection of lockstep lunatics in this nation's history as members of a "Democratic" party is merely a subtle, agenda-driven perversion of language. It's kind of like the idiotic non-word, "homophobe".

I suppose that members of the Party of the Republic would be referred to as Republicans. By the same token I would think that members of the Democratic Party would be referred to as Democratics. Since they call themselves Democrats it is only logical that the name of the party should be Democrat Party. I think, however, the name is a misnomer whichever it is called since they have evidenced that they only believe in the results of democracy if elections happen to go their way!

You people seem to be having trouble with the English language.
You see, "democrat," is a noun.
"Democratic" is an adjective.

Something I've noticed - all of the people who refer to the "Democrat" party do so in a derogatory manner.

So, what you're saying is technically wrong, and from my experience, derogatory, so I'm simply asking why you choose to say it in such a manner.

The questions are not loaded or rhetorical. I really wanted to know from a democrat, or democratic, why their party fosters the beliefs that I put forth in the questions posed. As usual, they have no real answers,

I hope you're not referring to me. I'm not a Democrat, I'm an independent voter, and find that my ideals line up with the Libertarian platform.

 

[musicman]

You people seem to be having trouble with the English language.
You see, "democrat," is a noun.
"Democratic" is an adjective.

Thank you, Professor Higgins. Now, please explain why a Democrat, supporting the worldview of fellow Democrats, should be said to belong to the Democratic Party. A Republican is called a member of the Republican Party - no adjective needed. It's just a word game - a sly corruption of the language, designed to impart a positive connotation onto a simple identification. Liberals do that a lot.

Something I've noticed - all of the people who refer to the "Democrat" party do so in a derogatory manner.

Not really. We're just not going along with silly little word games.

So, what you're saying is technically wrong, and from my experience, derogatory, so I'm simply asking why you choose to say it in such a manner.

No, what we're saying is technically RIGHT, and from my experience, Democrats are about as far from democratic as you can get without having a copy of Das Kapital protruding from your jacket. I'm asking YOU why we should say it any other way.

 

[musicman]

Let me elaborate a bit on the matter of adjectives. "President Bush is bad because he didn't come to New Orleans and do my job for me" is not a very democratic statement, but it is certainly Democrat-ISH. It could only have been uttered by a Democrat.

Throwing hundreds of billions of our dollars at New Orleans may have been the Republican response, but it is far from Republican-LIKE. It could only have been done by a fool who has lost touch with the principles of the Republican Party.

 

[Max Power]

Thank you, Professor Higgins. Now, please explain why a Democrat, supporting the worldview of fellow Democrats, should be said to belong to the Democratic Party. A Republican is called a member of the Republican Party - no adjective needed. It's just a word game - a sly corruption of the language, designed to impart a positive connotation onto a simple identification. Liberals do that a lot.

http://www.answers.com/republican&r=67
Notice that Republican is both an adjective AND a noun.

So, when you say a Republican is a member of the Republican party, an adjective is needed.

Go ahead and look up "Democrat," and "Democratic," and you'll see that one is a noun and the other is an adjective. I don't really have time to be your elementary school English teacher here, so if you still don't understand, go find someone who does and ask him/her.

And FYI, the Democratic party used to be known as the Democratic-Republican party (Actually, it was also referred to as strictly the "Republican" party, but lacks ties to the current Republican party), and it was founded by Thomas Jefferson.

 

[archangel]

This is exactly why I hated English101 in college...the old Diaghram of words in a sentence...sooo boring and useless...why can't people just say what they mean without being analyized in diaghrams...the word PC should be changed to EC(English Correctness) this seems to be where it is going! Just say what ya mean and the hell with all the professors of PC and EC!

 

[Max Power]

This is exactly why I hated English101 in college...the old Diaghram of words in a sentence...sooo boring and useless...why can't people just say what they mean without being analyized in diaghrams...the word PC should be changed to EC(English Correctness) this seems to be where it is going! Just say what ya mean and the hell with all the professors of PC and EC!

Haha!

You remind me of Ralph Wiggum.

"Me fail English? That's unpossible!"

 

[musicman]

http://www.answers.com/republican&r=67
Notice that Republican is both an adjective AND a noun.

*sigh*

Notice that the adjective, "republican " - in the "what kind of" application of an adjective, employs a lowercase "r". When used to answer the question, "which?", an uppercase "R" is used; otherwise, it's use would be improper - if not intentionally misleading.

So, when you say a Republican is a member of the Republican party, an adjective is needed.

Not in the "what kind of" sense - only the "which". A Democrat, therefore, belongs to the Democrat Party.

Go ahead and look up "Democrat," and "Democratic," and you'll see that one is a noun and the other is an adjective.

YOU look it up, Nancy. You'll find, "democratic", but you won't find, "Democratic". Go ahead and coyly aver that you're not a supporter of the democratic party (yeah, right), but don't try to confer upon that term the status of "proper adjective". English is a tricky language (conveniently so, for those who would twist and pervert it for their own ends - typically liberals), but hang in there. You'll get it.

I don't really have time to be your elementary school English teacher here, so if you still don't understand, go find someone who does and ask him/her.

Ooo, Max - you're so assertive when you're being obstinate and wrong!

And FYI, the Democratic party used to be known as the Democratic-Republican party (Actually, it was also referred to as strictly the "Republican" party, but lacks ties to the current Republican party), and it was founded by Thomas Jefferson.

Fascinating. Utterly irrelevant to this discussion, but fascinating.