Democrat Party hypocrisy

Mar 18, 2022
Mar 18, 2022 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

With the significant increase in our gasoline and diesel prices at the pump, many Californians had hoped that Sacramento would jump in and authorize a gas tax holiday.

(13) comments

Terence Y Mar 18, 2022 8:58am

Mr. van Ulden – I’m not sure many were entertaining the idea this gas tax holiday would pass. CA needs to keep the gravy train rolling for pensions and benefits. Instead, we should ask why “income disadvantaged” folks keep voting for Democrats. They’re the ones being hurt most by Democrats in office. If they didn’t realize it before, they’ll definitely realize it this year, and the next, and the next, ad infinitum until they stop voting Dems in office.

Tommy Tee Mar 18, 2022 10:27am

Dirk--you know it's Democratic Party, not Democrat Party. Your incorrect usage is a typical petty insult by Republicans. However, we are learning to expect no less from you.

Jorg Mar 18, 2022 10:43am

True, but we have also learned to respect less from the R-cult.

Ray Fowler Mar 18, 2022 11:28am

Ah... yet more ad hominem as we hear tires screeching around the corner. However, this time the "drive by" post has been plagiarized. Tafhdyd has commented on the use of "Democratic Party" vs. "Democrat" in past postings. He has already been there and done that.

I'm sure you're aware that seasoned politicos and experienced journalists substitute Democrat for Democratic Party... a lot. It's OK. For example, you can check Google... I didn't have to in this instance... to see that presidents are commonly referred to as Republican or Democrat.

Dirk's use of "Democrat" is correct. Go back and read his LTE and insert "Democratic Party" in place of "Democrat." It's OK. Here's another idea... maybe you could submit an LTE.

Tafhdyd Mar 18, 2022 12:20pm

Ray,

Thanks for the shout out but I am not sure it applies here. The title says Democrat but did Dirk actually indicate that on his letter? I have sent in letters to publications, some with a title and some without and the Editor often replaces or "edits" it. Unless we hear from Dirk we won't know. Democrats and Republicans are obviously different but the Democratic Party is the official name of the party. DJT specifically said he calls it the Democrat party because he knows it is a slur. Actually, I don't think he knew it until someone told him, but that's just my opinion.

Jorg Mar 18, 2022 1:03pm

Perhaps a quick course in basic English grammar may help Dirk, Ray and others? “Democrat” is a noun, while “democratic” is an adjective, which means that “Democrat Party” is wrong, although some are using it as an epithet. You and I are Democrats, and we are also democratic, - which we can’t say about everyone on this site!

Ray Fowler Mar 18, 2022 2:36pm

org...

Noah Webster is calling... Democrat and Democratic Party are nouns... but swapping Democratic Party for Democrats in Dirk's LTE just doesn't work. Tafhdyd suggested we should let Dirk weigh in and resolve the issue. Regardless... it does not appear to me that Dirk's use of Democrat was meant as an epithet. Hopefully, he will clear that up, too.

Going with your suggestion to offer grammar lessons... in your earlier post, did you mean to say you "respect" less from Republicans or that you "expect" less from Republicans? Just askin'...

Jorg Mar 18, 2022 4:02pm

Ray: Read what I wrote again: there is less to respect from Republicans. Less and less. OK now?

Ray Fowler Mar 18, 2022 4:32pm

Hey, Jorg...

So, does that mean you have some respect for Republicans?

Shifting gears... as the comment preceding your earlier post included the word "expect," it looked like you wanted to use it as well. Thanks for clarifying... I think.

Oh, yes... as our resident grammarian... can we use the root word "democrat" for other parts of speech? Perhaps a verb? Let me give you an example.

Wow... inflation has hit a 40-year high. The current administration really democratted our economy.

A. Yeah... those Afghans really got democratted.

Jorg Mar 18, 2022 5:06pm

Ray: Do you mean “democratize” as a verb? Didn’t work so well in Afghanistan and Iraq, did it? Both wars started by Republican administrations. With a few exceptions, I have very little respect left for those who still call themselves “Republicans”. I find the group dishonest, shallow, unreliable, unpatriotic, immoral, uneducated, a security threat, and a hinder for a better society for all. Enough? I could write a book!

Ray Fowler Mar 18, 2022 6:11pm

Jorg...

No. Inflation was climbing in the year before Russia invaded Ukraine. Our economy did not get "democratized"... it got democratted by the current administration. Last August, the current administration's Afghanistan withdrawal plan was not an effort to democratize the the Afghans, but they sure got democratted by a president who ran on the Democratic Party's 2020 ticket.

Terence Y Mar 18, 2022 1:36pm

Democrat – democratic… Much ado about nothing – meanwhile, Rome is still burning.

Dirk van Ulden Mar 19, 2022 9:38pm

Upon popular demand, I am weighing in. I use the Democrat distinction because, Pelosi's and Shumer's affiliations are not democratic. Thus, it would be an insult to Webster's long research to misname an otherwise lofty political movement by the name that Jorg et al would like to see.

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