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[Keystone Phil]

This is going to be an interesting district in 2008 so I might as well start this up.

It seems like this Ron Francis guy is very serious about running - http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_493610.html. Another name mentioned is State Representative Mike Turzai. He lost to Klink in 1998. Swann won't put the rumors to rest about his potential candidacy but I am sure he won't run.

None of these three really matter though since Hart is running. Francis is just wasting his time. If, for whatever reason, Hart changes her mind, look for Turzai to inch closer to a run and make it an interesting race.

[Mr.Phips]

I think whoever wrote that article needs some grammar lessons.  He kept calling the Democratic majority the "Democrat majority" and called a State Senator the "Democrat State Senator".  Do you hear anybody calling the Republican party the "Republic party" because thats what they are going to start calling it.

[Keystone Phil]

I think whoever wrote that article needs some grammar lessons.  He kept calling the Democratic majority the "Democrat majority" and called a State Senator the "Democrat State Senator".  Do you hear anybody calling the Republican party the "Republic party" because thats what they are going to start calling it.

I have heard plenty of people call them the "Democrat" party but it's for a specific reason - they don't want them being called Democratic. I'm being serious, too. People do that on purpose.

[Deano963]

I think whoever wrote that article needs some grammar lessons.  He kept calling the Democratic majority the "Democrat majority" and called a State Senator the "Democrat State Senator".  Do you hear anybody calling the Republican party the "Republic party" because thats what they are going to start calling it.

Yeh, I noticed that too, and whoever did it, it was no accident. Obviously some right-wing hack job had a hand in writing it, if not the whole article. It's a deliberate slur used by Republicans, most recently by Bush during the SOTU speech when he referred to the new "Democrat Majority".

[Mr.Phips]

I think whoever wrote that article needs some grammar lessons.  He kept calling the Democratic majority the "Democrat majority" and called a State Senator the "Democrat State Senator".  Do you hear anybody calling the Republican party the "Republic party" because thats what they are going to start calling it.

I have heard plenty of people call them the "Democrat" party but it's for a specific reason - they don't want them being called Democratic. I'm being serious, too. People do that on purpose.

Yeah, that was my point.  It gets annoying. 

[Keystone Phil]

I think whoever wrote that article needs some grammar lessons.  He kept calling the Democratic majority the "Democrat majority" and called a State Senator the "Democrat State Senator".  Do you hear anybody calling the Republican party the "Republic party" because thats what they are going to start calling it.

I have heard plenty of people call them the "Democrat" party but it's for a specific reason - they don't want them being called Democratic. I'm being serious, too. People do that on purpose.

Yeah, that was my point.  It gets annoying. 

Yes, it is stupid.

[bullmoose88]

Guys, don't get your panties in a bunch...while the terms Democrat and Democratic are acceptable to use as adjectives for that party...only the term Republican has been accepted as an adjective for the other party. And given how popular the word Republican is right now, I sometimes wish we had a second adjective. (GOP doesnt always carry with it the greatest connotation either)

Certainly you can bitch about the connotations of the word Democrat vs. Democratic...but I suspect a Pittsburgh paper and/or editorial board wouldn't use Democrat if it was perceived to only have negative connotations.

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Members of the Republic party should learn proper grammar.
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[bullmoose88]

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Members of the Republic party should learn proper grammar.
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You deserve to be stabbed by a spoon. You're so goddamn snarky jfern.

cut it out.

[Mr.Phips]

Guys, don't get your panties in a bunch...while the terms Democrat and Democratic are acceptable to use as adjectives for that party...only the term Republican has been accepted as an adjective for the other party. And given how popular the word Republican is right now, I sometimes wish we had a second adjective. (GOP doesnt always carry with it the greatest connotation either)

Certainly you can bitch about the connotations of the word Democrat vs. Democratic...but I suspect a Pittsburgh paper and/or editorial board wouldn't use Democrat if it was perceived to only have negative connotations.

The word "Democrat" means one member of the Democratic party.  The word "Democratic" means the name of that party.

[Joe Republic]

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=51284.msg1091299#msg1091299

[Rob]

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Members of the Republic party should learn proper grammar.
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Did you see Congressman Anthony Weiner attacking the "Republic" Party? Hilarious! He's a great speaker, too.

[Mr.Phips]

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Members of the Republic party should learn proper grammar.
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Did you see Congressman Anthony Weiner attacking the "Republic" Party? Hilarious! He's a great speaker, too.

At least somebody is giving them a taste of their own medicine.