I am so tired of hearing the non-Republican party, the other major party in our country, being called Democratic instead of Democrat - consistently! It gets used as an adjective instead of part of the name by every newscaster I watch and in most articles I read. I think this is accidental (out of ignorance) rather than purposeful, but I believe it gives a subliminal message about the DEMOCRAT Party that some of us vehemently disagree with. Any thoughts?
*]It is purposeful; the announcers do it because it is correct. Democrat is the noun, Democratic is the adjective.
*]Some talk radio blowhards like Rush Limbaugh like to speak of the “Democrat Party” or a “Democrat bill” as a way to mock the party’s pretensions. He knows it’s not grammatically correct, he’s just using wordplay to make the point that he doesn’t believe they are democratic at all.
*]On this message board, mangling a party’s name to make a point is against the rules, but I think we can charitably assume most posters who refer to the “Democrat Party” don’t realize it’s incorrect, and so are mangling it unintentionally.
*]Without a link to a news story, this thread doesn’t belong here, so I’ll supply one:
Caplis claimed that in referring to the political party, “Democrat” is grammatically correct
If it doesn’t bother the Democratics, why should it bother you?“Democrat Party” is the noun, the two words together, just as is White House, United States of America, John Doe, and Outback Restaurant. It is incorrect to change part of the name to an adjective.