Richard Painter ran as a Democrat and apparently doesn't know it's the

[malaise]

Democratic Party.
Fuck him too. Glad he lost.

[Tiggeroshii]

1. ?

[DavidDvorkin]

2. I assume he referred to the "Democrat Party".

[Tiggeroshii]

4. Oh got it.

[imanamerican63]

3. I'm confused too?

Yes he lost but what did he wrong?

[Tiggeroshii]

5. He kinda slurred the democratic party.i guess. By leaving out the "ic"

In the name

[JonLP24]

6. I made the same mistake when I was new (2003)

Never made it again.

[Tiggeroshii]

8. I dont see it as the biggest deal.

Except for the times it is obviously intentional

[malaise]

13. It's a very big deal

It's a verbal attempt to delegitimize the party. Dems need to correct it every single time they say it. Grassley also did it at this official gathering. It is total and complete disrespect and atrocious grammar to boot. Fight back.

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. It is and a pet peeve of mine, but it is also dissing the party to use it for gain

but refuse to join it.

[Gothmog]

27. This is also one of my peeves

[Tiggeroshii]

32. There are worse things

Like stripping people of their citizenship based on race, denying passports to US citizens based on race, caging and drugging children while permanently separating them from their parents. Undermining the entire US security aparratus: To name a few. Calling the Democratic party the wrong name is certainly at the bottom of my concerns comparatively.

[George II]

34. Yes those things are worse, but whose fault is it that we have a president doing all that?

[Tiggeroshii]

35. Repubics

No that isn't a typo

[imanamerican63]

7. Ummm!

Okay.

[raging moderate]

9. Then we have "Keep Calm and Vote Democrat" shirts.

Actually, I have one which I sometimes wear. Still, I can see how it would be confusing at first.

[Caliman73]

30. No. A Democrat is a member of the Democratic Party.

When you call it the "Democrat Party" it is a very well known right wing slur against the Democratic Party. Like when people talk about "cultural Marxism" they are talking about being against Jewish people.

It is a dog whistle for people on the right.


I am a Democrat. I vote for Democrats. I am a member of the Democratic Party.

[George II]

37. Saying "Democrat" instead of "Democratic" is a Joseph Mccarthy slur of our Party.

[Tiggeroshii]

39. Started with him you mean?

[George II]

41. No, but see post #40.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. He never called himself a Democrat; he just knew he wouldn't beat Tina Smith as a Republican.

He can fuck right off.

[procon]

11. I'm hard pressed to find something so terrible here that any DUer would bash

a Democrat over something like semantics. We all love Painter's eloquent criticism of Trump, but the man omits the last syllable in the party name and suddenly he's persona non grata forever?

Painter is a good, solid Democrat, he favors abortion rights, gun restrictions, campaign finance reform, stricter banking regs, and believes the environment needs greater protections, he pledged not to accept money from political action committees. He might not run for office again, but we need more spox like Painter.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. He's not a Democrat. He's never described himself as one and he doesn't speak for me.

Not a fan of opportunists, myself.

[malaise]

22. Any solid Democrat knows the name of the Party n/t

[kcr]

24. Speak for yourself. We don't all love Painter.

Who knows where you got that idea, but wherever it was, it might explain why you didn't know that Democrat Party is a slur coined by the Right.

[malaise]

38. +1,000

And that simple

[procon]

42. Don't worry, we Dems are the big tent party, a couple of missing letters aren't

enough to expel anyone. Dems have always welcomed everyone without any litmus test about former alliances or grammatical perfection. We have any number of red state Dems with voting records that really are Republican bent, so this feigned high dudgeon on Painter's vocabulary is somewhat laughable.

[RhodeIslandOne]

36. He became a Democrat six months ago

Please.

[DavidDvorkin]

12. It upsets me, too

It's not the worst thing in the world, but it's more than a simple oversight. That usage was coined by Republicans to be insulting.

[malaise]

16. It pisses me off big time

No party member should let them get away with it. DiFi should have corrected Grassley.

[George II]

40. Exactly, and it was resurrected in the 1950s by Joseph Mccarthy.

[Atticus]

14. And, after losing the DEMOCRATIC primary, he endorsed a 3rd party candidate. nt

[malaise]

17. That speaks volumes

Ah well

[WhiskeyGrinder]

20. What? No. Jerry Trooien?

[BannonsLiver]

23. Link?

I’m not saying you’re wrong but I was curious myself about how he would handle losing to Smith. Some quick googling yielded no results.

[Atticus]

25. Sorry. but can'tgive you one. I did see an article, with a quote from Painter and a

photo of Jerry Trooien, the 3rd party Senate candidate Painter was endorsing.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. Did he say something today?

[malaise]

19. He was on Ari a few minutes ago

when he said Democrat Party.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

21. Happy to have missed it. Sorry to hear he's still out there doing his thing.

[Snackshack]

28. Sad to hear but...

I’m not going throw him under the bus. He is on TV regularly speaking in some of the harshest reality based terms and condemnations of what is happening. He deserves some credit for putting himself out there in such fashion.

[malaise]

33. You are correct re his condemnation of Don the Con and his corrupt administration

but it is Democratic Party.

[mulsh]

29. Mr. Painter has consistently referred to the Democratic party on the appearances I've seen. Todayhe

said "democrat" on, I believe, The Beat. Because he has been very consistent in referring to the Democratic party using the correct word for so long I'm giving him a pass.

He had been a life long Republican. I'm sure that like Senators Feinstein or Schummer he has views, especially of the financial industry that I don't agree with. But his core values of governance and social justice are very much aligned with my views and I'm a life long member of the Democratic Party who has pissed off rethug relative when I rudely correct their use of the word "democrat".

[malaise]

31. Thanks for your input

I heard it today and folks here know That I give no,passes on the party name. Glad to here he has a good record.
Generally I love his comments re ethics.