King Fisher, JayHawk, you're both wrong.

There is only one correct spelling and it applies to both parties:

C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-E

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I'm not sure google or the interNet is the right library for this bit of research. After all, the interNet hasn't been around very long and it is manipulatable. My first google search ( for democrat party ) results showed

The Democratic Party
www.democrats.org/

...so.....even they have it wrong. Then a few lower in the first search results you've got

English Democrats Party :: England United
www.englishdemocrats.org.uk/  (now when it comes to English, the English know more than we do)

Kansas Democratic Party
www.ksdp.org/  (having been born and raised in Kansas, I can assure you, these people have no idea of right and wrong)

Page two of my search results shows a bingo......

Connecticut Democrat Party
www.ctdems.org/
My analysis results : by jolly you're right. Some have itright and most have it wrong. When this happened ?

I'm expanding my search to read "democrat party" vs. "democratic party".

Results ;

Daily Kos: Bush panders
I mean seriously - Democrat Party versus Democratic Party? How bout this: one
sounds right and the other sounds wrong.... Man...my prediction was so wrong I ...
www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/27/19538/076 - 103k -
(is that you King Fisher?)

Repub Party? Can and Should the Democrat Party Strike Back?
The Democratic Party is one of the oldest political organizations in the world.
... While the words "Democrat Party" ought to make the speaker look like an ...
www.phil.unt.edu/~hargrove/repub.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

MyDD :: What's Up With the "Democrat Party"
"Democrat Party" doesn't wear as well on the ears as "Democratic Party", ...
Incidently, I'm having a bit of trouble seeing that "Democrat Party" vs. ...
www.mydd.com/story/2005/4/10/13367/5497 - 76k - Cached - Similar pages

:: BlackElectorate.com ::
And the Democrat Party has its own history to deal with too, too. ... The Republican
Party racism and Democratic Party benevolence debate is a smokescreen. ...
www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp?ID=762 - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

The Democratic Party
That needs to be our message, so voters will see a Democrat Party really wanting to
... and properly frame it as the American Taliban vs Democratic Party. ...
www.democrats.org/a/2005/07/sandra_day_ocon.php - 58k - 2 Aug 2005 - Cached - Similar pages
So there you have it. The question is not new. The attempt to induce awareness of the fact the name has been changed is new....on this Forum, methinks.
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heh heh, Nice!

But there are a few non-corporatists in the democra...
democati...

Dem's party
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King Fisher, JayHawk, you're both wrong.

There is only one correct spelling and it applies to both parties:

C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-E

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there's SOME reason that the DEMOCRAT party is getting much less support from corporate america!
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But saying "NO!" right now, in the loudest way you can -- with your VOTE -- is the best medicine for the Democrat Party by far.
Call it "tough love." But don't forget that, with VoteBuddy, you aren't damaging the chances for a Democrat win! Instead, you're telling them to straighten up their act -- and you're telling them how to do it, too. Your vote for a particular third party says you're more in line with their position on the issues than you are with the Democrat Party's. If the Dems want your vote next time, they'll have to move back in your direction.
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Exodus to the Left

By Boris Kagarlitsky

For the orderly Germans, early elections like the ones planned for this September are something truly out of the ordinary. However, the biggest sensation is being caused not by the break in the normal schedule of elections or even in the practically inevitable defeat of the Social Democrats now in power. The German press has been madly discussing the appearance of a new party on the political scene, the Leftist Party, or LinksPartei, which, according to polls, has the support of 10 percent of the national electorate.

The new party sprang from the Party of Democratic Socialism, which was most successful in eastern Germany and won some surprising electoral victories in the early 1990s. Several months ago, no one would have gone on record saying that the Leftists would get enough votes nationwide to make it into the Bundestag. But today, the Leftist Party has a chance of becoming the third-largest party in Germany and the most important political force in eastern Germany, edging out not only the Social Democrats but the potential victors in the coming elections, the Christian Democrats, as well.

The party's huge jump in popularity reflects changes in the political atmosphere in Germany that have long been brewing beneath the surface.

In the mid-1990s, the demoralized leaders of the social-democratic movement in Western Europe finally gave up and put themselves at the mercy of the conservatives. Following the banal old adage "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em," the leaders of left-wing parliamentary parties one after another turned into supporters of private enterprise and the free market. Basically, they decided that while keeping their old social-democratic label and core voters, they should take up the political and economic agenda of the right and become more or less identical to neo-liberal parties.

From the elite's point of view, a party of this sort would even have certain advantages over classical conservatives. It would mean the same people who should be defending the social safety net were dismantling it.

This upset voters who had long been loyal to the left, but this did not worry the leaders of the parties in Europe's parliaments. They reasoned that leftist voters had nowhere else to go, since they would never go right. Moreover, trade unions remained under the strict control of the party bureaucracy.

However, it turns out that the social-democratic electorate's patience has come to an end. Activists have abandoned Chancellor Gerhard Schroder's party en masse. The exodus was led by former minister and Social Democratic Party chair, Oskar Lafontaine. The disgruntled SPD members created a movement with the clunky name of Wahlalternative Arbeit und Soziale Gerechtigkeit, or WASG, often called the Labor and Social Justice Party in English. As the situation unfolded, Schroder decided to cut his losses and hold early elections. He hoped the WASG would not have time in the remaining two or three months to get organized. He hoped that the westerners who formed the party's core would never be able to come to an agreement with the easterners from the Party of Democratic Socialism, the successor to the communist Socialist Unity Party, or SED, which ruled East Germany until 1989.

Schroder hoped in vain. The westerners and easterners merged as fast as they could. The PDS took on a new name, Linkspartei, and opened its party lists to WASG candidates. East met west.

The large-scale departure of union activists from Schroder's party reflects the growing political gap between the Social Democrats, who have snuggled up to neo-liberalism, and the organized labor movement. This means that the projects of leaders like Schroder and British Prime Minister Tony Blair no longer have any point.

While the Leftist Party has gotten a boost from the crisis in social democracy, it has nonetheless managed to create plenty of problems for itself. The PDS's performance in regional governments in eastern Germany has confused many of its supporters, as regional socialist ministers seem to be little different from their capitalist colleagues.

However, at the moment, voters seem more than happy to forgive the leftists for their faults as a way of punishing the SPD. The party's overhaul has spawned new hopes. Even many supporters who left the PDS are now returning to the fold.

Theoretically, the situation may not prove half bad for the Social Democrats. The voters they lose will not look further to the right, after all. Consequently, the Christian Democrats will not be able to get enough votes, even if taken together with the liberals, to form a coalition on their own. They will be forced to turn to the Social Democrats who remain in government to work together. Nothing is preventing this coalition from forming. Significant ideological differences have long ceased to exist between the Social Democrats and the right.

However, participation in this kind of coalition may spell political disaster for the Social Democrats in the future. The SPD will once again be forced to answer for the policies this government will likely pursue, policies that will undermine the social safety net. And the role of opposition force will go to the Leftists.


Boris Kagarlitsky is director of the Institute for Globalization Studies.

I welcome any comments here.    And Dave I'm not upset over you correcting me on this.  Only that you have pointed out to me.
Skeeter.
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dictionary.com says "No entry found for democrat Party."

But think about it, the word democratic is an adjective. Democrat is a noun. A party of Democrats could be referred to as The Democrat Party. A democraitc Party is a Party which is democratic (adjective describing the type of affiliation).

Besides, we Americans have been raping the English Language for quite some time now.
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Where did you get that information, Dave?

If this is coming from the Internet, you will get no mentioned of the Democrat Party of old.  Since it was once called the Democrat Party, the Internet has inserted the name change on all reading materials.  As you will read through history books,  there is no mentioned of the "Democratic Party".

Yes!, Yes,  the Democrat Party was establised in 1840,  however, it was not called the Democratic Party as the Republicans has listed.

I'm was born and raised in Missouri.  The Show-Me States.    So show me the facts.
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Agreed!
It sounds like an issue of symanics!

Otherwise, I don't really understand what all the hub bub is about?

Personally, I wonder which is of greater value?
Worrying about what name we should be using,
or worrying about getting the more conservative Liberals to fight for us
and generally, act a lot more like the loyal liberal opposition they should be?
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See Above!

In other words, it's just a word!
I'm worried more about substance!

Words mean little, actions mean everything!

You, we, them and they can call it what ever the hell y'all want,
as long as it's doing what it is supposed to do!
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Words mean everything. If they didn't the GOOPERS wouldn't have been so successful with their manipulation of the language. See Gingrich's word list.
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Those words only work as long as there is an action to match them to.

We have the choice.  Accept this match, or reframe it with a more accurate action!
We can literally take what ever words they choose to use, and make them our own!
This is in fact, exactly what they have done for almost 3 decades now!
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Oh? Should we say the word "Liberal" with a sneer just like the goopers do?

I never suggested Monkey see monkey do.
But, when these Goops say the word and sneer, or snicker,

Then you can reply with........

"Damn straight Jack!"
Then SHOW them what a Liberal is!
Demonstrate your pride and give um a big ol ear to ear smile.

Associate the word with what YOU want it to be!
Never give the playground bully what he wants.
He'll simply do it again, and more!
I believe more and more those who trusted Bushco and followed the Republican party
into the situation we're in today, are realizing this very fact!

They were fooled by the words,
but not by the actions!
The Liberal Progressives WILL regain the political edge.
Because we don't rely on words.
American History is marbled with Progressive Liberal action!
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Liberals Have Hi-Jacked The Democrat Party
By Gordon Bishop (07/27/04)

Once upon a time, the Democrat Party was a gutsy, credible political organization led by the likes of Presidents Andrew Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy.

What happened?

Yes, America is divided.

Liberalism Vs Traditionalism.

It all comes down to liberal secularism (anti-religion, faith, God) Vs. Traditionalism (pro-religion, faith, God).

Liberals are “pro-choice” when it comes to abortion, same-sex marriage, and social-economic welfare.

Traditionalism is pro-life, marriage between a man and a woman, and less government, less taxes and more freedom for the people – the working taxpayers, those who accept individual responsibility, and accountability.

Liberalism is on the wrong side of history.

Traditionalism is on the right side of history.

Where do you stand?

For traditional American values? Or, against traditional American values?

Liberals Have Hi-Jacked The Democrat Party
By Gordon Bishop (07/27/04)

Once upon a time, the Democrat Party was a gutsy, credible political organization led by the likes of Presidents Andrew Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy.

What happened?
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If you're a Democrat, please stop carrying the fascist's water for them.
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