Hello Can anyone explain to some extent that what each of Republicans and Democrats support ?
Elham On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Josney Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Republicrat > > Republicrat or Demopublican (also Republocrat or Demoblican)* is a > portmanteau of the names of the two major political parties in the > United States (the Republicans and the Democrats) to form a pejorative > term used by those on both the right and left who allege the policies > of the two parties are in practice indistinguishable, and so form > essentially one party with two names. One of the earliest uses of the > term online was a net.politics.theory usenet post from 1985. > > An equivalent term used in the United Kingdom is Lib-Lab-Con or > LibLabCon, a pejorative portmanteau referring to the three main > political parties (the Liberal Democrats, the Labour Party, and the > Conservative Party). An equivalent term used in Canada is LibCon or > ConLib, a pejorative portmanteau referring to the two main political > parties (the Conservative Party of Canada and the Liberal Party of > Canada). > > Usage > > Republicans have often portrayed themselves to be pro-business and, in > recent times, have favored an aggressive foreign policy; Democrats > have tended to campaign on more liberal social policies and a more > important role for government-funded social programs. Some > commentators, such as right-wing radio talk-show host Michael Savage > and left-wing activist Ralph Nader who have both used the terms, have > opined on how it is often hard to tell the parties apart, leading to > the term's popularization. This was a view shared on the left by the > Green Party during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, whose bumper > stickers read, "Bush and Gore make me want to Ralph". Jello Biafra has > used the term during interviews as well. > > The term is also used in a pejorative sense by members of one party to > attack members of their party who are either centrist or who have the > "wrong" ideology. The term Republicrat is commonly used by liberal > Democrats to attack conservative and centrist members of the party, > such as Senator Joe Lieberman. Another term used by liberal Democrats > to describe conservative and centrist members of their party is > "Democrat In Name Only" or "DINO." Likewise, a conservative Republican > term for liberal and centrist Republicans is "Republican In Name Only" > or "RINO." > > There is also a slightly lesser known usage of note. In this usage, > the words are put together in order to voice the not unheard-of > opinion that the two mainstream American political parties are two > sides of the same coin. Often this usage expresses the sentiment of > "ordinary citizens" who see all politicians as serving the same > special interests and make little distinction between the two parties. > > On August 19, 2008, Microsoft's MSN and Generate (an independent > entertainment studio) launched their latest scripted original Web > series, the political satire Republicrats. Created by and starring > comedian Sean Masterson, the creator behind Generate's > critically-lauded Web series Home Purchasing Club, Republicrats > follows Masterson as a former weather man who forms the "Republicrat" > party and runs as the party's presidential candidate. Masterson's > approach is to allow the American people to make every major decision > in his campaign, from selecting a VP running mate to a First Lady. > Viewers will have the opportunity to share their opinions on > Masterson's various platforms and pitch themselves to be a part of his > presidential Cabinet by uploading videos directly to the Republicrats > robust, interactive destination site. > > Usage In Popular Culture > > In the 1994 movie "Reality Bites" actor Ethan Hawke performed the song > "I'm Nuthin'", written by him. One of the lines was "I ain't no > Republicrat or Demican, ain't nothing in between." > > The song "Slow Down Gandhi" on Sage Francis' album A Healthy Distrust > includes the line "republicrat, democran, one-party system." > > A 2008 speech entitled "Republicrats" by Thomas Teague was awarded > first place at the Oklahoma State Speech and Debate Contest, which > drove home the point that neither party has all of the answers and > that people should be open minded. > > The term republicrats became the titular subject in a webisodic series > produced through MSN and Generate: Republicrats. > > -- > ☼ I love myself and it is a reprocical relationship ☼ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
