Bob Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> . . . unemployed, lives in a slum, and has a Mexican boyfriend, but > please, Oh dear God, please don’t tell me I’m a Democrat!” > That is a stupid thing for a politician to say. Most elections are close. That means half the voters are Democrats. A politician should never insult voters. You can attack opposing candidates, but you should refer to the voters as "our Democratic friends who share so many of our values and aspirations." In recent years, Republicans have taken to denigrating the Democratic party by calling it the "Democrat party," which implies it is not democratic in nature. Again, that is a stupid thing to say. It annoys Democrats. It is petty. There must be some number of conservative Democrats who contribute to campaigns and get and vote because they are annoyed by Republican politicians who say things like this. (It matters less when Republican supporters, bloggers and others who are not running for office say things like this.) - Jed
