tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post4510833802057177705..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: The Republic PartyMr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-39418668470776429192007-03-06T04:57:00.000-06:002007-03-06T04:57:00.000-06:00Beautiful.Beautiful.Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-23971121390085371492007-03-05T21:00:00.000-06:002007-03-05T21:00:00.000-06:00Am I the only one to think that the joke should ha...Am I the only one to think that the joke should have been "Repuplan"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-88306610454393097702007-02-24T10:06:00.000-06:002007-02-24T10:06:00.000-06:00Oh, I've always figured that they go back and shuf...Oh, I've always figured that they go back and shuffle things after submission to keep abreast of what's happening. <BR/><BR/>Of course the old Ruth Marcus column inspired me to use the phrase "icless Democrats", and maybe inspired the more complex "<I>ic</I>less D-word" used here: http://theslot.blogspot.com/2006/09/ick.html.Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-72324835373875135272007-02-24T09:56:00.000-06:002007-02-24T09:56:00.000-06:00Haven't seen the strip, but Trudeau probably submi...Haven't seen the strip, but Trudeau probably submitted it before Bush gave that speech, and possibly even before the State of the Union. The Doonesbury <A HREF="http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/faqs/faq_cs.html" REL="nofollow">FAQ</A> says the lead time for a Sunday strip is 6 weeks, so that would mean it was done by mid-January, a couple of weeks before the SotU. Perhaps Trudeau was inspired by the Nov. 22 WaPo <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112101223.html" REL="nofollow">column</A> by Ruth Marcus.Ben Zimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927962158447853691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-58715546401110223212007-02-24T09:40:00.000-06:002007-02-24T09:40:00.000-06:00Yeah, I caught that, and wondered about how Trudea...Yeah, I caught that, and wondered about how Trudeau was thinking about it -- Is this a kind of background story to it? (I don't want to give away the punchline of the strip if you haven't read it.)Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-25794846833551180582007-02-24T09:36:00.000-06:002007-02-24T09:36:00.000-06:00In case you missed it, Bush used "Republic Party" ...In case you missed it, Bush used "Republic Party" as the punchline to a self-deprecating joke, in his Feb. 3 speech before the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference (mentioned <A HREF="http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004198.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>).Ben Zimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927962158447853691noreply@blogger.com