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In the SOTU, Bush could be civil by using the Democratic Party's right name

Mon, 01/22/2007 - 9:50pm — lambert

Of course, the Republican strategists want Bush to appear Bi-curious-partisan, and would like us to believe in appearances:

"He's got to be convincing, so that the American people believe that he's serious about working in a bipartisan way," said Charlie Black, a longtime Republican strategist and informal White House adviser. "If there's one headline they'd like to have out of this, that would be it."

(Black, I imagine, doesn't want headlines like Reuters' Millions could see taxes up in Bush health plan. Snicker)

Well, if Bush wants to look serious--a tall order, I know--then one way he could start is by calling our party by its right name.

Not the McCarthy-ite slur "Democrat Party."

Anyone want to lay odds on how many minutes into the SOTU the slur will come?

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