I've had it with the GOP.
Yes, I'm disgusted with the doings of today's Republican Party; the war began on false pretenses, the Culture of Corruption, the lies, the treason, the attacks, the swiftboating. But I'm talking about a piece of Republican history that we've been going along with that we don't have to.
We should no longer accept the right of the Republican Party to call itself The GOP. While most everyone believes that stands for Grand Old Party, the official Republican National Committee website admits the term G.O.P. actually stood for Gallant Old Party. Oh well, almost everyone around at the 1875 first usage got it mangled after a rummy bad hangover.
Want to know how to help? You can support George W. Bush and his campaign of grinding the poor into the dirt while torturing innocents, or you can click into Extended and learn how to reframe the term.
Take back the memes!
Stop using GOP in your diaries! If you quote some SCLM piece, don't continue their usage of the term. Use it scoffingly in response to their stenography.
And stop using GOP as a tag. I spent a good hour changing all the GOP tags back into Republican Party or Republicans, depending on the context.
They are no longer Grand, they are not as Old as the Democrats (1792! Take that you young whippersnappers!). And the Party will be cleaned up and paid for by our grandkids.
No more GOP!