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Jim Lane

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5. UK news site, so maybe we can cut them a little slack.

Reply to niyad (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 01:16 AM

Jan 2015

In general, I agree with you that the contemporary use of "Democrat" as an adjective is primarily a right-wing verbal tic.

The charitable view in this instance, however, is that the author is a Briton who isn't up to speed about this nuance of American usage.

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