A political unvitation

In case anyone was wondering about the sincerity of Dubya's last minute appeal to voters to cross party lines for him, one only has to examine the text of that section of his current campaign speech:

[Dubya, in Pennsylvania] I'm a proud Republican, but I believe my policies appeal to many Democrats. In fact, I believe my opponent is running away from some of the great traditions of the Democrat Party.

Now, it's tough to make a genuine appeal to the other party when you don't call them by their right name. It is of course, Democratic party, and as we noted a few months ago, it's standard Republican spin since the 1950s to use the other name.

Luckily, Karen or Karl (whoever operates the remote feed to Dubya's ear) catches the mistake, remembers that they are in reach-out mode, so later on it's: The Democratic Party has a great tradition ... The Democratic Party has a tradition of support for our public schools ... outside the mainstream of the Democratic Party ..., but then he slips again and the remaining mentions lapse back to the normal usage. Spin is hard!