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Politics

Hey Commenters! Rename the GOP and the DNC with Us!

Use the YouTube comments section or use #RenameGOP or #RenameDNC on Twitter.

Paul Detrick | 6.6.2016 1:29 PM

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As leaders in the Grand Old Party (GOP) and Democratic National Committee (DNC) struggle to figure out their party's evolving base and future, it may be a good time to rename the GOP and the DNC.

To help get things started, Reason TV has compiled 30 Ways to Say GOP and 30 Ways to Say DNC. Go to our YouTube channel to add a few of your own names in the comment section or tweet your own using #RenameGOP or #RenameDNC on Twitter.

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Paul Detrick is a former video reporter and senior producer at Reason.

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  1. esteve7   9 years ago

    Why would we give the same thing 2 different names?

    1. AlmightyJB   9 years ago

      Maybe combined. N.A.Z.I. party?

      1. WTF   9 years ago

        Statist Authoritarian Scumbags

      2. Swiss Servator   9 years ago

        You know who else...hey?!

      3. Doctor Whom   9 years ago

        The Fair, Appropriate, and Sensible Curtailment of Individual Sovereignty for Tolerance Party.

        1. Citizen X   9 years ago

          Catchy!

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  2. AlmightyJB   9 years ago

    Deep Nannie Commies

    1. WTF   9 years ago

      Divisive Nanny Commies

  3. AlmightyJB   9 years ago

    Grumpy Old Patriarchy

    1. Hyperion   9 years ago

      +1

    2. Swiss Servator   9 years ago

      *applause*

  4. Cyto   9 years ago

    Go to our YouTube channel to add a few of your own names in the comment section or tweet

    This site is for libertarians. We don't follow directions well. That's why you don't see the mass media targeting "big libertarian" as one of their prime demographic groups.

  5. Notorious UGCC   9 years ago

    Run DNC

    1. Notorious UGCC   9 years ago

      Guess which characters in the video represent the Democrats?

  6. sloopyinTEXAS   9 years ago

    The Giant Douche Party
    The Turd Sandwich Party

    Haven't we already been through this? Now vote or die.

  7. Hyperion   9 years ago

    Dirty Nasty Cunts

    I suppose that one is out...

    1. AlmightyJB   9 years ago

      Derpy?

  8. kinnath   9 years ago

    Left-Leaning Statist Fucks

    Right-Leaning Statist Fucks

    1. Ship of Theseus   9 years ago

      I like. My version would be:

      Thieving Statist Fucks

      and

      Controlling Statist Fucks

      Sometimes they switch roles, 'cause FYTW.

      1. kinnath   9 years ago

        bipartisanship -- Thieving Controlling Statist Fucks

  9. Free Market Socialist $park?   9 years ago

    No thanks, I'm a little too old to be playing with millennials.

    1. Hyperion   9 years ago

      Get off my lawn!

      1. Free Market Socialist $park?   9 years ago

        Fuck em. The reason that kids keep coming up with new words and shit is because old people keep trying to fit in. It has always been this way so I see no need to get woke to fleek whatever the fuck those words mean.

        1. Hyperion   9 years ago

          You're not bae, so not bae, amirite?

    2. DarrenM   9 years ago

      You're never too old.

  10. Hyperion   9 years ago

    Greedy Oppresssive Plutocrats

  11. Fist of Etiquette   9 years ago

    Glacial Overall Progress

  12. Hyperion   9 years ago

    Dystopian Nanny Cult

    1. Doctor Whom   9 years ago

      Given who is in the lead on Team Blue, Dynastic Nanny Cult

  13. Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer   9 years ago

    Some of those are really bad.

    You're not gonna make America great again that's for sure.

  14. Notorious UGCC   9 years ago

    Do Not Click

    It's not just an acronym for the Democratic National Committee - it's sound advice, especially if you're at work. Even if you're not, you *don't* want to see the Democratic Party's attempt at outreach to millennials.

  15. Swiss Servator   9 years ago

    I thought this had been settled at Evil Party and Stupid Party?

    1. WTF   9 years ago

      One is stupidly evil, and the other is evilly stupid!

      1. Swiss Servator   9 years ago

        "You got your stupid in my evil!"

        "You got your evil in my stupid!"

        Two great flaws that go great together! Reason's Evil/Stupid Party!

    2. Krapulent Kristen   9 years ago

      Yeah, pretty sure we renamed the GOP the Stupid Party many years agone.

      Maybe we should stick with that theme, and go with the Dumb Party and the Dumber Party, and which one is which depends on that year's particular candidates and legislation.

  16. Bobarian (Would Chip Her)   9 years ago

    Dumb, Naked Progressivism

    and

    Geriatric Olde Patsies

  17. Hyperion   9 years ago

    Geriatric Oppression Pirates

    1. Eman   9 years ago

      Get Off my Porch!

  18. DEATFBIRSECIA   9 years ago

    The Evil Party.
    The Stupid Party.

    Interchangeable.

  19. Rich   9 years ago

    "That's a man, Baby!"

    1. Rich   9 years ago

      @Notorious

      *** gets coffee ***

    2. Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer   9 years ago

      +1 Fricken laser beams.

  20. Notorious UGCC   9 years ago

    Get Out and Party

    (the warning for the previous video applies here)

  21. Hamster of Doom   9 years ago

    Dystopia Now Coalition

    Gormless Obsessive Philistines

    1. Zeb   9 years ago

      This. Just for the use of "gormless".

    2. lap83   9 years ago

      I like the first one because it's easy to picture Frank Costanza yelling it

  22. OldMexican Trained Philosopher   9 years ago

    Grand Old Poppycock

    Demented Narrow-minded Caricatures

    1. Hamster of Doom   9 years ago

      Demented Narrow-minded Caricatures

      Oh, I like that.

  23. Jerry on the rocks   9 years ago

    Goldman Sachs United.
    Neocon Fairies.
    The Collection Agency.

  24. Rebel Scum   9 years ago

    Damned Nagging Commies

  25. SugarFree   9 years ago

    Shitheads
    Different Shitheads

    Rearrange as needed.

    1. Swiss Servator   9 years ago

      Both sides of the Shithead coin!

      1. SugarFree   9 years ago

        It's hard to flip.

        1. Citizen X   9 years ago

          The coin is made of compressed shit and weighs a fucking ton.

          1. Swiss Servator   9 years ago

            You know who else weighed a fucking ton?

            1. WTF   9 years ago

              Trigglypuff?

            2. Citizen X   9 years ago

              Warty?

            3. Citizen X   9 years ago

              Warty?

            4. Citizen X   9 years ago

              Warty?

              1. Citizen X   9 years ago

                Squirrels?

                1. SQRLSY One   9 years ago

                  Hey!

            5. jmg09   9 years ago

              The governor of New Jersey?

  26. Hyperion   9 years ago

    Dysfunctional Nitwit Cronies

  27. Hamster of Doom   9 years ago

    Doesn't Need Consent

    Grab Others Property

  28. HazelMeade   9 years ago

    RNC = Racist Nativist Cowards

    1. Clint Eastwoodchipper   9 years ago

      ^This^

      The GOP platform now boils down to: "WON'T SOME STRONG DADDY FIGURE SAVE US FROM ALL THESE SCARY FOREIGN BROWN PEOPLE?!"

    2. Groovus Maximus   9 years ago

      You forgot to include The DNC, Hazel:

      Denying
      Non-Native
      Crime

      I'm sure that was merely an oversight, amirite?

  29. Notorious UGCC   9 years ago

    Debbie, Nice Cans

    In all seriousness, Vogue actually tried a makeover on the DNC Chairperson, haters claim Photoshop was involved.

    1. Hyperion   9 years ago

      I wonder how much shampoo it would take to get out all those years of grease? Photoshop definitely the easier solution.

    2. PapayaSF   9 years ago

      Ha!

    3. WTF   9 years ago

      Had to be some Photoshop, the nose is quite different.

    4. prolefeed   9 years ago

      If by Photoshop, you mean " swapped out the face for someone younger and much prettier, and swapped out the body for someone thinner and much sexier", then sure.

      1. Eman   9 years ago

        you can do that in photoshop

  30. Hyperion   9 years ago

    Depends on Granpas

    1. Hyperion   9 years ago

      Damnit!

      Granpas only Depends

      1. Hamster of Doom   9 years ago

        So. Close.

  31. Rhombus Parallelogram, Jr.   9 years ago

    THIS IS NOT A WEEKLY CONTEST. I refuse to participate.

  32. See Double You   9 years ago

    OT: The following is the top comment on The Economist magazine's latest defense of free speech:

    Jesus Christ. There's much assumed in this position its as though the author is completely ignorant of contemporary social science research. First, the majority of people lack the theoretical/methodological training necessary to engage in "rational" debate. Simply observe facebook comment sections for evidence. Second, the majority of people don't want to invest time to understand an issue. Consequently, they mostly rely on stereotypes and prejudices to interpret the world. Third, ingrained prejudices do not die quickly in the light of disconfirming evidence. People typically become defensive and shutdown dissent or isolate from dissenters. Fourth, dominant group members have far more resources to amplify their speech and influence target audiences. This capacity allows them to repress opponents by drowning them out, regardless of their positions veracity. Thus, you cannot understand speech in the absence of power. This eighteenth century idealism espoused by the economist needs to stop yesterday.

    Jesus Christ.

    1. Rhombus Parallelogram, Jr.   9 years ago

      First, the majority of people lack the theoretical/methodological training necessary to engage in "rational" debate.

      Experts FTW!

      1. Hamster of Doom   9 years ago

        Everyone else is stupid. This is known.

        1. Ship of Theseus   9 years ago

          I actually agree that most people are stupid. The answer to this is not less speech, controlled by the "right people," it's more speech and access to different lines of thinking and free access to it.

      2. Hamster of Doom   9 years ago

        Everyone else is stupid. This is known.

        1. See Double You   9 years ago

          Hence squirrelz.

        2. DenverJ   9 years ago

          It is known.

    2. Notorious UGCC   9 years ago

      "you cannot understand speech in the absence of power"

      So let's give people with power even more power - the power to censor speech?

    3. See Double You   9 years ago

      The guy also exhorts the author to read Gramsci.

    4. Doctor Whom   9 years ago

      This boot polish is delicious.

    5. Zeb   9 years ago

      Good lord. Yeah, most people can't or won't engage in rational debate. This includes the assholes who would make laws restricting free speech.

  33. Rhombus Parallelogram, Jr.   9 years ago

    If I was participating:

    The Trump Party

    The Party Without Trump

  34. Princess Trigger   9 years ago

    Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!

  35. sarcasmic   9 years ago

    GOP = Democrats

    DNC = Commies

  36. Rasilio   9 years ago

    DNC = The Prince John Party: all the taxes all for me all the time

    RNC = The Cardinal Richeleau Party: Old, likes to pretend to be Holy, itching for a war

    1. Notorious UGCC   9 years ago

      So the libertarians are the outlaws who hang out in the marry greenwood, making snarky comments about John?

      1. Notorious UGCC   9 years ago

        Oops, *merry* greenwood.

        1. Notorious UGCC   9 years ago

          Anyway, the male/female ratio is the same with the Robin Hood gang as with H&R.

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  38. Suthenboy   9 years ago

    For as long as I remember the commentariat here has been coming up with new names for the two parties. Simply peruse any thread from the last ten years and take your pick.

    1. Hyperion   9 years ago

      There's the commies and then there's the stupid party who enables the commies.

  39. Ship of Theseus   9 years ago

    GOP = The Crusaders

    DNC = The Maoists

  40. Fist of Etiquette   9 years ago

    Gangrenous Old Peckers
    Dames Need Cocks

    Check that out. I'm going with a dick theme.

  41. John   9 years ago

    Screw for Denmark!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keMkVWDKaiU

    Needless to say, it worked. Damn.

    1. Notorious UGCC   9 years ago

      With a country shaped like that, who could be surprised?

    2. lap83   9 years ago

      Danes are pretty attractive, so they probably don't need much encouragement

  42. Clint Eastwoodchipper   9 years ago

    DNC = Denmark(!) New Communists

    GOP = Get Off (My) Property [But I'll Take Yours!]

    RNC = Reactionary Nativist Cesspool

    1. Hamster of Doom   9 years ago

      Neuen Deustches Allgemeinheit.

      It sounds better in the original German.

      1. Clint Eastwoodchipper   9 years ago

        Nice.

      2. Ted S.   9 years ago

        What gender is "Allgemeinheit"? :-p

  43. Bill Dalasio   9 years ago

    Goofy Opinions Prevail
    Dangerously Neurotic Communists

  44. B. Woodrow Chippenhaus   9 years ago

    Desperately Needs to Control

    Grotesueqe Opponents of Peace

    1. Swiss Servator   9 years ago

      That is a good pair o' names.

  45. toolkien   9 years ago

    DNC=Racketeers for Power & Control Party
    GOP=Control & Power Racketeers Party

  46. Uncle Jay   9 years ago

    RE: Hey Commenters! Rename the GOP and the DNC with Us!
    Use the YouTube comments section or use #RenameGOP or #RenameDNC on Twitter.

    GOP = Government Oppresses People
    DNC = Dumbasses Never Complain

  47. lap83   9 years ago

    Grasping Old People

    Deceitful Narcissistic Children

  48. Curt   9 years ago

    Get Off (my) Porch

  49. Ken Shultz   9 years ago

    The Democratic Party should change their name to "Blacks, Government Employees, and Gays Stand United".

    I'd rename the Republican Party "The Gun Club" because that's the only issue they've really got.

  50. DenverJ   9 years ago

    The Donkeyphants

  51. TheZeitgeist   9 years ago

    Big Nanny Brother

  52. Azathoth!!   9 years ago

    Can't help but think that time would be better spent trying to get viable candidates to run instead of buzzfeeding all over the place.

  53. CatoTheYounger   9 years ago

    Great Oil Pirates

  54. Trigger Hippie   9 years ago

    The Screwtape Coalition

  55. Robert   9 years ago

    The Party of Lincoln...Tunneling the Way to Hell.

  56. Greg F   9 years ago

    DNC - Devious Narcissistic Criminals
    GOP - God's of Pathetic

  57. True Scottsman   9 years ago

    Now this is some delicious click bait!

  58. PlaystoomuchHALO   9 years ago

    The Deranged Marxist Party of Tyrants and Taxation

    The Christian Socialist Party of Tyrants and Taxation

    I'll let you figure out which is which...

  59. jmg09   9 years ago

    Freedom and Peace Party and the Peace and Freedom Party

    You know, Orwell and what not.

  60. sweettea71   9 years ago

    They have one name as they are the same...The Cartel.

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  62. Scatcatpdx   9 years ago

    DNC
    Dam Near Communist

    Destructive Nanny Collation

    Destroy New Capitalist

    GOP
    Giving Over (to) Populism

    Griefing Our Population

    As for me, watching the Republican Party go from the ideas of Reaganism, limited government , and free markets to big government populism.

    GOP means Getting Out Promptly

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  66. tlapp   9 years ago

    DNC:
    Don't Need Constitution
    Don't Need Coal
    Darn Near Collapse
    Don't Nix Communism

    GOP
    Griping Old Progressives
    Goofy Old Pansies

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    Democrats = Subversive Party

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