George Washington adding "under God" to the Presidential oath

[JMHACLJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/19/2005 4:35:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
marty.lederman at comcast.net writes:

Jim:  The proper adjective is "Democratic," as in "Democratic  Party."  (But 
then, you probably already knew that.)  Sorry for the  lecture, but this is a 
hobbyhorse of mine:  The lockstep use of  "Democrat" as an adjective is not 
only juvenile, and grating on the ears, it's  also quite literally McCarthyist 
-- in the sense that it was a tactic first  used by Joseph McCarthy, who wished 
to deny the Democratic Party the positive  associations generally associated 
with the word  "democratic."


I wrote Democrat and I meant Democrat. 
 
And whatever kind of person McCarthy was, personally or politically, the  
confirmations of his fears about communist infiltration borne out in the  
revelations from KGB files justifies this minor tribute that I give to his  service 
as a klaxon of dangers ahead.
 
As to whether it grates, of course it does.  Just as so many other  
deliberately chosen appellations are found to grate and deployed in service of  their 
cause nonetheless.
 
Jim Henderson
Senior Counsel
ACLJ
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