Ah, yes! The "Democrat/Democratic" squabble!

First I heard of this issue was during TV coverage of the 1968 Republican Convention. Speakers kept referring to the "Democrat Party" and Mr. Cronkite (or one of his ilk) explained that it wasn't accidental. The GOP big dogs had decided at one of their recent pow-wows that "Democrat Party" was to be the "official" nomenclature for the loyal opposition in Republicanspeak.

Forty years, and not much has changed. The Republicans still predictably goad the Democrats by childishly calling their party something other than the name under which it's chartered, and the Democrats respond in an equally predictable and childish manner by getting upset about it.

How much ya wanna bet it's still an "issue" in 2048?