Modern Usage has transgressed somewhat from the (original definition) - An individual or group of individuals brought to power by a majority vote of the electorate.
For modern usage See: Bush(USA), Mugabe(Zimbabwe), Gordon Brown(UK), Thein Sein (burma), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(iran), Vladimir Putin& Dmitry Medvedev (Russia) Jalal TALABANI (Iraq) who have all been Democratically Elected in the past few years. Scary isn't it?
For modern usage See: Bush(USA), Mugabe(Zimbabwe), Gordon Brown(UK), Thein Sein (burma), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(iran), Vladimir Putin& Dmitry Medvedev (Russia) Jalal TALABANI (Iraq) who have all been Democratically Elected in the past few years. Scary isn't it?
Your grandfather, somebody's son, a woman's husband, a father and thousands like him died in a war fighting for the right to freedom and democracy. I'm so pleased we have all upheld those morals so that we can all say that our leaders are Democratically Elected (see farce)!
by lisa_urban May 16, 2008
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"Did you see what George II posted on Democratic Underground about African Americans and voting rights"
"Did you see Brooklynite brag about being rich for the 300th time and then make a thread supporting trickle down economics"
"Did you see Brooklynite brag about being rich for the 300th time and then make a thread supporting trickle down economics"
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Get the the democratic party mug.Last night Joe came by and gave me a Decorative Edison. The metal was cold and abrasive, but at least he didnt give me a Wizard of Menlow Park.
by Johnny Ashcan February 6, 2009
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1. A site where Progressives and Liberals can discuss, and often disagree, on the state of this country.
2. A site where thinking people can conjugate and be free of the incessant RW claptrap that passes as "thought"
3. A site where Progressives and Liberals find solace in a Sea of Hatred tossed by RW fanatics.
1. A site where Progressives and Liberals can discuss, and often disagree, on the state of this country.
2. A site where thinking people can conjugate and be free of the incessant RW claptrap that passes as "thought"
3. A site where Progressives and Liberals find solace in a Sea of Hatred tossed by RW fanatics.
I went to Democratic Underground, to be a part of a Thinking world that is looking forward to no longer being "Underground", but Free to discuss the problems the RW has vented upon the world, without being slandered.
by rasputin1952 January 13, 2005
Get the Democratic Underground mug.What the rest of the world calls social democracy. Much like American football, we’ve created our own definition. After years of political scientists cringing at misuse of the word, people are throwing their hands up, and accepting that in the US, socialism means something completely different than it does literally anywhere else.
Person 1: I thought socialists wanted to “seize the means of production.”
Person 2: Bernie advocates American democratic socialism. He doesn’t want any of that.
Person 2: Bernie advocates American democratic socialism. He doesn’t want any of that.
by Lamdba March 3, 2020
Get the American democratic socialism mug.derogrative - adj. - It is portmanteau of derogatory and pejorative. Used to describe something that is generally considered distasteful, off color, demeaning.
Marc: "Man, what kind of third world heap of crap is that?"
Me: "It's a Peugeot, its a legit car. Why the derogrative remark, Marc?"
Marc: "Whatever nancy boy."
Me: "It's a Peugeot, its a legit car. Why the derogrative remark, Marc?"
Marc: "Whatever nancy boy."
by Sum Jung Gai December 31, 2011
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