Armstrong Williams over at The Hill's Pundit Blog is furious -- simply furious -- that the democratic party would object to being called "the democrat party."

"...Democratic vs. Democrat. To the pedestrian politico, we know the answer — one is a term used to describe the process of one man, one vote, in a free and representative government. The other, of course, is the proper name of a political party.

Apparently, this all started when, during his State of the Union address, President Bush referred to the new 'Democrat majority.' That riled some in the party faithful, and led many to believe he was taking a cheap shot at Pelosi et al.

Give me a break. Bush is not a member of the Republicanic Party…nor does Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) or Howard Dean answer the question of what party he is aligned with by retorting, 'I’m a Democratic…'"

Apparently, Williams skipped fourth grade English class. Here's a refresher course for those of us who were too busy doling out cootie shots to learn proper grammar:

- Democrat is a noun, democratic is an adjective. republican is a noun...and an adjective!

- Republican, like democratic, can be used to describe politicians and governments. No one has ever been confused by this before Armstrong Williams and George Bush were born.

- Bush was taking a cheap shot at Democrats -- Its like when we call people "aliens" instead of "immigrants," or "stoned slackers" instead of "intelligent consumers of John Stewart's the Daily Show." There was a movement on Daily Kos to call the GOP the "republican-american community" -- its not wrong, its just mildly offensive. "The democrat party," however, is both wrong and offensive.

But I agree that we should be talking about more significant matters. The Iraq war? Oh wait, republicans in the senate don't want to talk about that. Alright then, let's just get back to posturing on flag burning, railing against gay marriage, and diagnosing Terri Schiavo...