So i was listening to NPR today and heard a curious thing.

Julie Rovner was reporting on a CBO official saying that the House health care bill might increase medical outlays in the long run because it didn't include enough fundemental changes of the health system to control costs.

The thing that jumped out at me was that she used the modifier "Democrat" saying something like "Democrat plan".

This jumped out at me immediately because outside of some more partisan outlets i don't recall having heard the term used by an NPR reporter.

"Democrat"-for-"Democratic" is a well known shibboleth amongst partisans which is intended solely for the sound of its discordant meter and awkward pronunciation.

The question then is does NPR have a policy on this? If not, who is the reporter hanging out with to let this slip in; nothing seems particularly egregious in Rovner's bio.

I really dislike name-calling. It's childish and unbecoming, even name-calling in kind. So i can't say i enjoy the thought of having to pronounce Republicans /repub lick' cuns'/

Of course, i hate the "rethug*" label even more. I mean do people really have to be such immature retardo poop-faces? Let's have a little decorum.