RE: Party abbreviations

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

"Grand Old Party"

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041
paul@03038.com 


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> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Cooper
> Fox
> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 6:28 PM
> To: Richard Chonak; Boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: Party abbreviations 
> 
> 
> 
> What exactly does GOP stand for?  "Grossly Organized
> Product"?....
> 
> 
> --- Richard Chonak <rac@gabrielmass.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Joe Ross wrote:
> > > I've noticed in this election that several TV
> > stations and
> > > newspapers seem to have a new convention for
> > abbreviating the
> > > names of the political parties. They were always
> > Dem  and Rep.
> > > Now a number of newspapers and TV stations
> > abbreviate them as
> > > Dem and GOP. Anyone know what this is about?
> > 
> > Here's a guess: the abbreviation "Rep." already has
> > a meaning 
> > in politics, namely "Representative"; thus avoiding
> > "Rep." as
> > a party designator may an effort to avoid ambiguity.
> > 
> > --RC
> > 
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