Word: democratic
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...raise more than a third of that - or, more importantly, succeed in toppling the government. "Thaksin wants to provoke violence so that everyone will say it's the fault of the 'evil military' and that he is the 'champion of democracy,'" says Kraisak Choonhavan, a member of the ruling Democrat Party and a former senator. "It's his only hope of bringing down the government...
...avoid a crisis, the government will have to exercise the utmost caution in dealing with the demonstrators, says Somkiat Pongpaiboon, a Democrat lawmaker and leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy, an anti-Thaksin group which staged months of protests last year, including the seizure of New Bangkok International Airport for eight days. (Last week, that group's leaders reported to police to face charges for their takeover of Government House during that round of protests; they were released on bail.) Abhisit said during his speech that only police, and not the army, will be assigned to keep order...
...massacre once again,” said Daniel A. F. Demetri ’09, a Democrat who, along with his Republican roommate Zachary V. Smith ’09, organized the first-ever brawl during his freshman year. “Dems are just worse with guns,” he said...
Even after its founders have graduated, the spirit of friendly Democrat-Republican rivalry will remain. Motley said he plans to publicize the paintball brawl to incoming freshman during a debate between the Democrats and Republicans on prefrosh weekend, while Garber said that the Democrats and Republicans are considering organizing a laser tag event for next year as well...
...choice have chosen to engage the issue intelligently: One image designed to protest the speech depicts a Shepard Fairey-style fetus underlined with the word “HUMAN,” invoking the popular representation of Obama during the election. This deployment of popular liberal imagery against a Democrat suggests that opponents to Obama’s speech are cognizant of the iconographic profile of their political adversaries...