Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/War Democrats (2000s)


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The result was   delete. Salvio Let's talk about it! 16:58, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

War Democrats (2000s)

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Appears to be an entirely invented neologism. Loonymonkey (talk) 01:30, 31 December 2011 (UTC) Delete Expression not used much. Actually most members of the Democratic Party (including President Obama) do support the "war on terrorism." Borock (talk) 04:37, 31 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as Non-Notable Neologism, with heavy POV overtones. I mean, hell, if you're gonna push a point of view, at least be logical about it and argue that the BIG MAJORITY of the Democratic Party are "War Democrats" that regularly vote in support of the largest military budget in the history of humanity, as large as that of the next 15 nations combined. Consistency with those neologisms, please. Carrite (talk) 05:42, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete This neologism is an attempt to recycle a notable political catch phrase from the 1860s. Those War Democrats were the Democrats who entered into a tactical alliance with Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans in support of their all out war policy during the American Civil War in opposition to the Copperhead Democrats who favored peace with the Confederates and slave holders.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  06:41, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:32, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:32, 31 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect I don't see any reason why this article can't become part of the article War Democrats under a subsection. If not, delete per WP:NEO. Funnyfarmofdoom (talk to me) 00:45, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
 * That would be inappropriate because the topic of Civil War era War Democrats is indisputably notable since it is discussed in great detail by historians and political scientists. This article about the 21st century usage is unreferenced except to a dead link to one political commentator's website.  Google searches uncover no significant usage of the term, and far more often find examples of a sentence ending in "war" and the following sentence beginning with "Democrats", or the phrase "anti-war Democrats".  In particular, the claim that Lieberman and Miller are "War Democrats" is unreferenced and therefore original research.  The Civil War usage is notable, while the modern usage is non-notable.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  02:15, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom., others & WP:NEO. Lacking significant coverage in reliable sources.--JayJasper (talk) 20:32, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete as unsourced neologism, and redundant to the better-sourced article Bush Democrat. Robofish (talk) 14:43, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
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