[Optimist]

STAUNCH

adjective

Adhering firmly and devotedly, as to a person, a cause, or a duty: allegiant, constant, faithful, fast, firm1, liege, loyal, steadfast, true.

Antonyms: disloyal, irresolute, undependable, unreliable, weak

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In Demorat (sic) world, I guess it depends on what the meaning of staunch is.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Everytime you pick up a leftist rag or listen to the news, you need a dictionary for the media newsspeak to figure out what they really mean or are trying to imply:

Red (the historical color of International leftism) = Republicans

Blue (the color associated with Conservatism) = Democrats

Mainstream = Extremist Liberal

Out-of-the-mainstream = Anything having to do with Republicans

Radical = Anything associated with Republicans

Liberal = Stalinist

Progressive = Stalinist with a smile

Moderate = Marxist

Middle-of-the-road (as applied to Democrat) = Marxist with a smile; (as applied to Republican) = gutless liberal wanker

Conservative (as applied to Democrat) = Liberal; (as applied to Republican) = Left-of-center RINO

Ultra-Conservative = Moderate

Rabid Right-Winger = Average Conservative

Staunch Democrat = Means what it says

Staunch Republican = Liberal Democrat who gave a dime to a liberal RINO candidate at some point in their life

Democrat = Good

Republican = Evil

Journalist = Mouthpiece/shill for Democrat party

Editor = Propagandist Chief for Democrat party

Mainstream media = Writing Democrats (as opposed to elected)