Full Circle?

Reading these, I realized that the Republican Party headed by Thomas Jefferson, from which modern Democrats claim to be descended, was based on defending the premise that each African-American is equal to 3/5 of a person, but only for purposes of determining how many Representatives a state has in Congress, not for allowing them to, like, vote, or anything. Oliver Willis is the one who put the "Since 1794" in the brand logo. Funny how modern Democrats are talking about secession again.

Given the things they're whining these days, isn't "Democrats" a form of bait and switch? Wouldn't "Lawyercrats" be more correct. Of course, that would insult lawyers like Glenn Reynolds, Hugh Hewitt, the Power Line bloggers, and me. I'd go along with "Aristocrats," though.