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What is a Blue Dog Democrat?

Peggy October 31, 2009 22:02:23

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  • +3 raves Ali ~ In My Heart I Trust ~ November 01, 2009 00:29:30 (edited)
    Ali ~ In My Heart I Trust ~

    Democrats who.......

    Pretty darned conservative is what they are - the Democrats' very own right wing. Betcha didn't think we had one.... democrats pretty darned conservative democrats wing betcha They and the moderate Republicans meet in the middle (and that middle is pretty far to the right of what it was even 30 or 40 years ago).
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    concerned November 06, 2009 03:07:17
    concerned

    Democrats who.......

    DEMS whom show up in name only they are fake DEMS
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    connie (aka gotcha) November 02, 2009 18:21:36
    connie (aka gotcha)

    Democrats who.......

    Depending upon their health reform votes, they could lose their jobs.
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    Ruby Slippers misses Okie a... November 01, 2009 02:40:30
    Ruby Slippers misses Okie and Skinny.

    None of the above

    Cross dressing republicans! Dumb dixiecrats! cross dressing republicans dumb dixiecrats
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    Ali ~ In My Heart I Trust ~ November 01, 2009 00:29:30 (edited)
    Ali ~ In My Heart I Trust ~

    Democrats who.......

    Pretty darned conservative is what they are - the Democrats' very own right wing. Betcha didn't think we had one.... democrats pretty darned conservative democrats wing betcha They and the moderate Republicans meet in the middle (and that middle is pretty far to the right of what it was even 30 or 40 years ago).
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    Incensed October 31, 2009 22:51:30
    Incensed

    Democrats who.......

    A Democrat who adheres to the real, original ideals of the Democrats -- JFK,, for example.
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    calebkoestler October 31, 2009 22:32:01
    calebkoestler

    Democrats who.......

    democrats
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    artist1963-Progressive Patr... October 31, 2009 22:14:44
    artist1963-Progressive Patriot for Change

    Another name far righ wing republicans like to call democrats

    They are the what's left of what used to be the Dixiecrats which are tighty-righties "posing" as Democrats. Enter Baucus and company as they sell your ass down the river because the insurance industry and the drug company lobbyists pay them too well. company sell ass river insurance industry drug company lobbyists pay
  • Scorpiano October 31, 2009 22:13:46
    Scorpiano

    Democrats who.......

    Are Conservative Democrats.
    The label Blue Dog is not said in a way to demean anyone
    and the Blue Dog Democrats are certainly not offended by it either.
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    Peggy Scorpiano October 31, 2009 22:14:47
    Peggy
    But what does it mean?
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    Scorpiano Peggy October 31, 2009 22:38:42 (edited)
    Scorpiano
    A blue-dog Democrat, a recent term, means 'an open-minded Democrat willing to support some conservative policies'.

    I found more detail.

    Blue Dog Democrat
    Defined
    A group of 44 moderate-to-conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives who believed their opinions were “choked blue” by their party in the years preceding the 1994 congressional election.
    http://projects.washingtonpos...

    HISTORY
    In 1995, after the term "Yellow Dog Democrat" - a moniker for Southern party loyalists - formed and appeared on the Democratic ballot, these Democrats joined together to form the Blue Dog Coalition.
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    Peggy Scorpiano November 01, 2009 00:02:35
    Peggy
    Thank you
  • Scorpiano Peggy November 01, 2009 01:20:01
    Scorpiano
    You`re very welcome.
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