No Such Thing As A “Blue Dog”
I know it. You know it. And they themselves know it.
But the MSM and the Democrats have a grand old time propagating the myth of their existence, regardless. Why would they do this?
Apart from their duty to misinform, it’s wonderfully helpful in making the Democratic Party seem less monolithic and extreme left than it really is. It’s a great tool for swaying the not-entirely-convinced voter, by making making them think that they’re voting for a member of the Democratic Party who is infinitesimally more responsible than the rest.
Which, of course, is a lie.
The supposedly robust and principled Blue Dog opponents to cap ‘n’ tax were bought off by a whopping $2,000 each.
And their similarly lauded opposition to state-run health care has now gone the way of the dodo, too, as AP reports.
You’ll notice how, in the first paragraph and throughout the article, the hack (David Espo) refers to the Blue Dogs as the “party’s rebellious rank-and-file conservatives.”
Note to AP: just because the Blue Dogs allegedly want slightly lower (but still astronomically high) government spending, that in no way makes them conservative. It only makes them microscopically less uber-liberal .
Still, any opportunity to denigrate the word “conservative” is a good opportunity, right David?
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July 30th, 2009 at 09:56
You nailed that one
July 30th, 2009 at 20:45
They are probably about as “conservative” as Tony B. Liar and Peter Mandelson in the UK. They just froth slightly less at the mouth than the the far left Lefty Democrats.
July 31st, 2009 at 10:01
A dog is still a dog by any color, my friend.
August 2nd, 2009 at 21:37
C’mon! We all know the Blue Dogs turned Yellow!
August 4th, 2009 at 10:31
No Such Thing As A “Blue Dog”
Don’t ever say that In New Orleans.. LOL.