Those Blue Dog Democrats – billing themselves as the fiscal saviors of the democrat party. Are they just a bunch of frauds? I’ve suspected as much. Only a handful of them ever vote against their big spending party. I think they’re all afraid of Nancy Pelosi. Maybe we should call them the Yellow Dogs.
Merrill Matthews calls out the Blue Dogs in the Wall Street Journal, saying they’re tarnishing their brand.
So the question is how many expensive government expansions can a group of congressmen vote for and still claim to be fiscally conservative?
Only one Blue Dog, Bobby Bright of Alabama, voted against all four bills. And only four Blue Dogs voted against as many as three of the bills.
Republicans have long called themselves fiscal conservatives. But after their spending spree in the first six years of the Bush administration, they are widely perceived to have tarnished their brand.
Are the Blue Dogs tarnishing their brand, too? If 80% of them voted for the stimulus bill and nearly 75% voted for the 2010 federal budget, can the group rightfully claim to be fiscally conservative?
The health-care bill will be the final test. The House legislation will cost at least $1 trillion over 10 years, including around $550 billion to $600 billion in new taxes. That doesn’t count the employer mandate that will force employers to provide coverage or pay a penalty.
If all House Republicans oppose the bill, which seems likely, the Blue Dogs have enough votes to make or break health care in the House. Blue Dog Mike Ross of Arkansas says the bill can’t pass the House. He’s right, but only if 40 Blue Dogs or other Democrats vote against the bill.
The Democratic leadership and the president will put enormous pressure on the Blue Dogs to support the legislation. Now we’ll see if the Blue Dogs have bite to go along with their bark.
We will see, indeed. I won’t be holding my breath waiting for the Yellow Dogs to stand up to the thugs running their party.
Thugs is the correct term for what the Dems have become.
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Here is how the blue dogs work. They see how many votes the can give up and still win and Piglosi allows some to vote against party lines. They always make sure they have the votes first. Constituents may forgive a occasional wrong vote so they spread them out so as to fade the heat they bring. My rep. Gene Taylor is a perfect example there is few in S. Miss that want the government to run their lives and yet there he stands on stage with Piglosi.People have down have held their nose and voted for him because the NRA supported him based on gun votes.I have even crossed party lines and voted for Taylor, NEVER again, if you stand with the loons in the democratic party your part of the problem.
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