A Blue Dog's Lament: People Are Scared

Politico ^ | 08/21/2009 | Jonathon Martin

[fiscon1]

Rep Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) is a skilled politician who has pretty much seen it all — a Deep South Democrat who’s managed to dispatch all opponents in his conservative-leaning Panhandle district since winning election in 1996.

[angkor]

>>> This will not be a town hall. Only select questions submitted in advance will be answered. <<<<<

As Comrade Zer0 instructs, “Get out of the way .... don’t do a lot of talking.”

[Ann Archy]

A Blue Dog is STILL a DEMOCRAT......NEVER trust them.

[Ann Archy]

And also ask Jamie Gorelick!!!

[Nonstatist]

The overhyped and in many cases fraudulent sense of grass-roots fervor

Fraudualent? Where does a shill like Martin get the balls to write that?I n the next paragraphs he goes on to describe the real fear of this guy's constituents, so where is the proof of fraudulent? What a creep.

[clintonh8r]

Inside every Blue Dog is a Yellow RAT...

[Nateman]

I’m mad and scared. Any rational thinking person should be afraid of the communists in DC. You fight them anyways.