[patj]

Blacks did not become Yellow Dog Democrats accidentally. They found a home, a place where they knew that bleeding hearts would do the decent thing - even if the decent thing had unintended negative consequences.

Could this be tongue-in-cheek? How could he see the "unintended consequences" and still be a Yellow Dog? Unless, of course, yellow dog means 'brain dead and prrrrrroud of it'.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Could this be tongue-in-cheek? How could he see the "unintended consequences" and still be a Yellow Dog?

It would appear, he's more in favor of the collective than the individual.