Meet the Blue Dogs: pro-gun, anti-abortion - and Democrat

The Times ^ | November 9, 2006 | Tim Reid

[HiTech RedNeck]

That certainly is a hue not seen in the feline world. And never as far as I have ever seen, in a mutt.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Bush is a Maineiac by birth

[Proud_texan]

"block some of the nonsense"

Doubtful, at least for most of the fish, it's just too hard for a freshman to go against the party, it's pretty much guarenteed death of getting any pork at all.

If you will it's not unlike the more fiscally conservative members of the republican party. Do you think they liked voting for some of those budgets? Nah, but at the end of the day they did.

[syriacus]

I respect your beliefs. What I'm saying is that the majority of people in this country don't agree with them.

Depends on what stage of pregnancy we are talking about.

Even Chuck Schumer knows that "pro-lifers" are a problem for the dems. That's why hypocritical Schumer, the knight in shining armor for baby killers, chose "pro-life" candidates to run in several races.

Schumer will be among those making sure that the pro-life candidates are kept off of committees that have anything to do with "life" issues.

Americans are moral people who want to vote with a clean conscience.

So the Democrats threw a few pro-lifers their way and Nancy Pelosi and the press made sure that only Republican scandals made the news.

The Democrats won by donning their "sheep costumes."

[syriacus]

I love this!! It must be the Blue Dog Democrat that performs in the Democratic "Big Tent."
Does he have a name?
Thanks for posting it.

[Fresh Wind]

Bob Casey, who soundly defeated the Republican Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania’s Senate race, is also anti-abortion.

Algore was pro-life too, at least until he ran for national office.

[syriacus]

Another great picture of a blue dog, to go on my refrigerator!! Thanks!!
The Democrat's pulled the wool over the voters' eyes.

[FreedomPoster]

You should've heard Zell's endorsement for Sonny Perdue, our Republican governor, in this last election. It was good stuff.

Hmmm - here:

http://www.slobokan.com/archives/2006/10/30/sonny-perdue-good-for-georgia

[FreedomPoster]

>>One cannot be socially conservitive with the likes of Kennedy, Reid, Byrd and Pelosi running the show.

There was a really good editorial right before the election, on the theme "By electing Dem moderates, you enable extremists." I thought it was by Sowell, but I couldn't find it when I looked for it, or I'd link it.

[jaime1959]

>> Pouring crap into cowboy boots, Wranglers and a denim shirt does not make it a cowboy. Sorry. <<

Are you talking about President Clusterf*** McFumblemouth, who was almost giddy yesterday about the prospect of a Dem Congress passing his immigration "reform" bill?

[Dane]

They are all going to be voting the nancy pelosi line.

[Ramcat]

the "Blue Dogs" will be exposed as the brie-eating, Chardonnay swilling socialist fakes they are.

Lyrical.

[MarkL]

And although he never "came over," let's not forget Zel Miller. Or from the way back machine, Scoop Jackson.

Mark

[CT-Freeper]

Bush is a Maineiac by birth

Umm..no. He was born in New Haven, CT

[HiTech RedNeck]

You mean they don't chomp on cheddar cheese and thirst for Thunderbird?!?

[CT-Freeper]

...according to the national right to life group, he will vote pro-choice ...

I agree that Casey, Jr. got his pro-life image from his father; but what evidence does the R-t-L group have that he won't vote pro-life?

[mathluv]

I can hardly wait for the first vote - on taxes, judges, WOT, etc. Maybe then, some conservatives will wake up and realize you don't win by losing.

[Hildy]

Restrictions like partial birth abortions and parental notification? Yes, I agree with you.

[Lexinom]

Various polling over the years has shown a steady shift from pro-choice-on-abortion to pro-life. More people are becoming educated, partly thanks to the internet. It is becoming increasingly difficult to hide the reality of the violence. If your stance is rooted in personal experience, I am sorry for that and empathize; many have to create alternate realities simply to cope.

Most women now pro-life.

Zogby: most Americans (53%) favor restricting abortion to rape/incest or life of mother. 22% are "very interested" in restrictions.

There was another poll from 2003 from a different pollster that showed a similar result.

I believe your comments here reflect public sentiment from perhaps 15-20 years ago, but no longer. The shift has been gradual, but steady. This is good news for America, as a nation cannot survive if it cannot protect its most vulnerable (slippery slope paradigm).