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Posted on 11/15/2006 1:14:21 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Dane
""We'll have a lot to say about what passes and what doesn't" when the 110th Congress convenes in January with Democrats in control for the first time in 12 years, said Ross, new communications director for the caucus."
hehe... Sure you will.
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posted on
11/15/2006 1:54:51 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(I thank the RNC for freeing me to vote my values rather then political party. It is liberating!)
To: LADY J
A gift of cash from a Lib lobbyist is all it will take to make these blue dogs red.
I am sure the grids have already been greased for them.
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posted on
11/15/2006 1:57:59 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(I thank the RNC for freeing me to vote my values rather then political party. It is liberating!)
To: FormerACLUmember
Stretch doesn't have the spare seats to ignore these guys, which is why they are issuing a public statement.
This is the thing with razor thin majorities - they'll have the same issues we had, but worse since their side is far more coalition than ours is.
To: Dark Skies
The Blue Dogs could be chairing every committee in the house if they were willing to flex their muscle. They easily hold the balance of power. Most Republicans would be glad to vote a Blue Dog speaker over Pelosi and put them at the head of every committee. By putting the reasonable voices in their party in charge, the Democrats could guarantee themselves control for the next two decades or so. But it won't happen because (1)the moonbats want to be in charge and (2)the Blue Dogs are not unified.
About one-third of the Blue Dogs are the real thing (examples are Dan Boren of Oklahoma, Gene Taylor of Mississippi and Collin Peterson of Minnesota), another third are Joe Liberman type liberals who still love their country (Jane Harmon of California may be the best example here, Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota would be another) and the remaining third are moonbat rubber-stamps who wear the blue-dog label as a fig leaf to ensure electability in their districts (Stephanie Herseth of South Dakota, Adam Schiff and Joe Baca of California) . . . but they get pork for their districts and throw them an occassional bone such as a pro-NRA or pro-life vote where it won't make a difference.
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posted on
11/15/2006 2:15:33 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: FlipWilson
The signature should be
John Conyers, Nancy Pelosi, John Dingle, Jane Harman, Alcee Hastings, and last but not least Henry Waxman
The Progressive Caucus
A subsidiary of Democratic Socialist of America
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posted on
11/15/2006 2:35:33 PM PST
by
MattMa
("Void of ideas, driven by hate, vote the Democratic Party in 2008")
To: Sub-Driver
If you don't kick the traitors and communists out of your party, don't even bother coming for our votes.
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posted on
11/15/2006 2:40:00 PM PST
by
Killborn
(Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
To: Sub-Driver
The price of victory at any cost will be the Democrats downfall.
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posted on
11/15/2006 2:58:06 PM PST
by
tobyhill
(The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
To: Sub-Driver
What the hell is a conservative Democrat?
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posted on
11/15/2006 3:00:04 PM PST
by
dinodino
(Mrs. Dinodino)
To: Dane
Maybe Joe and Zell can give them a course in "Ostracism 101".
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posted on
11/15/2006 3:04:30 PM PST
by
Anti-Hillary
(Barbour/Steele '08)
To: Sub-Driver
At this point in time, there is no such thing as a "Conservative" Democrat.
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posted on
11/15/2006 3:06:53 PM PST
by
sport
To: OpusatFR
Only 9 of the 44 Blue Dogs are freshmen.
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posted on
11/15/2006 3:09:14 PM PST
by
EDINVA
To: dinodino
"What the hell is a conservative Democrat?"
An honest RINO?
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posted on
11/15/2006 3:36:07 PM PST
by
NearlyNormal
(Our military wins wars, the liberals and their MSM lose them.)
To: Sub-Driver
Repeat after me: :"Yes Mistress Nancy"
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