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The end of the Blue Dogs?
Hot Air ^
| February 7, 2011
| Ed Morrissey
Posted on 02/09/2011 1:32:09 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
‘going behind enemy lines’?
Supporting John Edwards isn’t exactly what I’d call ‘blue dog’ activity.
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posted on
02/09/2011 1:35:39 PM PST
by
griswold3
(We defend conservatism by our very way of life.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Not so fast. A Dem is a Dem is a Dem. Trust but verify.
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posted on
02/09/2011 1:36:15 PM PST
by
newfrpr04
(Don)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
they were lap dogs to the left on health care.
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posted on
02/09/2011 1:36:43 PM PST
by
ken21
(dem taxes + regs + unions = jobs overseas.)
To: griswold3
Some comments at Hot Air about whether this is a real conversion.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
...former Blue Dogs feel the party has become hostile to them. The party has become hostile to every American.
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posted on
02/09/2011 1:37:31 PM PST
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
New Republican, Ashley Bell
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posted on
02/09/2011 1:38:17 PM PST
by
onyx
(If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
To: onyx
J.C. Watts needs to check him out!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Now that she no longer needs them Nancy Pelosi has buried the red dogs. But they still voted, to a man, against the Obamacare repeal bill. Good luck in 2012 dogs.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
02/09/2011 1:43:29 PM PST
by
farmguy
To: griswold3
going behind enemy lines?
Supporting John Edwards isnt exactly what Id call blue dog activity.
Hope he is sincere because we are so pissed off down here if just sniff something wrong, he is out and done. We are loaded for bear in Louisiana and Mary Landrieu is our next leftist to be ousted in 2014. Can’t wait. Want to see the look on her egotistical, elitist liberal face when she has to make her concession speach.
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posted on
02/09/2011 1:44:32 PM PST
by
Bitsy
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
All blue dog democrats are yellow belly liberals
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posted on
02/09/2011 1:54:31 PM PST
by
ReformedBeckite
( post 1 of 3 I'm allowing my self each day)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I sure understand why they would change parties.
I was a “blue dog”, and was very sad to realize that it was a lot less comfortable to be the most conservative person in a room full of Democrats than it was to be the most liberal person in a room full of conservatives. I feel safer, and feel that my country would be safer, with the grumpiest curmudgeons on FR, than with the smiling but cold-blooded souls who currently lead the Democrats.
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posted on
02/09/2011 1:57:20 PM PST
by
married21
(As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
02/09/2011 2:00:34 PM PST
by
FrankR
(The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Time to educate a new crop of Republicans with regard to conservatism!
Those who are politicians (McCain, Graham) will be dealt with through the primary process (tea-bagged).
Those who preserve, protect and defend the conservative ideology as their own will be welcomed to the party.
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posted on
02/09/2011 2:04:41 PM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: married21
I was in the Blue Dog grill in Lafayette La. They had a whole bunch of Blue Dog Art. I don’t think there are many Blue Dogs left around there.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
We see the same phenomenon on the Right, with hard-core conservatives attempting to purge the party of so-called RINOs. Both the Left and Right hard core demand total ideological purity, and have no patience for people they consider to be too moderate or centrist.
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posted on
02/09/2011 3:22:25 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
("If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his friend." Abraham Lincoln)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Bell, 30, said he had serious issues with the healthcare law and believed that conservative blue dog Democrats in Congress who shared his values had been bullied into voting for it. This sounds like drivel. Those that voted for it believed in it.
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posted on
02/09/2011 5:53:11 PM PST
by
stevem
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
“J.C. Watts needs to check him out!”
Ask him whether George W. Bush drove the truck that killed James Byrd (the black guy that was dragged behind a pickup).
If he says no, he’s one of us - if he says yes (which will be VERY HARD to resist, in the name of racial identity), then he is still a Democrat.
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posted on
02/09/2011 5:57:06 PM PST
by
BobL
(PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Politicians like Bell and Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell understand what Beltway Democrats apparently want to ignore, which is that their leadership has lost touch with Americans across the country. Not only is there no room for what used to be known as Blue Dog Democrats in the Democratic coalition, they have seen outright hostility towards their positions from the Democratic Party. These politicians understand that surviving means aligning themselves with the GOP.
So long as "aligning" includes an actual change of beliefs, then yes, this is good. We don't have any use for more RINOs who only have an R after their name so they can be re-elected.
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