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Blue Dogs Roll Over
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| July 30, 2009
| INVESTOR BUSINESS DAILY Staff
Posted on 07/30/2009 5:29:48 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
The Blue Eyeshadow Democrats hold out for a higher price.
To: Kaslin
A shame, but no big surprise.
Rahm ‘dead fish’ Emmanuel recruited most of the so-called “blue dog Democrats” personally.
The Democrats have such a plurality that they can afford to lose some votes. They allow some of them to vote against a particular bill to preserve their reputations at home as ‘blue dogs’, AS LONG AS the bill passes anyway.
But when it comes to nut-crunchin’ time, if they need a vote, they just twist arms (1st choice) or bribe members (2nd choice) until they secure the votes they need.
The ‘blue dogs’ are really just ‘manchurian candidates’ by another name. They’re there to fool the public into thinking the Democratic party is centrist.
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posted on
07/30/2009 5:55:09 PM PDT
by
zipper
To: SkyPilot
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posted on
07/30/2009 5:55:57 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Acronym for 0bama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
To: Kaslin
“in exchange for a promise”
of millions, no doubt.
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posted on
07/30/2009 6:03:58 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Fili et Spiritus Sancti.)
To: windsorknot
What they'll settle for:
30 peices of silver
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posted on
07/30/2009 6:12:43 PM PDT
by
preacher
(A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
To: Kaslin
My guess is that this move was a Blue Dog fig leave. They wanted to get out of town for the summer recess in good stead with the hard left Dem leadership. But, when they get back to their districts and get a real ration of hell, they can come back in Sept and take a hard center position.
To: Kaslin
Apparently even a Blue Dog Democrat will stop growling if you toss him a big enough bone.The problem is that the "bone" Waxman offered them is bribes that he will pay out of more of our tax dollars on top of the cost of this monstrocity!!
We need to make sure that the political cowards on BOTH sides of the aisle understand where the bribe money comes from and that they have surpassed the "enough-is-enough" limit!!!
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posted on
07/30/2009 6:31:08 PM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: AlphaOneAlpha
take a hard center positionLOL
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posted on
07/30/2009 6:32:10 PM PDT
by
central_va
( http://www.15thvirginia.org/)
To: Kaslin
If this gets out of committee they will get it all. We don't have the votes to stop it and apparently the Blue Dogs have the same spine manufacturer our Pubbies have. Damn them all.
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posted on
07/30/2009 6:33:20 PM PDT
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: Kaslin
Then they are OUT in 2010. They need to work on their Resumes.
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posted on
07/30/2009 6:34:54 PM PDT
by
Paige
("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
To: Kaslin
So their bark IS worse than their bite. Well, this just sets up some great issues for the Republicans in 2010, as long as it’s a conservative running against the Blue Dog.
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posted on
07/30/2009 6:47:49 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Kaslin
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posted on
07/30/2009 6:51:11 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(Liberal sacred cows make great hamburger)
To: freekitty
The American public does not want DEATHCARE..and congress says, 'so what?'
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posted on
07/30/2009 6:55:47 PM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: Kaslin
More payoff from the Republican voters who “showed THEM” in the 2008 elections by staying home.
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posted on
07/30/2009 7:14:26 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government -- Thomas Payne)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Four of the seven who helped keep the House bill bottled up in the Energy and Commerce Committee -- Mike Ross of Arkansas, Baron Hill of Indiana, Zack Space of Ohio and Bart Gordon of Tennessee -- agreed to vote the bill out of committee in exchange for a promise of unspecified cuts. Ross, a Blue Dog Coalition leader, said changes agreed to by the defectors and the leadership would cut the cost of the trillion-dollar House bill by almost $100 billion over the next decade.
IOW, over ten years, the bill will cost $100 billion a year, and these unspecified (i.e., non-existent) savings no more than $10 billion a year; and the actual cost will be something like $3 trillion over ten years.
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posted on
07/30/2009 7:41:24 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
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posted on
07/30/2009 7:46:35 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Acronym for 0bama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
To: Kaslin
WOW!! I AM STUNED!! This is HUGH and SERIES!! Oh, what, oh, whatever shall we do now?!? [fans self rapidly to stave off a severe case of the vapors]
/sarc
Seriously, most people saw this coming, the same way day follows dawn!
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posted on
07/30/2009 7:51:47 PM PDT
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
To: Kaslin
Thing is, if it makes it outta the House, are there 67 Senators to vote for it? (he asked, thinking even some Dems would bolt on it before it ever came to be signed)
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posted on
07/30/2009 8:08:05 PM PDT
by
Category Four
(Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
To: Kaslin
The reasonable side of my brain keeps thinking “this health care bill will never happen, it is insane”.
Then the hysterical side of my brain keeps screaming “it is gonna happen I am sure it’s gonna happen”.
I think I am becoming bipolar!
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posted on
07/30/2009 8:13:35 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Category Four
If Republicans going to vote for it, then you know they are the usual RINOs who always vote with the rats
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posted on
07/30/2009 8:15:07 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Acronym for 0bama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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