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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Blue Dog Coalition Democrats - UPDATED!
What is a Blue Dog Coalition Democrat? They identify themselves as moderate to conservative Democrats. Is this possible? How is it possible for a Democrat to be "conservative"? What happens when Howard Dean and MoveOn.org issue marching orders to them? Listening to them speak on C-SPAN you would swear that you were listening to some of the "Contract With America" firebrands from 1994. They have at least one speaking point dead wrong.
- They claim that President Clinton gave us a balanced budget and that Bush blew it. All Clinton did was use projected numbers for 10 years out. He continued spending at a massive rate and and had the most massive tax increase in US history. His balanced budget was based on this tax increase but he had spending that used it all.
- They claim that there was actually a 69.2 billion SURPLUS in 1998 and they are calling on the country to balance the budget once again.
- I suggest that we freeze the budget at the current level for 10 years. NO INCREASES OF ANY KIND. It will self balance.
- Mostly they are pro-abortion.
- They are in the back pocket of the AFL-CIO.
The Democrats are redefining "conservative" prior to the 2006 elections as part of the Democrat BIG LIE campaign. They are trying to duck the "liberal" label by becoming faux-conservatives.
The list is sorted by state.
Who are the Blue Dog (conservative?) Democrats?
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Name |
State |
NARAL |
AFL-CIO |
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Rep. Robert E. “Bud” Cramer |
(AL) |
25% |
64% |
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Rep. Marion Berry |
(AR) |
0% |
86% |
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Rep. Mike Ross |
(AR) |
35% |
88% |
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Rep. Joe Baca |
(CA) |
60% |
97% |
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Rep. Dennis Cardoza |
(CA) |
60% |
93% |
|
Rep. Jim Costa |
(CA) |
100% |
[note 1] |
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Rep. Jane Harman |
(CA) |
100% |
74% |
|
Rep. Loretta Sanchez |
(CA) |
100% |
93% |
|
Rep. Adam Schiff |
(CA) |
100% |
88% |
|
Rep. Ellen Tauscher |
(CA) |
100% |
76% |
|
Rep. Mike Thompson |
(CA) |
100% |
86% |
|
Rep. John Salazar |
(CO) |
25% |
[note 1] |
|
Rep. Allen Boyd |
(FL) |
60% |
68% |
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Rep. John Barrow |
(GA) |
60% |
[note 1] |
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Rep. Sanford Bishop |
(GA) |
60% |
82% |
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Rep. David Scott |
(GA) |
100% |
86% |
|
Rep. Jim Marshall |
(GA) |
0% |
83% |
|
Rep. Ed Case |
(HI) |
100% |
83% |
|
Rep. Melissa Bean |
(IL) |
100% |
[note 1] |
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Rep. Leonard Boswell |
(IA) |
60% |
80% |
|
Rep. Ben Chandler |
(KY) |
40% |
27% |
|
Rep. Dennis Moore |
(KS) |
100% |
76% |
|
Rep. Charles Melancon |
(LA) |
15% |
[note 1] |
|
Rep. Mike Michaud |
(ME) |
75% |
97% |
|
Rep. Collin Peterson |
(MN) |
0% |
73% |
|
Rep. Gene Taylor |
(MS) |
0% |
54% |
|
Rep. Steve Israel |
(NY) |
100% |
80% |
|
Rep. Mike McIntyre |
(NC) |
0% |
76% |
|
Rep. Earl Pomeroy |
(ND) |
40% |
84% |
|
Rep. Dan Boren |
(OK) |
0% |
[note 1] |
|
Rep. Tim Holden |
(PA) |
0% |
92% |
|
Rep. Stephanie Herseth |
(SD) |
100% |
[note 1] |
|
Rep. Jim Cooper |
(TN) |
60% |
67% |
|
Rep. Lincoln Davis |
(TN) |
0% |
72% |
|
Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. |
(TN) |
60% |
86% |
|
Rep. John Tanner |
(TN) |
50% |
63% |
|
Rep. Jim Matheson |
(UT) |
40% |
67% |
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[list info - As new Blue Dogs check in/check out I will attempt to keep this list up to date... no guarantees]
[more list info - a current Blue Dog list is available HERE . NARAL list is from HERE .]
[note 1 - Most recent year with full AFLCIO voting rank (2004). Member may not have been in congress long enough to compile a percentage due to having just been elected because previous occupant was term limited out.]
There are a couple more who I have not identified yet.
From the NARAL ratings we can see that 80% of them vote PRO-ABORTION!
Six of them (so far) have no ranking with AFL-CIO as of 2004.
Edited on: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:00 PM
Categories: Blue Dog Democrats, In my opinion [musings, ramblings, rants], Politics, The BIG LIE...
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