PeterS

Now with Joe Manchin and whoever that whore in Arizona is...the advent of "Blue Dog Democrats" seems relevant today. And excuse me for throwing in Texas; that was the reference that was most convinent.

https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/archive/html/part/features/0304_01/dogs.html

Talk to any old hand about Texas political history, and reference to the days when "yellow dog Democrats" ran the state is bound to come up. Even now, when such animals are an endangered species in the state, the line still gets applause among die-hard Democrats. But at a time when Republicans occupy all statewide offices, and their party holds majorities in both houses of the state legislature, many may ask: "A what Democrat?"

The Democratic Party that dominated Texas politics from Reconstruction through the early 1960s differed considerably from the current Democratic Party. For almost a century, a Democratic Party largely dominated by white conservatives prevailed in almost all statewide e******ns. Some of the benchmark issues that defined the Democratic Party in national politics--such as support for civil rights for ethnic and racial minorities, opposition to U.S. military intervention in the third world, and support for social programs--were the province of a durable but usually besieged minority within the Texas Democratic Party until the mid-1970s.

How did such a situation evolve? Over decades and generations, a single-party system consolidated, feeding (and fed by) the development of a political culture in which many Southerners came to identify so strongly with the Democratic Party that they would not even imagine v****g for a candidate from another party. Even as the national party moved in directions markedly different from the foundations of traditional southern Democrats (like strong advocacy of vigorous enforcement of civil rights), many refused to v**e for Republican candidates. Republicans were still associated with Reconstruction and were identified as a non-southern party.

The term "yellow dog" derives from the saying, "I'd v**e for a yellow dog if he ran on the Democratic ticket." In the 1928 p**********l e******n campaign, yellow dog Democrats were Alabamans who remained loyal to the party even though they did not like the Democratic candidate, Al Smith. Because the expression came generally to be used to describe loyal Southern Democrats, it also frequently had a somewhat moderate to conservative connotation, as if referring to "old school" Democrats.

Even as yellow dogs were becoming a rare breed, the "dog" moniker got refurbished, though on a smaller scale. After the Republican Party won the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, a group of thirty-three conservative Democrats formed the Blue Dog Coalition. The Blue Dogs represent a stronger break from the national (more liberal) Democratic Party, and could be traced back to Democrats who crossed party lines to support some of Ronald Reagan's policies in the 1980s.

In the 108th Congress (2002-2004), there were thirty-six Blue Dog Democrats, twelve from former Confederate states, counting three from Texas. Another six Blue Dogs represented Virginia, Missouri, Florida, and Kentucky. Befitting a more modern group, they even have a website. Yet old yellow dogs can learn new tricks, too--the official weblog of the Democratic Party is called the Yellow Dog Blog.

Now did you get that? Yellow dogs would v**e only for Democrats and blue dogs were conservative members of the Democrat party who, as Manchin proved, will v**e only for conservative policies!

Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

Ahhhh, she's a whore because she can see the ignorance displayed by your fringe party....what a shame, at your age and obvious mental and physical decline all you can do is whine about 2 people thinking for themselves .

Face it petey, your party sucks with their n**i like tactics and endless stream of lunacy that knows no bounds....... i hope you're around long enough to see you own stupid come home to roost...... you are complicit in the idiocy that has been exposed and will end the worst thing to ever happen to America. ....... freedom hating democrats and their drooling stupid base of rejects in normal society.

You're toast...... tread water and get ready to have everything shoved up your backside .... Y'all have earned whats coming.

You fired your musket. ....... now we're going to run you through, time to stand petey, there's no turning back...... prepare yourself.

Tiptop789 Loc: State of Denial

Hey willy, how you doing? I was just thinking I hadn't seen any comments from you in awhile & was hoping you didn't get abducted by extraterrestrials or moved on to a better blogging site (ie disappeared). Hope things are going OK for you. Stay warm and take care.

Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

Yo Tip, ......... i did get abducted, but this will always be my place to share h**e and r****m....... alien probing wont stop that, just wish they would visit more

I throw a bomb or two daily and then never return to the scene of my vile and off the chart free speech crimes..... meh', i do have that being a Dick head image to keep polished... Lol

Feel free to pm me if i forget my manners and dont hit you on a thread when i see ya...... we're cool like that.

Hope all is well with ya and your fam.......... glad it finally got cold, my read oaks are just now dropping their fall colors for me to enjoy up close...... the dog grumpies become invisible, so there is a bit of tactics and self shoe preservation involved

Have a great day my friend...... always good to hear from you sir........ enjoy, the day is yours.