PrintFebruary 8, 2010
Who'll Call the Blue Dogs Out?
When it comes to Blue Dog Democrats, the line spoken by Animal Mother to Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket pops to mind: "You talk the talk. Do you walk the walk?" So far, the answer from the Blue Dogs is a resounding no. Though Blue Dogs announced their own budget just prior to the President's State of the Union address, their efforts are too meager and really won't do enough to derail the president's budget, which should be the object of every right-thinking member of Congress.If Blue Dogs want to prove they can walk the walk, then they must commit their voices and votes to sending Mr. Obama's budget-busting, tax-hiking budget to a recycling bin. Congressional Republicans need to call out Blue Dogs to join them in efforts to hand the president yet another defeat -- not gratuitously or to play cheap politics, but to save the country from policies that, if enacted, would fundamentally transform the nation and cripple the economy in ways that might...(Read Full Article)
