[lbo-talk] yakking about the right

[shag carpet bomb]

At 04:06 PM 4/4/2012, Michael Smith wrote:
>On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:53:30 -0700
>Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > On 4/4/2012 12:49 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> >
> > >> Their numbers are small and who's ever heard of them?
> > > You mean... you*haven't*?
> >
> > Blue Dogs, yes.  Most of the individuals named on that list, no.  How
> > are you notorious if no one knows who you are?
>
>This is hairsplitting at a positively Talmudic level.
>But to respond in the right spirit: notoriety was intended as a
>predicate of the formation, not the individual members.

boy, ain't dat da troot! exposed, locally, to the true blue dems who've 
come out of the woodwork to pressure everyone to GOTV, the term blue dog 
gets thrown around much as neocon and teabaggers. doesn't matter if the 
congresscritter actually is one, it's the existence of democrats who betray.

you wrote:"They seem to think that
Blue Dogs (lato sensu) are somehow 'betraying' the party,
rather than being an essential part of the scam."

exactly that.