Comments on: Who’s Going to Bribe the Blue Dogs if Nobody Cares What They Think? http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:31:38 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: sptatt http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897871 sptatt Tue, 12 May 2009 22:47:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897871 <p>I’ve got just two words for them and they ain’t merry christmas.</p> I’ve got just two words for them and they ain’t merry christmas.

]]> By: public.takeover http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897830 public.takeover Tue, 12 May 2009 20:09:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897830 <p>If anybody’s still reading comments on this, let me chime in with, “Thank you, Jane!”</p> <p>My recommendations are: Limit all campaign contributions to those directly donated by human American citizens below the amount of — say — $2000.</p> <p>Second recommendation is: Let’s rent a billboard near the capitol and advertise for the Blue Dogs right where they don’t want anybody to see it: daylight.</p> If anybody’s still reading comments on this, let me chime in with, “Thank you, Jane!”

My recommendations are: Limit all campaign contributions to those directly donated by human American citizens below the amount of — say — $2000.

Second recommendation is: Let’s rent a billboard near the capitol and advertise for the Blue Dogs right where they don’t want anybody to see it: daylight.

]]> By: HIVANH http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897805 HIVANH Tue, 12 May 2009 18:51:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897805 <p>I have never seen a group so willing to make themselves irrelevant. The more they talk, the fewer the number of people who listen. This is a strange form of prostitution: they are willing to screw you for less than the bozo next door. Unique. Stupid.</p> I have never seen a group so willing to make themselves irrelevant. The more they talk, the fewer the number of people who listen. This is a strange form of prostitution: they are willing to screw you for less than the bozo next door. Unique. Stupid.

]]> By: mrseanpaul81 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897744 mrseanpaul81 Tue, 12 May 2009 16:43:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897744 <p>blue dog? how about green dog for money!!!</p> blue dog? how about green dog for money!!!

]]> By: robspierre http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897739 robspierre Tue, 12 May 2009 16:30:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897739 <p>Blue “Dogs” is a poor metaphor, becasuse it maligns a noble and loyal beast. These are Blue Bottles–they feed off the gangrenous limbs of democracy.</p> Blue “Dogs” is a poor metaphor, becasuse it maligns a noble and loyal beast. These are Blue Bottles–they feed off the gangrenous limbs of democracy.

]]> By: Mithras61 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897738 Mithras61 Tue, 12 May 2009 16:20:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897738 <p>Is it just me, or do the Blue Dog Dems remind y’all of Hank in the <a href="http://hankthecowdog.com/" rel="nofollow">Hank the Cowdog</a> series of children’s books?</p> <p>Always into somethin’ and always takin’ credit for that in which they had no hand…</p> Is it just me, or do the Blue Dog Dems remind y’all of Hank in the Hank the Cowdog series of children’s books?

Always into somethin’ and always takin’ credit for that in which they had no hand…

]]> By: Kirk James Murphy, M.D. http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897736 Kirk James Murphy, M.D. Tue, 12 May 2009 16:11:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897736 <p>Aw, poor Blue Dogs. If they can’t sell enough votes, we might have some sort of health coverage for the 22,000 Americans who die every year from want of health care.</p> Aw, poor Blue Dogs. If they can’t sell enough votes, we might have some sort of health coverage for the 22,000 Americans who die every year from want of health care.

]]> By: BooRadley http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897733 BooRadley Tue, 12 May 2009 15:41:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897733 <p>Agree.</p> <p>Also under current U.S. law as I understand it, corporations are “people,” wrt campaign donations. </p> <p>It’s another case of progress, not perfection. The more we can force them out of the weeds, the better for the nation.</p> Agree.

Also under current U.S. law as I understand it, corporations are “people,” wrt campaign donations.

It’s another case of progress, not perfection. The more we can force them out of the weeds, the better for the nation.

]]> By: alank http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897732 alank Tue, 12 May 2009 15:39:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897732 <p>Unbought Congresscritter is an oxymoron.</p> Unbought Congresscritter is an oxymoron.

]]> By: sbgypsy99 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897731 sbgypsy99 Tue, 12 May 2009 15:23:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/12/whos-going-to-bribe-the-blue-dogs-if-nobody-cares-what-they-think/#comment-1897731 <p>The only way to get our govt back is to put the politicians on what I call the “UTC Buyer Rules” - and public campaign funding. </p> <p>Seriously, the only way to make sure they’re not bought is to buy them ourselves, and we don’t have the bucks the corporations do.</p> The only way to get our govt back is to put the politicians on what I call the “UTC Buyer Rules” – and public campaign funding.

Seriously, the only way to make sure they’re not bought is to buy them ourselves, and we don’t have the bucks the corporations do.

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