Blue Dog Democrat fakeout of 2010: pretend they're conservative for the home folks, back in the Beltway they vote far left as per Herr Soros

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10/4: "The Blue Dog Report," by the Club for Growth, Conclusion:

"The Blug Dog Coalition's nearly universal reputation for fiscal conservatism is wholly undeserved. They do not influence policy by voting as a bloc against spending excesses. They routinely betray the PAYGO principles on which their reputations rests.

• And they do not change the culture of spending in Congress by standing against earmarks.

The Blue Dog Coalition, in reality, is not a vehicle conservative Democrats use to influence policy, but

• an artificial brand conventional Democrats have created to help market themselves.
  

This is the true purpose of the Blue Dogs' self-imposed membership limit - the exclusivity confers on each member an

• unearned aura of independence and fiscal credibility.

Their false reputation aside, Blue Dogs are barely distinguishable from all but the most

• extreme liberals in the House Democratic Caucus."

via John Batchelor show

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