Even The Blue Dogs Weren't That Dumb

If you've read this blog for very long then you'll know that I have no use for the "blue dogs" in Congress (the conservative Democrats who vote mostly with the Republicans). They are pretty much just worthless twits who are holding a position that could be filled by a real Democrat. But we found out recently that even a blue dog is not a suicidally-crazy as a Republican.

It turns out that Rep. Paul Ryan, author of the infamous Ryan Plan (which would abolish Medicare and destroy Medicaid), actually thought he could line up some blue dog support for his ridiculous budget plan. He went to the blue dog caucus (yes, those 26 twits actually have their own caucus) and tried to mine it for votes. He didn't get any.

It turns out that as dumb as the blue dogs are, they knew better than to mess with Medicare. I guess that makes them slightly smarter than the idiot Republicans who voted for it and are still trying to defend it. Rep. Mike Ross (D-Arkansas), communications director for the Blue Dog Coalition, said Ryan "met with us, but we quickly realized that the differences were too great. I'll never vote to privatize social security or Medicare."

While the blue dogs aren't too bright, they are smart enough to avoid political suicide.