A centrist democrat that is more moderate than your typical left-wing democrat, but not quite conservative enough to be classified as a republican.
Democrats from red states can sometimes be considered "blue dogs". However, the democrat party of today has moved so far to the left that those who are still closer to the center may also be classified as such.
A blue dog democrat typically has moderate views. They might support toughening border security, but also support granting amnesty to illegal immigrants already inside the country.
They are often more pro-gun than their liberal counterparts. Some of them can be pro-life or oppose same-sex marriage. But like most Democrats, they often want to expand education funding, protect funding for government programs, and raise the minimum wage.
The views of a Blue Dog Democrat can vary quite widely (it's possible to have two Blue Dogs that disagree on a lot of things) but in general, they are liberal to moderate on fiscal and economical issues, and moderate to conservative on social issues.
For example: Dan Lipinski, Collin Peterson, John Bel Edwards, Joe Manchin.
Democrats from red states can sometimes be considered "blue dogs". However, the democrat party of today has moved so far to the left that those who are still closer to the center may also be classified as such.
A blue dog democrat typically has moderate views. They might support toughening border security, but also support granting amnesty to illegal immigrants already inside the country.
They are often more pro-gun than their liberal counterparts. Some of them can be pro-life or oppose same-sex marriage. But like most Democrats, they often want to expand education funding, protect funding for government programs, and raise the minimum wage.
The views of a Blue Dog Democrat can vary quite widely (it's possible to have two Blue Dogs that disagree on a lot of things) but in general, they are liberal to moderate on fiscal and economical issues, and moderate to conservative on social issues.
For example: Dan Lipinski, Collin Peterson, John Bel Edwards, Joe Manchin.
"Are you stupid? How you gonna be against gun control and support Kavanaugh and you a Democrat?"
"Yeah but I'm a Blue Dog Democrat"
"Yeah but I'm a Blue Dog Democrat"
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There is a reason why the Democratic Congress has a lower approval rating than the most unlikable president in the entire history of the USA.
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For modern usage See: Bush(USA), Mugabe(Zimbabwe), Gordon Brown(UK), Thein Sein (burma), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(iran), Vladimir Putin& Dmitry Medvedev (Russia) Jalal TALABANI (Iraq) who have all been Democratically Elected in the past few years. Scary isn't it?
For modern usage See: Bush(USA), Mugabe(Zimbabwe), Gordon Brown(UK), Thein Sein (burma), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(iran), Vladimir Putin& Dmitry Medvedev (Russia) Jalal TALABANI (Iraq) who have all been Democratically Elected in the past few years. Scary isn't it?
Your grandfather, somebody's son, a woman's husband, a father and thousands like him died in a war fighting for the right to freedom and democracy. I'm so pleased we have all upheld those morals so that we can all say that our leaders are Democratically Elected (see farce)!
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