Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Hee

So Mike McIntyre, one of North Carolina's most notorious blue dogs, votes with the Republicans Sunday night and casts a 'no' vote against H.R.3590, perhaps thinking the vote would make him popular, or less unpopular with Republicans in his neck of the woods, but today one of his Republican challengers, Will Breazeale, says that McIntyre's vote was "part of political gamesmanship in Washington, not an expression of his genuine disagreements with the bill."

That's the way one of the 40 dozen John Locke machine sites characterize Breazeale's complaint. Here are Breazeale's actual words (or some of them):
Casting a vote just to boost your re-election chances, while being unable to influence other members of your party to join you, shows a total lack of leadership.

Blue dogs just don't get any respect, in or out of their party.

UPDATE
Fellow blue dog Heath Shuler in the NC-11 gets some of that same Republican medicine.
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5 comments:

  1. Mike D.11:55 AM

    I went to see Stumpy.  He asked that I pass along a "hello" to WataugaWatch.  He is currently unable to contribute to the forum but hopes that life provides the opportunity to come back at some point.  I miss his wisdom and kindness, and his contributions to this site.

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  2. RV1:06 PM

    Thanks, Mike.  I miss him too. 

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  3. Max4:33 PM

    No doubt the Art Pope dogs have become the Yellow Dog Neo-Cons of the National Corporate Republican Fascism movement......

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  4. BikerBard4:41 PM

    That was nice of you, Mike. Give him my regards and best wishes

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  5. shyster7:11 PM

    My regards to Stumpy and hope he comes back soon. We need him. It's gonna get ugly!

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