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Blue Dog Rhetoric
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a number of years and this article helps
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Writer John Mercurio has been fooled spread the word.
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by “blue dog” rhetoric if he thinks they Carl Williams, M.D.
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will restrain the leftists who dominate San Antonio, Texas
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the Democrats’ caucus in Congress
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(“‘Blue Dogs’ Bark,” Oct.). While they Ben Stein on Honor Kenneth D. Williams
may talk a good game, there is very Kudos to Ben Stein for his November
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little conservatism that can be found Dreemz: “Guts, Glory, Honor.” To be
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among blue dog Democrats who vote the poignant, yet brilliant are remarkable
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issue including slavish devotion to such going to frame it, show it to my friends
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The only example of alleged blue dog kids. Right down to the self-effacing para-
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restraint offered by Mr. Mercurio was graph, Stein captures the essence of what Paul Bond, Dave Eberhart, James Hirsen,
their demand to raise income tax rates by America once was.
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half a percent on high income taxpayers. D. Howse
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