Where Were Our Dogs At On The Stimulus?

By Kleinheider Posted on February 6, 2009 at 10:09 am

Rep. Jim Cooper stood up and represented for the Blue Dogs standing tall against the House stimulus package passed last week.

However, all Tennessee Democrats in Congress (save Steve Cohen) are members of the Blue Dog Coalition yet Cooper was the only nay vote. Where were the others?

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Blue Dogs: The Sequel

By Kleinheider Posted on December 14, 2008 at 6:46 pm

From Roll Call:

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) is trying to mobilize moderate Democratic Senators to form a group based loosely on the House Blue Dog Coalition.

MORE: Huffington Post

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Give It Up For The Dog Pound

By Kleinheider Posted on September 28, 2008 at 4:41 pm

Jon Wright is glad the Blue Dogs are looking out for us during this financial crisis:

The Blue Dogs are really good to have around on an issue like this, and I might even say they’re the ideal people to look to here for leadership — representatives of the conservative taxpayer who nonetheless recognize that doing nothing isn’t an option, and aren’t inflexibly bound by a rigid dogma that retards their ideas.

If only they weren’t so often god-awful on issues of war and human rights.

SEE ALSO: Newscoma

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The Clock In Rep. Cooper’s Office Skips 4:20

By Kleinheider Posted on April 18, 2008 at 10:21 am

Excited by the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008, a left-libertarian emails our 5th district Congressman to see what he thought:

Naturally I wrote to our Congressman Jim Cooper and asked him to support this no-brainer of a bill. Naturally, he declined. I couldn’t grok from his response whether he hated freedom, opposed bodily autonomy, or just lacked the integrity to do the right thing. Whatever the case, it’s another appalling black mark on his record.

Which makes me sad, because I basically like the guy. He’s right just often enough to be really frustrating how often he’s wrong. But though he may be one of the least offensive of the “Bush Dogs”, he doesn’t make it easy to defend him.

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