Blue Dog Dems fiscal grades in the red
Posted in News on Monday, September 8th, 2008 at 4:26 pm by Assistant Managing Editor Carl LaVO
Tom Manion, running against Patrick Murphy for the 8th District congressional seat, just sent out a press release hitting the fiscal record of Blue Dog Democrats.
It reads:
“Someone should explain what fiscally conservative means to the Blue Dog Democrats,” said Congressional candidate Tom Manion. “It’s not fiscally conservative to vote for a debt limit increase, or to vote for a spending bill that contains 9,000 earmarks. The Blue Dogs are misleading the voters with this label, and the failing grade from the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste group is well deserved.”
The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste released their annual Congressional ratings recently, and the Blue Dog Democrats, self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives, earned an 11% out of 100 in the report. Tom’s opponent Congressman Murphy fared slightly better with a still failing grade of 15% out of 100. The Heritage Foundation also reviewed the Blue Dogs, stating that “they have failed as fiscal stewards.”
A recent commentary on the Blue Dogs by syndicated newspaper columnist Froma Harrop overlooked these details, separating Blue Dogs from “the old-time lefties” and supporting the fiscal conservative label.
“It’s pretty clear who Ms. Harrop is voting for in November,” said Tom. “But I think the voters know that 15% is a failing grade by any measure. The Blue Dogs are barking up the wrong tree. Just wait until the pit bull arrives in Washington!”
Tom,
Didn’t the Liberals and the Democratic Party push to eliminate RED LINING? Looks like when the banks said certain loans were dangerous, the politicians should have listened. Instead they threatened banks to make dangerous loans and now look at what has happened?