The Blue Dogs' Nemesis

I have been made aware of a secret group of Democrats (even more secret than the Illuminati, which you can learn about in this paranoid screed), which has formed in opposition to the Blue Dogs. They call themselves the Red Dog Democrats, or Clifford Dems for short. Clifford Dems take their name from a ridiculously huge red dog of mysterious provenance (his mother must have been very pain-tolerant: see this clip).

The plan for the Red Dogs is to get health care reform passed by having Clifford remove the Capitol Rotunda with his mouth and then continuously lobby for the passage of the bill, using his booming big dog voice to echo through the halls of Congress.

Whether the plan works is dependent on convincing Clifford's friend Emily Elizabeth to allow her dog to be used for political gain. She's concerned he'll just become another McGruff.

Blue's Clues

I have been reading a lot lately about a group of Democratic congressman who call themselves Blue Dogs. Now, I've done a little research into this group (very little), and from what I've gathered they are a group of fiscally conservative Democrats (an oxymoron?) led by a guy named Steve, who dresses in blue jeans and a green striped shirt. Steve has a dog, named Blue, which is where the Blue Dog Democrats get their name.

Now, not all the Blue Dogs can get together at once, because they all have committee meetings to go to, and constituents to meet, and lobbyists to accept big bundles of cash from. So they have developed a way to communicate with each other with Clues, in the form of a big blue paw-print. They call these Blue's Clues, which signals to all the Blue Dog Democrats that something important is going on, and also teaches young children to solve mysteries and learn the intricacies of big government.

So, to the best of my knowledge, that is a brief encapsulation of the caucus known on Capitol Hill (home of Bill), as the Blue Dog Democrats. For further information and clarification, I have included some links to sites that might help one to understand better the role the Blue Dogs play in the political arena.

Welcome to D.H. Swinehart's Daily Wag

Welcome readers to my latest blog, D.H. Swinehart's Daily Wag. I decided to start this after much deliberation about my OTHER blog, Dancing Madly Backwards Again, and the direction I wanted to go with that. Without going into the boring details, I'll just say that I believe I can better showcase my humor with Daily Wag, with the added bonus of freely expressing my own skewed take on politics.

This will allow those friends and readers who do not necessarily agree with my political viewpoints to still track my descent into insanity on Dancing Madly Backwards without being offended. I hope that this compromise will be one with which all can agree, and look forward to hearing your feedback on this change.

For those fans of Dancing Madly Backwards, fret not, I will still be making regular (or semi-regular) posts; I have just, in essence, doubled my workload. Not to worry though, since none of this is work to me.

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