Blue Dog Democrats must go

Blue dog democrats are politicians who are more conservative under the democratic label and become indecisive on progressive legislation. They tend to come from states where republicans are usually dominant. Recently, they are the people who are preventing a public option or a health care bill from being passed. They are giving the republicans what they want which is a delay on health care reform and increase the vulnerability of it not being passed due to this stall. How do we combat these weak-kneed, indecisive, and anti-progressive democrats? My answer is to challenge them in the primaries and to pass legislation without their help if possible.

Primaries are supposed to be a time for candidates of a party to compete for the party's nomination. For some politicians they do not have to worry about this because they have become the default nominee and likely to win re-election. The majority leader of the senate is Harry Reid of Nevada. I do not know what to call him, but I call him a wimp. He caves to republicans on issues and does not block filibusters. He becomes a victim to them and lets filibusters kill bills in which it is not supposed to succeed as often. Harry Reid today has said that the vote on health care will be passed the august recess and enter into the fall. This is not leadership. This is caving into the republican party and putting the democrats at risk. We need to put progressive democrats in Congress instead of wishy washy indecisive little assholes who prefer money over constituents. I would be happy to see Harry Reid lose his seat even if it means a republican takes over it. It would mean that the senate will have someone else become majority leader.

In the senate it does not take 60 votes to pass something. The republicans easily passed legislation with less than 60 votes. If the health care legislation does not pass with an effective public option, then the democrats and President Obama are more at risk of losing seats. The blue dog democrats are not loyal nor do they care about real change. President Obama has to show some fight. He has to go and twist arms of politicians. How do you think the Civil Rights Act got passed? Lydon Johnson had to twist arms to do so. President Obama goes on a press conference last night and gives his usual talk. We did not need to hear that Mr. President. We need to hear you say that there will be bo august recess, that Mr. Bum Head Baucus needs to get his asshole together and to say to hell with bipartisanship. This is America. We do not need positive rhetoric that lacks the action. Mr. President, show some fight or you will be shown the door out of the white house.