Blue Dog Democrat

1. a politician who represents corporate interests and wealthy individuals rather than the interests of middle and working cl-ss americans and chooses to run as a democrat rather than republican either because his state or district will not elect a republican or he has convinced the wealthy he would do a better job protecting their money than the gop alternative. 2. a democrat who puts the interests of corporations and wealthy individuals ahead of the progressive ideals of the democratic party and ahead of even the success of the party as a whole. 3. a democrat who calls himself a moderate when in fact he is an extremist in protecting moneyed interest and is to the right of the overwhelming majority of the american people and even his own const-tuents.
the difference between a republican and a blue dog democrat is the same as that between an almond joy and a mounds. republicans have nuts (religious & gun-toting racists), blue dogs don’t.
a blue dog democrat is so-called because of the character dino on the cartoon television show the flintstones. dino was a blue dog, and the letters dino stand for “democrat in name only.”

blue dog democrats are also sometimes called “reagan democrats.” they are conservative, rather than progressive, and have a tendency to align themselves with gop policies in matters of taxation and spending.
the blue dog democrats are standing in the way of true healthcare reform.