Is the GOP-controlled media trying to start some new "meme" ...

[ColbertWatcher]

... by pushing the prevalence of "blue dog" Dems?

I've seen several stories in today's paper about "liberal" Democrats and "moderate" blue dogs.

Anyone else suspicious about the media's coverage of Democrats?

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Yes: absent a Republican majority, they have to invent one

...

[bbinacan]

2. Damn I hate the word "meme". n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Sorry, I didn't know what else to call it. n/t

[bbinacan]

4. I would suggest "theme". n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

5. How about "talking point"? n/t

[izquierdista]

6. How about "bullshit"?

That's all they ever come up with.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. LOL! n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Problem is that these doggies are quite viscious and rabid right now

So there is truly a grain or two of truth in this.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. The GOP have always been masters of divide and conquer. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Yeah but the blue dogs would have been moderate republicans in another

era.

People NEED to remember that.

[ColbertWatcher]

11. The idea behind using the word "moderate" is not to describe where to place them ...

... on the political spectrum, it's to use as a contrast to the "liberal irrationality." "Moderate" is being used to mean "reasonable."

It's all propaganda by the insurance companies I suspect.