How many Remoras do we have in the Democratic Party?

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I'm continually looking for the proper description for a Democrat like Lieberman. DINO, just doesn't cut it. Zell Miller is a DINO, but Lieberman is something far worse. So, I came up with "Remora." Remoras are fish which attach themselves to sharks. The description says it all:

"The shark suckers or remoras (Fam. Echeneididae) are not parasites, since they do not obtain their food supply directly from the sharks or other fishes to which they are found attached. Instead they are "commensals", which means that they merely live attached to and in association with the larger fishes. The remoras have a remarkable, shield-shaped sucking disk (actually a modification of the dorsal fin) on the top of their heads. By means of this disk, they can slide about freely over the surface of a shark without losing their grip and without apparently bothering the shark in any way. When the shark makes a "kill" the remoras commonly feed on the smaller scraps."

How many Remoras do we have in the Democratic party and who are they?

[Guaranteed]

1. Lieberman is worse...because...???

I'm assuming because he's not quite as blatant about his traitorous politics?

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2. That's it. Zell Miller is easy to dismiss.

But I believe Lieberman really believes he's a Democrat, just doing business as usual.

[Flubadubya]

5. Yep, and Miller is no longer in the Senate here he can do HARM...

Lieberman IS! :grr:

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3. DLC/New Dems/Blue Dogs

You can start there. Then add the people who are just milquetoasts. What you will get is the CBC plus about 5 others, willing to speak out and do something.

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6. CBC?

Blue dogs are conservative Dems? Yellow dogs are?

[greekspeak]

9. When I linked to my reps page, he has a "blue dog" seal

It says "blue dogs conservative democrats." I have done little research into this, but it seems to be that the blue dogs are conservative democrats.

http://www.house.gov/boyd/

Look in the lower right corner at the blue dog seal.

[BiggJawn]

4. Let's see, now...Bayh, Clinton, Lieberman....

Anyone care to add to the list?

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8. I'm concerned about Clinton.

Very uneasy because I don't really know where she and Bill are going with the latest networking they're doing.

[BiggJawn]

11. I'm beginning to believe that "Best Republican President" thing...

...could have more than a little truth to it.

It would seem that both Bill and Hillary are extremely conservative Democrats, if there was such a thing.

We did good under Bill, but his choice of "playmates" leaves me cryogenic.

[Submariner]

7. They are more like Slippery Dicks

[theboss]

10. How about the "People Who Used to Run the Country"

I have to admit I get angry every time I see the so-called "Dinos" get criticized. We used to have a party full of them...back when we used to, you know, run the whole country. I would give a digit to have ten or fifteen more Scoop Jackson types in the Senate.

But I guess it's better to be ideologically pure and have 40 senate seats than to actually win elections.

[TheMadHatter]

12. Yep - I agree

The extreme anger presented on this site does little to win over more moderate voters. Who wants to be associated with a group that is constantly throwing temper tantrums?

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13. Consorting with the Republicans really hasn't helped the Democrats.

This Republican administration does not compromise. But it does buy off some of the bigger names in the Democratic party. Sorry you can't see it.