What is a "yellow dog " Democrat?

[a_random_joel]

Just curious...

[JohnKleeb]

you vote dem even if its a yellow dog running

basically you vote for a dem regardless, thats how I am even though I am far to the left.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Either they'd rather vote for a yellow dog than a Repub or

they are cowardly. (Or is that yellow-bellied?)

[billbuckhead]

2. Someone who vote for the Dem over the RepuKKKe if the

Dem was a common yellow dog.

[aquart]

7. No. Doesn't matter who the other candidates are in any party.

I'd vote for a yellow dog if it ran on the Democratic line.

Even if Jesus was running as a Green.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. A Democrat who runs Linux on a Mac?

http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/

[apnu]

5. LOL good one! n/t

[a_random_joel]

11. Better than a Red Hat Republican, I guess...

[KurtNYC]

4. 200 word vocabulary

Recent studies show that dogs commonly understand about 200 words. They don't understand "subliminable" or "strategery." That's good enough for me.

[Fovea]

6. "Why he'd vote fer a yeller dawg

if the Democrats run it."

Is the local regional variant.

[southpaw]

8. I'm a Monkey's ass Democrat...

I'd vote for a monkey's ass if it was running against a Republican.

Same token

[yellowcanine]

9. As the proud owner of a variant of this for my user name I can confirm

that the posters here have it correct. I believe was originally a Texas saying (where else) from the time when everyone in Texas was a Democrat - "Yes, my son, there was such a time." The saying as I understand it was "The Democrats could nominate a yeller dawg and I would vote for it before I would vote for a gawddamrepublican." (Just as with "gawddamyankee", "gawddamrepublican" is a single word.)

[a_random_joel]

10. Thanks, folks. Count me in!