We may have been overly critical of the Blue Dog$ in the past but now is the time to give them their just rewards. They $imply voted the way their $upporter$ wanted. Isn’t that the responsibility of all ¢ongre$$men and $enator$?

Let’s consider this fact…

The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) recently published an investigation into the Blue Dog$ and the money behind their rising power:

So far this year, the Blue Dog Political Action Committee is on track to shatter all its fundraising records; in fact, the total for the first six months of 2009 — more than $1.1 million — is greater than what was raised in the entire 2003-04 fundraising cycle. Furthermore, according to analysis by the Center for Public Integrity of CQ MoneyLine data, the energy, financial services, and health care industries have accounted for nearly 54 percent of the Blue Dog PAC’s 2009 receipts (up from 45 percent in 2004). . . .

In the 2008 cycle, their PAC received $508,800 from the health care sector (up 90 percent from 2005-2006 cycle), $451,500 from the financial services sector (up 371 percent from the previous cycle), and $238,300 from the energy sector (up 48 percent). In just the first half of 2009, the PAC all told took in $1,058,750 in contributions from political action committees. Health care PACs have already kicked in $297,500 to the Blue Dog PAC; energy PACs, $162,500; and financial services PACs, $134,500.

54 percent… That’s a majority of their $upporter$. I’m willing to wager that their constituents have contributed only a fraction of that amount. They are, after all, United States Senators and Representatives so shouldn’t they represent all their non-constituent $upporter$ as well as their own voters. Where do voters get off thinking their little ol’ vote can compete with the insurance lobby’s BILLION$?

It time for their voters to realize who the Blue Dog$ really repre$ent, their bank accounts!

Based on a Tweet received from @mdp4202