Blue Dog Dems: Don't help 'em...

From David Sirota:

Conservative, Or Just Plain Corrupt?

By David Sirota
Creators Syndicate, 11/30/07

Through their ethics scandals, Republicans in Washington long ago
began making the word "conservative" synonymous with the term
"corrupt." Surprisingly, though, it is a group of Democrats that is
cementing this definitional conversion for good.

In the midst of the housing crisis, a cadre of self-described
"conservative" Democrats called the Blue Dog Coalition is demanding
congressional leaders delay legislation designed to help people
trapped in high-interest loans stay in their homes and avoid
foreclosure. The bill, House Resolution 3609, allows judges to
ameliorate the terms of abusive "subprime" mortgages. Rep. Brad
Miller, D-N.C., is championing it -- a gutsy move for a lawmaker
whose state domiciles major lenders.

The Blue Dogs say they oppose Miller's initiative out of concern for
the integrity of the 2005 Bankruptcy Bill -- a telling justification.


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