| 单词 | blue dog democrat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBlue Dog Democrat A conservative Democratic politician, spec. a member of a coalition of (chiefly) Southern Democrats who identify themselves as moderates. Frequently attributive, esp. in Blue Dog Democrat and Blue Dog Coalition. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Democratic Party > member or adherent of > of branch of loco-foco1835 loco1838 O.K.1840 hard1843 softshell1845 barn-burner1848 hardshell1852 soft1853 softshell1853 Bourbon1859 short-hairs1867 New Dem1962 Blue Dog1995 1995 Hill (Washington, D.C.) 22 Mar. 6/1 A new group of 23 conservative and moderate Democrats representing many areas of the country are wearing lapel pins proclaiming them as a ‘Blue dog conservative Democrat’. 1999 St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press (Nexis) 22 Aug. 21 a The Blue Dogs have offered a plan that would allow this to happen, while also giving tax-cutters some room for victory. 2002 A. R. Grant & E. Ashbee Amer. Govt. vii. 177 The Blue Dog Coalition brings together moderate and conservative Democrats in Congress. Its members..are drawn principally from the south. 2012 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 30 Sept. g5 I guess I consider myself a kind of Blue Dog Democrat. < as lemmas |
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