{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "You know with Roy Moore in the news I\u2019m surprised I\u2019m not hearing more references to the solid south\u2019s \u201cyellow dog\u201d tradition...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/168313841963/", "html": "<p>You know with Roy Moore in the news I\u2019m surprised I\u2019m not hearing more references to the solid south\u2019s <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_dog_Democrat\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cyellow dog\u201d tradition</a></p><p>(\u201dI would vote for a yellow dog run by my party before I would vote for a member of the out-party\u201d)</p><p>It\u2019s not even that archaic a term, it was the linguistic basis for the \u201cBlue Dog\u201d caucus of conservative, mostly southern Democrats that was a force in the \u201890s.<br/></p>"}