“SOMETIMES?” Dem Congressman: Democratic Party ‘Sometimes Slips Into Intolerance.’ And note this:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) criticized his own party for “intolerance” of Democrats with points of view that differ from the majority of the party’s members.

“The problem is, and we saw a little of it in the recent House race in Georgia, where our candidate was told, ‘you didn’t pass the litmus test on certain things,’ you know, it’s absolutely crazy. We have to get to the point where we understand that Democrats will not get into the majority unless we have Blue Dogs,” Cleaver said, referring to the fiscally conservative caucus, during a discussion called, “Diverse Democrats: What It Takes To Win” hosted by the nonprofit organization Third Way.

They weren’t in the slightest fiscally conservative – they voted in lockstep for Obamacare as “Nancy Pelosi’s crash test dummies” – on the way to becoming cannon fodder in the 2010 midterms.