Blue Dogs Party While Americans Suffer Without Health Insurance

Cross-posted at Daily Kos
The so-called "Blue Dog" Democrats have become totally and completely despicable.
How could these guys ever throw a party over their seemingly efforts to stall meaningful health insurance legislation in the face of some sobering news that came from a Gallup poll?
Here's what the Gallup organization found:

A survey of more than 29,000 individuals in June by Gallup shows that 16 percent of Americans over the age of 18 are currently without health insurance. That number reflects what the survey's authors describe as a "small but measurable uptick in the percentage of uninsured adults."
Indeed, the average number of uninsured adults recorded by Gallup in 2008 was 14.8 percent. In September 2008, the monthly total recorded was at a yearly low of 13.9 percent.

That is very, very troubling. And it should be troubling for anyone even thinking of opposing President Obama's health insurance legislation that includes a strong public option.
And what do the "Blue Dog" Democrats in name only really think about serving American interests over those of private insurers. Check out this passage from the Huffington Post:

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce was supposed to be the third leg supporting health care reform legislation already approved by two other House committees. Instead, this week it's become more of a fifth wheel. The committee's markup sessions for Tuesday and Wednesday have been canceled in the face of opposition to the bill from the panel's conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats.
So Monday's markup may have lasted past midnight, but on Tuesday evening the committee's Blue Dogs were free to party, and party they did! Reps. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah) feted fellow Blue Dog Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Northwest Washington from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Ross is the lead Blue Dog on health care reform.

If you needed any more evidence that these Blue Dogs don't give a rat's a-- about folks like me, how do they even justify their partying over their stalling of health insurance legislation?
These Blue Dogs may feel well at home dealing with Republicans and their health insurance company allies, but when it comes to serving folks like me, they didn't even come close. In fact, their conduct strikes me as sheer gutter.
It's time we stopped playing nice with these Blue Dogs and contest them in every way possible. Partying while Americans suffer without decent health care is as tasteless and boorish as it gets, and these Blue Dog boors must be so badly shamed that they are actually forced to allow the passage of meaningful health insurance legislation WITH a meaningful public option.