O.K. folks, there are two days away from the "Taliban Pete" Sessions (TX-32) townhall now scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ranchview High School, 8401 Valley Ranch Parkway, Irving, TX 75063 (it's been moved from Irving City Hall to accommodated a larger expected crowd).
There is already a template for making things rather uncomfortable for Pete as he defends his position in opposing any real healthcare reform.
Remember Lawrence O'Donnell's brilliant interview of another Texas Republican congressman on "Hardball" last Friday? In case you haven't seen it, here it is:
Is "Taliban Pete" also opposed to two already-established government-run health care programs-- the Veterans Administration (for veterans) and Medicare (for seniors) since he thinks that a "public option" will lead to a government takeover of health care?
As for the oft-propagated myth "Taliban Pete" continues to peddle about a public option leading to a government takeover of the health industry, he leaves out the fact that a "public option" (the U.S. Postal Service) sure hasn't taken UPS or FedEx out of the package delivery business.
Both FedEx and UPS (private entities) have garnered massive chunks of the national and international package delivery market even with competition from a public option.
If a "public option" can work so well in the world of package deliveries, why can't it work when it comes to providing top-rate and affordable healthcare without leaving people out.
I suspect that's something neither "Taliban Pete" nor his Republican and insurance company friends contemplated when they began to irresponsibly oppose any kind of real healthcare reform that includes a public option.
I hope someone at Ranchview High really presses "Taliban Pete" on this and see how he tries to evade the issue the way another Texas Republican tried and failed to do so on "Hardball" last week.
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