TX-32: What Part of Support for Healthcare Reform Doesn't "Taliban Pete" Understand?

When I saw this poll, I was reminded of the fallacy my area's Taliban congressman, Pete Sessions (R-TX-32), and others in his party continue to peddle-- that healthcare reform is not popular with the American people.
Not only is Sessions wrong when he claims that healthcare reform has been "rejected" by the American people, this latest poll, along with a recent CBS News/New York Times survey, show support for reform with a robust public option continues to be strong.
To review, here's what Sessions said in response to President Obama's address on healthcare reform:

“Tonight, President Obama launched another prime time sales pitch for a government-run health care product that the American people have already undeniably rejected."

Actually, contrary to Sessions' claim, healthcare reform support has INCREASED since the summer of screaming, lies, and distortions coming from the Republican party and its allies in the media (most notably right-wing talk radio and the fraud of a "news" channel called Fox), according to a Huffington Post article.
Here's part of what the Huffington Post reported:

The anti-reform town hall anger that dominated the health care reform debate appears to have ebbed. Support for health care reform increased in September after falling over the summer, according to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Fifty-seven percent of Americans now believe that tackling health care reform is more important than ever -- up from 53 percent in August. The proportion of Americans who think their families would be better off if health reform passes is up six percentage points (42% versus 36% in August), and the percentage who think that the country would be better off is up eight points (to 53% from 45% in August).

So what part of this don't anti-reform politicians like Sessions understand? Have these guys become so blinded by their own lies that they can't even acknowledge that they have been proven to be wrong?
Yes, Democratic politicians like Max Baucus, Blanche Lincoln, and Kent Conrad must be held accountable for their demonstrated preference for protecting insurance company profits and discretion at the expense of the public interest, but the same must be said for others who have made a living of fanning the lies of insurance company opponents of real healthcare reform.
That list, sadly, includes my area's Taliban congressman, Pete Sessions, and the sooner this nutjob is retired from his current position by voters, the better we all will be.
I hope folks in my district will see a strong opponent rise up to confront Sessions with his "public be damned" attitude when it comes to healthcare reform and a host of other issues.

Back In The Saddle, But Still Hungry For Healthcare Reform

Like Gene Autry once sung, I'm "Back In The Saddle Again."
After a few days of battling the fever (I was at 102 degrees at one point Thursday night) I'm back up and around following a much needed day of rest to bring my body back to normal.
And after watching as much of the tributes to Ted Kennedy as I could to go along with my doses of Texas (St)Rangers baseball and tonight's (Sorry)Boy game against the 49ers, I'm as loaded for bear as I could be.
To start with, one cannot discuss Ted Kennedy without discussing what he said was "the cause of his life," namely national health insurance. Contrary to what naysaying Democrats, Republicans, and their friends in the Washington pundit class are saying, healthcare reform is not subject to compromise-- especially when it comes to the public option.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid is out of his tree when he says that a public option can be privately run, and another Democratic senator, Kent Conrad of North Dakota, needs a strong dose of reality juice for continue to press for the total watering down of any reform by pushing weak co-ops to stand in the place of a public option.
What is there to be afraid of about the public option? There are already two single-payer government-run healthcare systems in this country, namely Medicare (for seniors) and the Veterans Administration, and both have been strong in delivering quality benefits for their participants.
And how about this poppycock about a public option driving private insurers out of business? Have these people ever heard of FedEx and UPS?
Both FedEx and UPS are privately-run delivery companies that have garnered large chunks of the national and international delivery businesses even with the availability of a strong public option, namely the U.S. Postal Service. If FedEx and UPS can win large chunks of the package delivery market by delivering quality service to their customers, why can't private insurers become just as inventive in producing quality products against a Medicare-like public option?
Are these private for-profit insurance companies so lazy about becoming more inventive and customer-friendly that they'd rather spend millions to defeat healthcare reform instead of doing what it takes to provide better services even in the face of competition from a robust Medicare-like public option?
America cannot afford anything less than robust healthcare reform with a real Medicare-style public option, and if lazy politicians like Harry Reid, Kent Conrad, and their ilk don't want to deliver it, they should step aside and allow those who really want to honor the memory of Ted Kennedy to step forward and ram this legislation directly to President Obama's desk even if it gets no Republican support.

Unions Fight Back Against Healthcare Reform Foes

I'm so glad to see a lot of fightback now against the GOP's lying efforts to defeat healthcare reform.
I'm glad these phony Democrats are being spotlighted in the ads in no flattering terms. Here's part of the Daily Kos diary reporting on the ads:

The ads focus on Senators Chuck Grassley (IA), Max Baucus (MT), Kent Conrad (ND), and Blanche Lincoln (AR). The Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA) and a coalition of Unions representing almost 2 million workers are planning to run these ads through the end of Congress's August recess.
The SMWIA is diverting the political funds it would regularly use for donations to purchase time for these ads, rather than to padding the campaign coffers of the Democrats targeted in them. The Union suspended all financial and intangible campaign donations to political candidates to focus on efforts to pass real health care and labor law reform. Other Unions are considering similar action.
These ads are part of an effort to cut through the noise and highlight the truth about the broken healthcare system the insurance industry, Republicans in Congress and some Democrats are fighting to protect.

The only thing I can say is "Yea!" Let the real fight begin.