Sessions Opponent Raises Cash Off 'Smoker' Remark

[BrightKnight]

First, what happened: At the meeting, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) had been railing against gender discrimination in insurance pricing when Sessions interjected, "But that's not against the law."

"No, but we would make it against the law," Pallone responded. "Why do you have a problem with that? Why should a woman pay more than a man?" "Well, we're all different," Sessions said. "Why should a smoker pay more?"

...As of last night, Raggio had pulled in $25,000, according to a DCCC spokesman. Numbers for today weren't readily available.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/sessions-opponent-raises-cash-off-smoker-remark.php

Perhaps we can replace this dim witted, special interest butt kissing parasite. Matching the $400K that he received from the health lobby would at least send a message.

[sonias]

1. Fantastic news!:

:woohoo:

Congratulations to Raggio!

Sonia

[sonias]

2. Plus there is his tea bagger type opponent in the R primary

Link to previous DU Texas thread on that here:
Pete Sessions (TX-32) isn't feeling the love - he has a GOP primary challenger

I hope this makes for a perfect storm in TX CD-32. It leans R but it's not impossible.

CQ Politics 11/5/09
Texas Rep. Sessions Draws Primary Challenger

(snip)
Texas' 32nd district has a Republican lean, backing John McCain over Barack Obama by 53 percent to 46 percent in the 2008 presidential election.

:kick:

Sonia

[Aragorn]

3. I don't like sessions

but his logic is correct. Medicare does not charge more for either gender, nor for smokers v non-smokers. BOTH should be illegal.

[bamacrat]

4. Awesome, I actually was watching when that happened. I thought it was absurd.

Pallone is pretty good. I watched about 4 hours of that committee meeting and Sessions was the rudest most argumentative heartless douche bag I had ever seen. Then I saw where he represented and I was saddened.

[sonias]

5. The biggest clowns are from the Texas Republican delegation

Unfortunately for us the biggest fools in the Congress are also from Texas. And they love to show their "stupid" publicly. Most of them are quite well know crazies. All of them are as crazy as Virginia Foxx and Michelle Bachman. None of them are charismatic so they don't get as much TV coverage as Bachman, but when they do it's always for the "stupid". Kay Granger is the least known among them. She keeps a really low profile. Ralph Hall is the oldest person in Congress.

Remember the names of the stupid representatives in Texas - they will embarrass you nationally almost every day.

- Pete Sessions
- Ted Poe
- Lamar Smith
- Louie Gohmert
- Ron Paul
- John Carter
- John Culberson
- Joe Barton
- Kevin Brady
- Michael McCaul
- Randy Neugebauer
- Kenny Marchant
- Jeb Hensarling
- Kay Granger
- Louis Gohmert
- Mac Thornberry
- Sam Johnson
- Pete Olson
- Ralph Hall
- Michael Burgess

There are only two seats that are potential Democratic turnovers due to Tom DeLay's gerrymandering. We call it the re-re-re-redistricting because they kept changing it and challenging it. DeLay and company packed them so tight that most of those R districts lean R by double digits.

But crazy Pete Sessions is in one of the two most vulnerable. CD32 and CD10 are the two most competitive Congressional districts. CD-10 is Mike McCaul's seat.

Sonia

[fudge stripe cookays]

6. And...

Ralph Hall used to be a Democrat, the turncoat asshole. My former non-representative.