After hearing Rep. Anthony Weiner's spirited denunciation of Republican blockage of legislation providing needed aid to 9/11 responders, I am more convinced than ever that my area's Taliban representative, Pete Sessions, must be defeated by Grier Raggio in November.
Sessions may think it's all right for the wealthiest 1 percent to get costly and irresponsible tax cuts at the expense of everyone else like those he helped pass when George W. Bush was president, but when it comes to helping those who were on the front line during the worst terrorist attack in our country's history, Sessions has shown once again that he puts average Americans like me last.
How Sessions ever could think those views represent the majority of those in the district is beyond me. Once folks in my district come to grips of how Sessions hasn't been on their side, I suspect he will be sent on a one way ticket out of Washington by Grier Raggio in November.
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As badly as I feel about the irresponsibility and callousness displayed by my area's current congressman, I am also impressed with how Raggio continues to take the fight to Sessions.
His latest effort is a post on his blog reporting the troubles two of his biggest contributors are now having.
Here's part of the story carried on Raggio's site:
Sam and Charles Wyly, billionaire Texas brothers who gained prominence spending millions of dollars on conservative political causes, committed fraud by using secret overseas accounts to generate more than $550 million in profit through illegal stock trades, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Thursday.
The Wylys, who have been generous contributors to the Republican Party and GOP candidates, have spent the past several years facing questions, including from a Senate investigative committee, about whether they hid millions of dollars in tax shelters abroad.
The post continues:
Their biggest beneficiaries include three Texas Republicans, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions and former House Republican leader Richard K. Armey, according to the Center for Responsive Politics analysis.
Is this really someone who represents average folks in his district? Is this someone who puts his district above his narrow and evil ideology?
The answer to both of these is no. Sessions, imposed down our throats by Tom DeLay's gerrymandering years ago, must be tossed out by voters in November.
(Grier Raggio's web site: http://www.raggioforcongress.com)