Taxpayer-funded Junk Mail from Peter Roskam on Healthcare Reform

On September 22, 2009, in Healthcare, Peter Roskam, by RSR
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Received this in the mail today from Peter Roskam. It angers me for a number of reasons:

  • Peter Roskam is using public funds, our tax dollars, to produce this drivel. This is pretty clearly a mailing aimed at self-promotion and advocating a political stance against the Democratic efforts at healthcare reform. While it is doubtful that any rules have been violated, Roskam, who likes to portray himself as a vigorous protector of our tax dollars, should be ashamed of spending our money on this crap. He should be using campaign funds.
  • Roskam’s piece is aimed at convincing the gullible that he actually gives a damn about healthcare. He has been a consistent opponent of expansion of healthcare access during his tenure and is currently working vigorously to obstruct any reform from happening this year.
  • Roskam’s piece says he called me but missed me. That is not true. I received and answered 3 calls from his robo-caller but was not permitted to join the tele-townhall, probably because I am not on the list of safe voters.

The mailing included a post card which Roskam asks you to send back expressing your opinions on healthcare, probably as an aide to his staff in further refining the lists of safe participants for future townhall meetings.

I am posting my reply card here because I spend all my money on this web site and can’t afford a stamp. And I don’t have franking privileges.

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Peter Roskam Refuses to Rebuke Joe Wilson for “You Lie” Outburst

On September 22, 2009, in Friends of Peter Roskam, Healthcare, Peter Roskam, Wingnuts, by RSR
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From reading the logs, I know that quite a number of you have visited herewanting to find out how Peter Roskam voted last Tuesday in the house resolution to rebuke Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina for shouting out “You lie!” during the President’s address on healthcare before a joint session of Congress.

The House voted to adopt the resolution by a margin of 240-179.  Peter Roskam voted “No”. The resolution was pretty simple and benign:

Whereas the conduct of the Representative from South Carolina was a breach of decorum and degraded the proceedingsf the joint session, to the discredit of the House: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives disapproves of the behavior of the Representative from South Whereas the conduct of the Representative from South Carolina was a breach of decorum and degraded the proceedings of the joint session, to the discredit of the House: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives disapproves of the behavior of the Representative from South Carolina, Mr. Wilson, during the joint session of Congress held on September 9, 2009.

Roskam’s refusal to vote in favor demonstrates how disingenuous were his remarks about the outburst after the speech and signals Roskam’s tacit endorsement of all of the hate and ugliness and nonsense being peddled by those who oppose the President’s efforts to make decent healthcare available to all Americans:

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