Top Teabagger and Former Republican House Leader Sues To Keep His Public Option

by: One Citizen

Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 23:27:28 PM EDT

Former Republican Texas House of Representatives Majority Leader Dick Armey has a really sweet deal going for himself.  Because he clocked in enough time to quit Congress with the public servan's version of a golden parachute, he gets to keep his excellent federal group coverage until he reaches the age when he can sign up for Medicare. But that ain't good enough for him, because he's now suing to keep his Cadillac federal employees health care plan.

In and of itself, his legal action wouldn't normally be all that noteworthy. But Armey is raking in big bucks from the insurance industry as FreedomWorks founder to astroturf fear and rage based on manufacturing lies. And it just so happens that Armey's current mission is to stop President Obama from getting any meaningful health industry reform passed. Now if the hypocrisy isn't blatant enough for you yet, consider the fact that Mr. Armey helps blow the $1.4 million per day (derived from your insurance premiums) as one of the main money movers behind that Million Moran March on Washington, advertised on FoxNews 24/7 for weeks leading up to September 12 as a "9/12 movement" rally.

"Dick Armey is the epitome of those people with power and privilege who are insured against the vicissitudes of life and want no government assistance for any suffering except their own,"  Bill Moyers, award winning reporter