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Health care activism forces Dick Armey to resign
http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2009/08/14/health-care-activism-forces-dick-armey-to-resign/ ^

Posted on 08/15/2009 3:37:09 PM PDT by kcvl

Political Insider Health care activism forces Dick Armey to resign 4:44 pm August 14, 2009, by Jim Galloway

Former U.S. House majority leader Dick Armey is the keynote speaker at Saturday’s anti-health care reform rally in Atlanta’s Centennial Park.

But as of today, he’s also underemployed. This from Politico.com:

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) is resigning from DLA Piper law firm amid a wave of negative attention his grassroots organization, Freedom Works, has drawn for helping to organize protesters at health care town hall meetings with members of Congress.

In an interview…Armey said that he was concerned about the media scrutiny the health care protests were drawing to the firm he has been associated with since retiring from Congress.

“The firm is busy with its business, and shouldn’t be asked to take time out from their work, to defend themselves of spurious allegations,” Armey said. “No client of this firm is going to be free to mind its own business without harassment as long as I’m associated with it.”

In a statement, DLA Piper Chairman Frank Burch said the parting was mutual.


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KEYWORDS: bloggersandpersonal; dickarmey; freedomworks; sourcetitlenoturl
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To: lonster

Conservatives are honest. That’s one reason they are conservatives.


41 posted on 08/15/2009 5:45:18 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: lonster
Again with silly statement.

A conflict of interest could damage Armey's efforts.

42 posted on 08/15/2009 5:46:57 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: DJ MacWoW

what’s the lie?? did armey ever lie about his connections to insurance?? liberals are connected to their interest group again and again and no one calls them on it.


43 posted on 08/15/2009 5:48:20 PM PDT by lonster
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To: DJ MacWoW

does the conflict ever damage liberals. no, because they stand up to it.


44 posted on 08/15/2009 5:49:12 PM PDT by lonster
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To: lonster

I don’t think Dick Armey needs any advice from you!


45 posted on 08/15/2009 5:50:03 PM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

why is it all of the sudden that having a personal interest in a political postion a conflict of interest?? why does it only apply to conservatives?? why does it seem that lately conservative have to sacrifice things they’ve worked so hard at and become “outsiders” to be effective?? i don’t recall a liberal doing that.


46 posted on 08/15/2009 5:52:51 PM PDT by lonster
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To: lonster
does the conflict ever damage liberals. no, because they stand up to it.

So you want him to be dishonest.

From now on, I will ignore you.

47 posted on 08/15/2009 5:53:22 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: lonestar

i wasn’t offering any. i’m simply fed up with the namby-pamby mincing of words and the fear.


48 posted on 08/15/2009 5:54:20 PM PDT by lonster
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To: DJ MacWoW

i still don’t know how what he would be doing is dishonest if he doesn’t hide it?? maybe i’m wrong but i don’t think so.


49 posted on 08/15/2009 5:55:30 PM PDT by lonster
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To: exbrit

Boortz has been calling it that for years, then others picked up on it. It makes me smile every time.


50 posted on 08/15/2009 6:00:15 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (Keep barack-rats out of our health care!)
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To: DJ MacWoW
"I now think that he needed to leave in order to fight....the same reason Palin resigned."

Glad to see you mention that...my thinking as well.

FWIW ..... wikipedia has been edited to reflect the news:

In August 2009 Armey was asked to step down from his lobbying position at DLA Piper, a Washington lobby firm working for the pharmaceutical industry to pass health care reform legislation. Armey was simultaneously chairing the conservative group FreedomWorks which was actively working to defeat health care reform. DLA Piper was concerned about the conflict of interest particularly since their clients were spending millions in advertising and lobbying money to support the passage of health care reform and FreedomWorks was linked to disruptive right wing demonstrations at town hall forums where health care reform was being discussed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Armey

51 posted on 08/15/2009 6:12:48 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (Keep barack-rats out of our health care!)
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To: lonster

I understand how you feel...but I trust Armey to know what and why he’s doing what he’s doing.


52 posted on 08/15/2009 6:14:49 PM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
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To: nmh

The Drug Companies had hired Armey’s lobby shop to lobby Congress in support of Obamacare. Armey refused to support Obamacare - so the firm gave him a choice: support Obamacare or seek work elsewhere. Many GOPers on K street are supporting Obamacare - an obvious example is former Congressman Billy Tauzin.


53 posted on 08/15/2009 6:18:08 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: lonster

The drug companies forced him to resign. They’re in bed with Obama.


54 posted on 08/15/2009 6:20:42 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: lonestar

i hope you are right. not sure i trust anyone political at this point.


55 posted on 08/15/2009 6:42:09 PM PDT by lonster
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To: Alter Kaker

instead of quiting how about a large ugly firing. the noise would cause people to look at the activity on the liberal tree.


56 posted on 08/15/2009 6:44:21 PM PDT by lonster
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To: Alter Kaker
let's hear about it then. loud and up front for a change. let folks see the ugly hypocrisy of it.
57 posted on 08/15/2009 6:45:38 PM PDT by lonster
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To: lonster

YOU can run for Congress ... if you are Constitutionally qualified, have thick skin, and half a brain, why not? Why is everyone sitting back expecting others to do the work, and to enter the arena? Or recruit, or volunteer for someone willing to enter the fray. There are a lot of ways we can become engaged, not look to others.

I wish to God we were a country of citizen-legislators instead of professional lifelong members of congress.


58 posted on 08/15/2009 6:52:56 PM PDT by EDINVA (A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul -- G. B. Shaw)
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To: EDINVA

i really have no leadership talent. look, i can’t even get anyone to agree with me on a noted conseravtive website. what does constitutionally qualified have to do with it?? we aren’t even sure if the president is constitutionally qualified and if we voice that idea, we are deranged. see what i mean??


59 posted on 08/15/2009 6:57:12 PM PDT by lonster
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To: Rocky

Its believe its a conservative lobbying firm, but they were taking lots of heat. I doubt he jumped, more likely he was pushed.


60 posted on 08/15/2009 7:00:01 PM PDT by mono
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