I'll bet Dick Armey is spitting mad right now. He was forced to resign from his association with the the global law firm of DLA Piper. Apparently DLA Piper didn't like being associated with Armey's FreedomWorks astroturfing campaign designed to misinform and encourage people to disrupt town hall meetings being held across the Country for the purpose of clarifying issues about health care reform. 

For the past two weeks, The Rachel Maddow Show has been doing some real journalism by digging deep into the workings of supposedly grassroots campaigns that are causing the disruptions. It seems that most, if not all of them, are being at least partially funded by corporations that have a vested interest in the outcome of the health care reform debate. If they lose, health insurance companies could stand to lose billions over the coming years, so they've turned to dirty backdoor campaigning to spread lies and half truths to stir up those who are less than fully informed about the health care reform issues.

One of the results of Rachel's in depth probing is that many people have been informed about the real source of these campaigns that use end of life counselling (sold as pulling the plug on granny) to stir up the uninformed public.

Another result of airing the facts, is the negative press that DLA Piper has been getting as a result of The Rachel Maddow Show. It seems to have caused the law firm to part ways with the likes of Dick Armey, even though they've worked together since Armey left Congress six years ago.

Rachel acquired a DLA Piper internal memo stating that DLA Piper is not associated with FreedomWorks and is strongly opposed of any activities to disrupt the town hall meetings and that they encourage civil debates.

Good bye Dick Armey. 

Now for the best part. Guess who is going to be on an hour long Special Edition of  NBC's Meet The Press this Sunday morning? 

If you guessed Dick Armey and Rachel Maddow, please choose a prize from the top shelf on the left. The other two guests are Tom Daschle, (remember him?) and Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK).

This is directly from the Meet The Press website.

A Special Edition: As anger reaches a boiling point at town halls across the country, health care reform takes center stage. We'll take an in-depth look at the debate with some leading voices: Fmr. House Majority Leader Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX), now the head of FreedomWorks, an organizer of protesters at town hall meetings; Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), Member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Fmr. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), an informal adviser to the White House and author of "Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis"; & Rachel Maddow, Host of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show. Plus we'll get perspectives from around the country with Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY); Bruce Josten, Executive Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce; and Gov. Bill Ritter (D-CO).

This is must see TV for anyone interested in the health care reform debate and I expect the sparks to fly! Rachel is a world class debater and can hold her own against anyone. I expect Dick Armey will revert to his sexist and condescending ways similar to when he had an on air debate with our own Joan Walsh and couldn't hold his ground (see video below). I doubt that Armey will be able to contain himself with Rachel sitting right across the table from him.

So, set the DVR's and TiVos if you're going to be out. If you can view Meet The Press as it airs on Sunday morning, pop some popcorn and sit back for what I expect to be some of the best political TV of the year.

Here is the video link to last night's segment of The Rachel Maddow Show about Dick Armey, DLA Piper and FreedomWorks. (It really works this time.)

 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/32424387#32424387

 For those who missed the debate on Hardball between Joan Walsh and Dick Armey a few months ago where Armey tells Joan he's glad she could never be his wife, you can enyoy that little exchange in the video below. Armey adds new meaning to the term pompous ass. What a windbag.