But I Stayed At A Holiday Inn Express Last Night!!!

Actually, I am a little late to this story, but I think the message in it is ‘pay attention’ and find out the background of the person making the claim.

On Thursday, the Houston Chronicle reported that U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee stated that she had never met Roxana Mayer, a University of Houston graduate student and Texas Obama delegate who had falsely identified herself as a pediatric physician at the congresswoman’s health care reform town hall meeting this week. 

According to the article, there was no record at the Texas Medical Board of Ms. Mayer having a medical license.  The article further reports:

“When queried by the Houston Chronicle if she held a medical license outside Texas, she responded via e-mail: “If my initial statement to the Houston Chronicle can not be substantiated, then I understand your responsibility to omit it.””

Meanwhile, according to the article:

“A single protester at Jackson Lee’s event at St. Joseph’s, Bryan Klein, appeared at the conference room door, distributing leaflets.

He was escorted from the hospital by guards but continued to hand out leaflets outside the front door.

Hospital spokeswoman Fritz Guthrie said Klein was removed because the session was closed to the public.”

The current healthcare debate is very important to the future of our country.  An honest debate at this point would be very helpful.  We need a little more common sense and honesty from our representatives in Congress and a little less chutzpah!