Stupak is going to take the word on this issue of a character who is fine with babies who survive an abortion being left to die in hospital storerooms?
Stupak should change his name to Foolpak if he buys into an Obama EO to prevent any funds from being used for abortions.
Yep, he can’t possibly be naive enough to believe in this deal. Hope his district sees through his “cover”.
Stupak is setting himself up to be the ultimate pariah. If he caves for an EO, he will rightly be seen as a Judas by the pro-life community. The pro-choice crowd already loathes him and caving won’t change that.
So he’s worked himself into a spot where he simultaneously gets to be 1) The Guy Who Enabled Pro-Abort Healthcare and 2) The Guy Who Nearly Derailed Healthcare. Well played, Stupak.
Of course his real mistake was made long ago when he decided to throw in with the Democrats. It was inevitable that they’d require him to betray his most deeply held belief. He’s like a character in a Greek tragedy. This was written into the plot from the beginning.
What a pathetic, tragic doofus.
These people are all about Etatism with deals flying left and right as well as smokescreens in order to try and cover for November. I pray the electorate wake up but what will Repubs do.? Kill or reform with a veto pen waiting at the end of the rainbow. Repubs track record in killing bureaucracies is pretty low. Yes, they practice reform, but only to their liking, but guess what, a change in power and dems "perform" their reforming.
One must never put hope in the current democrat Party, who maintain large majorities in Congress, nor its supporters. Unfortunately the Feds are not listening and are emboldened by MILLIONS of ignorant people who fight for the Federal government to be their nanny from exiting the birth canal to being cremated (Environmentally conscious). Also, the ignorant educated class that seems they are “enlightened” at the efficiency the central State, will provide "the correct way to do things". Their noble predecessors who where too weak to take on the "capitalist", (Soviet Union failed because the United States did not let "it" thrive, yes I was taught that in college) failed but current Utopians running amok in this Country openly trade liberty for the cushion of the State.
We are dealing with Frankensteins with elegant letters behind their names along with their minions who believe and became instilled in a collectivist Utopia. We are beyond trouble and it seems the only way to turn around is to drive real fear and noncompliance onto these benevolent totalitarians. Protesters are being "MSNed" out of relevance in the public square. What next? Hmmm....
Goodbye United States....
I say we make Stupak the #1 target for his actions! He deserves defeat for this to rely on Obama for anything. Another sell out which was predicted by some all along that he wouldn’t vote no.
Surprise, surprise. NOT!
From the article: “... under discussion by leaders on abortion ...”
It is a sick world we live in when a significant number of our elected officials — commanding a majority of the votes in Congress — come to be known as “leading on abortions.”
Sick, sick, sick.
I think here at the deadline Pelosi may well have 216. I don’t think she has any reason to be confident that she will keep 216. Why else would she and Obama be negotiating with Stupak?
Like others, I suspect the odds of passage are 50-50 or better. But they aren’t 80-20.
And the endgame here has been so grotesque that whatever ill will these people have been doing is magnified a thousand fold. They will be turned out by the American people in droves come November.
Let ALL the bastards vote “yes” on the bill. That will stop any talk about not kicking out “blue dogs” in November ‘10.
The rats will allow as many lousy dogs as possible to vote “no” as long as they can pass the bill by a couple of votes.
We know how the game is played and we should kick out ALL rats and dogs in November ‘10, even if they voted “no.” No exceptions.