Tea Party Express Targets Bart Stupak in Michigan Rallies Against Obama Health-care Plan

DAILYCALLER ^ | 03/24/10 at 11:45 AM | Alex Pappas

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Tea Party Express targets Bart Stupak in Michigan rallies against Obama health-care plan

By Alex Pappas — The Daily Caller   03/24/10 at 11:45 AM

The Tea Party Express added Rep. Bart Stupak, the Democrat who has become the target for opponents of the health-care bill for his last-minute yes vote that enabled the bill’s passage, to its “Just Vote Them Out” tour.

The group that takes bus tours across the country will hold three rallies in Stupak’s Michigan district — more than any other district in the country.

“We’re trading votes with Bart Stupak,” said Joe Wierzbicki, coordinator of the Tea Party Express and a Michigan native. “He sold out the American people and voted for that awful health-care bill, so now we’re going to repay the favor and vote him out of office.”

The rallies will take place in April in the Michigan towns of Ironwood, Escanaba and Sault Sainte Marie. The Tea Party Express has also launched a fundraising drive for an Independent Expenditure campaign against Stupak that will include TV and radio ads calling for his defeat.

Obama signed the health-care bill into law Monday after negotiating with pro-life Democrats to vote for the legislation. Stupak was the face of the pro-life group who held out until the negotiated deal where Obama agreed to sign an executive order mandating that public funds in the bill cannot be used to pay for abortions.

Stupak and the 12 other pro-life Democrats who voted for the health bill are invited to the executive order signing ceremony Wednesday at the White House.

Stupak spokesman Nick Choate did not return a request for comment.

In an interview with The Daily Caller yesterday, Stupak blasted Catholic bishops and pro-life groups for their hypocrisy in their opposition to him. “So now President Obama’s going to sign an executive order protecting life and everyone’s condemning it. The hypocrisy is great,” Stupak said.

After Stupak’s vote for the bill on Sunday, one sign-waving Tea Partier from Georgia protesting on the Capitol grounds told The Daily Caller that Stupak was “history” and that she’d send some money to his challenger — whoever it may be.

And political novice Dr. Dan Benishek — a Republican challenger to Stupak who didn’t have a Web site or fundraising capabilities until the RNC set up a PayPal account for him late Sunday — was overwhelmed after raising more than $20,000 from people across the country angry at Stupak.

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Tea Party Express Targets

Bart Stupak for Defeat

*3 Tea Party Rallies Will Oppose Stupak (Ironwood, Escanaba, Sault Sainte Marie)

*TV & Radio Ad Campaign Will Call for Stupak's Defeat

The Tea Party Express III: Just Vote Them Out tour (website: http://www.TeaPartyExpress.org) has added a new member of Congress who will be added to the group's target list.

"We're trading votes with Bart Stupak.  He sold out the American people and voted for that awful health care bill, soo now we're going to repay the favor and vote him out of office," said Joe Wierzbicki, Coordinator of the Tea Party Express and a Michigan native.

The Tea Party Express will be holding 3 tea party rallies in Stupak's district, where the defeat of Stupak will be a main focal point.  Those rallies will take plafce in: Ironwood, MI (April 8); Escanaba, MI (April 9), and Sault Sainte Marie (April 9).

The Tea Party Express will be holding more rallies in Stupak's district than any other Member of Congress in the country.

On top of that, the Tea Party Express has officially launched a fundraising drive for an Independent Expenditure campaign that will include TV and radio ads calling for Stupak's defeat.  The first wave of the campaign was launched on Tuesday:  http://bit.ly/9drMCa 

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[the invisib1e hand]

stupak’s 15 minutes are up.

[gigster]

Dose towns are all in Da Yoopee, eh?

They should hold one down here under the bridge.
In Petoskey, where he has an office, or Cheboygan.

[NEMDF]

People on other threads were calling their congressional representatives to ask when they start getting free health care. Maybe we should ALL call Stupak’s office with that question.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Just sent this to my cousin who was born and raised in Ironwood, MI. Thanks for the post.

[BnBlFlag]

I had a friend who once had a vacation home in Petoskey. Said it was a great place.

[gigster]

It’s beautiful here, in NW Lower Michigan. Very Conservative.
It’s the east coast and da Yoopee that gave us Judas Stupak.

[gibsosa]

I’ll be at the Ironwood and Escanaba party, and hopefully have a gaggle with me!!! OUT with STOOOPAK!!!

[Thunder90]

Stupak is there because of the weight that the colleges up in the UP give to the Democrats up there (MTU, NMU, LSSU, ect).

[GilGil]

Stupak spelled backwards= Kaputs

[MadelineZapeezda]

Beautiful post...may I use it?

[GilGil]

This is my gift to the world. Use it and abuse it all you want.

[gigster]

Re: UP colleges.

I firmly agree with your statement. Most of the mush-headed kids up there vote for the Dims.
Also, keep in mind, the Huron shoreline is rife with union people.
Over here, on the west coast, we vote heavily conservative.

[Thunder90]

And come to think, the western part of Michigan (Grand Rapids area) is holding its own during the recession. I wonder why...

[Mr. Lucky]

Da Michigan School of Mines is pretty conservative, doncha know.

[gigster]

Yah, Toivo, lots of dem dare finns and svedes dare,eh?

[Mr. Lucky]

You Betcha.

[RckyRaCoCo]

kaputs