Posted on 04/09/2010 6:43:28 PM PDT by raptor22
Rep. Bart Stupak's announcement today that he will not seek re-election is no big surprise. The Michigan Democrat dug himself into a deep political hole and and couldn't climb out of it. Mr. Stupak repeatedly vowed that he would never vote for government-funded abortion. When he sold out that principle, the whole country - including his vast rural district - knew he singlehandedly pushed Obamacare over the top for passage.
Mr. Stupak first claimed he wasn't violating his pro-life pledge because of an executive order President Obama said he'd sign to maintain the Hyde Amendment, which forbids public funding when a pregnancy purportedly isn't the result of rape or incest. This explanation was never very convincing. It was crystal clear that Mr. Obama's order was merely a fig leaf that gave nothing to Mr. Stupak and the other feckless "anti-abortion" Democrat holdouts. The executive order included nothing beyond what was already in the Senate version of the health bill, and that bill contained provisions that Mr. Stupak repeatedly had rejected because it provided government funding for abortion.
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Bad editing. That's a redundancy.
Like everybody else, I just can’t wait to see the cushy job the Obama gang has lined up for Bart after he leaves.
2010 is mucho importante in that regard. All the Hill players will be watching to make sure the Obamites and their cronies keep their promises.
I hope SOMEONE is watching what kind of position this shameless whore lands after his term ends.
Keep in mind, it doesn’t have to be in goobermint or in a “K” street lobbying shop.
In this new era of Mussolini corporatism there are all those big businesses suckling at the state teat. Heck, Jeffrey Immelt alone could find nice corner office spots for all the House lackeys in the General Electric empire.
Although I doubt anything could be quite as shameless as former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder landing a cushy spot in Russia’s GAZPROM right after shilling for them unofficially in his former position...
Nosed me out by 35 seconds.
Good thoughts. LOL.
I think Stupak is now living in a glass house, but the Democrats are not only shameless, but fearless, thanks to the utter lack of balls in the Republican Party.
Boy, me too. If it’s anything to do with any government job I hope he’s blocked. I hope he can’t get a booking to give speeches...
slam.
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good riddance one more rat erradicated!!.. several yet to go.
Wonder what his payoff is to be the fall guy.
Of course, to the rest of us he is nothing but scum at the bottom of the bucket.
I’m not convinced he’ll stay in DC. Eighteen years of the place is enough to drive most people bat crazy.
Bump.
Bump.
This assumes he has principles or personal integrity in the first place.
“That’s a redundancy.”
The author is a member of the Department of Redundancy Department.
Stupak made an interesting off the cuff remark in a hallway during the thick of the healthcare push.
He said, “members have been threatened with charges of ethics violations and such”.
I wonder if the Chicago mob in the WH told him about some unflattering info they had on him.
Stupak ist kaput(S)
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