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Stupak: Health fight has been 'living hell’ (Idiot should have never voted YES first time!)
The Hill ^ | 3/18/2010 | Jeffrey Young and Bob Cusack

Posted on 03/18/2010 4:06:58 PM PDT by tobyhill

Leading a revolt against President Barack Obama’s healthcare legislation over abortion has been a “living hell” for Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.).

The telephone lines in his Washington and district offices have been “jammed” and he’s gotten more than 1,500 faxes and countless e-mails — most of which he says don’t come from his constituents.

The fight has taken a toll on his wife, who has disconnected the phone in their home to avoid harassment.

“All the phones are unplugged at our house — tired of the obscene calls and threats. She won’t watch TV,” Stupak said during an hourlong interview with The Hill in his Rayburn office. “People saying they’re going to spit on you and all this. That’s just not fun.”

Stupak has become a nationally known figure because of his demands for tough language in healthcare legislation to prevent any federal subsidies from being used for abortion services.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 111th; bhohealthcare; stupak
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To: hinckley buzzard

Simply put.... If ya’ can’t take the heat....

Man-up dude.


41 posted on 03/18/2010 5:24:47 PM PDT by super7man
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To: tobyhill

MI has never been known for its constitutionalism. People there have more faith in government than in most other states, but they’ve got lot of competition.


42 posted on 03/18/2010 5:26:37 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Gene Eric
and they'll keep F’in up if we keep them in office and that's why Stupak needs to get defeated.
43 posted on 03/18/2010 5:29:37 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: Theodore R.

The First District is a vast tundra—most are individualists. Stupak is from so far west, he is only a few miles from Green Bay. He is no representative of his district.


44 posted on 03/18/2010 5:30:21 PM PDT by jenk (REMEMBER MASSACHUSETTS!!)
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To: tobyhill

I agree.

The Country is getting a hard lesson in Liberty. Hopefully an adequate response will follow in the upcoming elections.


45 posted on 03/18/2010 5:42:31 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

“No, he hasn’t. He voted yes originally and he’s just holding out for his State bribe.”

He got it. Michigan is in the list of states that get economic ‘stimulus’ through this bill that is attached to nothing.

Bet he flips. He’s just doing this to try to save his own hide for as long as possible.


46 posted on 03/18/2010 5:48:05 PM PDT by chichipow
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To: Gene Eric

“Hopefully an adequate response will follow in the upcoming elections.”

With Soros’ SOS plan in full effect it’s dicey at best. I’m not giving up, but I’m not holding my breath either. This was a long thought out strategy I’m afraid.


47 posted on 03/18/2010 5:51:00 PM PDT by chichipow
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To: chichipow

What is the short story on the SOS plan?


48 posted on 03/18/2010 5:52:20 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: tobyhill

This is from a 2007 contact list of congressional aides. Some might not be there any longer, but worth a try. The ones on the one post are senate aides, a few have bounced back, it’s worth the effort to clog up their email system along with the phones, and 1/3rd of these senators are up for re-election.

Mail must be inspected for anthrax.

Contact congressional aides.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857768/posts
U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121
White House comments: (202) 456-1111
Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep
Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Toll free to the US Senate:
1-800-882-2005. (Spanish number)
1-800-417-7666. (English number)
Courtesy of a pro-amnesty group, no less!!

Defeat Obamacare call list: List now contains the new MAYBES culled from FR posts. Be sure to call KNOWN RINOS too.THEY ARE ANSWERING THEIR LOCAL NUMBERS

Here is one of the ones Rush gave out on the radio that I’m calling. So far it’s been busy but I’m going to burn it up till I get to tell my congress critter to vote NO!
Join me?..... 1-877-762-8762

Good idea from the bloggers at Hillbuzz:

http://hillbuzz.org/2010/03/17/action-items-march-17th-2010/
They offer specifics and links on how to put pressure on Dem DONORS, who have private numbers for legislators who may have taken their phones off the hook.

Congress may not want to hear from us, but they’ll listen to the money men.

KEEP THE CALLS UP! DC OFFICE LOCAL OFFICE

CODE RED Contact list http://www.nrcc.org/CodeRed/targets/
Remember they are all being offered BRIBES for their votes. Ask them how much their bribe price is.
The National Republican Congressional Committee has published a target list on health care. In addition to continuing to contact the five Tennessee Democrat Congressmen, you can go http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/94697.aspx to contact some of these targets. Much of the talk following Obama’s announcement has focused on how to defeat this second bill through reconciliation, but that is misleading because the first step to defeating Obamacare is not by concentrating on defeating the “fixer” bill but by defeating the Senate bill in the House when it goes to the floor for an up-or-down vote on Thursday, March 18th.

RUSH says to pressure these 2

Charles Wilson, Ohio Toll Free Number 888-706-1833 DC (202) 225-5705 fx: (202) 225-5907, Bridgeport, (740) 633-5705 fx: (740) 633-5727, Canfield, (330) 533-7250 fx: (330) 533-7136 Marietta, : (740) 376-0868 fx: (740) 376-0886 Ironton, (740) 533-9423 fx: (740) 533-9359 Wellsville, 330) 532-3740
Joe Cao DC (202) 225-6636 Fax: (202) 225-1988, NO (504) 483-2325 Fax: (504) 483-7944

New FLIPPERS
Dennis Kucinish, Lakewood 216)228-8850, Fax (216)228-6465,
Parma. 440)845-2707, Fax (440)845-2743, DC (202)225-5871
Dennis Cardoza DC (202) 225-6131, Fax: 225-0819, 800-356-6424, Merced, (209) 383-4455 Fax: 726-1065 Modesto 209) 527-1914 Fax: 527-5748 Modesto, (209) 527-1914
Fax: 527-5748
Jim Costa Fresno 559-495-1620, Fax:559-495-1027, Bakersfeld, 661-869-1620 Fax: 661-869-1027 DC Phone:202-225-3341 Fax: 202-225-9308
Fax (202)225-5745
James Oberstar (202) 225-6211, Duluth (218) 727-7474, Chisholm (218) 254-5761, Brainerd (218) 828-4400, North Branch, (651) 277-1234
Gabrielle Giffords (202) 225-2542 (520) 881-3588 AZ 8th District
John Boccieri (D), Ohio Voted Yes on Stupak, NO on Health Care.Contact info - DC office (202) 225-3876 - Fax - (202) 225-3059 (330) 489-4414, Local Fax - (330) 489-4448

Rep. Lincoln Davis 202-225-6831 Columbia office: 931-490-8699
Rep. Jim Cooper 202-225-4311 Nashville office: 615-736-5295
Rep. Bart Gordon 202-225-4231 Murfreesboro office: 615-896-1986
John Tanner (202) 225-4714, Union City, (731) 885-7070, Jackson Phone: (731) 423-4848, Millington (901) 873-5690 TN (MAYBE)
Rep. Steve Cohen 202-225-3265 Memphis office: 901-544-4131
Harry Mitchell (202) 225-2190 (480) 946-2411 AZ 5th District
Ann Kirkpatrick (202) 225-2315 (928) 226-6914 AZ 1st District
Jerry McNerney (202) 225-1947 925-833-0643 CA 11th District
John Salazar 202-225-4761 970-245-7107 CO 3rd District
Jim Himes (202) 225-5541 (866) 453-0028 CT 4th District
Alan Grayson (202) 225-2176 (407) 841-1757 FL 8th District
Bill Foster (202) 225-2976 630-406-1114 IL 14th District
Baron Hill 202 225 5315 812 288 3999 IN 9th District
Mark Schauer (202) 225-6276 (517) 780-9075 MI 7th District
Gary Peters (202) 225-5802 (248) 273-4227 MI 9th District
Dina Titus (202) 225-3252 702-256-DINA (3462) NV 3rd District
Carol Shea-Porter (202) 225-5456 (603) 743-4813 NH 1st District
Tim Bishop (202) 225-3826 (631) 696-6500 NY 1st District
John Hall (202) 225-5441 (845) 225-3641 x49371 NY 19th District
Bill Owens (202) 225-4611 (315) 782-3150 NY 23rd District
James Matheson Toll-Free Number 1 (877) 677-9743 (202) 225-3011Mike Arcuri (202)225-3665 (315)793-8146 NY 24th District
Dan Maffei (202) 225-3701 (315) 423-5657 NY 25th District
Earl Pomeroy (202) 225-2611 (701) 224-0355 ND At-Large District
Steven Driehaus (202) 225-2216 (513) 684-2723 OH 1st District
Mary Jo Kilroy (202) 225-2015 (614) 294-2196 OH 15th District
Zach Space (202) 225-6265 (330) 364-4300 OH 18th District
Kathy Dahlkemper (202) 225-5406 (814) 456-2038 PA 3rd District
Patrick Murphy (202) 225-4276 (215) 826-1963 PA 8th District
Christopher Carney (202) 225-3731 (570) 585-9988 PA 10th District
Paul Kanjorski (202) 225-6511 (570) 825-2200 PA 11th District
John Spratt (202) 225-5501 (803)327-1114 SC 5th District
Tom Perriello (202) 225-4711 (276) 656-2291 VA 5th District
Alan Mollohan (202) 225-4172 (304) 623-4422 WVA 1st District
Nick Rahall (202) 225-3452 (304) 252-5000 WVA 3rd District
Steve Kagen (202) 225-5665 (920) 437-1954 WI 8th District
Bart Stupak (202) 225 4735 MI (MAYBE)
Brian Baird (202) 225-3536, Vancouver, (360) 695-6292. Olympia, (360) 352-9768, (MAYBE)
senator mark begich (202) 224-3004 toll free. (877) 501 - 6275 just became a MAYBE
Jason Altmire 202-225-2565, Aliquippa, 724-378-0928,
Natrona Heights, 724-226-1304 (MAYBE)

On the Bubble (Major developments from the “yes” and “no” columns in the House)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2467046/posts

Congressional Dems on Twitter
http://www.arrghpaine.com/congressional-dems-on-twitter

And here are toll-free numbers we can use to call any Senators or Reps.

At the first number below you must wait through a tape recording urging you to tell your Rep or Senator to vote “yes” for the health care bill. Just hang on and when the recording is over, you will get the Capitol operator. Just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Then you will either talk to an aid or have the chance to leave a message for him/her to vote NO on the health care bill.

When you use the second number and the Capitol operator comes on, just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Every time I use this number I get the Rep or Senator’s answer machine, so it may be set up that way all the time...to go to their answer machine. Either way you can leave a message to vote NO on the health care bill!

We need to use these toll free numbers that have been set up for the health care/ BO supporters and illegals to use! After all they are FREE!

1-866-220-0044, 1-866-338-1015, 877-851-6437, 877-210-5351


49 posted on 03/18/2010 6:01:12 PM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, disabled,seniors & retired Military)
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To: jenk

YES, and this is all about his 15 minutes of fame, a guy from the UP of MI, never heard of before, except to us poor schmucks who have him representing us...


50 posted on 03/19/2010 6:37:07 AM PDT by gibsosa
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To: tobyhill; All
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

For crying out loud, people - I don't care why he votes 'NO', just that he does. Heaping abuse on him, or expecting a Michigan Dem to be a rock-ribbed Republican, is foolish (IMHO)

We need to keep picking up votes where we can and encouraging every wavering representative to side with us and the American people, and hurling invective is an unlikely method, at best.

Lastly, while he did vote YES originally after the Stupak amendment was added, please remember: it was his amendment that cast the Senate Dems in such disarray that it gave time for Scott Brown to be elected and seated.

51 posted on 03/19/2010 8:56:23 AM PDT by bt_dooftlook (ACORN = Another Communist-Overrun Rats-Nest)
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To: Gene Eric

Sorry, I’ve been busy and away from the computer.

Here’s the gist -

http://spectator.org/archives/2009/12/04/soros-eyes-secretaries

http://www.electionneutralitynow.com/diary/362/ (bottom of the page)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2468341/posts

etc...

Apologies.


52 posted on 03/20/2010 12:37:26 AM PDT by chichipow
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To: chichipow

bfl


53 posted on 03/20/2010 12:44:24 AM PDT by montesquieu
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To: chichipow

Thank you!


54 posted on 03/20/2010 10:41:17 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: dschapin; All

“Don’t blast Stupak. If it wasn’t for him this bill would already have passed.”

Let’s all pray for Stupak.

Also, let’s send him a thank you card, with a thanks for standing up for the unborn written on the OUTSIDE of the envelope.


55 posted on 03/20/2010 5:31:07 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: dschapin; Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Very sorry to hear about the Planned Parenthood funding.”

And President Bush never vetoed it, and he was prolife. We have less-than-astute people on both sides of the aisle.


56 posted on 03/20/2010 5:35:40 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Sun

Agreed.


57 posted on 03/20/2010 5:57:53 PM PDT by dschapin
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