Posted on 03/22/2010 4:14:32 PM PDT by tcg
I have had some time to recover from what occurred on Sunday evening, but I still feel sick to my stomach. I always knew there was a chance that Bart Stupak would change his vote for some reason other than securing his amendment, but I honestly thought he would hold his ground and not waver in his defense of unborn children. Senator Nelson's betrayal last year was very upsetting, but this... this is just so painful.
The trouble is, we citizens have no choice but to believe in our politicians. We must risk trusting them to be true to their word, to their principles, to the promises they've made. You and I cannot walk down to the front of that Chamber and cast a vote, so we must rally behind our Reps and Senators and ask everyone who shares our values to do the same. "Stand with Stupak!" we cried. "Let him know we're with him and we appreciate all he's doing!" He's the only thing left standing between life and federally-funded death right now! And so, it seemed, he was.
Does this make us fools now? Well, it sure makes me feel a little foolish, but I realize this morning that I did what I had to do, and what I will do again when there's a candidate who says he will stand up for the unborn. We have no choice but to take the chance, knowing there's always the possibility that we will be betrayed. Again, you and I cannot cast a legislative vote. Our votes come later.
What happened Sunday night sure felt like betrayal. Not with a kiss, but with a slap across the face and a knife to the heart. I never expected Stupak to do what he did, especially not at the very.last.minute.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholic.org ...
He’s a Democrat. He stands for nothing.
Well, let's hope you've grown up a bit since yesterday. Time to stop believing in the tooth fairy, leprechauns and pro-life Democrats.
Just make sure you keep remembering Stupak when it’s election time. The Dems are counting on us to forget by Novmember.
Someone posted yesterday that Stupak’s local preist was on the Obama’s fund rasing commitee in their district. Nice having priest support port birth murder. The FR named the priest and his church.
[The trouble is, we citizens have no choice but to believe in our politicians.]
What planet does this author live on? “No choice” but to believe politicians?
Let me tell you, I am anti-abortion but when it comes to believing ANY politician I am solidly pro-choice.
http://www.tcunation.com/forum/topics/video-stupak-lying-all-along
Stupak led us down the garden path. It was his plan all along to abandon us. That doesn’t make us fools , it makes him a liar, and a traitor to his constituents and his country.
Prove to him that you are not a fool, work hard to see that he never has another opportunity ,after Nov. 2010 to ever do this again.
Anyone thinking a Democrat is trustworthy based on what they say is a fool.
Stupak knew exactly what he was going to do. To use the excuse that an executive order is going to trump federal law shows his stupidity and, if he honestly believes that, proves that he is not smart enough to be a congressman. Personally, I think that he is deceitful and was in the bag for Obama all along.
The writing was always on the wall. How stupid some people show themselves to be.
Never trust a ‘Rat.
Not if she’s your own mother.
Never trust a ‘Rat.
Stupak formerly practiced law. He’s been in Congress since the mid90s. It’s inconceivable to me that he did not know exactly what he was doing (i.e. that the EO is a farce).
If you come across the name and info, please ping me?
After seeing the video from last year and the airport funds announced on Friday, that's what I thought.
I thought I would never again let myself get suckered in by a Dem over the abortion issue. That was a punch in the stomach yesterday, and I'm pissed!
If only there (D) was some way to (D) tell is a politician was a (D) low-down lying sack of crap who (D) will sell out the (D) unborn when it is politically convenient. If only there (D) were some way to (D) tell!
Perhaps it is (well, well past) time for these “Catholic” politicians to be publicly excommunicated.
You can support Dr. Dan Benishek for Congress, just go to his facebook page, Benishek for Congress. He will be running against Stupak in the next election.
At this late date its hard to imagine that any Dem is pro-life more than he is pro-government.
If a Dem is promoting himself as pro-life, you have to ask yourself and him how he squares that with membership in the DNC. Because, seriously, the mere fact that he is in the DNC tells you that the moral order is not his first priority. It is something that he likes, like fashionable clothes, but it isn’t something he’ll fight for when its time to fight. Its just a chip to be bargained away.
NEED YOUR HELP....I WROTE TO MY DAUGHTER ON FACEBOOK BECAUSE SHE DIDNT UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE YELLED “BABY KILLER” YESTERDAY.....I TOLD HER THE NEW BILL WOULD HELP FUND ABORTIONS..... someone on her facebook wrote back and was really upset...they wrote this..It WILL NOT Pay for ANY expansion in the Funding of Abortions... All Political Bull CRAP Tammy. There is NO, NONE, ZORO expansion of abortion being paid for buy the government in this bill. That’s why President Obama signed an “Executive Order” stating such... So he could relieve the fears of those who were deemed... “Right to Lifers” using this ... See Moreas the ONLY measure in the Health Care Bill that would not allow them to vote for it! Many of the people who found that as the main issue were Republicans also... But true to Partisan B.S. ... None of the Republicans changed their votes to HELP US WALKING AROUND AMERICANS... Priceless..
How would you respond to this idiot!
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