Stupak, working with GOP, trying to sink abortion compromise

[kpete]

Source: Politico

An aide to Rep. Bart Stupak (D. Mich.) coordinated opposition to a Senate compromise on the place of abortion in health care legislation this morning with the Republican Senate leadership, the Conference Catholic Bishops, and other anti-abortion groups, according to a chain of frantic emails obtained this morning by POLITICO.

Stupak, in an interview with POLITICO, called the Senate’s bill’s abortion position unacceptable – but disavowed his staffer’s collaboration with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

I never talked to McConnell about the health care bill, said Stupak, adding that that I did not authorize the email and that it was sent without my knowledge.

Stupak said that he has discussed the Senate’s abortion position with Nelson and Casey, and his opposition in spite of intense pressure from the White House to accept it could augur a challenge to the compromise in the House when the two versions of the bill are reconciled.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30811.html

[Warpy]

1. There is a lesson in this for all of us

NEVER, EVER, VOTE FOR AN ANTICHOICE DEMOCRAT!

If they're antichoice, you can bet they're zealots who will sink anything the country needs for a chance to insert their religious dogma into civil law.

They're also likely to be right wing in other areas, as well.

Please wake up. Try to knock these guys out of the race in the primary.

[LiberalLoner]

2. The problem isn't those of us here...

The problem is that the majority of the country apparently believes in Gawd and Guns and hates the Gays and thinks if we forced everyone to do what Dobson says and have forced prayer in schools and force people to go to church (which exact church to be fought over later amongst the factions I guess)then Gawd will love Amurrika again and we'll all be rich again.

The problem is that the vast majority of Americans are so stupid they can't think, and are being led by the nose by the fascist media.

We have no hope. Our only hope is to escape the hell this country is becoming and move to Europe or some civilized place like that.

[dana_b]

5. but the majority of the country is also pro-choice

so if that's true about God, guns, etc., aren't some people contradicting themselves??

Personally, I just think this guy Stupak is the stupid, thoughtless one.

[LiberalLoner]

7. I know quite a few men who are ostensibly pro-choice

But when it comes to a politician, they really don't care at all whether the politician is pro-choice or not. They care about other issues. This really is, unfortunately, an issue only women care about from what I can tell.

[dana_b]

11. or men who want

to control/dominate over women. Sounds like Stupak has this issue going on.

[Warpy]

8. While that is true in some parts of the country

like rural Dixie and the upper, rural midwest, the majority of the country is elsewhere. Consider that the majority are prochoice, want us out of Stupid's wars today, want the Pentagon budget cut and the rich taxed, and want a public health insurance option.

Since antichoice Democrats are likely to be against all of the above, they need to be defeated until the party wises up and stops running them.

[madmom]

9. No I think the lesson is don't capitulate to one, because there will be others.

[atreides1]

13. You have it wrong

Never vote for any politician whose loyalty to their god trumps their loyalty to this country and the Constitution.

[JerseygirlCT]

16. I'm with you, Warpy.

Anyone who thinks he has a right to interfere in a woman's very private medical decisions - who thinks he has more of a right to make an important decision about her body than she does... that person has no business whatsoever in government.

[napi21]

3. So what are the chances of a few Pub Reps. voting yes on the

combined bill? Surely out of over 200 Pub Reps. there are a vew who aren't zelots!

[bif]

4. Bart make me embarrassed to be from Michigan

Well, almost. What an asshole.

[optimator]

6. two Democrats fighting over how strict the anti-abortion legislations is

in a bill opening the doors to corporate tyranny.
Even Republicans never even attempted this shit.

[DeSwiss]

10. ....

[CreekDog]

12. Stupak worries me because he's not too bright

i could see him getting played pretty easily.

[COLGATE4]

14. Stupak is as Stupak does...

[girl_interrupted]

15. K&R

[GreenTea]

17. The slimy pig moderate 'democrats" DLC blue-dogs, republicans inplanted in the democratic party and

the republicans know this well and laugh at the Democrats ignorance to it for so many years...Republicans know what they have to do to keep their corporate agenda rolling, always three steps ahead...and LIE>>>as they have for over 140 years.

[still_one]

18. I may be wrong, but stupid pecker is out of the process now, and this bill doesn't need him

for passage

Perhaps there was some logic to promise that dumb ass anything to get the bill out of the house, and now the Senate, and selected members from the house will reconcile it, and the Senate will vote it in