Bart Stupak and pro-life Democrats to vote “yes” on healthcare reform
Bart Stupak has reached an agreement with Barack Obama on the abortion language in the Senate’s version of the healthcare reform bill and will vote “yes” when the bill comes up for a vote later tonight. The president has agreed to sign an executive order that will prevent federal funds to be provided for abortions. On this promise alone Bart Stupak is set to deliver his pro-life coalition into the “yes” column. He must have more faith in the president actually keeping his word for once than I do. It really isn’t surprising that Bart Stupak and his pro-life coalition has finally caved in on this issue– we all knew that eventually he would– but it is disheartening to see our last line of defense penetrated at the last instance. Especially on a promise and not with anything that is actually binding.
This turn of events all but assures the healthcare reform bill will pass the House– and probably with more “yes” votes than the first House vote, a major victory for Nancy Pelosi– when it is voted on. This is a major setback for all of us who oppose this bill but the fight is still not over. The “fix it” bill will still have to be voted on in the Senate, and Republicans in the Senate are vowing to kill it. Republicans are planning to use the procedural process to either kill the “fix it” bill or to alter it enough so that it will have to go back to the House for yet another vote. The Senate bill is still very unpopular in the House and if the Republicans can manage to change enough in the “fix it” bill– or kill it altogether– there is still a chance that this bill can be defeated. The House would have to succumb to serious pressure from the White House to pass the Senate version of the bill without the “fix it” provisions included. Will they cave on this eventually? We just don’t know the answer to that question, but now is not the time to give up.
By the end of the day, opponents of the healthcare reform bill will have been dealt a serious blow, but the fact remains that the fight is not yet over. We must continue to keep up the pressure no matter how futile our attempts may seem. We are in the final stages of this fight now and while the outcome may seem assured, nothing is final. We must continue to fight, I know how hard it is and how disheartening it feels to know that the House is simply not listening to the people they are supposed to represent, but we must not quit until the fight is over.
While the end seems to be nearing, it is not here yet; the focus is now returning to the Senate, so we must now write, call, and email our Senators and demand that they kill the “fix it” bill and send it back to the House for yet another vote. The process has been long drawn out and is tedious to say the least, but it is not over and we cannot give up until this bill becomes law. Once it becomes law it will be in the hands of the constitutional lawyers and out of our hands once and for all.
We can still defeat this bill even though our odds are becoming longer as every day passes. Now is the time for vigilance and determination. Once again, I leave you with the words of Thomas Paine:
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.
America's Watchtower 
I don’t understand Stupak thinking on this. Has he not seen how pro-abortion President Obama is? Does he really think an executive order that can be changed as easily issuing another executive order is going to be sufficient?
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There has never been a more pro-abortion president than Barack Obama, Stupak must know this, but he still caved so easily. It makes you wonder if he got a promise for something in future legislation. I would n’t be surprised after all of the backroom deals that made this bill possible.
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I’ve written this entry on blog. I apologize for the style (but not the contents!) of this letter– English is my second language.
I want my country back!
It seems like the ultra-liberals have been able to bribe and coerce enough congress-scumbags to pass the Obamacare. And as I said before, there would be hell to pay for this monstrosity. Obamacare is the very definition of unlimited government – the threat of which was forwarned by the Founding Fathers more than two centuries ago. The federal government, which is up to its neck in debt and unfunded liabilities, decided to launch the biggest entitlement of all times – the medical care for all. The spending on this new entitlement will surely dwarf many if not most of Federal programs and will make the bankruptcy of federal and state governments inevitable. The time of reckoning is at hand, brothers and sisters. Obamacare is the last breath of the liberal order – and it’s time to take America back from the party of thieves and looters.
All patriots of this nation must stand together and fight back. United we will win! There is no blue or red America anymore – there are only those that believe in America the beautiful, America the free, America the shining city on the hill – and those that believe in welfare socialism and government tyranny. Today, we fight not only for our personal well-being – but for the dignity and honor of this country, for the right to look into the eyes of our children and say – we defended this nation from the perils of socialism. In November 2010, we will answer the crucial questions of our times – are American people worthy of the efforts of the Founding Fathers? Will American people have to right to proudly say “We are Americans” – or they will forever live in infamy and indignity of welfare socialism?
I am glad that the Democratic Party passed the Rubicon. From now on, there is no coming back for the liberal elites, no talk of compromise and middle-ground. Today, it is abundantly clear that we either will live in Obama-America or America that our Founding Father envisioned. You cannot have both.
The November elections will be the most important elections in our lifetime. If you don’t vote for America in November – you don’t deserve to be called an American.
Written by a Russian immigrant who loves America and who loves freedom.
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Stupak is a tool. He sold out the unborn for a piece of paper that isn’t worth a thing. I think of Neville Chamberlain coming back from Munich.
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He must have been promised something later on, don’t you think? Either that or he was just enjoying his 15 minutes of fame. He is a sell out either way.
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