didn't anyone see this abortion war coming on before saturday? c'mmmmmon

[spanone]

didn't pelosi and the President know the 'A' bomb would be threatened?

and why did stupak, a democrat, introduce the amendment?

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Interesting questions.....Wonder what the President would say to that..

I think we need a much stronger Majority Leader in the Senate. We need a Lyndon Johnson-type. Does that exist anymore??

[coconut22]

3. We need a stronger one in the senate..

and at the head of DNC..Also,nancy I will give her a little leeway at the moment but,I am still angry about "Impeachment is off the table" among other things..

[coconut22]

2. Because he is a republicon..

he and other so called Dems are popping up like jack in the box with their last minute bullshit that they have planned with the rest of the republicons. I expect more in the senate. A lot of these senators and congressmen are millionaires or billionaires and many of them don't relate to what the rest of the country is going through and if they do they don't give a damn they are protecting their own interests.

How rich is too rich? Stupak has been showing up on different shows for months now and didn't mention a word about this abortion bullshit. He has been hearing the teabaggers all along talking about it but, all of a sudden at the last minute he wants to pretend that is outraged about something that isn't there..These people are full of it...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Yes. He is very "republicon"

Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)

Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)

Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)

Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)

Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)

Voted YES on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes. (Apr 2009)

Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)

Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)

Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)

Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)

Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)

Voted NO on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)

Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)

Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)

Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)

Voted NO on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun 2006)

Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)

Voted NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)

Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts. (Mar 2007)

Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)

Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)

Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)

Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)

[coconut22]

8. Yes,that is part of the CON...

you are being CONNED/Fooled again and you don't even know it...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. To help get the bill passed?

Just a guess.

[customerserviceguy]

6. Thanks for mentioning that

I've been predicting it for months. There are a number of treatments that are controversial in nature, and I expect them to come up for amendment floor fights, as well.

Not everything that can legally be done can be expected to be paid for by someone else.

If there were no Stupak amendment, the House bill would have been dead already. It was important to have one victory in the healthcare fight, because the House members who are for it want to be able to have the Senate to blame for it's eventual failure or watering down.

[DemBones DemBones]

9. Obama wants someone to blame, too.

Lieberman can filibuster it and nobody can control him because he's an Independent, Lieberman can then be the scapegoat for Obama and the Dems.

[customerserviceguy]

10. Perhaps so

He's probably counting on the defeat of universal healthcare to be forgotten three years from now.

[Gman]

7. I thought it was an issue but I never expected the purists to go fucking nuts over it

then again, I know to never underestimate the emotional reactions of purists.

[Lord Helmet]

11. I didn't expect it to come from democrats.

[Are_grits_groceries]

12. They didn't expect the amendment

to be so restrictive and punitive. I think a lot of people were caught off guard by the actual language of it.

In addition, the introduced at such a late time, they really put everyone over a barrel.