jefferson_dem
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Mon Mar-22-10 05:45 AM
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Stupak stands up for health care reform, announces opposition to Republican motion to recommit |
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Run time: 02:47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5szuqPxaTs
Posted on YouTube: March 22, 2010
By YouTube Member: 912erSTL
Views on YouTube: 149
Posted on DU: March 22, 2010
By DU Member: jefferson_dem
Views on DU: 849 | The "baby killer" comment happens at around the 1:14 mark.
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Mon Mar-22-10 06:21 AM
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1. At first, I thought, "OK, redeemed." |
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Then I thought, "Wait a minute. It took this guy 3 months to figure out whose side he was on?"
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Mon Mar-22-10 07:19 AM
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2. he is definitely a pro-life person...but he knew he had to move forward, and |
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"sending the bill to committee" would effectively kill it. And so he took a very progressive viewpoint on this, and defended the women and children (born and unborn) whose lives would have been in jeopardy if we didn't pass healthcare.
This was his finest moment, and I am so proud he did this.
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Mon Mar-22-10 11:37 AM
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3. Good for him, doing the right thing, and emphatically. |
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Took long enough, but you know what? Like Josh Marshall wrote today, results are all that matter.
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Mon Mar-22-10 11:42 AM
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4. He really did a good job laying out the difference between "pro-life" dems and republics. |
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I enjoyed that moment, greatly JD. :toast: to Stupak. <<<< Never thought I'd say that. ;)
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