59,000 Nuns voice support for HCR. Stupack says: I don't listen to nuns. I listen to the Bishops.

[Hamlette]

Congressman Bart Stupak, D-Mich, responded sharply to White House officials touting a letter representing 59,000nuns that was sent to lawmakers urging them to pass the health care bill.

The conservative Democrat dismissed the action by the White House saying, "When I'm drafting right to life language, I don't call up the nuns." He says he instead confers with other groups including "leading bishops, Focus on the Family, and The National Right to Life Committee."

Stupak also maintains that he still has a solid group of 12 House Democrats who will go along with him and vote against the reconciliation package if there isn't a ban on taxpayer-funded abortion.

He met with them Tuesday and said the White House has not successfully peeled off any of them.

The Michigan lawmakers carries the list of the 12 lawmakers allied with him in his pocket, "K Street thinks they know who is on the list. They don't. There are some surprises on there."

http://congress.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/17/rep-stupak-dismisses-letter-from-nuns/

Seems quite obvious he's a sexist pig.

Time to donate to his primary challenger.

[wryter2000]

1. Who's his primary challenger?

Damn, this is going to cost me money. :evilgrin:

[DevonRex]

5. I can totally relate.

Good grief, I have just about hit my limit already and it's only March. Not that I can afford to give a whole lot to begin with. But some of these jerks just need to go.

[Maru Kitteh]

28. And this jerk just made 1st place on my list!

This guy makes me want to hit something with an aluminum bat. Preferably something of his, bodily or otherwise, just as long as it's really valuable to him.

Could you be a little more of a misogynistic pig Stupak?

[Kber]

38. Connie Saltonstall

Here's the link to her campaign website and some additional information about her.

http://www.conniesaltonstall.com/

NOW, BlueAmerica Back Stupak Challenger
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/17/now-blueamerica-back-stup_n_502952.html
The National Organization for Women is getting behind the candidacy of Connie Saltonstall, a Democrat challenging Rep. Bart Stupak (Mich.) in a primary campaign. Stupak, who has been leading a campaign against health care reform because the final bill doesn't include an abortion amendment he wrote, may be the first politician to draw a primary opponent for his position on health care.

Saltonstall has been endorsed by BlueAmerica PAC, a top clearinghouse for online donations, and is reaching out to the blogosphere, holding a live-chat Wednesday afternoon at Crooks and Liars hosted by digby.

"I absolutely think she can win," NOW President Terry O'Neill told HuffPost. "NOW women in Michigan are very excited about her."

Michigan voters, said O'Neill, are "appalled" that Stupak would try to derail health care in a state with surging numbers of uninsured, and use the health care debate as an opportunity to roll back abortion rights. Stupak's district leans

[laughingliberal]

2. Misogynist asshole! nt

[wryter2000]

18. You nailed it on more than one level n/t

n/t

[SharonAnn]

36. He thinks Patriarchy reigns supreme. If the nuns go on strike, it will be noticed.

If the bishops go on strike it won't be noticed.

I call BULL--IT on Patriarchy in all its forms!

[DevonRex]

3. He confers with Focus on the Family??? Just like my bumper sticker reads

I say, "Mr. Stupak, Focus On Your OWN Damn Family." And keep your nose out of mine and everybody else's family.

[tsuki]

4. He don't listen to farking wimmen. The cult he is a member of won't let him.

[ensho]

6. kick

nt

[Deep13]

7. The cock-punching will now begin!

What a piece of shit.

[bulloney]

8. That's right. Who knows more about a woman's body than a bunch of celibate bishops?

Stupak logic is becoming the biggest oxymoron in our language.

[tavalon]

10. Celibate Bishops?

I'm not at all sure that holds up to scrutiny.

[FSogol]

12. Celibate Bishops = Iranian Moderates = Army Intelligence = Rational Republicans =

:shrug:

[tavalon]

16. Yep, you entirely got my post!

:headbang:

[tavalon]

9. And no one listens to you, Stupid

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. he was bitching about the abuse he and his little woman had to deal with

"The Little Lady had to unplug the phone," because so many people were calling him at all hours and complaining about his stance.

Duh! You take a stupak position on something important, and that's the reaction you earn, stupid. Wait. I have that reversed somehow.

[hedgehog]

13. That's OK. When the time comes, it won't be a bishop who

will be tending to Rep. Stupak, it will be a sister or more likely a lay person.

[tavalon]

20. And if I am his nurse, I will treat him with the dignity afforded to all human beings

even though I doubt his humanity.

[Maru Kitteh]

29. and not one ounce more.

;)

[tavalon]

30. I've been lucky

I've never had to take care of someone I disliked a priori, but I know that I wouldn't change my care.

[hedgehog]

32. I know you wouldn't, and i know no nurse would ever mistreat a

patient in order to get revenge. I was using satire to make the point that perhaps the sisters who actually are nurses in hospitals may have a better understanding of the situation than bishops in their palaces!

[tavalon]

42. Absolutely!

[myrna minx]

14. Why would he listen to women?

:puke:

[slackmaster]

15. Never mess with nuns

[wryter2000]

21. You go, Sister Mary Rambo n/t

n/t

[ananda]

17. Sexism lives.

What a sexist asshole !

[FSogol]

19. His knuckles will really hurt when 59,000 nuns smack them with a ruler. n/t

[bulloney]

34. They're already hurting from dragging on the ground whenever he walks.

[rox63]

22. When it comes to dealing with people in need

The members of the Catholic clergy who do the actual work are most likely nuns or lay people, not bishops.

[Maraya1969]

23. Focus on the Family? With James Dobson the animal abuser? And to

top that there is no Democrat member of Focus on the Family. There needs to be more vetting done on who wants to run for the Democratic side.

[arthritisR_US]

41. animal abuser? curious here, what's that all about? n/t

[Maraya1969]

44. He beat his little dog because he said the dog was being stubborn

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/24/195415/414/610/541445

"But, Mr. Dobson might also want to reconsider his charge of "fruitcakery" given Dobson's earnest and highly enthusiastic account, in his best-selling book "The Strong Willed Child", of an epic battle between Dobson and his 12 pound miniature Dachshund "Siggie" - to force the little Weiner Dog off its napping spot on a fuzzy toilet seat cover:

As the nationally-known, alleged child-rearing expert described in his child-rearing book, Dobson was apparently initially overmatched by the wee weiner dog and so grabbed a belt. A titanic clash, between man and vicious, snarling miniature Dachshund ensued:"

[arthritisR_US]

45. OMG, I've always detested the prick but this solidifies it! thnx for the info

:hi:

[Pirate Smile]

24. What a total idiot! I listen to the guys who moved the predator Priests around from Parish to

Parish instead of the nuns on the ground who see the need for HCR. Truly pathetic.

[JackintheGreen]

25. Do you hear that, nuns?

Lock and load, brides of Christ!

[Maraya1969]

26. Time to call him and tell him you are donating to his challenger. Information here.

2268 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
[phone]
[phone] - Fax

[lonestarnot]

27. Welp they don't call them the Grand Old Perves for nutt'n.

[ProSense]

31. "Bart, however, consults the experts in controlling women: Men of privilege."

Bart Stupak: "I Don't Listen To Nuns"

Bart, however, consults the experts in controlling women: Men of privilege. "Male religious figures and far-right religious organizations," notes ThinkProgress.

[marew]

33. Right on! n/t

[rox63]

35. And supposedly celibate ones, at that

:eyes:

[Contrary1]

37. Well, they are the ones with the money...nuns, not so much. n/t

[Cleita]

39. Stands to reason that the sexist, misogynist prick doesn't feel women

are his equal to be even listened to. I hope his primary challenger is a woman and that she defeats him on this very issue of women's health.

[arthritisR_US]

40. that is one really dumb f*ck! n/t

[discopants]

43. Have Rush, Beck & Malkin attacked the 59,000 nuns today?

you know it's going to happen.