There aren’t very many Democrats left with actual principles, and the price Bart Stupak has paid for his anti-abortion stand goes a long way toward explaining why:
Leading a revolt against President Barack Obama’s healthcare legislation over abortion has been a ‘living hell’ for Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) … The telephone lines in his Washington and district offices have been “jammedâ€? and he’s gotten more than 1,500 faxes and countless e-mails — most of which he says don’t come from his constituents.
And the harassment hasn’t been restricted to his office:
The fight has taken a toll on his wife, who has disconnected the phone in their home to avoid harassment. ‘All the phones are unplugged at our house — tired of the obscene calls and threats. She won’t watch TV,’ Stupak said during an hourlong interview with The Hill in his Rayburn office. ‘People saying they’re going to spit on you and all this. That’s just not fun.’
Such are the wages of principle in the Democrat Party, but Stupak says he won’t cave. The same cannot be said for some of the other “principled” Democrats.
Other anti-abortion-rights Democrats have said they’ll support the Senate bill … Rep. Dale Kildee, another Democrat from Michigan known for opposing abortion, released a statement on Wednesday supporting the Senate bill, which he said would prevent federal funds from going to abortion services.
I guess we’ll find out some time later what Kildee sold out for. Thirty pieces of silver perhaps? Or maybe he just got tired of the death threats from “open-minded progressives.”
[ht Michelle Malkin]
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