Report: Lib Rep. Bart Stupak Considering Retirement
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 6:13 AM
Part-time pro-lifer Bart Stupak is contemplating retirement after his tumultuous year. The Michigan democrat delivered the crucial votes on Obamacare.
CatholicVoteAction.org reported:
NBC’s political hotsheet, First Read, is reporting that Rep. Bart Stupak, who delivered the crucial votes to pass the pro-abortion Senate healthcare bill, is considering retirement.
Stupak to call it quits? With just a few days to go before the end of this recess, House Democrats are cautiously optimistic that they could get through it without a single retirement announcement. That said, there is still a concern that some important incumbents in districts that they are uniquely suited could call it quits. At the top of the concern list this week: Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak. The Democrat best known this year as the Democrat who delivered the winning margin of votes for the president’s health-care reform bill is said to be simply exhausted. The criticism he received — first from the left, and then from the right — has worn him and his family out. And if he had to make the decision now, he’d probably NOT run. As of this writing, a bunch of senior Democrats (many of the same ones who twisted his arm on the health care vote) are trying to talk him into running. The filing deadline in Michigan is still a month away, but veterans of that state’s politics are skeptical anyone other than Stupak can hold that district in this political climate.
ADVERTISEMENT
-
Featured Story:
Obama Campaign National Co-Chair Admits Giving Students Credit For Volunteering to Elect Democrats
Published February 22, 2012 at 4:19 pm - 32 Comments
GrayRider commented:
Retirement…the last refuge for non-principled corrupt politicians. How happy are you that you’ll be paying his lifetime pension for the betrayl of delivering ObamaCare on a silver platter.
No Man commented:
It must be really nice to be able to retire.
I think many of his constituents are considering what they will do given the fact they will never find a job.
He gets to fat cat it. We will live in poverty.
Swifty commented:
He really should spend more time with his family.
Kevin P commented:
Stupak is as Stupak does.
Coward.
ADVERTISEMENT
J commented:
Run, stupak, run…..away.
olm commented:
Oh, poor little Bart. Let’s have a pity party.
This Democrat party and every stinking member of it deserve every bit of the price they are paying for their unprincipled actions of the past year.
I don’t even care if this seat remains Democrat, Stupak asked for and is getting everything he is now experiencing.
Lauren commented:
I agree with GrayRider. Retirement benefits for these low-lifes should be halted. The pity is that Stupak had a chance to be a great American hero, and blew it. And for what? The stigma of being associated with a bill designed to destroy the American economy. Now he doesn’t want to spend his pension money on an election he’d be sure to lose. So yes, retirement is a likely ending to a dismal career.
Sandy commented:
This might be another Stupak ploy to see how much money he can garner from the Unions.
However, after you sell your principles to give the thugs what they want. They don’t need you anymore. If you stand for something you might turn some people off — if you stand for nothing you turn everybody off.
newton commented:
Retirement… Nah…
Exile’s better.
Sandy commented:
Doesn’t Stupak get to keep his campaign donations if he doesn’t run?
Anita commented:
Obama is responsible for destruction of not only our Country but also democrat-party by forcing them to follow his destructive policies.
I think it ‘s his race that partly responsible for democrat-elders not coming out to call O’s bluff & warning others to save themselves.
Constitution Hugger commented:
How many retirements does that make now since Barry took office, 3?
Becky commented:
I would think his integrity is beyond repair, and would render him impotent in any future serious debates.
He certainly seems as disgraced as any politician I can think of in my lifetime.
Using the family excuse is weak, he did it to his family, not the public.
gus commented:
None of the children aborted with tax payer funds EVER get to RETIRE.
bill-tb commented:
Corrupt politician wants to collect his corrupt payoff job …
wow commented:
SandyNo Gravatar
April 7th, 2010 | 10:12 am | #10
Yes he does. He also gets a pension and other perks for life… paid for by us.
chuck in st paul commented:
It’s already been considered, seconded, and passed by voice vote. It’s call the Tea Party. Buh bye.
Seansie commented:
May he be hounded in retirement. May he be hounded until his death. May his grave be pissed on regularly. May his life never be comfortable again. Such is the fate of tyrants… WE WILL NOT FORGET.
Cynic commented:
He ruined his credibility when he said he’d vote against health care and then voted for it. We will just have to wait and see what he does.
Truth and fact are not a part of his rhetoric. Deception is the rule.
averagemelon commented:
Modern day Judas. Collect your pieces of silver. At least Judas felt the shame of his betrayal.
Yep, time to take the “career” out of politics and end all “retirement” benefits as well as all other perks. You SERVE the ELECTED and then step aside.
Michel commented:
Hillarious display of Stupak Derangement Syndrome.
kansas commented:
This prick gets to retire on our dime, and most of us have to delay retirement because of stupid ass policies guys like him supported. And yeah troll breath, it’s Stupak Derangement Syndrome. I hate these moveon paid dick wads.
sliderblaze commented:
dont let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya
Jim commented:
Guess it’s better to retire than get fired. Don’t matter though as long as we are rid of one more POS!
Sojourner commented:
.. i’m sure the Party of Death will find a spot for their lowlife tool in some niche of statist influence. A cushy lobbying job with Planned Parenthood Action Group, ambassador to the Vatican or possibly Father Jenkins will dedicate a Domer Distinguished Scholar Chair for the old heel at Notre Dame…they’ll safely deliver their boy to a place where he can continue to ‘serve’ the Ministry of Reproductive Propaganda under the noble banner of ‘social justice’ without exhausting himself further with the business of selling out his country.
Chisum commented:
Um, foreign troll (Michel), have you seen this?
Can you even comprehend what it means? Or are you only capable of leaving stupid comments?
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/07/gallup-gop-enthusiasm-still-increasing-for-midterms/
Tammy commented:
I was in Sault Ste Marie two weeks ago.
THEY HATE STUPAK.
He’s toast.
Warthog commented:
Michel
April 7th, 2010 | 11:14 am | #22
Hillarious display of Stupak Derangement Syndrome.
What a lame-ass troll.
Nobody here blames Stupak for anything but being the deciding vote on Obamacare. That, however, is more than enough. Is it wrong to hope for retribution for his perfidity? Nope. In fact, here’s a little curse from me: May he get sick and have to live under the system he created for the rest of us.
(I’m just vindictive that way…)
Warthog commented:
Now, to make up for it, here’s a joke.
What’s the difference between a dead possum in the road and and a [fill in the blank] in the road?
The skid marks leading up to the possum.
(Use your imagination…)
Militant Conservative commented:
Michel
April 7th, 2010 | 11:14 am | #22
You are one, WE are many. WE have values and ethics, your kind has no honor. Hide and watch like the weasels that you are. powder is dry
sliderblaze commented:
Warthog, omg thats wreckless hate speach… must be “fill in the blank” derangement syndrome
Estragon commented:
Having established himself as the man who sold his own soul for a couple of airport runways, how is he ever going to top that?
Remember, in one of the meetings last year, when House Democrats raised the issue of public opposition (then, approaching 50%) to the health bills, wondering if they could avoid a 1994-like debacle, Rep. Berry says Obama told them the difference between then and now is “You’ve got me.”
Yes, they do, and there he be, hanging ’round their necks like the dead albatross of yore.
myohmy commented:
That guy is a disgrace and a fraud.
ar05075 commented:
..LOL.!!..Stupak is Kaputs…LOL.!!
Michel commented:
“WE have values and ethics”
That’s like some used sandwich salesman calling himself “Honest Bob” …
Big Yawn …
Richard Aubrey commented:
I’m presuming that his retirement will be fattened somehow.
Ditto all the other losers who sold their votes. You don’t “sell” for nothing.
OTOH, what if Pelosi & Obama had enough on these clowns that they could force their vote completely without promise of reward?
That would be scary.
Bob commented:
I’m sure Obama promised him a good job.
jerryl commented:
lets see the people who voted for these so cal;led prolife dems who in reality are far from prolife vote them back in
American Elephant commented:
Fixed it for you.
Robb76 commented:
What the hell, he had his picture taken with “THE ONE” Who cares about a few more murdered babies?
S/off
Ricky Vines commented:
Judas hanged himself.
Richard Romano commented:
Part-time pro-liferBart Stupak
Heh!
NavyMom commented:
Here’s your hat; what’s your hurry?
jonyjoe101 commented:
Maybe he will move to France like all the corrupt Mexican politicians do when they retire.
Scott Wiggins commented:
He’s a drama queen…Love all the attention he got when he was grandstanding his “opposition” to the healthcare takeover…I suspect he’ll go to a seven figure lobbying job. Remember how the media and Obama were so anti-lobbyists. Key word “were.”
Scott Wiggins commented:
The democratic party, Satan’s defenders of “partial birth abortion.” Bart Stupak, useful idiot and the devil’s helper. I’m sure he’ll go far in the Obama administration…Hey Bart, what kind of job did they promise you???
Sandy from Chesterfield commented:
No worries! I am sure George Soros has a nice spot for him at the Center for American Progress. But can they kill babies there?
Arius commented:
I say the duplicitous Bart Stupak can go to hell.