Rebels With A Cause
by digby
Do you know these two women? You should. They are two pro-choice women challenging Bart Stupak and Joe Pitts, of the notorious Stupak-Pitts Amendment-- Connie Saltonstall and Lois Herr.
You can contribute to Saltonstall and Herr online. Somebody needed to stand up and they did. If you've got a couple of bucks to spare, I'm sure they would be grateful. I'm certainly grateful to them for doing it.
Update: I think one of the problems with Stupak may just be that he's an utter moron on top of being a liar. Not a good combination.
Update II: Here's more idiocy:
Stupak notes that his negotiations with House Democratic leaders in recent days have been revealing. “I really believe that the Democratic leadership is simply unwilling to change its stance,” he says. “Their position says that women, especially those without means available, should have their abortions covered.” The arguments they have made to him in recent deliberations, he adds, “are a pretty sad commentary on the state of the Democratic party.”
What are Democratic leaders saying? “If you pass the Stupak amendment, more children will be born, and therefore it will cost us millions more. That’s one of the arguments I’ve been hearing,” Stupak says. “Money is their hang-up. Is this how we now value life in America? If money is the issue — come on, we can find room in the budget. This is life we’re talking about.”
This is bullshit we're talking about.
The sad commentary is that this person is either too stupid to understand the two amendment or is just blatantly lying in everyone's faces.
The good news is that he acknowledges that the rest of his phony pro-life gang is wavering and may vote for the bill which doesn't guarantee anything but it's at least a little hopeful.
He's also worried about the future of pro-life Democrats. I would be too if I were him. If they are actually so confused that they think a bill which restricts access to abortions for 15 million or so women adds up to more abortions then they have much bigger problems. Cognitive problems.
On the other hand, if they plan to dishonestly and opportunistically leverage their little gang to further restrict a woman's right to choose, they may not find themselves quite as successful as they have been in the past. This gambit on Stupak and Nelson revealed them to be anything but principled players acting out of religions conviction.
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