Stupak Got Conned or Did He?

Executive Order Not Valid?

Well, it looks like Rep. Bart Stupak and the other six Represtatives that followed him blindly got taken, or did they? I don't know if they did or not, but if they were not conned, then they should be really ashamed of themselves. Think about it Stupak agreed to having President Obama give an executive order that would prevent Federally funded abortion in the new Health Care program that was passed yesterday by the House 219-212. What if those seven Democrats had not caved or been misled about the executive order? The vote would have still been 219-212 but AGAINST the Health Care Bill.

Well here is what Planned Parenthood has to say about the executive order.

Planned Parenthood calls it a "symbolic gesture," and says "it is critically important to note that it does not include the Stupak abortion ban."

And here is what pro-choice Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette had to say:

Rep. DeGette, who screamed so loudly when the Stupak amendment passed, said she had no problem with the executive order because "it doesn't change anything."

And you know what, she is right. In review is seems and executive order cannot change the law. Once the bill was passed last night it doesn't matter that President Obama passed an executive order today or tomorrow, it doesn't count.

"In signing on to this sham order, the Stupak people signed their death warrant as a force within their party. In an America where a majority now describe themselves as pro-life, they have put legislative accommodations on abortion further out of reach. At least in the near future, they have ensured the Democrats will become even more uniformly pro-choice, and our national debate more polarized."


"And that's a tragedy for our politics as well as for our principles."

Now, who did and who didn't know the rules of the game? I don't know if we will ever find out, but it goes to show you politicians will eat their own when needed.