Stupak is as Stupak Does .....

Last Saturday I took part in a demonstration which clearly demonstrated that the vast majority of the voters in this country were and are strongly opposed to the Senate healthcare bill. In spite of this, the House last night passed the legislation by a margin of 219 to 212.

Several days ago I predicted that Bart Stupak of the 1st Congressional district of Michigan would cave and so it transpired. So that was not remarkable in itself. What was remarkable though, almost to the apex of incredulity, was the manner of his capitulation.

For those readers on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean and the mouth-breathers in Lake Havasu City, I should explain that Congressman Stupak pretends to be of the “Pro-Life” persuasion and for several weeks he has objected to the inclusion of federal funding for abortion. Clearly this stance worried Obama as well as Nancy Pelosi and her whips especially as about a dozen other Democrat representatives reportedly stood with Stupak.

He, Stupak, resolutely maintained that promises to change legislation after the fact were not good enough for him and demanded actual verbiage before the vote. Cutting to the chase, Obama promised to issue an “Executive Order” banning the use of federal funds in order to kill babies. And, based on this, Stupak caved. Now even “Stupak the Stupid” must be aware of two problems with this subterfuge.

For a start, assuming that the order is issued and that, given Obama’s proclivity for Chicago-style political thuggery, is itself questionable but he could just as well rescind it at any time by claiming that it was untenable.

Now, on that issue, Obama may well be right as it is certain that the Abortion lobby would immediately file suit in Federal Court. There it is almost certain that their side would prevail as the court would rule that the law of the land trumps Executive Orders. Now I don’t know if Stupak figured all this out or not but it gave him the “out” he needed and he folded.

But, he can still claim to be standing by his principles. I don’t know about you but whenever I hear liberal politicians talk about principles or "love of country", I know we’re about to be shafted.

It is also rumored that 3 airports in Stupak’s district have been awarded a chunk of federal funding. Coincidence? Not in my book.

I listened to John McCain this morning on a local radio station who started to talk about repealing the entire healthcare monstrosity. For those from outside of Arizona, I should explain that he is in a dogfight to retain his party’s nomination when his Senate term is up in November. And with fuzzy thinking like that, I’m bound to say that it’s time for him to step aside.

Even assuming that Republicans exceed their wildest expectations in the mid-terms in November, it would take a two-thirds majority in both the House and the Senate to override a presidential veto. Simply put; that’s not going to happen.

So Obama will sign the bill tomorrow and, in the meantime, the action moves back to the Senate as the so-called “Reconciliation” proceedings get under way. I, for one, do not expect to see all the bribes such as the “Cornhusker kickback” or the “Louisiana Purchase” withdrawn. And, if they are not, again you’ll see challenges in Federal Court based upon a provision in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution which states that “all duties, imposts and exercises shall be uniform throughout the United States”.

In other words, everybody is supposed to be screwed equally which should make you feel better.

Not !!!!!!!