Stupak to Retire, Betting Pool on His ‘Next Job’ Now Open
by PubliusFrom the Associated Press:
Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, targeted for defeat by Tea Party activists for his crucial role in securing House approval of the health care overhaul, said Friday he would retire from Congress this year.
The nine-term congressman told The Associated Press he could have won re-election and insisted he wasn’t being chased from the race by the Tea Party Express, which is holding rallies this week in his northern Michigan district calling for his ouster. Instead, Stupak said he was tired after 18 years in office and wanted to spend more time with his family.
“The Tea Party did not run me out,” he said in a telephone interview. “If you know me and my personality, I would welcome the challenge.”
Stupak, 58, said he had considered retirement for years but was persuaded to stay in Congress because of the prospect of serving with a Democratic majority and helping win approval of the health care overhaul, which he described as his top legislative priority.
“I’ve fought my whole career for health care and thanks to Barack Obama and my colleagues, we’ve gotten it done,” he said.
A political moderate, Stupak is known for an independent streak that sometimes put him at odds with his party’s leadership. He voted against the North American Free Trade Agreement and an assault weapons ban in the 1990s, despite appeals from then-President Bill Clinton.
During the health care debate, Stupak emerged as spokesman and chief negotiator for Democrats who withheld support from Obama’s plan because they feared it would allow public funding of abortions.
After the president agreed to sign an executive order pledging no federal funding of elective abortions covered by private insurance, Stupak’s bloc cast the votes that provided the legislation’s narrow victory.
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Now that's what I call a "bail out".
Screw us all over then bail on us.
stupak is like the guy who passes gas in the elevator and gets off, leaving the stench behind for others to endure.
So, anyone know how much cash he has in his Campaing funds?
ie… how many pieces of Silver?
what position did the prez offer him? Where will he turn up. This country has lost its mind! Vote them all out.
He had $300K as of the end of the year.
http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/HSRefreshCand...
Term Limits is the answer to this BS. Everyone needs to vote out the incumbants for the next 20 years. It's high time to reset Congress with fresh faces every election cycle. Stop the career politicians at the ballot box.
If they truly want to see what it's like to live in the world they created, make them earn a real paycheck alongside WE THE PEOPLE and endure the policies they've been shoving down our throats.
Bet he will have a pension for 18 years that far and away exceeds anyone in the private sector here. Why bother working when you have that kind of income. He may not return to Congress but I doubt Menominee MI will roll out the red carpet for the prodigal son. It is really hard to hide in a small town.
no it wasn't the teaparty that drove him out, it was his concious!
He'll get a high level consulting job at HHS related to bioethics.
Pity the opportunity to vote him out never came. Anyone who buys into that EO has no business in Congress making law when they have no clue as to how the law works.
First Dem fatality for passing "health care", many more to come.
Chicken dooky, should have run so his constituents could vote against him.
he must have got a good deal for his vote on health care
to spend more time with family hmmmm must be the do all excuse
Trm limits and NO PENSIONS !!!!! These are the people we need to vote in !!! Put into your 401k like the rest of us ….
He was going to run for re-election until Obama said he would campaign for him.
Next job. Cleaning guy to Planned Parenthood.
I guess the "unborn screems" in his head are getting to him…
Stupak is a "CAT" – period ! Be a man STU !!! You voted for this crap now BE A MAN and stnd up for it !!!
CAT CAT CAT !!!!!!! Will anyone in the media see what hie retirement is please ?
Stupak had the opportunity to be remembered as a patriot, man of honor, who stood for what he believed in. Instead- he will be remembered as a sellout, spineless, typical politician. Well, he certainly will have a lot of peers in that bracket…sad, but somehow not surprising…
Stupidpak = Benedict Arnold….
Kiss Pelosi on her butt and you get hanged by your nads!
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"what position did the prez offer him?",……….?????????
Judy, Judy , Judy,………….the position is located under a bus.
If you ever smoked,………..what good is a match stick after your square has been lit.
Stupid sellout Stupak good riddance
off topic: Stevens to retire this summer….another circus for yet another progressive/libtard justice?? yep
LOL 100+
It does not matter WHAT job he was promised or gets later. He has to answer to God on judgment day.
Democrats don't have a conscience.
Many thanks to the Tea Party Express Tour!
Good riddance to another turncoat…
I was hoping he'd run again as an incumbant. There was no way he'd get re-elected, the Rs would gain his seat for sure. Now he has screwed us yet again because the Dems can put up a candidate who might be attractive to the unions.
Stupak will get a job on a Death Panel probably. Heard about Stevens going off the Supreme Court, and Cass, commie nudger, Sunsteen is being mentioned as replacement.
Don't forget about the $578 million in earmarks he requested!
http://www.twiceright.com/2010/4/9/so-long-stupak/in/politics/by/ethan
He got money for a couple airports in his district
"………but was persuaded to stay in Congress because of the prospect of serving with a Democratic majority,…."
And quit because being surrounded by a "Democratic Majority" turned out to be,……………..
not all that he had imagined,………………………..
I pray his family will have to endure the humiliation that he,…………
has heaped upon himself,…………………..
Stupek,………….????? an ' i' and the 'd' in your name in lieu of the 'e' and the 'k' would clearly define,…….
your role in this your 18th year as a congressman.
At least he is a liberal, replacing a lib with a lib does nothing to the balance in the court
The Tea Party is doing nothing until they start at the state level to get term limits on the ballot. City, County, State and Federal two terms and out from Dog catcher to Congress. No retirement benifits and health care only as long as they are in office. Running one set of CAREER POLITICIANS out to elect another is insanity.
SORRY it should read,………"will NOT have to endure,…………"
He should fit right in at SEIU or the IBEW, he has no trouble with lies. His whole deal of holding out due to abortion was a joke anyway.
So another McCain bites the dust. No its time for Sen. Spectre to see the light.
As with any discredited politicians' demise, blame is the first casualty of reason. The voters of Michigan who elected this wretch, you will be the ones in Stupaks' cross-hairs. That's ALWAYS the case–It's wasn't HIS reckless decisions that caused his problems, it's that silly electorate that caught him—-THAT YOU—JUST GET READY, YOU'RE TO BLAME !
Keep in mind: just because Stoogepak is stepping down, doesn't mean the libs will let up. This is basically a party purge for them.
I just hope the voters in his district remember that it wasn't just Stupak that sold them down the river…IT WAS THE DEMOCRATS, period. No new candidate in that party is going to change it…they'll probably be even MORE liberal.
Make the "D" by any candidate's name – ANY – stand for "denied" in November.
He won't be the LAST progressive to leave come this November!
What a wussy, give Obammy what he wants then haul ass out of office! TRAITOR!!!
Or I'm sure he's capable of heading the San Frisco Bay bio solids project were they're giving away free human waste—maybe Nancy's in there, too!
I was wondering the same thing….We'll find out soon enough!…
I agree, it has nothing to do with conscience….He was offered a bribe by Obumble or someone else!
Would only add that… any politicians who fail to live up to their sworn oath to uphold our Constitution suffer very dire consequences- prosecution and jail time… and never be allowed to become a lobbyist or hold a job in any way related to government business.
it's a great day to live in Marquette and go across town to watch him retire.
"Stupak said he was tired after 18 years in office and wanted to spend more time with his family."
Just curious, Congressman Stupak – have you asked your family how they feel about that idea?
More like getting an offer he couldn't refuse.
He can retire but he has to still look at himself in the mirror everyday, unfortunately for him, that mirror is no longer a friend. I want to feel sorry for him but I feel sorry for our country and the damage he has allowed.
Stupak is a soul less coward. He is the poster child for today's liberal. A devious, spineless, hypocritical bastard who will sell his soul for 30 pieces of Obama's silver.
And you liberals keep voting for them, you are morons.
It is a fallacy that politicians "live" in areas other than inside the beltway when they have served this many years. Just like Evan Bayh, Stupak LIVES IN D.C. After so many years politicians become part of the ruling class beltway royalty and could give a rats butt about us average American taxpayer. Stupak will retire to some cushy government job with his campaign warchest intact, ready to be donated to some charity run by his wife no doubt.
Beat me to it.
Hello – where you been? –
http://www.facebook.com/#!/benishekforcongress
Well remember who Dennis Ku-sen-ache talked to before he became a "cat" too !!! EVERYONE but the people !!!
How does scumbag sunsteen qualify for the Supreme Court?
I think John, along with the rest of us, have been buried under all the crap that keeps getting piled up on us all!!
EJECT EJECT EJECT
Now we get to see what kind of parachute they offered him. Probably wont' know until November unless they are clueless. Ok we will probably know by next week.
Looks like the ships sinking and the rats are jumping to safety.
I got mine, screw you morons.
Bart "Mo' Money" Stupak
he will always be remembered as a sell-out …. This is what I will teach my children of what not to be !
You got that right OCG. Actually I've been focusing on the replacement of Suzanne Kosmas here in my district in Florida. And the next district over where we need to replace Alan Grayson. I don't want to take my attention away from these two critical races, but it is good to be aware of who's running in the others, so thanks to Sizie Q.
None of this two-term crap either. One and you're out, then the "networking" that becomes such a bane to the independence of these traitors is less likely to occur. No pensions. What private-sector job has anyone had that gives them a pension after working it for four or six years?
I want the square in the pool that says, "Death Panel Commissioner" for Stupid's next job. By the way, I am certain that he can garner two federal pensions if he plays his cards right.
He'll probably buy their "protection" and "affection" on his way out, if he hsan't already.
He is going to show up somewhere in the white house, whether it be as a part of Obama's team or as a lobbyist. He made a deal for himself and he should be prosecuted for selling his vote.
In his 18-year career, Stupak now has a postive achievement: laying down so the conservative mission to wrest control of our country from lefties gone wild may focus time-effort-money on other Congressional races.
Believe I read where Bawney Fwank may be considering retirement. Let's help his opponent to allow Bawney to spend more time on his "hobbies."
Bart Stupak will probably end up with a lucrative lobbying job for a time but he will always be remembered as the man who sold out his own principles under pressure. No one like a traitor, even the side who benefits from the traitor's action. He is of no value to the administration at this point.. He has proven his true colors and no one has place for a turncoat with blood on his hands.
Surgeon General?
First of all, if your avatar is correct, thank you for your service.
Respectfully, I have to disagree on term limits. If Americans do their job of staying informed and vote based on that information, term limits will not be necessary. I view term limits as another narcotic for the uninformed which the Republic cannot stand.
I hope Stupak got a nice framed copy of Obamao's Executive Order. Hang on to it Bart. The frame is the only part with any value.
The CYA Czar!!
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Stupak is as Stupak does.
So what happens with that money if he retires???
Is it just me, or is there a higher rate of retirement this year by our Congressmen?
That's correct. Every time we elect somebody they get a pension for life. Cut thier pensions.
His new postion will be CEO of Planned Parenthood !!
It will be a golden parachute
"A political moderate"… uh, there is absolutely nothing moderate about Obamacare. "Independent Streak"–is that what you call it when you vote with your party down the line after being bullied and shamed into it by Rachel Maddow?
It's a shame we couldn't see him get thrown out. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe he compared Obama's executive order to the Emancipation Proclamation.. every time I say that I start laughing. I know it's not funny but I can't react any other way.
I think he must have gotten a job in the WH for this. Let's hope that the republicans were right, if you sold your vote in exchange for a cushy job, expect to have many hurdles to climb on your way there.
Message to Bart: Why wait……Just resign today and will hold a special election to fill your seat.
* VICTORIAN EUPHEMISMS FOR "PROSTITUTE"…….poule-de-luxe, nymph of the pavement, judy, tail, nemmer *
Attn: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Inc.
From: Majority of (legal) voting U.S. Citizens.
Re: Please add ASAP the word ………."Stupak"…………to above list.
he a fellow traveler like Obama. Remember, a supreme court justice does not have to be a lawyer or judge. Hell, Obama could appoint Oprah, all they have to do is get past the senate.
Scumbag, chicken sh1t, coward, couldn't handle the voters handing him the pink slip. coward coward coward.
What a nice way of telling the people: "FU! I never did care about you."
This just shows the integrity of this guy, nothing there!!!
But, I for one am glad he will be gone!!!!
ROTFLMAO…!!!
Indubitably…!!!
As angry as people are now, that would be an exceptionally BAD idea…
I bet someone is doing a feasibility study in the Administration at this very minute…
Workin' on it…
Go Linda Goldthorpe! (She's one of 3 Republicans vying for Bart's job, and quite fiery!)
Send him all our love…just don't get arrested…
That money must remain in his political action account for him to use either on himself for a later election (which we all know will never happen) or he can donate it back to the Democratic Party so they can use it elsewhere. All of this money is "political action money" so Stupak cannot use one thin dime for his own personal use.
I see him sitting on the couch, his belt loose, his hand down the front of his pants…clicking the remote, looking for Shane on TV…
Stupak has become Al Bundy….!!
According to his words in his pathetic press conference….he has been fighting for 18 years to make HEALTHCARE A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEDGE! This Regime and it's cronies are nothing but total and complete liars….but we already know that. What a scam!
Ewwww…..
BAD mental image…!!!
Where's my brain bleach and eyeball icepick…??
ROTFLMAO…!!
That's one more…and it isn't even November…
Tick, tock…tick, tock…tick, tock…
“I’ve fought my whole career for health care and thanks to Barack Obama and my colleagues, we’ve gotten it done,” he said.
So he's gotten health care "done" now? What a half-wit. You can guarantee that he will have earned millions for himself with his moral collapse on the Obamacare vote. Just disgusting.
Not quite the fate of Judas, but close enough.
Hey Stupak ! !
Sandpaper,bleach or battery acid will not remove that poop stain off your stinkin scnozz you brown noser.
You could have retired with pride and dignity for standing and fighting for the unborn but you couldn't take the threats
from big mean nancy Pee and hairy reed.And they were the only ones threatening you too.What a legacy you leave.
May you live long and not prosper.
You are Kaputs-Hey, that's your goofy name spelled backward.
A coward and a liar. With those credentials, he'll turn up as a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood.
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