This is what happens to you if you try to think...if you try to stick to your core values and principles in the Democrat Party.
If you don't keep in line they shit-can you...they make threats....even if you're just doing what your constituents want.
You don't often see this kind of bile and vitriol from conservatives...that's for sure.
All the phones are unplugged at our house tired of the obscene calls and threats. She wont watch TV, Stupak said during an hourlong interview with The Hill in his Rayburn office. People saying theyre going to spit on you and all this. Thats just not fun.
Stupak has become a nationally known figure because of his demands for tough language in healthcare legislation to prevent any federal subsidies from being used for abortion services.
He voted for the House healthcare bill in November after leaders met his demands, but has vowed to lead a group of 12 Democrats in voting against the Senate healthcare bill.
Stupak deems language in the Senate bill too weak on restricting federal funds from being used for abortion services.
Stupak said he didnt anticipate how big the abortion issue would become during the healthcare reform debate, nor did he figure to find himself a household name.
Im a little surprised, Stupak said.
The worst part has been the pressure from groups and individuals from outside his district on Michigans Upper Peninsula.
Hows it been? Like a living hell, Stupak said.
Stupak: It?s been ?a living hell? - TheHill.com
If you don't keep in line they shit-can you...they make threats....even if you're just doing what your constituents want.
You don't often see this kind of bile and vitriol from conservatives...that's for sure.