The anti-Stupak Express — and the backlash against Beltway incumbency
If Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak, who sold his Obamacare vote and his pro-life principles for a cheap piece of paper, thinks voters in Michigan are willing to forgive and forget, he’s sadly mistaken.
The Tea Party Express is rolling through the state — and organizers expect record numbers:
As the Tea Party Express motorcade approaches the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, local coordinators are predicting crowds of historic proportions – motivated by the betrayal of Congressman Bart Stupak.
“People are angry, they feel that Congressman Stupak betrayed them and they are determined to hold him accountable,” said Mark Williams, Chairman of the Tea Party Express.
The cities where the Tea Party Express rallies in Congressman Stupak’s district will be held are sparsely populated.
Consider the populations listed for each of these cities:
*Ironwood, MI: 6,293
*Escanaba, MI: 13,140
*Sault Sainte Marie, MI: 16,542
*Cheboygan, MI: 5,295
*Petoskey, MI: 6,080
“You are going to see a sizable percentage of the entire population of these cities turning out for these Tea Party Express rallies. That fact alone speaks to how angry people are at Congressman Stupak,” said Mark Williams of the Tea Party Express.
“One of the driving forces for the tea party movement’s momentum is a sense that the politicians in Washington, D.C. aren’t listening to the people they represent. Bart Stupak epitomizes that failing. He has become the poster child of the failed establishment politicians that so many Americans are determined to vote out of office this November,” Williams said.
The TPE will arrive in Michigan on Friday and hit 9 cities through Sunday. Details here. They’ve also hit the airwaves with $50,000 in TV and radio ads reminding constituents of Stupak’s betrayal.
Amid a swirl of rumors about his resignation, Stupak told the Detroit Free Press he’s not ready to quit yet.
Just your friendly public service reminder:
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Related: Well, lookee who’s going to cover the anti-Stupak protests and wants conservatives to know about it: The born-again objective journalists at CNN. Funny how bottom-of-the-barrel ratings can change your perspective, eh?
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Via Allahpundit, feel the anti-incumbent heat per the latest Gallup poll:
PRINCETON, NJ — A record-low percentage of U.S. voters — 28% — say most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected. The previous low was 29% in October 1992.
“Notably, independents — who could be swing voters in many districts — are the least supportive of the three party groups when it comes to re-electing their own member.”
The trend for previous midterm elections reveals that the 28% re-elect figure puts the sitting majority party in a danger zone. In the two recent midterm elections in which the congressional balance of power changed (1994 and 2006), the percentage of voters saying most members deserved to be re-elected fell below 40%, as it does today. By contrast, in 1998 and 2002, when the existing Republican majority was maintained, 55% or better held this view.
Additionally, 65% of registered voters — the highest in Gallup history, and by far the highest in any recent midterm year — now say most members of Congress do not deserve re-election.
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CNN is all over this like a cheap suit!
Are you ready to be replaced, Bart ?
I hope to see bart on the weekly un-employment line come Nov. along with many many others. We are mad and we will vote!
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In the end it will come down to how informed voters are and frankly if THEY can be bought.
Remember the effort to unseat Murtha. Stupak has to be removed by his constituents, not us. We’ll see.
I don’t want him to quit I want him defeated I want a big loud message sent out for all those people who come after them – you don’t get to punk the American Public and get away with it.
What Stupak did was sleazy, he used a position many people hold sincerely “Pro Life” and used it to get money out of the Federal Government -taxpayer money, for his, and his blocks pet projects. He was just stringing people along, this isn’t just a poor politician, he doesn’t appear to be much of a human being, apparently he has no conscience.
I sincerely hope the Michigan voters turn ole Bart out, and we don’t see a “Murtha Revisited”. I hate to admit that I don’t trust my fellow voter/citizens to do what’s needed in the voting booth. Prove me wrong Michigan!
Load ‘em up, head ‘em out, the tea party express is coming to town. Go get ‘em.
Don’t worry Stupak. Obama, Pelosi and Reid will cover your back for your “indecisiveness” on the so-called redistribution of insurance coverage bill.
Sit back and enjoy a Finnish Pasty.
Sadly you can’t trust the public as shown by Murtha’s repeated re-election. Here in Missouri the sheep elected a dead Democrat.
Saying you don’t trust the voters is a sad reality. We conservatives need to get out and talk to the sheeple. I am already talking a blue streak to the dumbocrats in my town. I hope I survive.
As great as it is to be represented by a true conservative in Congress, there are days when I feel like I’m going to miss some of the satisfaction in November when I can’t pull a lever against one of these vote-selling traitors.
Ah, well. There’s always 2012.
Two things we know, for sure:
1) Bart Stupak has got to go,
2) Mark Williams is kind of a jerk.
Fact #2 has no bearing on Fact #1.
Register as a Democrat, become an ACORN volunteer, and I am sure you will get the opportunity to fill out a couple dozen absentee ballots in the elections you’d like to vote in.
Do what I did and support a Conservative running against an incumbent Dimbulb in another district. I used to live in Sumter, SC so I sent money to help defeat John Spratt.
I want Stupidpak to run and have to spend his entire campaign war chest to try and save his sorry butt.His status as a real man with integrity went in the sewer.
I am just amazes how politicos love to be photographed with Captain Chiclets.
Yeah, we’re already putting together a list. (Republicans in VA5 and VA2 will go to the top of the list if they are any good. Will take others into consideration if anyone wants to make suggestions.)
But I’ll still miss that satisfaction on November 2. You think ACORN would let me register to vote in another district? Or maybe several even? I mean, if I drive 15 miles to my east, I’m in a Dem district, and if I drive 15 miles north I’m in a different Dem district, so it’s almost like I live in them, right?
Today BART STUPAK, tomorrow the rest of the TRAITORS to our SACRED CONSTITUTION!!! It can’t happen too soon for me… C’mon November!!!
Who knows, guys like Stupak may also have new off-shore accounts with sizeable balances in them. Although who knows how much they’ll be worth by the time Obama and Congress get finished with the demolition of the economy. Shouldn’t be too long now.
I’m sure I can count on CNN to further break that number out into how many are bitter clingers, and how many are just bigots.
Spratt is tough to beat, I’ve never seen a more “Yellow Dog” district than his. He needs to go, but showing him the exit will be tough.
Stupak is just one of many on both sides of the aisle that need to be shown the door in November. Incumbency should not be viewed as either “tenure” or “seniority” in regards to retention in Office. America needs to throw more than a few of these complacent bast@rds out in order to restore the notion that the Constitution and the Consent of the Governed is still relevant in this day and age.
Restoring the Republic will take some bitter medicine and those not capable of the job need to be discarded ASAP or there just may not be anything left to save. The current Congress has by and large amongst them not a shred of fiscal responsibility or a moral compass that should steer them there.
Spending OPM, Other Peoples Money, on new programs while promises like Social Security, MEDICARE, Veterans Healthcare and Compensation have become neglected is just poor stewardship of taxpayer funds and a monumental betrayal of the Public Trust.
Cleaning House in Congress is only the first step but a necessary one if the US is not to become a Third World Nation.
I know folks driving over 200 miles one way to Escanaba tomorrow to meet the caravan.
And don’t forget the perks that these weasels set up for themselves. We need to change the system that makes a politician a millionaire. They need to be required to eat the same crap sandwich they set up for the people; health care, social security, taxes, etc.
I wish election day was tomorrow. This should be like 1994 on steroids.
I predict that Obama will prop up the economy enough to get him through the election. But it can’t last. What’s changed, really? We have more debt, and the bad debt hasn’t simply vanished. It’s just buried a little deeper.
They all have to go. If your congressman isn’t named Jesus Christ, vote his or her sorry butt out.
Are you ready to see Paul Ryan, Michele Bachman, and Mike Pence go?
I believe hardcore lefties watch MSNBC and that won’t change. Conservatives and some independent/moderates watch Fox. More middle-of-the-road people watch CNN. MSNBC’s ratings have always been dismal because there really aren’t that many hardcore lefties. CNN’s ratings have tanked because their former audience, the middle-of-the-road independents/moderates are lurching to the right/conservatism. Fox’s ratings are higher than ever, right?
CNN has done it to themselves by kissing BHO’s arse and covering up who he truly is.
Vote out the self-serving bastards. Including the RINO’s.
Even if you DO happen to have a congressman named Jesus Christ who goes the way of Dems and RINOS…vote him out. Being named “Jesus Christ” doesn’t make you Jesus Christ.
I can’t speak for anyone else, but as a former CNN watcher and current Fox watcher it seems to me that CNN’s journalistic standards had eroded over the years to the point that they no longer provided fair reporting. If they’re willing to report facts as facts rather than opinion, theories, and innuendo as facts, then maybe I’ll give them a look every now and then.
I do watch MSNBC on occasion for comic relief. Hippies are funny when they age.
With respect to the JC comments, I am reminded of the southern saying: Just because your cat has kittens in the oven don’t make them biscuits.
A wholesale turnover of the Senate and House sounds good, but could have the unintended effect of ridding us of the few good “real deal” people who understand what their job is, who they work for and which country they really love.
Plus, if peebho has his way, we’d probably wind up with 114 Senators (2 dhimmicraps for each of his 57 states!!!)
1992 was not a good year for America, Americans or vulnerable women (Hillary threatens Juanita Broderick). I would have selected 1994.
Congresses’ low approval rating is only good IF people are as sick and disgusted with their own CongressCritters as they are of Congress in Toto.
Jeff Flake R Az-6 is conservative on money issues. But he open borders and missed the Cap & Tax vote. He will not get my vote this time. Basically he is a good guy-but it is time for him to retire.
Look at Your Rep. When incumbency = complacency and incompetency it is time for Regime Change. That is the exercise of the Consent of the Governed.
When the elected forget Who the work for, it is time for Regime change.
The Founding Fathers never envisioned an Elite Class of Career Politicians or anything other than Servants of the People and temporary Stewards, not entitled incumbents that do not govern in the Nations best interest and serve only their own self interest.
If your Rep. has spent too much time in Office and become unresponsive, throw the Rascal Out!
It chafes me that even when we throw the rascals out, they collect lifetime retirement pay and healthcare benefits. I’d like to see retirement benefits thrown out for politicians. Get rid of career politicians and there would be no need of retirement benefits other than what they contribute for themselves.
I’d also really love to see an irrevokable federal law passed making CONgress entirely subject to every bit of legislation they inflict upon us.
I always thought the 28th Amendment required Congressional reps to be subject to the same legislation that the public is….am I wrong? Someone know?
I know there are some good fiscally responsible, sensible Repubs in Congress, but if they have served more than 2 terms, I think they have to go because that’s how they get “settled” into the good life. I mean, how come they enter the job without great wealth, but they all seem to leave millionaires? Also, I’d like to see some strong Conservatives who are not joined at the hip to the Republican Party and they are willing to fight and scream for their country, not just their state. Who said States get to feed at the public trough?
So,the Commie News Network is becoming the Capitalist News Network.Hmmm-didn’t something similar happen in China and Russia a few years ago?
FirstSkirt#38
I’ve said the same about people running for office that appear to be nothing more than comfortable middle class – yet, when they retire or are voted out of office they are certified millionaires and their worth is increasing yearly?
I believe that any person holding publicly voted positions should have to file an open disclosure of income (and it’s sources) yearly. That should extend to their spouses since so many have muddied the waters by placing assets in their spouse’s name.
hawkeye#54 – Right ON!
The ability to vote your own raises, benefit packages/medical and retirement, check cashing, autos with drivers, absolutely must be taken away from them. They have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt they cannot be trusted. The more they control their futures and positions the less they answer to those that placed them in office. It’s so incestuous it’s a national scandal.
I’m sure when we vote all these swine out in Nov, they will say it was because we are all so racist LOLOLOLOLOLOL
hey communist swine! the voters will have their revenge on you on Nov 2.
hey rino sissy amnesty swine! same thing.
I believe CNN has no intention of covering the Tea Party in any objective manner.
With these snakes, I strongly suspect they are only covering it for one reason: When the next SEIU thug throws eggs, uses a racial slur or does any other number of things, CNN wants video of it so they can play it over and over and smear the Tea Party.
I don’t know how old you are or if you remember, but this was a HUGE reason why Republicans won the House in 1994 after 40 years of domination by the ‘Crats.
People were fed up with Congress always exempting themselves from the same federal regulations they foisted on everyone else.
Three good examples to be realistic and stop this “vote ‘em all out” business. there is a few very good, hard working, believers in America serving in congress, very few I admit, but we need to keep the good and throw out the bad.
*It is counterproductive to continue with the refrain “throw all the bums out”; The people of northern Michigan are quite self reliant and generally pro-life, and Stupak has defied them, so they will seek revenge; Many other Dems will suffer the same fate, for the same reasons; But many others deserve our support in this struggle to bring sanity back to D.C., and it is secondary that they are GOP members; They have voted correctly and understand what is at stake; None of them will vote for Nazi Pelosi as speaker, and that is the first and most important vote come January 2011!
Stupak is retiring.
Something about more time with the family and starting a new business.
Told ya’.
Politicians almost always land on their feet when they “retire”.
You will NEVER see a pol in the unemployment line.
Stupak is out, now let’s see if the MI voters vote for his Dem selected replacement. Hope they are smarter than that!
No matter how the Lame Stream will slice it – this clown is going to cut and run. He is a coward, like all Progressives in sheeps clothing.
thejim: Right you are:
http://townhall.com/blog/g/640aeb96-7e0e-49cb-b491-20697b407e84?comments=true&commentsSortDirection=Descending
My sister just sent me an email – check this out – they only know how to win with Alinsky type tactics:
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