It can only get better.
I hope.

That is the term for someone who gives themselves the right to misbehave after doing some good or moral thing.

I believe that by substituting a good thing (airport, EO maybe), for a bad thing (abortion), Stupak may believe he is still acting laterally, therefore still moral.

But it is not integrity. Persons of integrity do not compromise. Bart did not have his priorities in line when he made his announcement to the nation last fall and recently his stand on abortion. When you threaten, you cannot back down without surrendering the core requirement of good character, integrity.

If you are going to threaten to quit unless you get a raise, you better be willing to do so.

Congressmen should not act like children. Voters whose congressman behaves like one should be relieved of that priviledge.

…the tanning tax. Talk about arbitrary(?!?)

And doesn’t it hit the light-skinned population disproportionately? One might even be inclined to consider it, dare I say, racist?

that the EO Obama drafted in order to get Stupak to cave was not signed today, along with the healthcare deform bill. Major Garrett of Fox News said his White House sources told him it would be signed “soon“.

Stupak declares this EO to be equivalnet to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation:

“Throughout history, Executive Orders have been an important means of implementing public policy,” Stupak said in a statement. “The most famous Executive Order was the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln in 1863.”

The Stupak-negotiated abortion executive order has drawn withering criticism from pro-life groups. Stupak called the attacks “disingenuous.”

“This Executive Order has the full force and effect of law and makes very clear that current law of no public funding for abortion applies to the new health care reform legislation,” Stupak’s statement said.

The White House contends the executive order merely re-states existing law under the Hyde amendment that prohibits direct federal funding of abortion through Medicaid.

Yeah, whatever, Bart. Tell me, Congressman, are you holding your breath as you wait for the EO to be signed? Betcha turn blue before that happens.

Doesn’t this affect one particular race disproportionately?

Due to this, Stupak is either…

(1) just a lying, conniving, and slimy politician who was never really pro-life. He just pretended to be pro-life as a ‘ruse’ to beat Republicans in a swing district

–OR–

(2) really DOES believe that abortion is murder, but willing to support murder if paid the right price.

Take your pick. He can only be one or the other. In many ways, this is worse and more evil than a pro-abortion liberal Democrat voting their convictions.

If the former, Stupak disenfranchised the will of the voters in his district by perpetrating fraud upon them. They would probably have voted for someone different had they known he didn’t really mean it when he said he was pro-life. If the latter, then he doesn’t mind supporting murder if the price is right.

In a twist of Obamic irony, the Executive Order was NOT signed yesterday. Stupak, ever obedient, thinks the boyfriend-who-lies-and-cheats-about-everything will come around soon. He just knows it. He can’t be all that bad. He loves me; he’s just confused.

What a moron. His district should be receiving their mail-order tar and feather kits any day now. He didn’t just sell out his constituency; he sold his soul to Obama.