According to latimes.com, an article stated that yesterday during the fight for the healthcare bill, Democratic congressman Rep. Bart Stupak was fortunate to hear the voice of the people. Someone shouted "baby killer" as he was attempting to quiet down the noise. The congressman opposed the bill due to the particular abortion language UNTIL he supposedly made a deal with the White House on Sunday; he was interrupted when was speaking against the Republican motion to kill the bill Sunday night. The congressman then immediately grunted and yelled, "Who said that?" Prior to Sunday, Republicans were against the bill due to it allowing "federal funding for abortions beyond the current limits of cases of rape, incest or if the mother's life is in danger." Apparently, the objection was going to threaten the healthcare bill's chance of passing through, but Obama stepped in and promised the federal funds will remain in tact. This then won the support when the vote came out to be 219-213.
When I read the headline for this article at the top, it literally made me laugh out loud. I thoroughly enjoy when politicians get frustrated and rubbed the wrong way by the people. They become so frazzled and seem to lose the power to speak, which is their primary job description. I could honestly care less about which political side the objection was directed towards, I'm just glad someone said something. We should be allowed to shout whatever we want to shout, especially when it takes politicians off guard. The video attached to the article is the supposed video of the incident, but I could barely understand anything that was going on due to various interruptions. Maybe you can understand the ridiculousness.
1 comment:
I agree with you. I think if rights of public speech, we should be allowed to voice them, even if it is during a political event. Especially when the person voicing their opinion is held in high standard. I too find it funny when politicians become frazzled when actually confronted with opposition in front of millions of people live instead of hiding behind magazine articles and responding to "he said, she said."
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