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Bart Stupak, the New Pontius Pilate

March 22, 2010 by Gerard M. Nadal

The parallels between Bart Stupak’s conduct in this drama and that of Pontius Pilate are strikingly similar. The protestations of no fault in he intended victim. The faux reluctance to be manipulated into pronouncing a capital sentence on the innocent. The implicit threats of riotous discord and resultant loss of office.

The washing of the hands.

Giving in and assuaging one’s conscience by rationalizations of proportional goods in exchange for ‘lesser’ injustices. The belief that it’s really all for the best.

The coward’s collapse.

One didn’t become a Roman Governor by virtue of his humanitarian proclivities. They were brutal men who ruled through intimidation and fear. Similarly, one doesn’t rise through the ranks of the modern Democrat Party at the national level by voting in favor of the defenseless among us. These are brutal people with the blood of over fifty million citizens on their hands.

Just as with Pilate’s grotesque mockery of justice, Stupak gave us quite a show, didn’t he? An aberration? Not exactly. Stupak has a spotted voting record on the life issues. About 80% favorable. However, when he has voted pro-death, they have been monumental votes.

Twice Stupak voted against bills that would deny funding to Planned Parenthood, the single-largest chain of abortion providers in the nation.

Thus, he showed that he approved of federal dollars that support abortion.

He voted in favor of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (Office for Global Women’s Issues), which established a global infrastructure for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to push forward a robust abortion agenda, tying U.S. foreign aid to the requirement that countries pass laws establishing ‘abortion rights’.

More Federal funding for abortion.

Then came tonight’s vote, justified by the tissue-thin lie that President Obama would craft an Executive Order prohibiting Federal funding of abortion, an executive order that all know to be completely without merit legally.

It was a good show. A Lenten Passion Play with the lives of our children.

These are indeed brutal people.

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  1. on March 22, 2010 at 7:24 AM Nicole

    Amen, Gerry! Your thoughts beckon me back to reflect on the Lenten season five short years ago with Terry Schiavo and Pope John Paul II were dying. It was a travesty! God is sending us a message loud and clear and we continue to disregard his laws/commandments and LIFE! Woe to us! I will continue to pray for our country and this President for God’s mercy. As a post abortive woman, I now have to help other women with tax $$’s to pay for an abortion that I know will impact them for the rest of their lives and they will one day regret – maybe not right away, but they will regret as I do when I could never have children again….it is a sad, sad day. As I awoke this morning to a gray and gloomy day, I still have hope. I was angry, sad, upset, disgusted, disappointed, etc, etc last night and yet I never believed in my heart that we will change the abortion debate through political means – that will happen after we change hearts one at a time. As a public speaker on abortion, I will continue to be Silent No More! The fight for a woman’s life and her child’s continues and I will be part of the fight the good Lord has called me to! God Bless You for all you do for Life, Gerry! I am humbled by your friendship and your answer to His call!


  2. on March 22, 2010 at 7:41 AM Jivin J

    Gerard,
    When did Stupak vote in favor of human cloning for research? He was formerly a sponsor of a complete cloning ban which passed the House but was never voted on in the Senate.

    When you say someone voted a certain way, you might want to consider linking to evidence of that vote.


  3. on March 22, 2010 at 7:59 AM astran

    “These are indeed brutal people”

    Indeed, and Stupak found out how brutal his political party can be, to him.


  4. on March 22, 2010 at 8:17 AM Gerard M. Nadal

    Jivan J,

    Thank you for calling that to my attention. I misread the voting record last night at 2 AM when I wrote this, somewhat bleary-eyed. It was the legislation directly under the phony cloning ban on his NRLC report card.

    I use National Right to Life’s website, the Legislative Action Center voting report cards.

    I’ve amended the post accordingly.


  5. on March 23, 2010 at 5:18 AM Bart Stupak , the New Pontius Pilate Coming Home

    […] intended victim. The faux reluctance to be manipulated into pronouncing a capital sentence …More Cancel […]


  6. on March 24, 2010 at 1:49 PM Black Bart, Black Knight « Coming Home

    […] he would vote for this legislation even if his amendment failed. I blogged on this a few days ago. Read it here. Also, one may watch the video […]



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