Also upsetting the first district is the observation that the national press has attempted to choose our Republican candidate.  Again, this is not acceptable.

It has been suggested that a debate be held among Republican candidates for US Representative in Congress for Michigan’s first district.  This is as it should be.  I am eager to discuss issues with anyone.  However, it has also been suggested that the losers of this debate commit to drop out of the race!  I thought long and hard about this.

It is not enough to replace Bart Stupak.  We must replace Bart Stupak with a person who is willing to take the heat and stand up for us.  Our new representative must recognize, that if the government is not held to the Constitution and the rule of law, all else is pointless.  I know that person to be me.  If I didn’t believe that, I’d have dropped out already.  I’m not looking for a career.

To the organizers of a would-be debate, to preempt our rights as citizens to vote in a primary:  I will not participate in any such event.  I will continue to speak the truth at every opportunity, and permit the voters to decide who they wish to represent them, at the appropriate time.

I am a lifelong resident of Michigan’s first district.  I am a twenty-year conservative activist.  I am also Bart Stupak’s Republican opponent.  As such, I feel it is my duty to inform you of some misunderstanding you are entertaining about Mr. Stupak’s values.

Your recent laudatory comments about Mr. Stupak’s pro-life record are inaccurate.  His “pro-life” stance has won him accolades–I even saw him on the blog of the pope, himself.  However, we who live within his district know differently.  Within the district, Mr. Stupak does not speak according to his pro-life, prima dona script.  I personally heard Mr. Stupak say (in Cheboygan) that he would vote for the health care bill EVEN if it did not contain his magic amendment.  I
have a recording.

In Escanaba,  Mr. Stupak was questioned about why  taxpayer-funded abortion is wrong.  At that opportunity, he could have said that some people feel abortion is murder.  “It is wrong to make people pay for other people’s murders.”  He did not.  He answered, “Most of the members think it is.”  Huh?

The questioner also asked about abortion in the case of an expected deformity of the baby.  Mr. Stupak said he would support taxpayer funded abortion in that case.  Again, huh?

He’s said all along he was  supporting current law, the Hyde amendment, which permits abortion only in cases of rape, incest or anticipated death of the mother.  His approval for abortion in OTHER cases demonstrates that he is not only disingenuous about his support, he also does not tell the truth about why he pretends to express it.   (I have a recording of this conversation, also.)  His record on embryonic stem cell research  also makes interesting reading.

During the past election season, Mr. Stupak’s opponent ( I was also on the primary ballot) received a rating of 100% from Right to Life.  Mr. Stupak’s score was 24 points lower.  Yet, he got the endorsement.  This is neither honest nor proper.

Mrs. Palin, Bart Stupak’s pro-life stance  is disingenuous.  When you make such untruthful comments from the podium you are now paid to occupy, it damages the cause you claim to expound.  “Going Rogue” would seem to imply departure from only one party line.

Could it be you’ve taken up another?

Sincerely,

Linda Goldthorpe
Republican candidate for Michigan District 1

Great Article With Town-Hall Video footage of Stupak:

http://www.lucecountygop.org/healthcare/stupak-will-vote-for-obamacare-even-with-public-funded-abortion