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March 21, 2010

Why Can’t Twitter Keep Its Story Straight With Bart Stupak’s Vote?

by Jim Newell  

Sadly, the best place to follow last-minute whip count developments is on the Twitter, America’s journalism machine. Everyone’s goin’ nuts and stone cold contradictin’ each other about how the incompetent dragon Bart Stupak will vote. Will it be “yes,” “no,” “up,” or “potato”?

{ 19 comments }

Colander March 21, 2010 at 2:54 pm

I thought this was going to be about Solly Forell (whose name is insensitive to Asian readers) and his Murder Tweet about Barry. This day could not get more exciting (it could, though).

loquaciousmusic March 21, 2010 at 2:56 pm

I’m going to take a nap until 4:00 P.M. EST. When I wake up, health care reform had GODDAMNED BETTER BE PASSED, MOTHERFUCKERS.

samsuncle March 21, 2010 at 2:58 pm

Bart Stupak is the democrat’s answer to media whore Ted Bunning (R Ky).

NYNYNY March 21, 2010 at 3:01 pm

RT @huffpoitics just got off the ferris wheel with Stupack- still a yes vote.

RT @worldnetbreakingnews Just ran into Stupack in the bathroom at Arby’s- totally committed no vote- says won’t change

RT @kingkong33 Stupack just jogged by me- says vote is uncommitted

proudgrampa March 21, 2010 at 3:01 pm

@proudgrampa: He sez po-tah-to!!!

Stupak is an asshole.

Texan Bulldoggette March 21, 2010 at 3:01 pm

Gawd, is Bart Stupak trying to get his own reality show or what? He can crawl back into his hidey hole anytime now; his 15 minutes of being a fame whore is more annoying than Lindsey Lohan’s.

Hey, Bart, if the bill is good enough for a bunch of Catholic nuns, you can shut your piehole about abortion anytime now!

Texan Bulldoggette March 21, 2010 at 3:05 pm

[re=535207]Texan Bulldoggette[/re]: And if you’re so against abortion, then don’t have one, you stupid fuck!

doxastic March 21, 2010 at 3:09 pm

If Twitter is to be believed, Stupak will be voting #JustinBieber

sati demise March 21, 2010 at 3:10 pm

[re=535210]Texan Bulldoggette[/re]: man, I do not like war.

I want an executive order saying my tax dollars will not fund blowing up babies with bombs.

give us a bob March 21, 2010 at 3:12 pm

My bet’s on “potato.” They’re related to the nightshade, which is an occasionally poisonous shrub used in hillbilly herbal remedies, not to mention witches’ “flying ointment” from older times.

And that about sums up my opinion of Stupak, w.r.t. health care reform, if not in general.

Mad Brahms March 21, 2010 at 3:13 pm

[re=535210]Texan Bulldoggette[/re]: Even if we were to buy that abortion was more of a social decision than an individual one, Stupak’s position on this makes no sense except if viewed as a crypto-conservative attempt to get rid of the practice entirely. There’s no way any of the federal plans would ever pay for abortion; only individual premiums would. This has already been fact-checked approximately a zillion times, so this is either a) pure famewhoring or b) an earnest if convoluted attempt to basically reduce the number of current abortions by placing them more out of the reach of the poor. I almost hope it’s (a).

EdFlinstone March 21, 2010 at 3:25 pm

It’s hard to keep up with all the Stupak going on in this country.

thesheriffisnear March 21, 2010 at 3:26 pm

Re:Congressman Stoopak there is only ONE definitive response:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny4a-oxOndo

Mad Brahms March 21, 2010 at 3:28 pm

[re=535248]EdFlinstone[/re]: Today, all our neighbors are Bart Stupak. (We are not, however. Today we are all Bart Stupak’s neighbors, reporting about him on twitter.)

Extemporanus March 21, 2010 at 3:28 pm

[re=535204]NYNYNY[/re]: RT @wonkette Stupak just sukked my dick; reaffirms he will vote “Mmplff!”

Jim89048 March 21, 2010 at 3:44 pm

If only “the gentleman’s time has expired” could actually =death panels.

Delicious March 21, 2010 at 3:49 pm

Stupakalypse Now: The Dumbening

sezme March 21, 2010 at 4:44 pm

Potatoe

BeWoot March 21, 2010 at 7:29 pm

UB @flamingshitheel Stupak

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