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When Will We Find Out Who Yelled “Baby Killer” About Bart Stupak? (Update: Solved)

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Which Republican Congressman went all Joe Wilson last night and yelled “baby killer” about Rep. Bart Stupak?

It’s been more than 12 hours and we still don’t know – which is kind of surprising. Let’s do some digging and see if we can narrow down the options.

Here’s what we know – NBC’s Luke Russert says it was someone with a southern accent, and Rep. Joe Barton says he heard it, he knows who it was, and it was someone from California or Texas. But Rep. John Campbell of California points the finger squarely at Texas.

The Dallas Morning News talked to a bunch of GOP Congressmen from Texas, and got a lot of denials. Here are all the current Texas GOP Representatives, and who said they didn’t yell “baby killer”

CHECKLIST:
TX GOP CONGRESSMAN – DID THEY SAY IT?
* Barton, Joe, Texas, 6th NO
* Brady, Kevin, Texas, 8th NO
* Burgess, Michael, Texas, 26th NO
* Carter, John, Texas, 31st NO
* Conaway, K. Michael, Texas, 11th
* Culberson, John, Texas, 7th
* Edwards, Chet, Texas, 17th
* Gohmert, Louie, Texas 1st NO
* Granger, Kay, Texas, 12th NO
* Hall, Ralph M., Texas, 4th NO
* Hensarling, Jeb, Texas, 5th NO
* Johnson, Sam, Texas, 3rd
* Marchant, Kenny, Texas, 24th
* McCaul, Michael T., Texas, 10th NO
* Neugebauer, Randy, Texas, 19th
* Olson, Pete, Texas, 22nd NO
* Paul, Ron, Texas, 14th
* Poe, Ted, Texas, 2nd NO
* Sessions, Pete, Texas, 32nd NO
* Smith, Lamar, Texas, 21st NO
* Thornberry, Mac, Texas, 13th NO

If we believe them – and really, why would any Congressman stretch the truth – that leaves a few options: Conaway, Culberson, Edwards, Johnson, Marchant, Neugebauer and Paul. Look, it wasn’t Ron Paul. Could it have been Chet Edwards, who was once rumored to be a VP candidate in 2008? No it couldn’t have been because he’s a Dem. Nevermind…

> Update at 1:50pmET: The word on Twitter is it was Rep. Randy Neugebauer.

> Update at 1:55pmET: And now it’s confirmed. Neugebauer has released a statement apologizing, although he says the comment was directed at the bill and not Stupak specifically.

And to whet your appetite for when we eventually learn who said the infamous phrase last night, here’s the cablers chatting about “baby killer” today (and on the next page, see Stupak talk about being called “baby killer” in an FNC interview today):

>>>NEXT PAGE: Stupak responds to being called “baby killer”:

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  • timzank

    Who cares who yelled it?

  • Azarkhan

    “The investigation continues…”

    Yawn. Wake me when you are as bored with this as I am.

  • timzank

    Azarkhan says:
    March 22, 2010 at 1:40 pm

    maybe they (mediaite & krakauer) have convinced themselves this is Pulitzer material. Of course, the way things are shaping up in journalism these days, maybe it is.

  • TfT

    Hmmmmm, no names. Perhaps Luke Russert is making it up, after all he works for NBC, not known to be truth tellers. CNN made up the stuff about ethnic slurs (no proof at least), so who knows.

  • http://mediaite.com Steve Krakauer

    Here’s why it matters – look what it did for Joe Wilson’s career. Sure, he took some early heat, but then he became a hero of others, and ultimately it was a net win for him.

    When (and I assure you it will happen) someone is revealed as the yeller, that person will likely be hailed by some segments of the right as a hero as well.

    And no, TfT, Luke’s not making anything up. Give it to the end of the day – we’ll know.

  • timzank

    Yeah, the ramifications of toays name calling are damn near Burr-Hamilton like in comparison.

    By the way it was Neugebauer.

  • Fidoohki

    Sorry TFT but it did happen. I don’t know anymore…It’s sad that Republicains have to act like democrats.

    Update! FOX NEWS confirms Rep: Neugebauer is the yeller and he yelled ‘It’s a baby killer!’ refering to the bill.

  • Toshiba2

    Good that he apologized, Healthcare is still the Law of the Land!!!

  • roxsteady

    If Republicans acted like Democrats we’d have balanced budgets, a surpluse and the creation of 22.3 million jobs under Clinton vs 5.2 million under Bush and the Republicans.

  • TfT

    Fidoohki – Thanks for that update. So Luke did have it wrong.

  • Azarkhan

    ” look what it did for Joe Wilson’s career”

    And good ol’ Joe Wilson was right. He just put the endgame before the middlegame.

    The endgame for Pres. Obamao is to provide all illegal aliens with free medical care. The middlegame is beginning now, the so-called Immigration Reform bill, which legalizes how many, 15-30,000,000 law breakers?

    Good ol’ Joe Wilson. It’s important to have a man in Congress who speaks the truth.

  • same2u

    Here is his reason for opposing the bill:

    http://www.randyforcongress.com/page/the-latest-news-2

    “I opposed this legislation because I believe Americans should be allowed to choose the doctor, hospital, and health care plan of their choice. This government takeover of one sixth of the economy is not the right answer. It will not lower the cost of health care, but instead will add layers of bureaucracy and confusion to the existing system.

    Nowhere on that web page does he mention his opposition to the bill due to abortion. He is just another Republican fringe douchebag that has infested the Republican Party.

  • MichelleF

    And no, TfT, Luke’s not making anything up. Give it to the end of the day – we’ll know.

    Can you blame him for being skeptical, Steve? After all, there have been no video’s of the accusations made against protester over the weekend, and I’m sure if there was video proof, you would be running it 24/7.

    As Pence said of Stupak:

    “You traded 30 years of Pro-life law for a promise from the most pro-abortion president in history”.

  • http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

    WTF is a “surpluse”?

  • The Real Royal King

    I was also pretty sure.

  • The Real Royal King

    WTF is a “surpluse”?

    Don’t Angleekoan Wreckters wear them for services which don’t include the Youcawrist?

  • Azarkhan

    RealKKK: “It is rare when you get such a combination of meaness, nincompoopery and gas baggedness in the same person”

    No it’s not. Look at you!

  • Jelperman

    Of course he’s a Texas Teabagger.

  • Azarkhan

    Who needs Sherlock Holmes when you can have Steve Krakauer?

  • http://mediaite.com Steve Krakauer

    Real Royal King and Aikido Joe have been banned. If they feel like coming back they can email me. Otherwise, keep your commenting on track, appropriate.

  • http://www.nukethefridge.com MartiniShark

    Well, now that we have solved this penetrating mystery let’s to the bottom of “Who punched Snooki?”

  • felixw

    Next you should find the person who spread an actual lie about the health care bill. For example, the ridiculous claim that the typical family will save $2,500 per year.

    Oh, whoops, the culprit has been found:

    http://www.breitbart.tv/20-promises-for-2500-all-americans-now-await-lower-premiums-promised-by-obama/

  • felixw

    The media has expressed its opinion. But let’s see what the voters think. Their voices may have been ignored yesterday, but in November they can tell us what they think about Bart Stupak vs. Randy Neugebauer.

  • felixw

    Phone ringing off the hook, as people want to give money to Bart Stupak’s GOP opponent in November.

    “Before he was even done talking, people started calling me. They didn’t even want to talk to me much. They just wanted to confirm that I was the guy running against Stupak, and how could they send me money. I just couldn’t believe it,” Republican Dan Benishek commented

    http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/stupak-gop-pro-life/2010/03/22/id/353491

  • Cubby

    Back in the days of the Bush Administration, when there were ACTUAL things to be concerned about (the war, Katrina, the politicization of the justice department), you would NEVER see this kind of disrespect from elected officials. And for what? “Debt” and “big government”? You want to see plenty of both, just look back at the Bush Administration! Yeah yeah yeah, “libs blame Bush”, “Bush derangement syndrome”, etc. Save your breath. You need to look at the comparison between the vicious attacks on Obama vs. what went on during the Bush years in order to put things into perspective.

  • http://www.nukethefridge.com MartiniShark

    For one, this was not an attack on Obama. Second, while I opposed many of the Bush spending policies you have to look at the monumental debt Obama has amassed in just one year for a comparison. He has eclipsed anything that came before him. And please do not try to tell us Bush never absorbed vicious verbal attacks.

  • timzank

    Cubby, do you remember seeing those cute pic’s of GWB with a swastika on his arm, and a moustache? Every month for 8 years there was a politician, or a rights group of some kind, or a pundit, on television, in the papers and all over the internet calling, naming and photo shopping GW & Cheney in various ways.

    You don’t remember? Really?

  • MichelleF

    It’s called selective memory, timzank. Most libs suffer from it.

  • timzank

    Amen MichelleF.

  • Cubby

    Timzank, that’s the usual response – that there were protesters that compared Bush to Hitler. And while I’m certainly not defending that, it’s important to note that many of the things the Bush Administration were accused of ACTUALLY HAPPENED and were REALLY SERIOUS. Comparing the Obama healthcare bill to the mismanagement of the Iraq War or the politicization of the justice department is completely disingenuous. Not to mention the fact that no Democratic politicians ever publicly heckled Bush or any other Republicans.

  • Cactus

    MichelleF says:
    It’s called selective memory, timzank. Most libs suffer from it.

    Funny. I recall MichelleF saying in another thread that “liberals like to generalize” and that “conservatives don’t do that.”

    Damn selective memory.

  • timzank

    Cubby you don’t have a “fuzzy’ memory, you have no memory.

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