By Carol Costello, CNN

(CNN) – Some conservatives have made pro-life Congressman Bart Stupak a verb.

Stu-packed. Definition? Betrayed. And, for some, that sense of betrayal has become visceral. Ever since the health care reform bill passed the House of Representatives, angry, and sometimes threatening calls, have been coming into Stupak’s office.

A sample: “You are a cowardly punk, Stupak. That’s what you are. You and your family, scum.” Another caller left this message: “Go to hell, you piece of ***t!”

Stupak has also received thousands of letters and faxes. One fax shows a picture of a noose, with the words, “All baby killers come to unseemly ends, either by the hand of man or the hand of God.”

The calls and letters kept coming as Stupak and other pro-life Democratic lawmakers gathered Wednesday to witness President Obama sign an executive order. An order, pro-life Democrats insist, confirms the ban on federal funding for abortions in the new health care law.

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, a pro-life Democrat from Ohio, says the mood was “joyous,” with “everybody clapping.”

Kaptur has experienced some push-back for her support of the health care bill too, but not like Stupak. She finds it disturbing, and says it has little to do with the abortion issue. “There were a lot of individuals who didn’t want this bill at all, and I think that’s where the vitriol is coming from,” says Kaptur.

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(CNN) – The message from emotional voters to Capitol Hill could not be clearer: "go to hell."

From profanity-laden voice mails to faxes with Nazi insignia, thousands of Americans are venting their anger. And the shouting isn't bound to The Beltway.

At least ten members of Congress, with home districts stretching all the way from New York to Arizona, have reported either harassment, vandalism, or death threats. Our Brianna Keilar has the report from Capitol Hill.

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By Carol Costello, CNN

(CNN) – Republicans are walking a tightrope when it comes to the Tea Party movement. On one hand, it needs its passion; on the other hand it doesn’t need the controversy it sometimes brings – especially if it’s racially tinged.

While Republican Party leaders say they don’t condone “ugly talk,” Newsweek.com’s Katie Connelly writes, “they encourage the sort of anger that boils over into such foul insults...” And, some analysts say, because of that, the “ugliness” rubs off on the Republican Party. Connelly asks, “has the Tea Party protests become loud, mad and dangerous for Republicans?”

Lenny McCallister is African-American, a Tea Party member and a conservative Republican. He says Republicans “have to speak out against this stuff because it does not fit our principles, morals or values. At the same time we cannot alienate the most active aspects of the conservative base at this time.”

He’s calling on conservatives to help the Republican Party walk that tightrope in a way they did not in 2009. Last year, when Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele denounced Rush Limbaugh’s “incendiary talk,” he ended up apologizing for his remarks.

Steele and other Republican leaders did condemn those who shouted racial slurs at black lawmakers this past weekend, but rejected the notion that its association with the Tea Party is dangerous because, “at its core it’s about shared conservative values, limited government, lower taxes and individual freedom.”

Tea Party's bad apples?

Some Republicans say the real danger for their party is in not saying this loudly enough. Princella Smith is one of some thirty African-American Republicans running for Congress. She says, “I’m a small town girl and so what I’m espousing are small town, every day American principles. I’ve gotten positive response from Republicans and Tea Partiers.” And, she adds, that’s what should be shouted at Tea Party events across the country.

McCallister, who is a popular speaker at Tea Party events, agrees. He says Republicans and Tea Party members should strongly discourage “fringe elements” that show up at Tea Party rallies. They should not be made welcome, he says, and his party should make that resoundingly clear.