Politico: Team Obama Settles Score With Lipinski

Congressman Dan Lipinski was no friend to President Barack Obama when his fellow Chicago Democrat occupied the White House.

On Thursday, Lipinski got his comeuppance.

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A collection of former Obama aides and supporters banded together to deliver some Chicago-style payback, just days before the embattled congressman faces a tough Democratic primary challenge that could end his career.

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The idea that Lipinski — who voted against the Affordable Care Act, Obama’s signature achievement, and declined to endorse Obama’s re-election in 2012 — would try to use the former president’s image resurrected such deep feelings of betrayal that the group of former staffers and supporters quickly assembled for a news conference to call out the congressman for what they called hypocrisy.

“It’s time to reveal the truth, Congressman Lipinski,” said Obama’s 2008 national field organizer Jon Carson. “You are no Barack Obama.”

Over Twitter on Wednesday night, former Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod called the move “galling.”

In fact, Obama loyalists were so steamed that 10 former aides and volunteers stood in Axelrod’s old offices for the Thursday news conference — the very place they said Michelle and Barack Obama made their decision to launch a 2008 presidential bid.

The group recounted the difficulties of corralling enough votes to pass the Affordable Care Act eight years ago — and lamented that Lipinski was the only Illinois Democrat to vote against it. Organizing for Action National Finance Committee member John Atkinson recalled watching the roll call vote in 2010 with “tears streaming down my face,” from the pride he felt in the moment the landmark health care act passed.

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The Prof said:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/dan-lipinski-obama-chicago-democrats-465858

naral, emily's list, seiu, schakowsky, guiterrez---and gillebrand who told the world after harveywood that bill clinton really shoulda resigned and left the WH

in disgrace?

and now the obamites

how they hate dan

14 year congressman from southside, his dad served 22 years

he's pro life and voted no on aca and dream

so he deserves what he gets



lipinski really pissed off the obamites when a pac associated with dan released an ad that associated the congressman with hussein



the primary is march 20, the last poll cited by politico is lipinski +2 per ppp

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the Affordable Care Act, Obama’s signature achievement

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The Prof said:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/dan-lipinski-obama-chicago-democrats-465858

naral, emily's list, seiu, schakowsky, guiterrez---and gillebrand who told the world after harveywood that bill clinton really shoulda resigned and left the WH

in disgrace?

and now the obamites

how they hate dan

14 year congressman from southside, his dad served 22 years

he's pro life and voted no on aca and dream

so he deserves what he gets



lipinski really pissed off the obamites when a pac associated with dan released an ad that associated the congressman with hussein



the primary is march 20, the last poll cited by politico is lipinski +2 per ppp

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Mr Person said:

I do not

understand

the implications of

this

what in the name of

Jeebus are you talk-

ing about?

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