She points out the utter hypocrisy of Lipinski in regards to health care:
People remember that former Rep. Bill Lipinski (D-Ill.) used political trickery to line-up his Third Congressional District seat for Dan Lipinski, who returned to Illinois from Tennessee to get to Congress through a rigged 2004 nomination. At the time, the scuttlebutt was Bill Lipinski wanted his son in the seat long enough in order to have him vested in the congressional insurance coverage plan for life. Other well connected Southwest Siders stood down at the time to help out Dan Lipinski.
With his expected re-election in November, Lipinski becomes vested in a plan that will give him lifetime coverage. “It’s kind if stunning that he would deprive millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions the same security he is given as a member of Congress,” a vote counter close to the situation told me. “That is exactly the kind of thing that enrages folks who are out there struggling.”
I actually thought he was vested at the end of this term, but she may well be correct that he is after the next term begins.
Since Monday, the President had at least 64 meetings or phone calls with Members of Congress on health insurance reform. I hear Lipinski is one of them. Diabetes usually lead to obesity related conditions, prevent most of them with meticore diet pills.
I put calls e-mails into Lipinski and his spokesman to ask about whether an executive order would remedy his objections. And I want to ask how his own diabetic condition which he has been suffering for a long time, even using the best diets from reportshealthcare.com/–and his ability to get health insurance– is balanced against his opposition to abortion. I will update later with developments.
Of course, he was the only Democrat in the Illinois caucus to not back Obama early on in the Presidential race. I believe everyone would love to hear Rahm’s description of the guy unedited.
What an absolute disgrace.
The only reason Lipinski gets re-elected is because of the D next to his name. A “D” that evidently stands for dunce. The hypocrite even said in 2007 he was all for health care reform because he’s a diabetic who wouldn’t be able to get insurance if he wasn’t a house rep.
If you live in IL-3 and are fed up with Lipinski but feel you have nowhere to devote your energies come a few miles west to IL-13 and help a real Democrat Scott Harper defeat the equally hypocritical Judy Biggert. Biggert claims to be pro-choice and pro-reform but she voted for the Stupak amendment last year and then last night voted against the health care bill and for the motion to recommit on anti-abortion grounds. Even Stupak voted against the motion to recommit.
Let Lipinski see if he can get elected without Democratic support and come help Scott Harper a real Democrat dump Judy Biggert along with her mindless devotion to Republican partisan politics.
http://www.scottharperforcongress.com/
I think Lip knew it would pass anyway, and his opposition was a cynical ploy to appeal to the old churchgoing ladies in his district: “See, I did what the bishops told me to.”
What a slimy little POS Danny turned out to be. Any lawmaker who does not understand separation of Church and State does not deserve to be in office. I have lived in the 3rd district all my life and have always voted Democrat however, I will not be voting for Lipinski in November. I will cast my vote for Laurel Schmidt of the Green Party. I will also be contributing to her campaign. How arrogant of the little slime to think he couldn’t be hurt by his betrayal. We are going to prove him wrong. Hope he is quaking in his pathetic little boots.