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| Feb 3rd 2008 |
"Get off my lawn, Pera punks!",
Illinois Reason
"Because of my support for a Congressional candidate who believes in little things like, say, the democratic process and listening to your constituents I and my fellow Mark Pera supporters have been labeled political hate groups (can li’l ol’ me really be considered an entire “group”) and a left-wing extremist punk (I love it when folks call me a “punk” - makes my suburban life seem so exciting and exotic). ;)
Oddly, I don’t know if this anti-Democratic praise is coming from Southwest Sider, blogger, and Dan Lipinski supporter Joe Kulys or from Lipinski himself since he put out a flyer lifting Mr. Kulys’ rant verbatim.
Here’s a copy of that Little Lip/Joe Kulys flyer...
(And, by the way, recall that the Tribune endorsed Rep. Lipinski — despite getting basic facts wrong, like how long he’s been in office — specifically because they despised vitriol coming from bloggers… Oops.)" more..
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| Feb 3rd 2008 |
"I'm an Extremist, Left-Wing Political Punk For Pera!",
So-Called Austin Mayor
"To give the Mark Pera punks a hand, click here.
Click here and here for background." more..
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| Feb 3rd 2008 |
"Lipinski Whining that People are Mean to Him",
ArchPundit
"Hysterical–on Hanania’s radio show. How could one ever criticize the Lipinskis. I mean, it’s just a good family business….
Audio - http://www.aatimesnews.com/Audios/01-30-08show.mp3
It’s not personal to point out that Daddy Lipinski is running a PAC disguised as a charity and using it to pay federal employees on Dan Lipiniski’s Congressional staff." more..
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| Feb 3rd 2008 |
"New NARAL Mailers for Pera",
ArchPundit
"Also an extremist Left Wing Punk group
Really good mail from them this cycle for the targeted audience." more..
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| Feb 3rd 2008 |
"IL-03: Lipinski Campaign: Pera Supporters are "Political Punks"",
DailyKos by MissLaura
"Continuing to run scared, Dan Lipinski's campaign has paid for and released the kind of flyer that's usually dismissed after the fact as having been the work of an over-zealous volunteer. Its target? Mark Pera's radical left-wing, military hating, political punk supporters at Open Left and other such political hate groups.
People who raise concerns about the nepotism and carpetbagging that got Dan Lipinski elected? They're a "few cranks and chronic complainers." But that's just the beginning. The flyer goes on to roll out just about every anti-left stereotype you can think of,
from geography:
To Ted Kennedy:
To elitism, anti-religion, troop-hating, blah blah blah:
To being young upstarts:
I don't think he misses a single one. And if you'll look around, you'll see how wrong and lazy those characterizations are. It's actually hilarious.
The heart and soul of the Democratic party shouldn't be about using Republican slurs of Democrats. It shouldn't be about supporting Bush's war or Bush's energy policy, it shouldn't be about opposing choice for women and opposing stem cell research, it shouldn't be about nepotism and corruption. That's why it's so important to support Mark Pera." more..
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| Feb 3rd 2008 |
"Gutierrez Un-Endorses Lipinski",
The Marshfield Tattler
"All you political junkies out there may be interested to know that Rep. Luis Gutierrez, who had been a supporter of 3rd district Rep. Dan Lipinski, has officially taken a step back. Buried in this Tribune story on the Lipinski-Pera race is the word that Gutierrez has withdrawn his endorsement of Lipinski...
Pera appears to be mounting a strong challenge, with help from a couple of friends of mine here in the neighborhood. Both Capitol Fax and a new-to-me blog called Down With Tyranny have more of interest on the race and on Lipiski's last-ditch, hypocritical efforts to paint himself as a friend of those tangled in immigration red tape." more..
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| Feb 3rd 2008 |
"Lipinski Attacks OpenLeft, Pera Donors, With a Barrage of Cliches",
Open Left by Matt Stoller
"Rich Perlstein has a great piece on how we're not about to get beyond the 1960s. Apparently Dan Lipinski's campaign read the article, because here's a flyer they are circulating attacking us as dirty hippies. My favorite is the use of the word 'punks'...
That's some compelling messaging, especially the part about us crying as babies because our diapers were full. Is that even an insult? It seems like that's kind of a standard thing that happens with all babies.
Give to Pera here, you punks." more..
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| Feb 2nd 2008 |
"SATURDAY NEWS UPDATE",
Politics1 by Ron Gunzburger
"...In CD-3, Congressman Dan Lipinski (D) is facing an aggressive primary challenge from Lyons School Board Member Mark Pera and two others. Lipinski is a more conservative Blue Dog Democrat, while Pera is fairly liberal. Pera claims the other two Dems in the race are Lipinski plants inserted into the contest to split the anti-incumbent vote..." more..
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| Feb 1st 2008 |
"Gutierrez Dumps Lipinski - Updated",
Prairie State Blue by wegerje
"DownWithTyranny is reporting that Rep. Luis Gutierrez is un-endorsing Lipinski.
Here's the source, a press release by the The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) (pdf):" more..
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| Jan 31st 2008 |
"IL-03: Rep. Luis Gutierrez Dumps Lipinski",
Open Left by Chris Bowers
"In a huge sign of the way the winds are blowing in the extremely important Illinois 3rd primary next Tuesday, Representative Luis Gutierrez, the only member of Congress listed on Dan Lipinski's endorsement page, has now un-endorsed him...
Gutierrez's rationale for dumping Lipinski apparently centers around immigrant's rights, and as such dovetails nicely with Mark Pera's recent endorsement from Immigrant's List...
Gutierrez is also close to Daley and the rest of the machine, meaning that this could be a sign that Lipinski is out of favor and / or in serious trouble. The diversity of Pera's endorsements also speaks volumes to his broad coalition...
We can only influence Democrats in Congress when they believe we have serious, legitimate means of pressuring them, including removing them from office. So, with only a few days left, I am asking you again: Donate to Mark Pera for Congress. If you live in the area or if you can make the trip, volunteer for Mark Pera. We have very few chances to influence national Democratic behavior like this. We have to make what few chances we have count." more..
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| Jan 31st 2008 |
"Pera news and Final Push to help Mark Win!",
Blog for America
"...Help us change Congress by electing Northside DFA adopted candidate Mark Pera, and defeating anti-choice, pro-war, machine "Democrat" Dan Lipinski on February 5th!
Saturday, February 2, going door-to-door for Mark Pera. Canvassing is fun and we will pair new-comers up with experienced people. As usual we will meet for carpooling at 10:00 a.m. at the Pier 1 at 5304 N. Broadway, or those who wish can meet us in the 3rd Congressional District via CTA. If you want to meet us there, email me at sjv60640@gmail.com for details. However, either way, if you can make it PLEASE RSVP at:
http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=26977" more..
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| Jan 31st 2008 |
"How To Beat Back the Religious Right's Gains in the Democratic Party",
BuzzFlash.net Progressive News
"Democratic Members of Congress, and other elected officials... often have more in common with the Religious Right than they do mainstream Democrats... One of these is Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), whose grim record includes includes being: anti-choice, anti-stem cell research, [and for] government intervention in the Terri Schiavo case. Fortunately, we have a progressive [Democratic] primary challenger in Mark Pera... This is the kind participation in Constitutional Democracy that will turn back the gains of the religious right." more..
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| Jan 31st 2008 |
"Pera or Lipinski? Tuesday...",
DailyKos by diverdonreed
"This coming Tuesday, February 5th, is not just Super Tuesday for the Presidential Primaries.
It is also our last chance to help elect a progressive ally -- MARK PERA -- for the new Democratic President.
(http://www.markperaforcongress.com/). If we don't select MARK PERA in the Illinois Primary, we will return to Washington one of George Bush's right-hand guys, Dan Lipinski, who is a Democrat in name only...
SO, will it be Mark Pera or Daniel Lipinski? Both have a a D beside their name on the ballot. PERA deserves it, Lipinski does NOT..." more..
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| Jan 31st 2008 |
"Pera and Immigrant Support",
Prairie State Blue by wegerje
"From Down With Tyranny comes this report on the Pera campaign (donate here or here, or volunteer here ) in IL-03 and immigrant support. I'm used to the hard numbers out of NDFA rather than the "expects to" numbers listed below. Still it's a very impressive effort:" more..
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| Jan 31st 2008 |
"Daniel Biss for Mark Pera",
DailyKos by turnnoblindeye
"Just thought I'd share with everyone an email that was just sent out by Daniel Biss, a very popular State Senate candidate in Illinois that some of you may be familiar with from his netroots fundraiser success.
Follow me below the flip for the full email text..." more..
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| Jan 30th 2008 |
"Interview: Mark Pera, Congressional Candidate",
Chicagoist
"In a political season that has been marked by the theme of change, Illinois's 3rd Congressional District has become one of the battle grounds over what the Democratic Party might look like going forward in 2008. Critics of the incumbent, Dan Lipinski, are unhappy with his opposition to abortion rights and stem cell research, and his siding with moderate Republicans on the war in Iraq and domestic spying. Besides his voting record, they also don't like how he came to congress: If you don't remember the 2004 general election, the elder Lipinski won renomination in the primary, withdrew during the campaign year, and then led the process to pick his replacement on the November ballot - his son Dan, a political science professor from Tennessee..." more..
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| Jan 30th 2008 |
"The Opportunity Of The February Primaries",
d-day
"In IL-03, removing Dan Lipinski and replacing him with progressive Mark Pera is quite important.
But how do you send a signal when the other side is even worse? You take out some of the worst of your own party in the primaries. Dan Lipinski came to his office through an act of fraud when the elder Lipinski withdrew and made sure there" more..
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