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by JOEL B. POLLAK (/COLUMNISTS/JOEL-B-POLLAK) 27 Feb 2013, 5:05 AM PDT POST A COMMENT (/BIG-GOVERNMENT/2013/02/27/BIG-MONEY-IN-POLITICS-BLOOMBERG-BUYS-IL-CONGRESSIONAL-PRIMARY-FOR-ANTI-GUN-RADICAL#COMMENTS)

NewYork Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $2.3 million in campaign

spending helped anti-gun radical Robin Kelly win the Democratic

primary (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02

/26/Kelly-wins-Dem-nod-for-ex-Rep-Jackson-Jrs-seat) to

replace convicted former Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D) yesterday.

Bloomberg joined Obama political adviser David Axelrod, radical

Jeremiah Wright ally Father Michael Pfelger, and left-wing Rep.

Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in helping Kelly defeat former Rep.

Debbie Halvorson, who was once the darling of the party's

election machine but became a useful target due to her "A" rating

from the National Rifle Association. (NRA)Though President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party have campaign against "big

money in politics," they welcomed Bloomberg's efforts as a chance to advance their gun

control agenda. During the campaign, Kelly boasted (http://www.breitbart.com

/Big-Government/2013/02/20/Bloomberg-Axelrod-Favorite-To-Replace-Jesse-Jr-Robin-

Kelly-I-m-all-for-banning-guns) of her "F" rating from the NRA, and expressed pride that

Illinois does not permit the carrying of concealed weapons. The city of Chicago, part of

which falls in the 2nd congressional district, has suffered a surge in shootings and murders

despite having one of the nation's most restrictive gun-control regimes.

At one point, when the pro-Second Amendment Halvorson seemed well-positioned to win,

Axelrod tweeted:

Hagel Confirmed as Secretary of

Defense; Record Number of 'No' Votes

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Confirmed-as-Secretary-of-Defense-Record-Number-of-No-Votes)

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@politico (https://twitter.com/politico): NRA ally Debbie Halvorson could win Jesse

Jackson Jr.s Chicago seat: politi.co/Whw4xE (http://t.co/bZj7zsdE)Ironic, given

carnage in 2d CD.

David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) January 27, 2013 (https://twitter.com

/davidaxelrod/status/295623788291317761)

Elsewhere, Bloomberg is using his vast personal wealth to advance pet causes, worthy and

otherwise. In Los Angeles, Bloomberg is funding a slew of campaign advertisements in the

city's school board race, after donating (http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/23/local

/la-me-0224-lopez-elect-20130221) $1 million to the Coalition for School Reform.

Bloomberg reportedly became involved in the race at the behest of Los Angeles major

Antonio Villaraigosa, who has battled with teachers unions throughout his tenure. As a

result, Los Angeles residents are seeing an unusually large volume of ads not long after the

2012 election.

Earlier this week, Bloomberg said (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02

/26/NYC-Mayor-Bloomberg-Wants-His-Entire-State-Banning-Big-Sodas) that he would

like to see New York City's unpopular ban on large soda drinks, which has yet to go into

effect, extended throughout the state of New York. He has not yet contributed money to

that effort, but has lent his political profile to that and other government interventions in

consumer choices.

In Illinois, Bloomberg's chosen candidate comes with a great deal of political baggage. As

former chief of staff to troubled former Illinois state treasurere Alexi Giannoulias, she was

reportedly (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02/20/Bloomberg-

Axelrod-Favorite-To-Replace-Jesse-Jr-Robin-Kelly-I-m-all-for-banning-guns) the target

of an ethics investigation into her pattern of unpaid absenses from her job. Kelly's

opponent in the general election will be Republican Paul McKinley, a convicted criminal

who connected with audiences by running as a reformer and non-politician. McKinley is in

good company: Kelly acknowledged help in her election victory from Rep. Schakowsky,

whose spouse, Democrat political strategist Robert Creamer, is himself a convicted felon.

As for Halvorson, her defeat represents a new and concerted effort by the Democratic

Party to drum pro-Second Amendment legislators out of its ranks. In 2010, Obama's

Organizing for America sent activists to create Astroturf demonstrations on her behalf, in

which they mocked her opponent (http://backyardconservative.blogspot.com/2010/09

/halvorson-office-organizes-protest.html), Rep. Adam Kinzinger, as Hitler. Now the boot

is on the other foot, with Axelrod attacking Halvorson and Bloomberg footing the bill.

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Great, just what they need, another loud mouthed ding bat. Bloomberg is a whack job.

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Halvorson strayed off the every single topic lockstep requirement of the Democrats. Silly girl independent

thought not allowed.

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Raise your right hand out in front of you, arm and fingers straight, if you support gun control... Hitler would be

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