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Sarah Palin in damage control mode after one of her political endorsees is connected to Obamacare.

Courtesy of the freeze dried fool's Facebook page:

Heads up. Please see the article linked below. You're smart enough to know this is the predictable effort of liberals to try to destroy a conservative's campaign to serve America in D.C. Last week we endorsed a good man, Sasse. This week he’s falsely accused of supporting and profiting off Obamacare. And so it begins. In being fed this kind of "oppo research" on our candidates, just beware, be vigilant, and we'll be victorious! Please read this and note the best part is the "comments" section full of candid, sharp, and accurate assessments of the state of journalism today! Awesome comments! I love reading them!

- Sarah Palin

Uh oh, somebody's crusty panties are in a wad!

The post links to a Breitbart article which essentially blames opposition research for finding some old story, which of course they claim is completely false, to smear a guy who the National Review once identified in a cover story as "Obamacare's Nebraska Nemesis."

How embarrassing if it turned out he might have worked for a firm that helped to sell Obamacare in early 2010?

Well according to Politico that is exactly what happened:

Sasse provided early “strategic advice” to former Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt’s health care consulting firm while the firm pitched itself to clients in early 2010 to help implement the Affordable Care Act. Sasse is listed, along with his photograph and biography, as a “senior advisor” under the heading “Leavitt Partners team” in PowerPoint presentations from April and May 2010 in which Leavitt’s firm sold its Obamacare expertise.

Titled “A Framework for Health Reform,” the presentations sought to explain various aspects of the law. One page lists the “funding sources” and “benefits” of the Affordable Care Act. Other pages detail the “10-year implementation process” and describe “structural shifts” in the health care industry as a result of the law.

Of course the Sasse campaign claims he was never paid by this company, has no affiliation with this program, and has no real memory of 2010 at all. (Okay I made up that last part.)

Personally I don't think that this story is going to make much difference one way or the other.

I mean come on! This guy was endorsed by Sarah "Albatross" Palin!

What could be more damaging to the campaign than that?

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