“I will bet you a Porterhouse steak if it lands on his desk, he will sign this puppy.”
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.): “I Will Bet You A Porterhouse Steak” Obama Will Sign Cut, Cap & Balance. - RealClearPolitics
Tom Coburn channeling his inner Alan Simpson.
So, where is the Sen. Coburn, “I helped with the payout of hush money in the Sen. Ensign sex scandal” presser?
I keep scanning the cable news networks but I can’t find it. Did I miss it? : /
There’s one person standing in the way of Republicans doing the right thing when it comes to taxes, and that’s Grover Norquist. He has a virtual lock on GOP tax policy. But, one Republican Senator is finally standing up to machine. - TheLastWord
For the second day in a row now, Fox News’ Shepard Smith used his 3 p.m. show to publicly shame specific Republicans for blocking passage of the bill that would fund healthcare for ailing 9/11 first responders. Yesterday, Shep called out a dozen Senators who refused to come on his show and explain themselves. Today, Shep singled out Senator Tom Coburn, a conservative’s conservative, who is at this point the last Republican still willing to publicly block the bill from coming to the floor.
“He’s the last person I’d vote for for president of the United States. [He] doesn’t know anything about commitment to marriage. His life indicates he does not have a commitment to the character traits necessary to be a great president.”
Sen. Tom Coburn: Newt Gingrich ‘last person I’d vote for’
“KARL: How would you have voted, knowing all that you know — I mean, now you know his entire record as a justice — would you have voted no on a Thurgood Marshall nomination?
COBURN: I have no idea. I don’t know his writings. I think that’s an important part of her [Elena Kagan] history, but not as important the two things that I just mentioned.”
Sen. Tom Coburn Has ‘no idea’ if he’d have voted to confirm Thurgood Marshall
- thinkprogress - video
According to Republican Senator Tom Coburn obesity isn’t the #1 problem facing adolescents, it’s marijuana.
Rachel Maddow Show: Tom Coburn Caught Lying About His Role in Ensign Affair
YOU LIE!
