Comments on: Dealing With Senator Nutjob (aka Coburn) http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/15/dealing-with-senator-nutjob-aka-coburn/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: PSU94 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/15/dealing-with-senator-nutjob-aka-coburn/#comment-6602 PSU94 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:09:47 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=544#comment-6602 Thanks, Mike. Good to see someone around here with a sense of humor. Although, the first three letters of my screen name are where i went to school, so i probably shouldn't be making fun of any other college football teams the way we've been the last couple years. Thanks, Mike. Good to see someone around here with a sense of humor.

Although, the first three letters of my screen name are where i went to school, so i probably shouldn’t be making fun of any other college football teams the way we’ve been the last couple years.

]]> By: buma http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/15/dealing-with-senator-nutjob-aka-coburn/#comment-6601 buma Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:09:03 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=544#comment-6601 I grew up in Coburn's home town and left for quite a few good reasons. The mindset of a majority of the people there has changed so much I hardly recognize it anymore. I think this is due mostly to 24/7 FoxGOP propaganda and loads of conservative talk radio. The people hear exacly one side of every issue and no one is curious enough to tune in anything else -- after all, Rush has it all figured out. Inhofe and Coburn are what you get from all the spoonfeeding. I grew up in Coburn’s home town and left for quite a few good reasons. The mindset of a majority of the people there has changed so much I hardly recognize it anymore. I think this is due mostly to 24/7 FoxGOP propaganda and loads of conservative talk radio. The people hear exacly one side of every issue and no one is curious enough to tune in anything else — after all, Rush has it all figured out. Inhofe and Coburn are what you get from all the spoonfeeding.

]]> By: Mike http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/15/dealing-with-senator-nutjob-aka-coburn/#comment-6600 Mike Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:09:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=544#comment-6600 PSU94 wrote: "I always thought  Oklahoma s shame was their performance against USC in the Orange Bowl last season." ROFLMAO! Ditto their performance against LSU the year before that. And their performance against TCU two weeks ago. PSU94 wrote:

“I always thought  Oklahoma s shame was their performance against USC in the Orange Bowl last season.”

ROFLMAO!

Ditto their performance against LSU the year before that.

And their performance against TCU two weeks ago.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/15/dealing-with-senator-nutjob-aka-coburn/#comment-6599 SaveFarris Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:09:03 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=544#comment-6599 I'll take Oklahoma's shame over <a href="http://kennedy.senate.gov/" rel="nofollow">Massachusett's shame</a> any day of the week and twice on Sunday. I’ll take Oklahoma’s shame over Massachusett’s shame any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/15/dealing-with-senator-nutjob-aka-coburn/#comment-6598 Quaker in a Basement Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:09:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=544#comment-6598 JD, let me break it down for you: A member of the Senator's staff says: "He doesn't know anything about judiciary stuff." Nonetheless, he sits on the <i>Senate Judiciary Committee!</i> Wouldn't the qualifications for handing out lifetime appointments to the nation's highest courts include knowing "judiciary stuff"? JD, let me break it down for you:

A member of the Senator’s staff says: “He doesn’t know anything about judiciary stuff.”

Nonetheless, he sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee!

Wouldn’t the qualifications for handing out lifetime appointments to the nation’s highest courts include knowing “judiciary stuff”?

]]> By: elrod http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/15/dealing-with-senator-nutjob-aka-coburn/#comment-6597 elrod Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:09:08 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=544#comment-6597 Coburn is a doctor by trade. I know we like politicians to be non-lawyers sometimes. But on the Judiciary Committee it's a pretty good plan to have lawyers present. And if they aren't lawyers, they should be pretty well-versed on the law nonetheless. Coburn was elected because he was an extremist Republican who complained about lesbians in the Oklahoma middle schools and suggested abortion doctors should get the death penalty (even though he actually performed abortions once) and Brad Carson, his opponent, never distinguished himself in any real way. With Inhofe and Coburn, Oklahoma has the worst Senate representation possible. I didn't agree with Nickles on much, but at least he was an honorable and sensible guy. And David Boren was an excellent Senator. Coburn is a doctor by trade. I know we like politicians to be non-lawyers sometimes. But on the Judiciary Committee it’s a pretty good plan to have lawyers present. And if they aren’t lawyers, they should be pretty well-versed on the law nonetheless. Coburn was elected because he was an extremist Republican who complained about lesbians in the Oklahoma middle schools and suggested abortion doctors should get the death penalty (even though he actually performed abortions once) and Brad Carson, his opponent, never distinguished himself in any real way. With Inhofe and Coburn, Oklahoma has the worst Senate representation possible. I didn’t agree with Nickles on much, but at least he was an honorable and sensible guy. And David Boren was an excellent Senator.

]]> By: JD http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/15/dealing-with-senator-nutjob-aka-coburn/#comment-6596 JD Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:09:39 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=544#comment-6596 This is a surprise, why ? Isn't that what staffers do? I get it, since he is a Republican, he is too dumb to do it without staffers. I bet none of the Democrat staffers are feeding information to their Senators. None. This is a surprise, why ? Isn’t that what staffers do? I get it, since he is a Republican, he is too dumb to do it without staffers. I bet none of the Democrat staffers are feeding information to their Senators. None.

]]> By: PSU94 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/15/dealing-with-senator-nutjob-aka-coburn/#comment-6595 PSU94 Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:09:20 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=544#comment-6595 I always thought "Oklahoma's shame" was their performance against USC in the Orange Bowl last season. I always thought “Oklahoma’s shame” was their performance against USC in the Orange Bowl last season.

]]> By: buma http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/15/dealing-with-senator-nutjob-aka-coburn/#comment-6594 buma Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:09:34 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=544#comment-6594 What's a six-letter Oklahoma word for 'worthless'? Starts with C-O. What’s a six-letter Oklahoma word for ‘worthless’? Starts with C-O.

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