Tom Coburn: Obama both "a personal friend of mine" and "perilously close to impeachment"

[geek tragedy]

Remember, this is the liberal Senator from Oklahoma.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/republican-senator-obama-getting-perilously-close-to-the-sta

“What you have to do is you have to establish the criteria that would qualify for proceedings against the president, and that’s called impeachment,” Coburn said, responding to a question about holding President Obama accountable. “That’s not something you take lightly, and you have to use a historical precedent of what that means. I think there’s some intended violation of the law in this administration, but I also think there’s a ton of incompetence, of people who are making decisions.”

“Even if there is incompetence, the IRS forces me to abide by the law,” a constituent responded to Coburn.

“No, I agree,” Coburn said. “My little wiggle out of that when I get that written to me is I believe that needs to be evaluated and determined, but thank goodness it doesn’t have to happen in the Senate until they’ve brought charges in the House. Those are serious things, but we’re in a serious time. I don’t have the legal background to know if that rises to high crimes and misdemeanor, but I think they’re getting perilously close.”

As someone once said, if you want a real friend in DC, buy a dog.

[hobbit709]

1. As far as I'm concerned, Coburn is perilously close to treason along with the other obstructionists

[DearAbby]

10. ! SAY IT LOUDER !

No one seems to be listening.

[davekriss]

26. Yup - the Republican Obstructionist..

... are indeed committing treason. They are harming US citizens, diminishing our ability as a nation to act in the national interest around the world, and surrendering We the People's sovereignty to multi-national corporations.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Republicans in Congress better hurry up and impeach Obama so they have a clear

shot at re-election next November . . . . .

[spin]

11. I feel the Republicans learned a good lesson from their attempt to impeach ...

Bill Clinton.

Any talk of impeaching Obama is simply hot air which unfortunately will only contribute to global warming.

[clarice]

27. +1. nt

[Pretzel_Warrior]

3. Of course a 21st century lynching would start in Oklahoma

Oklahoma just doesn't the acclaim it should. In the shadow of Mississippi, Arizona, and Florida.

[Bluenorthwest]

4. Under what stars is Tom Coburn a liberal? He's a far right Republican, virulently anti gay

and frequently entertainingly stupid. His voting record is as hard line Republican as it could possibly be.
Not sure about buying a dog, but I do know that playing the Odd Couple with some racist bigot Republican is no way to make a real friend anywhere.
Calling him a liberal is seriously off base. Way off base. Off planet.

[geek tragedy]

7. The point was how far right wackadoodle the other Senator, Injofe is.

Kind of like saying Butthead was the smart one.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. They are both far right wackadoodle. And neither is the smart one. Both are Conservatives and

Republicans. In no way is Coburn less conservative than Imhofe. In no way, even relatively, is he 'the liberal Senator'.
Sorry. He's an extreme bigot and Obama's handholding with him backfiring is Obama's own damn fault. He was warned.

[geek tragedy]

9. I can't really disagree.

I guess I've heard Coburn say sane things (like not shutting down the government). I've never--not once--heard Inhofe say anything even remotely sane.

[Bluenorthwest]

16. I think you assumed Coburn is less than insane because Obama promotes him.

Coburn, Republican, Christian and Good Friend of Obama in that bipartisan Third Way style.

[geek tragedy]

17. No, it's for the precise reason I stated. nt

[sabrina 1]

24. This is what you get when you decide that you can trust right wingers for 'pragmatic' purposes

Will the President learn from this? That abandoning his Liberal base in order to cozy up to Republicans was never a good idea?

Never trust a Republican or the Third Way.

And NEVER take your Progressive base for granted.

[tarheelsunc]

12. +1. "Coburn" and "liberal" don't belong in the same sentence unless a negating word is between. eom

[99th_Monkey]

5. "Those are serious things, but we’re in a serious time." <-- pivotal, ~nt~

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Do it.

Put up or shut up. I am so fucking tired of this shit. Just do it already. Impeach him.

[elehhhhna]

18. more like TRY IT, and

watch the people demand the architects of this shit go to real prison

maybe Holder's tired of pot prosecution...

fine by me

what was all that about "looking forward"?

[Rex]

13. Ugh. I get so tired of them throwing around the I word.

If George Walker Bush could make it through two of the most controversial terms in modern history without getting impeached...why on EARTH would any sane person think Obama is near impeachment level?

Did he illegally invade a country based on lies and greed? No.

Did he relax security around the nation so it would be easier for 9/11 to occur? No.

Did he use his daddy's friends on the SCOTUS to get 'elected'? No.

Did he let OBL escape and remain at large? No.

Calling for impeachment is pathetic at best...



EDIT - WHY do you call him a liberal senator? That is false adverting and you know it!

He is a REPUBLICAN...calling him a liberal senator is just more liberal bashing, even if it was unintentional.

[jmowreader]

23. It's in reference to Oklahoma's other excuse for a senator

Jim Inhofe is so far to the right, he makes Tom Coburn look like Abbie Hoffman. Considering how far to the right Coburn is, that takes some doing.

[Rex]

25. Oh God, Jim Inhofe I didn't know which state he was from.

Oklahoma has my condolences.

[Downtown Hound]

14. Not this bullshit again

It's NEVER going to happen with a Democratic majority in the Senate.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. Their dream is to win the Senate next go-round, and...

then get even for Nixon.

They are, in as few words as I can muster, simply useless scumbags.

[Downtown Hound]

20. To impeach you need a two-thirds majority

Even if they miraculously won the Senate, there's no way they would win it by that margin in time before Obama leaves the presidency.

[TreasonousBastard]

21. True dat, but we're talking dreams here, and...

there's that pesky insult of a simple majority denying him any future public office.

Whatever the clown car wants, though, let them go for it-- can't be much worse than the time wasted in 40 votes to repeal Obamacare.

In the best case, some of the bigger idjits might even find themselves jobless.

[Red Mountain]

19. Give it a shot

Mealy mouthed assholes. What do you have to lose?

[Monk06]

22. They're batting 40-0 on ACA and they think they can even bring up impeachement in the house?