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davidswanson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:21 PM Original message |
Senator Coburn Will Filibuster War Bill Unless Paid For |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. *deleted* |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Coburn is my Senator and this is one of the very, very few times I feel he represents me. |
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davidswanson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. you have to thank him |
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LiberalArkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like a brave man |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Oh for fuck's sake! A brave man would have raised the issue of an unfunded war when ... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Here's where you can find the money |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Nailed the neocon bastard. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I'd get behind cutting the Pentagon's budget by oh say HALF. |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Much as it pains me to say it, I'm with him on this one. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I can agree, but |
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davidswanson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. that's gonna be obvious to everybody i suspect |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. What is he proposing? |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Tom Coburn ... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. And funny how many Democrats became unconcerned at the same time |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. "he is espousing some common sense that could motivate those on the right to turn against the war" |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Or we can just let the war go on perpetually and borrow the costs from our grandchildren |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I'll give ya that one |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. He did this when Bush was in office. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Really? |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Same thing he is doing here. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Yes, it's the same thing: |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Since you feel sorry for Lott how much did you give him to repair his house? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Lott's house was the only one destroyed? n/t |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Not funny, standard (R) MO |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. +1000 |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
56. Except that he would say that we shouldn't raise taxes either |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. "As you know, on February 12, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act" |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Excellent point |
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davidswanson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. coburn thinks it's a way around the budget |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. "he is pushing for the spirit of paying for spending " |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I thought the law was a bad idea then unless you applied it to war funding |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Great! |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. For the first time in my life I can agree with something Coburn has said or done. |
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elmerdem (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. He's an opportunistic |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's good that a Senator publicly admits that War must take money from other initiatives. We've |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Democrats were saying these things |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That's right. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. This war isn't ok period |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Really? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Did I say this was Coburn's motives? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. "Coburn is using this as a tactic to save his ass and go up against the Democrats." |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Maybe it will....maybe it wont (beats doing nothing IMO) |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. His "anti" votes must be getting all confused in his head. |
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FBI_Un_Sub (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. One of the very few times |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. ...just like he filibustered the bu$h* war funding, right? |
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judesedit (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. My words exactly. We didn't hear a peep when Bush and Cheney PLANNED a year before 9/11 to START a |
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judesedit (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. Coburn = incumbent = bye bye |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. Don't trust him |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Well duh, he is both a Senator and a Republican - two strikes |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
46. Wow! It's hard to believe that his hypocritical, lying, Republican POS is getting kudos |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. +1 |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. So, now he does this. Didn't he rubber-stamp Shrub's budgets and supplementals? |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
50. My problem with this is... |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. See! Not all Republicans are bad! Some can be quire sensible! |
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cadmium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. Coburn-He was For it before he was Against it. He's FOS nt |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm sure he sent a similar letter during Bush's initiation of these wars, right? |
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davidswanson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. geez yeah it really sucks |
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