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Sen. Coburn Said What? ‘Good Thing I Can’t Pack a Gun on the Senate Floor’

Senator Tom Coburn Talks About Bringing Gun on Senat Floor

UPDATED BELOW: COBURN EXPLAINS HIS COMMENTS ON TULSA RADIO THIS MORNING.

Following some bold — and possibly bizarre — statements made to constituents during a swing through NE Oklahoma on Tuesday, Senator Tom Coburn’s office is probably going to be answering a lot of questions today. That’s because he said everything from accusing the president of benefiting from “programs” because he is black, to making a comment about packing a gun on the Senate floor.

The Tulsa World covered all four appearances by Senator Coburn and provides us with some of the statements.

The comment garnering the most attention is the Republican Senator’s statement where he discussed guns while talking about the lack of courage in the House and Senate:

“It‘s just a good thing I can’t pack a gun on the Senate floor.”

Tulsa World did not elaborate on what he meant.

But he wasn’t done. Speaking to the Chamber of Commerce in Langley, OK. Coburn made some rather dire predictions for the American economy:

“We have less than 16 months to fix this. I can promise you that come July you’re going to see some tough, tough stuff in this country.”

Then the senator took on the president. When asked about Obama by one attendee, the Tulsa World reports that Coburn described Obama as “very bright” but with a political philosophy that Coburn believes to be “goofy and wrong.” The Tulsa World story adds a few more curious quotes from Coburn about President Obama:

Obama’s “intent is not to destroy, his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him,” he said.

“As an African-American male,” Coburn said, Obama received “tremendous advantage from a lot of these programs.”

Senator Coburn also seems to have an interesting view of the importance of Congress vs the President. He reportedly said: “I don’t think presidents matter that much.”

Coburn is no stranger to unvarnished speech. Following the Debt Ceiling deal, the Senator’s comments and dour outlook on spending reductions were covered here on The Blaze. One might suppose that Senator Coburn’s raw honesty is a by-product of his self-imposed term limits. Earlier this year he announced that he will not be running for a third term in 2016.

The Senator’s public schedule includes two more “Town Hall” appearances today in the Oklahoma City area. If you are interested in attending, visit Coburn’s website for locations and times.

The Senator did speak with radio host Pat Campbell this morning, offering further clarification on his comments.

Comments (157)

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  • mikenleeds
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:52am

    i love my guns , god bless America

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    • CaptainKook
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:03am

      Wow, Coburn is much dumber than I realized.

      This guy also says that if you suffer a catastophic health problem you should go around your neighborhood knocking on doors asking for help instead of expecting any help from government.

       
    • Jethro212
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:23am

      @kaptkook Sounds like you are one of those people who thinks the Health Care law is good, I have an idea, why don’t you move to some Socialized Country and leave this one alone. Not like there aren’t a ton to choose from.

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    • liberalsarealiens
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:27am

      Hell, who can pass anything in Reids Senate? It’s the most do nothing Senete I have seen in my 61 years!

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    • Edct
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:27am

      Coburn is a good American and is just sick of the crap in Washington.

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    • TEA4Me
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:34am

      This is the way most conservatives are feeling. He is just saying it. You libs best get in line and follow the Tea Party back to fiscal sanity or the consequences are going to worse than you even care to imagine. You best hear what I am saying. You think London and Greece are bad. That’s pansy compared to what will happen here WHEN were are forced to put austerity measures in place in another couple of years, because you socialists wouldn’t listen to reason back in the Summer of 2011…

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:38am

      Yep! I feel the same way, Senator Coburn, when I have to leave my weapon of choice in the car or at home. Feel absolutely naked! When I saw that incident in Killeen, Tx. years ago where a gunman came in and shot up a Furr’s cafeteria, I decided to always be ready. The poor woman who could carry, left it in the car thinking she didn’t need it. I believe her parents were killed by this idiot gunman.
      Always be prepared is my motto! You never know when you need to defend yourself or others.

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    • BSdetector
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:40am

      That evil bstrd doesn’t want you to be a leech on the neck of our society like CaptainKook? What an evil S.O.B.

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    • NWalters78
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:43am

      I wish one of my Senators would say this or feel this…. I’m from TX and we have RINOs in double-surround. CaptainKook, your name fits you, you slathering commie a-hole. Coburn didn‘t say he’d shoot someone. Now, shooting at people or into a wall, that’s another story. Waaaaa, waaaa, he threatened me. Politics is dirty, suck it up, sicophant.

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    • Locked
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:55am

      ” Coburn didn‘t say he’d shoot someone. Now, shooting at people or into a wall, that’s another story.”

      Do you even own a gun? The first rule you should learn is you never point a gun unless you mean to kill. Shooting a gun in Congress (even at a wall) to make a point? No. HELL no. Coburn tried to make a joke, and came off as unstable.

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    • nepanhandle
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:57am

      Bluebonnet If I remember right that lady was not allowed to carry inside that restaurant.

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    • Nightstalker
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:00am

      Sen. Cobrn is great!
      I voted for him.
      Hope he plans on Running for President.
      We need men in Washington who will do the right thing, not the right thing to get re-elected.
      Oh yea, Capt Kook,
      No reply to your statement is required, your name says it all!

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    • copper
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:15am

      Wait this is the guy who got a HOMIE HUG from OBAMA after the Repub‘s met for the healthcare meeting and he told Ryan he didn’t know what he was talking about.

      Then he was ONE of THE GANG OF SIX and defended it because he had become BUDDIES with OBAMA when Obama was in the Senate.

      Then after the Gang of 6 screwed up the Cut, Cap & Balance bill and he voted AGAINST the Senate revised Boehner Debt BULL. (But he voted FOR the SCAM BULL in the HOUSE)

      When Bachmann criticized the bull he was right there to say, “ME TOO, ME TOO!”.

      I DON’T BELIEVE a WORD HE SAYS!.

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    • yankeewriter85
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:27am

      He probably said people should do that since he knows what can happen if you give the government too much power. In countries like the ones America is trying to become more like, really sick and injured people are usually denied care because of rationing or, in extreme cases, are even put to death. It scares me how utilitarian and “utopian” America is becoming. As Fred Thompson said in 2008, “A government that can give you anything can take anything away from you.” Obamacare is just one step closer to that.

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    • 2ndrevolution
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:28am

      In reply to CAPTAINKOOK,

      I bet fewer people would be on “government” assistance of all types if they had to ask their next door neighbor directly for money.

      You do realize that the Government doesn’t have any money until they take it from you and your neighbor. Assuming that you and your neighbor actually pay any taxes after filing your tax return.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:45am

      @LOCKED: The FIRST RULE of gun safety is, “Don’t pizz me off.”

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    • Locked
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:49am

      @Bluebonnet
      “The FIRST RULE of gun safety is, “Don’t pizz me off.””

      I think you mixed up gun safety and the handbook of a psychopath.

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    • becker88
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:51am

      They all should be able to if they would like to.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • Phoenixsoulfire
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:24pm

      republican or democrat, anyone says that shouldn’t be in office. I mean what would have he done if he had a gun probably nothing but his statement says otherwise

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    • WestTexasCountryBoy
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:45pm

      If a flash mob(on tv it looks like most are black and no one will even say it) breaks out around any of my family I sure hope Coburn is close by.

      Help end political correctness – before it ends our way of life
      God Bless

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    • Marci
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:14pm

      He is just voicing what many already think. Enough is enough. The insanity continues. We face default, our government spends more. We get downgraded, our government spends more and blames the citizens for THEIR actions rather than their own, our ATF gets caught with their pants down by order trying to degrade the 2nd amendment, they get PROMOTED. Up is down, down is up. ENOUGH.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 3:58pm

      What a great Okie. 

      He has his flaws as every human but overall Coburn is a stand up man. 

      Keep up the good work Tom! 

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 4:44pm

      @LOCKED, Just like Herman Cain said the other night, “you need to learn how to take a joke”
      I love to share with anyone my funny saying, “1st gun safety rule, don’t pizz me off.” It’s a joke, it’s funny

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    • imreddog
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 5:11pm

      Well CAPTAINKOOK, I’m 74 years old. Please tell me where you live and I‘ll be right over to get the money that I’m sure you want to give to me for my health care. Or maybe, you can just send it to me so that I don’t have to do anything buy sit on my a$$ and complain. Hey KOOK, here’s a clue for you, THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T HAVE ANY MONEY EXCEPT FOR WHAT IT TAKES FROM THE PEOPLE AT THE POINT OF A GUN. Every penny that the government spends on government jobs for salaries, the military, foreign aid, etc., etc. comes from the pockets of the private sector. Government employees don’t contribute a single penny to the economy, they are a drain on the economy… any idiot should understand this. So, when can I come over and pick up my money?

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 5:26pm

      CAPT-KOOK: YOu won’t ask your neighbors for asistance,but you’ll support the GOVERNMENT takning from them to give to you. How‘s that ’spread the wealth’ working out for you? Sad truth is that Obama care won’t help anybody unless you have a long lifetime ahead of you to pay crushing taxes….U R Stupid!!

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    • SgtB
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:38pm

      I love my Senator. I got the opportunity to vote for this man and I am proud that he truly represents my views by truly representing himself and being true to what he feels. That is why I voted for him.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:37am

      Yea, about the health care system….I’ve already dealt with the fallout. I’ve lost a doctor, and been denied reimbursement because I didn‘t follow the new standards that I wasn’t made aware of. And the doctor I lost didn’t even tell us he quit taking our insurance until we called for a refill at the pharmacy.

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  • Lover of America
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:50am

    You can blame the President for the attitude towards him. The man acts like a child and is basically going around the country and partying on our dime. He has done NOTHING. He didn’t pass a piece of legislation as a Senator either. The guy got elected for one reason and one reason only. Pathetic!

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    • TEA4Me
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:35am

      You can also blame his L-Wing supporters who scream “RACISM” everytime someone staunchly disagrees with President Crybaby.

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  • TxMadMac
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:45am

    I feel his pain and have blood dripping down on my chin from biting my tongue. What you say when you are totally exasperated does not mean you would act it out in anger. Most of us are rational.

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    • IntegrityFirst08
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:00am

      Well stop biting your tounge. Dont worry about what these people think, they will lie reguardless of fact or fiction. Now is not the time to bit the tounge, I engage ever person on ever topic if i hear them talking about it. Some people get tired of it, but i get tired of people mindlessly voting on canidates they dont know anything about.

      Was just watching fox. The Maxeen Waters thing was on. They began talking about the state of the African American communities and how they are at least double the unemployment of the rest of the country. Yet they also mentioned that 90% of that base still has a favorable notion of him. How can that be when BHO promised the african american communites better jobs specifically in his capaigne08. This is beyond words. You vote for a guy who says hes gonna change the status of your community and its gotten worse over ~3 years yet he still remains at 90% favorable rating. Makes you think what they actually voted on in 08……….

      Its a shame that noone has actually ENLIGHTENED these people to the fact that Personal responsibility and hard work and desire will get you a job not BHO.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:51am

      @Integrity First

      They forget that Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican and the the Democrats were the writers of the Jim Crowe laws… Just Like Rep West has said the “black community is on the plantation”~!

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:54am

      Absolutely, I saw the Waters clip also and my first thought was: These people are the racists, not us!
      They will vote for a losing president with no clear cut policy to get folks to work just because of his color. Now, just how smart is this? As we’ve pointed out, his color has nothing to do with his being inept. It’s his inability to govern like a President is supposed to do.
      When you spend your formative years in a muslim school in Indonesia, you really don‘t understand America or it’s people. He is NOT good for America trying to bring us down to a 3rd world classification. I’ve been to Indonesia and see how the 3rd world live. The rich are rich and the poor are simply pathetic, like he wants us to be. And guess what the unemployed blacks & whites have to look forward to if he succeeds in this Country. Be very afraid. and pray we’ll be redeemed.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:42am

    senators used to beat each other half to death with their dandy walking canes on the senate floor. they had duels to the death outside Dc too. nothing new.

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    • EP46
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:52am

      Famous duels
      July 11, 1804: U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton; Hamilton was killed.

      May 30, 1806: Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson; Dickinson was killed, Jackson wounded.

      September 22, 1842: Future President Abraham Lincoln, at the time an Illinois state legislator, accepted a challenge to a duel by state auditor James Shields. Just prior to engaging in combat, the two participants’ seconds intervened and were able to convince the two men to cease hostilities.

      June 1, 1853: U.S. Senator William McKendree Gwin and U.S. Congressman J.W. McCorkle, no injuries.

      September 13, 1859: U.S. Senator David C. Broderick and David S. Terry, formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California; Broderick was killed.

      Lots more…History is so very interesting !

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    • rumpleforeskin
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:59am

      That was back when they had “stones”. Now they are just back stabbing motor mouths.

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  • EP46
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:42am

    Tom can say what he wants….
    Sounds like Davy Crockett…to quote ole’ Davy “”I bark at no man’s bid. I will never come and go, and fetch and carry, at the whistle of the great man in the White House no matter who he is.”

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    • louise
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:36am

      EP46….thanks! Never knew that little tidbit about Crockett. I learned something new this morning!

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  • sooner12
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:42am

    What did Coburn say that was wrong or in error?

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    • johnsell
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:10am

      Absolutely nothing, it’s just the way the Left will interpret it! You GO Senator Coburn, we understand and feel your frustrations!

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  • psst
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:42am

    Why shouldn’t the good Senator pack on the Floor.? Most in Congress are nothing but crooks.
    It’s best to be armed around such people.
    I mean, Sheesh, if Mr Soetero can give the OK to arm foreign and domestic drug gangs, s
    why should an American Senator be able to pack on the floor .
    Of couse normal folks knew it was just a figure of speech, born out of frustration as alluded to by another poster.
    As for some of his other comments. it’s refreshing to see what real freedom from trying to get constantly re- elected can bring.One can speak the truth.
    This is why Term Limits is a must if the country is to survive.
    That Term Limits will never happen . Well, It’s bovious nothing else need be said.
    And don’t tell me that voters can term limit anyone. That would be true if the country were not so dumbed down. There are only a few more %age needed for the dependency lemmings to be the majority of voters. And at the rate they are breeeding, it won’t be much longer.

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    • Banter
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:52am

      As evidenced by Pelosi, Reid, McCain, McConnell, Boxer, Snowe, Jackson Lee, Rangel et al being elected over and over. Their constituents get what they deserve, but we really pay the price as their actions affect us all.

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    • concealled9mms
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:05am

      he should pack on the floor and he can buy a hell of a gun from eric holder

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:12am

      @ concealled9mms

      Truer words were never spoken.

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    • psst
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:31am

      @ Banter.Yes indeedy. Evidently.

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    • psst
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:34am

      @9mm.
      Holder, sheesh, I would bypass the middleman and get a price quote straight from the top.
      Who knows, Soetoro may give him a better price.Ol’ Eric would add his 10 pucent.

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    • Rightallalong
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:51am

      @Walk – Obama had 2 years of complete control where the opposing party had no power to stop him. He got in what he could with HIS party and the country is falling faster than before. It amazes me the mindset that if the president is doing something to hurt the country that if he just does more of it it will get better.

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    • MHP
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:06pm

      Term Limits are only legal if the Congress passes an amendment to the US Constitution. and 3/4 of the states ratify it. It takes 2/3rds of the states to call for a constitutional convention, and once it is called, congress has no choice but to do it.

      Not even a state can impose term limits on anybody within the congress.
      Washington State did just that, with Speaker of the House Tom Foley, and the US Supreme Court struck it down as unconstitutional

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:40am

    At least he knows better than to bring a knife to a gunfight.

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    • EP46
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:46am

      You got it….DIRECT QUOTE from OBAMA ‘”If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,”

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:11am

      Now watch how the liberal press will spin this….completely ignoring Obama’s comment.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:40am

      Yep! It’s ok for Obama to say, but if we say it out of frustration and just joking, it’s hell to pay.
      Guys, let’s get this Country on the right track again. I’ve never felt so hopeless in my life when I hear the likes of those who only want to destroy our Country merely because of color.
      I’m in agreement with Allen West who wants to help the blacks get out of the mire. We‘ve lied long enough about keeping ’em down on the farm. Takes away personal respect and caring for others.
      Why the poor support Obama is because most like the mire they’re in, it’s become comfortable.

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  • An AmericanMom
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:39am

    Coburn spoke only the truth….Obama got more opportunities due to his race (remember he is 50% white but for some reason is consider black which is not the case he is mixed) to get into Columbia University with his bad grades from Occidental College and got scholarships as well…Obama’s non-mixed counterparts havn’t been so lucky! To get the breaks he was given…..

    Obama’s “intent is not to destroy, his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him,” he said.

    “As an African-American male,” Coburn said, Obama received “tremendous advantage from a lot of these programs.”

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    • Locked
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:00am

      “Coburn spoke only the truth….Obama got more opportunities due to his race (remember he is 50% white but for some reason is consider black which is not the case he is mixed) to get into Columbia University with his bad grades from Occidental College and got scholarships as well…Obama’s non-mixed counterparts havn’t been so lucky! To get the breaks he was given…..

      Obama’s “intent is not to destroy, his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him,” he said.

      “As an African-American male,” Coburn said, Obama received “tremendous advantage from a lot of these programs.”

      Sorry, I couldn’t hear you over your crying. I’m amazed you know his grades from Occidental (as the transcripts have not been released), and know the recruiting processes for universities. You should probably report whoever leaked those, as they flagrantly broke the law.

      Obama’s a bad president, but your angst over his race and your perceived treatment because he’s “black” says more about your own issues and feelings than the truth.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 5:15pm

      @LOCKED. Not sure his grades were ever disclosed, but the notion is, they would have been released had they been passing.
      He attended Occidental on a scholarship awarded to Indonesian residents. How did this happen when he moved away from Indonesia at approx. age 10-11? Makes me wonder what the truth really is about everything in his life that’s shaped his thinking.

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    • MHP
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:26pm

      Bluebonnet

      School records and grades are not public information, so Columbia can’t release any details unless to Soetoro hisself.

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    • GOTT-EM-MAUSER
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:31pm

      His grades not withstanding, nor any of the other Drivel here, what is a SURETY, is that the ONLY REASON the shoeshine boy got elected was because he was BLACK.

      BARRACK HUESSEIN OBAMA, the RACIST, COMMUNIST, MUSLIM from KENYA, is the POSTER CHILD for AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

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  • LouC57
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:35am

    Although it’s diminished we still have a right to free speech. Coburn’s comment is inappropriate at best.
    But I defend his right to say it.

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    • claymoremacm
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:48am

      Right-on Sen.I am sick of people ***** footing being scared of being called racest, my God he was elected by the white vote ,he tried his “Goofy” ideas he is a consumant lier and marxest, I don’t care if he is Purple it is time for him to resign.or be tried for treason against the constitution and oath of office

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  • sprdthewrd
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:35am

    Mr. Coburn is my Senator. He and I do not always see eye to eye but he has an open mind. I moved to Oklahoma 2 years ago after 60 years in California. Oklahoma is a breathe of fresh air. The California Liberals will not budge for any reason. I think term limits are a wonderful idea with the caveat that there be some protection from legislators benefitting from lobbyists from their votes after leaving office .

    Oklahomans speak their mind. We need as little Federal Intervention as possible. Many Government Agencies and Departments need to be done away with are greatly neutered, such as EPA, Education,etc.. Obama Care must be abolished. Political Correctness is to be NO more. Good Job Senator Coburn !!!

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  • gmoneytx
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:34am

    You should have kept that gun comment to yourself, then actually have…then what would have happened next could have been a 2 hour TV movie that the majority of the obamanites in this country would believe as truth. Then by the time elections roll around in 2012, Obama gets re-elected and the world blows up in January of 2013…

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  • ColoradoMaverick
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:30am

    He is only saying what most people privately know to be the truth. Obama has led a life of entitlements becuase of the fact he came from a broken home, his mother was a white trash, drug addict, hippie slut and his father was a black man who left them. He changed his name to Barry when is served him to be more white and then became more black when that served him. He received a free education because of the color of his skin not because he acttually deserved it. He was chosen to become the president by the Progressive Left wing because he was black… and white… and a little bit Muslim. He was chosen because he was able to hide his past and had no record to hurt him. He was even awarded the Nobel peace prize for something he hadn’t even accomplished, because he is black.

    Our country need to elect the best man or woman who is best qualified to lead our country. We should never elect a person because of their skin color, heritage, sex, religion or other factors that has nothing to do with real qualifications.

    The black community, the latino community and our youth, who all supported Obama for the wrong reasons are now the first to suffer for his failed policies. Now that Obama has a record that he cannot hide from, hopefully the ones he has hurt with see the light in 2012.

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    • GeorgeWashingtonslept here
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:42am

      WTG Coloradomaverick! Well said!

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:09am

      I hope they wake up and see the light, but I won’t hold my breath.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:10am

      I’ll second that “Well Said” !

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    • psst
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:39am

      Colorado said:”his mother was a white trash, drug addict, hippie slut ”
      —-
      You forgot to add Communist.
      She was.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:13am

      Exactly! very well said

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    • Mary M. Tebbe
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:59pm

      coloradomaverick: I agree with you. I didn’t see anything that Senator Colburn said that was not true. In fact, I’ve always supported him, and think that he should run for the office of President.
      Obama is a disgrace to America. So is his administration. The liar-in-chief. And how he is able to run for president again is beyond me…did I miss something!? Where is the proof of a bir$$th certi***ficate, and what about the fraud***ulent soc. security number? Those questions haven’t been answered yet. How this guy gets away with so much is beyond my understanding.
      Senator Colburn is just trying to point out that we are in a whole heap of trouble here in this Country, but no one seems to be listening, let alone doing anything about it. Such a shame. Hard to respect most members of Congress anymore…not many of them seem to have a backbone.
      God help us all!

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:29am

    A member of both the Simpson-Bowles commission and the Gang of Six; which did nothing to really solve the deficit debate. because President Obama ignored the Commission’s report, and the Gang of Six was totally useless.

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:34am

      Well, these are nice statements coming from a senator – no wonder our country is going to hell in a hand basket. Of course if the senate didn’t try to block everything that Obama wanted to do – we might not be in the situation we are in. Coburn doesnt think the President is that important? Well, frankly from what has come out of Coburn’s mouth, I dont believe he is that important!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-1sY

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    • Banter
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:43am

      @Walk
      Really? Why didn’t he do these “things he wanted to do” when he had total party control over all three branches? The proggies never saw Nov 2010 coming, and they are going to be dumbstruck in 2012 with the conservative storm bearing down.

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:45am

      @walkwithme1966: So you’re certainly not.

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    • GOTT-EM-MAUSER
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:44pm

      Well COMRADE WALK, YOU are RIGHT. IF the shoeshine boy had gotten EVERYTHING he wanted, we certainly would now be in a very DIFFERENT situation in this country. Millions dead and dying at a fevered pace. But No Worries, he and his COMMUNIST SOJURNERS, like you, have done suffidient damage already that the outcome is now a forgone conclusion. Patience Grasshopper, the clouds of WAR are gathering, and the winds will bring the Stench of Death SOON.

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  • One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:27am

    Who said this? “When you bring a knife to a fight I bring a gun”….enough said. F*** em if they can’t take a joke, even if it‘s a bad one said out of frustration having to be a congress under an Affirmative Action hire who shouldn’t even be in DC period much less running the nation.

    If Obama isn’t the perfect argument for the abolition of Affirmative Action nothing ever will be. Today in the American Thinker BTW……”Obama, the Affirmative Action President”… http://bit.ly/ormDaN

    FInally people in the media even on the right get some ‘nads to speak the truth. That‘s all he is and it’s such a sad sad statement as to what America has become, self destructing over white guilt and nothing less.

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:27am

    An expression used to show his frustration with the dems and system overall.

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  • Linda Garner
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:26am

    The only statement that I disagree with him on, is the one about having a gun on the senate floor. All the other statements were true and factual!

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  • treshall
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:26am

    Well, I can’t say that I think his unbridled, open-mouth-before-first-engaging-brain strategy is the best one but it is certainly possible to understand that Coburn is feeling stymied by an administration with which he (obviously) vehemently disagrees; certainly a lot of us feel that way, too. But I don‘t think that we’d state our discontent in quite those same terms and definitely NOT on the floor of the House or in a public town hall meeting.

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    • easyed598
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:37am

      Why do politicians when they get out in the real world say things they would never say in D.C. as if the Liberal press isn`t going to jump on any non P C statement they utter? Especially if they are Republicans. Must be the clean air that is lacking in the nation `s Capital.

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    • GOTT-EM-MAUSER
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:51pm

      EASY,

      They just get tired of FAKING it with all the PC speech control nonsense. The MAJORITY in this country have ALSO become irreversably fatigued with “ACTING” like they actually buy into all the COMMUNIST RULES. REALITY is about to come crashing in on EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE.

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  • justafollower
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:26am

    Wow. There you go. ooooo k. Angry white guy. I think it’s great though. At least we know where he’s coming from! I’d vote for him.

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  • Dustyluv
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:25am

    I am sure the Secret Service will have a few things to ask him. Too bad because I am sure it was just an off the cuff statement.
    He will feel like Srandard and Poors. The commies are in control and will be looking up his backside with a microscope.

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  • FToth84
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:23am

    No elaboration as to why he said it, because it is most likely they are taking the statement out of context.

    If you can’t win then LIE LIE LIE!!!…..

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  • macpappy
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:22am

    Where is the problem here?

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  • lisa2994
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:21am

    Thank you Mr Coburn.. The personal comments you should have kept to yourself. Now you have given ammunition to the left in this country.

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    • The_Almighty_Creestof
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:30am

      Exactly…if he wants to think it, work towards it, then GREAT! If he babbles it out loud, all he does is make himself look like a nut and reduces his effectivness in office.

      And we wonder why they are so stupid when it comes to running the country.

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    • Azza
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:07am

      Hey back off…..the Racist Democratic Liberal Left has always been challenging the right……from calling us ****** lovers during and after the Civil war…..but they will not take away our right to say what needs to be said…….the Presidential Fool……said “They bring the knives and I bring the gun” was that not ammunition for us…..than use it……the Senator has every right to say what he said…..Well honey the Racist bring the knives we bring the Guns……This Racist Party is so distraught they’re all wearing Depends diapers ….This Grim Reaper Express tour has brought down his poll ratings every stop he makes its drops…..Racist Democrats had majority from 2007 to 2010…….they weren’t interested in jobs , they were not interested in making anything work…..till the Conservatives came in and were the Majority as of Jan 2011…….the moment they try to propose jobs , cutting spending they are Opposed and demonized……use their play book……..play by their play book…….when in Rome do as the Romans…………..

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  • MODEL82A1
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:21am

    Wow! Two typos in one Front Page Lead. Impressive!

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    • treshall
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:28am

      Isn’t it so damned frustrating?! Why can’t people distinguish the difference between a possessive or contraction requiring an apostrophe and a simple, add the ‘s’ on the end plural?? Pathetic.

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    • netmail
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:29am

      They just couldn’t wait to break this story. ‘Damn the torpedos’ I guess. If Obama gets reelected by a ‘pity vote’, just think how pissed we’re gonna be??

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    • KEEPINTHESKEERON
      Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:37am

      What’s pathetic is pseudo-erudite obsessional progressives who somehow believe that editing someone’s grammar or spelling will further their cause and diminish the worth of conservative ideas. Look at yourself professor – using both a question mark and an exclamation mark is definitely not grammatically correct nor is the use of double question marks. These are merely cheap slang expressions. So, if you have a thoughtful idea express it. Otherwise, you should lay off the grammar lessons.

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  • miles from nowhere
    Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:19am

    I believe he made the mistake of saying this out of frustration for the lack of better judgement by the many Democrats that have been bought off by special interest groups, who continue to drive the country into the ground.

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