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Coburn: Congress should ‘eliminate the recordkeeping’ on guns in the U.S.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) on Sunday said that Republicans would block any effort to extend background checks to include private firearms sales unless Congress agreed to “eliminate the recordkeeping” on guns in the United States. Coburn, who is one of four senators working for a bipartisan bill to expand background…
Coburn: Debt ceiling breach is ‘a wonderful experiment’ to shut down ‘stupid things’
Economists like Nobel prize-winner Paul Krugman have warned that Republicans could “blow up the world economy” if they refuse to raise the nation’s debt ceiling but Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) disagrees, saying that it could actually be a “wonderful experiment.” During a Tuesday interview with conservative talk show host Sandy…
‘Zombie Apocalypse’ training group questions GOP senator’s criticisms
The training group behind a “zombie apocalypse” exercise ripped by Republican Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) pushed back against his criticism, KNSD-TV reported Friday. “It’s been insinuated that Homeland Security and taxpayer money was used to fund the summit and that’s where we are seeing the most backlash,” said Halo Corporation…
Coburn: Obama creating a ‘Soviet-style’ health care system
President Barack Obama may not be a communist, but he is attempting a “Soviet-style” takeover of the health care system, according to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). On Sunday, CBS host Norah O’Donnell asked Coburn what he meant when he told the Eagle Daily Investor that the president was trying to…
Norquist compares Cain’s ’9-9-9′ plan to putting ‘tapeworms in your tummy’
Anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist gave a peculiar analogy to ABC news Monday afternoon in expressing some concern over Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan. When asked by Top Line host Amy Walter if he was expressing fear over the first “nine” — the personal income tax — in Cain’s well discussed…
Obama’s cuts to defense budget are good first step, GOP representative says
The Obama administration’s $78 billion cut to the defense budget is a good start to protect nation, according to a Republican congressman from California. “This is just the beginning,” Rep. John Campbell (R-CA) said on Fox Business Network’s Bulls & Bears Monday. He continued, “We need to look at some more,…
HIV: Get it and then we’ll talk
In case there’s any doubt, this should put it to rest: Tom Coburn is a giant fucking asshole godbag who probably gets a sadistic glee thinking of people suffering. To put some perspective on this, the constant battle on earmarking HIV relief funds is between treatment and prevention. Experts generally…
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