January 07, 2009
Missing The Problem
Senator Tom Coburn gave a rousing speech in the Senate yesterday that Michelle Malkin highlights.
The Oklahoma Senator does a great job of taking his fellow legislators to task for not "acting as a statesman or are you acting as somebody who wants to get reelected?" But he makes one colossal error in discussing the problem and the solution. (emphasis added)
Senator Coburn, it's a nice sentiment. If it were true, however you would not be giving this speech.
The Oklahoma Senator does a great job of taking his fellow legislators to task for not "acting as a statesman or are you acting as somebody who wants to get reelected?" But he makes one colossal error in discussing the problem and the solution. (emphasis added)
... Anything less than that says the people who took their oath today and those of us who have taken it before, we violate it. We raise our hand and put one on the Bible and say we will uphold it, but then when it comes to the first tough choice, look good at home or do what is in the long-term best interests of the country, we swivel, we back down, and we opt for the short term, the self-aggrandizement, and the stroke on our own back. We are better than that. The people in this body are better than that.
Senator Coburn, it's a nice sentiment. If it were true, however you would not be giving this speech.
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