The Medicine Man. GOP control of the Senate depends on Oklahoma Republican candidate Tom Coburn.

Salon ^

[ConservativeMan55]

Tom Coburn may be indispensable to the Republicans' effort to hold on to their majority in the U.S. Senate in November. "He is their best hope for keeping an Oklahoma seat Republican in the closely divided Senate," wrote conservative pundit Robert Novak.



Coburn was swept into Congress as a member of the Republican class of 1994 that gained control of the House for the first time in 40 years and installed Newt Gingrich as speaker. "He really drank the Kool-Aid with the class of '94; he was one of the real far-right guys," says Kenneth Hicks, a political science professor at Rogers State University in Claremore, Okla.

As far right as Coburn is on fiscal issues, he is even farther right on social issues. "I favor the death penalty for abortionists and other people who take life," he told the Associated Press in July.

"He's a principled, pompous member," said a senior Republican staffer turned lobbyist. "He's one of those '94 guys, and there were a certain percentage of them who were so anti-system that they don't want to play the game. And from a leadership perspective and a lobbyist perspective, we don't like those kind of people ... He's going to be a frickin' nightmare in the Senate [if he wins]."

Last week, he declared Oklahoma lagging in economic development because "you have a bunch of crapheads in Oklahoma City that have killed the vision of anybody wanting to invest in Oklahoma." His spokesperson could not explain who or what Coburn was talking about. What's more, Coburn proclaimed the Senate race a "battle of good vs. evil."

[ConservativeMan55]

The article is an attempt at a hit piece. But I find the quotes interesting. The left is extremely scared of this MAN.

[ConservativeMan55]

Coburn for Senate!!!!!!

[ConservativeMan55]

Pictures of our first college republicans meeting. Dr. Tom Coburn spoke at this meeting!

[ConservativeMan55]

Dems urge Coburn to apologize for calling them 'crapheads'

[ConservativeMan55]

Coburn promises to shake up the Senate!

[ConservativeMan55]

BTTT!!!!

[ConservativeMan55]

This is a wonderful man, and I can't wait to have him in the Senate representing us.

[ConservativeMan55]

Thats my Republican flag hanging in the background!

[ConservativeMan55]

ping!!!!

Dr. Coburn ping!

[ConservativeMan55]

[ConservativeMan55]

Ping to you!

[c-b 1]

We need Dr. Coburn, and 50 like him in the Senate.

[ConservativeMan55]

I agree.

Coors and Coburn!!!!

[kittymyrib]

In honor of this salon hit piece, I have just sent Dr. Coburn a nice campaign donation. We definitely need men like him if he can scare the salon crowd to this degree.

[ConservativeMan55]

PING!

Check out this article!

[ConservativeMan55]

I'll bump to that!

I sent him one as well! And we've been out registering voters all day!

Its legal to have a Republican Voter drive here!

[ConservativeMan55]

"As far right as Coburn is on fiscal issues, he is even farther right on social issues. "I favor the death penalty for abortionists and other people who take life," he told the Associated Press in July."

Whoo-hoo!!!

[ConservativeMan55]

BTTT!!!!!

[rb22982]

Wow, girl on the first left is a knockout!!

[NeoCaveman]

"He's a principled, pompous member," said a senior Republican staffer turned lobbyist. "He's one of those '94 guys, and there were a certain percentage of them who were so anti-system that they don't want to play the game. And from a leadership perspective and a lobbyist perspective, we don't like those kind of people ... He's going to be a frickin' nightmare in the Senate [if he wins]."

I wish they all could be '94 guys.

[ConservativeMan55]

Danielle. Many people on the other thread said the same thing.

She's highly concentrate with Conservatism too!

[ConservativeMan55]

You and me both.

That'd be a Freepers dream...

[ConservativeMan55]

bumpity bump bump!

[NeoCaveman]

The obligatory salon.com stock chart.

Today's close 13 cents. Down 5 cents or 27.78%

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL!

Almost as obligatory as Ann Coulter pics on an Ann Coulter thread!

[DM1]

is Coburn still ahead out there?

[ConservativeMan55]

Yes he is.

Carson dipped below 40 percent the other day.

Carson ran against a scandal ridden opponent in the primary, and still didn't do very well.

Coburn won independents or undecided voters 6 to 1 in his primary.

We aren't taking anything for granted though. We're gonna keep pushing until we get Coburn up in that 80 percent range.

[ConservativeMan55]

[NeoCaveman]

LOL! Almost as obligatory as Ann Coulter pics on an Ann Coulter thread!

You said it

[CyberAnt]

Whoooo Hoooo!!

Dr. Coburn is just great! I just happened to be surfing the TV and ran into a C-SPAN speech he was giving - this was months ago. I was mesmerized. He was such a good speaker. He was clear and easy to understand. This guy is what the Senate needs a lot more of.

I can tell you the dems of the Senate are gonna HATE this guy because he will not put up with their foolishness .. and I predict he will be in the well of the Senate taking the dems to task more than once.

[ConservativeMan55]

More than once?

Hehehehehe!

He'll be doing it several times a day!!!!

[ConservativeMan55]

AhhhhH!

Thank you!!!!!

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[ConservativeMan55]

[ConservativeMan55]

ping!

[CyberAnt]

Tell him not to do it .. Arnold called the dems in California "girlie-men" and he never took it back .. even though the media tried to make him do it.

[ConservativeMan55]

Ping to you!!!

[ConservativeMan55]

He won't apologize. Trust me, lol.

In fact..if he finds out that they are urging him to apologize...he'll probably say it again!!!

[GiveEmDubya]

Coors is going to have a close race, but I always thought Coburn would win in OK. The fact that Coburn has won repeatedly in what is now the state's only Democrat district has to be a very good sign, just about neutralizing what should be Brad Carson's base.

[ConservativeMan55]

Yep!

And better yet....Carson is attempting to make himself look like the Conservative in the race!

Carson is trying to act as if he's more Conservative than Tom Coburn!!

[ConservativeMan55]

Ping!!

[loboinok]

Coburn would win right now,easily.If Carson keeps up the attack ads he will win even bigger.

[ConservativeMan55]

ping!!!

[sweetliberty]

We have a real conservative running in Arkansas as well...and he's gaining ground.

Meet Jim Holt - Arkansas Senate Candidate

[ConservativeMan55]

Checking it out now!

I think we've got the Liberal bastards in a corner!

[sweetliberty]

I'm feeling better about our position than I have in awhile. I think most of America is sick of them. I'm convinced that a lot of democrat voters haven't got a clue what it is they're voting for. It's our job to inform them whenever an opportunity presents itself.

[GiveEmDubya]

Coburn is a kick-ass candidate. Carson has to make himself look like a conservative candidate because Bush is going to win your state by 25% give or take a few, so there aren't exactly Kerry coattails to ride. Besides, if Bush does get up around 60% on election night, it would take just a helluva lot of ticket splitting for Carson just to get close.

I'm usually wrong on predictions--it's why I don't make them often--but I believe that Coburn will win and a few eyebrows will rise around here as to how big his margin is. IOW, on election night, we MIGHT be expecting a close race by then, but when the numbers come in, I think we'll be pleasantly surprised.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. remember something important. Whether Coburn likes it or not, Bill Frist will be giving him direction. But .. both of them being doctors, they may have a special rapore. That said .. I could see Frist taking advantage of Coburn's .. shall we say .. openness to speak his mind.

This would be an excellent working arrangement. Frist remains above the fray and Coburn gets to vent!! LOL!

[mentor2k]

I live in Oklahoma, and I've joined the Coburn campaign to knock on doors. Carson MUST BE DEFEATED.

[A Jovial Cad]

Thanks for the ping to this--great pictures! I came home Saturday night after the OU game to find that my Coburn yard sign had been deliberately ripped on both sides, so that it flapped in the wind. I had to take it down, and need to get another one.
I don't know if it was just kids around the neighborhood, or someone with ideological motivations. The former I can understand, if not excuse. But I have this nagging feeling that it might have been the latter--really infuriating.