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When he says “the problem is US”, you and I know that applies much more broadly than merely to government waste, although there’s THAT, too...
IOW, nothing will come of this.
Or, as Gov LePetomaine stated so eloquently in Blazing Saddles: "Harumph, harumph!!!"
Tom is right to a point. Tom however is not the problem, unless professing and living a righteous life (relatively speaking) to the corruptocrats is the problem.
Tom has had to swallow more than his fair share of corruption to serve his constituents. While on the surface he may appear to be just one of the rest, I firmly believe his motives are good and he his just working in a that’s irredeemable. He’s worked hard and tirelessly and many times been a lone voice to change what is unchangeable by one man.
Imagine a Ted Cruz and Tom Coburn ticket for 2016.
The problem is we are electing people who are not patriots keeping the country as first priority instead of themselves.
It is no wonder the wisdom of our forefathers that required a non-foreign born citizen is exclusively afforded the right to be President.
Rush is astute as always when he made the point: “have you noticed that in capitalism that the rich become powerful but in communisim the powerful become rich?
All one has to do is to notice the accumulation of wealth the Clintons, Obamas and many in Congress have gained since they achieved public office.
Gone are the days when people like House Ways and Means Chairman Bill archer used to prepare his own income taxes every year.
Not these people are placed on pedestals to rule over us instead of abide by the Constitution.
When Obama looks to bypass Congress: ‘I’ve got a pen’, it is clear indication he does not honor the Constitution.
I know she is a bozo, but for years Sheila Jackson Lee has been reelected to Congress and uttered the immortal words “You don’t understand. I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen.”
Think she is patriotic?
“Coburn, who is the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said the report contains 100 examples of wasteful and low-priority spending worth about $30 billion. “
Enough to more than cover the VA pension cuts. Paging Paul Ryan.