A politician may have (some) conservative views and positions (actually I’m sick of the word “conservative”, veering towards “constitutionalist”) but making nice with fiends in human form who are the enemies of all that is good is nothing other than WEAKNESS.
To display weakness to an enemy is wrong wrong wrong.
Relubs/conservatives need courage! Fighting spirit! No more “reach across the aisle” crap!!
That is my thinking exactly. However I realize, we will never acheive purity (or complete agreement with any one individual) and this was a public gaffe which did show weakness. As long as his votes do not start reflecting this attitude then it was nothing more than a verbal screw up. But he injected doubt regarding the ability to hold the line. I had the same reaction about Palin endorsing McCain; however, she is going the distance and proving that she is rock solid. I still question that decision, but since then she has been brilliant on the public stage imo.
We will have to wait and see on future issues with Coburn.
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I’m tired of the conservative label as too..and believe , like you, that constitutionalist is a much better fit.