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Sen. Tom Coburn: Newt Gingrich 'last person I'd vote for'
Politico ^ | 08/30/2010 | Andy Barr

Posted on 08/30/2010 11:56:34 AM PDT by speciallybland

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is pouring cold water on the idea of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich running for president.

“He's the last person I'd vote for for president of the United States,” Coburn said during a town hall event in Wagoner, Okla., over the weekend, as was reported by the Tulsa World.

In explaining why he wouldn't support Gingrich, Coburn specifically targeted the ex-speaker’s three marriages as proof that Gingrich “doesn't know anything about commitment to marriage.”

“His life indicates he does not have a commitment to the character traits necessary to be a great president,” said Coburn, who also noted that Gingrich is a “super-smart man.”

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; coburn; gingrich; newtgingrich; tomcoburn
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To: freekitty
Coburn, consider your vote canceled. Newt is the first one I would vote for.
61 posted on 08/30/2010 1:36:29 PM PDT by BooBoo1000 ("He will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live only for themselves' Romans 2:8)
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To: stillonaroll

Sorry, thought he was already in his second term.


62 posted on 08/30/2010 1:50:10 PM PDT by Roccus (......and then there were none.)
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To: sodpoodle

He is wrong on more issues that matter to us. And he ruined opportunities for the party when he had the power to do something positive. His personal life is his business but how he treated the people he supposedly loved is an ugly reflection of his true character.


63 posted on 08/30/2010 1:52:22 PM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden
Having read Tom Coburn's book...

I knew he'd be the last person to support Newt and it has nothing to do with his three wives and everything about how he ran the House. Yes Newt was/is a con man who treated "you conservatives" like a social disease.

64 posted on 08/30/2010 1:56:21 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Defeat Dingy Harry Reid)
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To: speciallybland

For me Newt is tied for last with Myth Romney.


65 posted on 08/30/2010 2:47:35 PM PDT by stockpirate ("......When the government fears the people you have liberty." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: speciallybland

Cannot be true, I suspect the last person would be DumBO.


66 posted on 08/30/2010 2:59:44 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (2010, the beginning of the end of our long national nightmare.)
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To: ontap

If you think that the statement I made about “you can not trust a man who cheats on his wife” as being absurd, then you think that morals have no say in how a man acts in private life and public life. They run hand in hand. If a man is immoral in his private life, he is going to be immoral in public life. So should we keep winking at the shortcomings of every man or woman that wants to run for public office? I think that is why we are in the mess we are in now.


67 posted on 08/30/2010 3:03:48 PM PDT by OldBullrider (if yur hurt, rub some dirt on it, and get back to work)
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To: OldBullrider

Excellent point.


68 posted on 08/30/2010 3:25:26 PM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: combat_boots
He's running for re-election this November, almost a guaranteed win. But he has already said that two terms in the Senate is all he will serve. He hasn't made any comment about what, if any, office he would like to run for after his Senate term is up. I would like to think he would run for Governor of Oklahoma.
69 posted on 08/30/2010 3:45:29 PM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: TheClintons-STILLAnti-American

We are agreeing, good. I too, do not want a ‘poser’ Republican like Juan McCain. I misunderstood your post, sorry. Newt will not win any primaries, nor will that lame pretty boy Romney. We (Repubs) will not get fooled again.


70 posted on 08/30/2010 6:04:32 PM PDT by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever)
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To: Doulos1
"We (Repubs) will not get fooled again."

From your mouth (keyboard) to God's ear!

71 posted on 08/30/2010 6:09:37 PM PDT by TheClintons-STILLAnti-American
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To: OldBullrider

Using your logic Obama and Clinton are high moralist....how’s that working out for you?


72 posted on 08/31/2010 5:29:12 AM PDT by ontap
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To: ontap

Not Clinton...Carter!


73 posted on 08/31/2010 5:30:19 AM PDT by ontap
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To: ontap

If a man is immoral in his private life, he is going to be immoral in public life. So should we keep winking at the shortcomings of every man or woman that wants to run for public office?

You evidently did not read my reply thoroughly. Besides that Clinton had cheated on his wife, maybe you forgot. I also believe that Obama has also done the same. The MSM protects him.


74 posted on 08/31/2010 1:09:31 PM PDT by OldBullrider (if yur hurt, rub some dirt on it, and get back to work)
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