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Ex-Sen. Tom Coburn Slams 'Cruz Effect' For Creating False Hopes About Congress
Newsmax ^ | 16 October 2015 | Todd Beamon

Posted on 10/19/2015 7:09:21 AM PDT by ManHunter

Former Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn slammed what he called "the Cruz effect" — saying Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's rhetoric and the Texas senator's inability to follow through on his promises have caused great disenchantment among Americans toward Congress.

"I call it 'the Cruz effect,'" Coburn, a Republican who retired last year after 20 years in the Senate, told Sirius XM host Pete Dominick on Thursday. The interview was reported by BuzzFeed News.

"When you tell people you can accomplish something that you can't — for example, shutting down the government over the Affordable Care Act," Coburn said.

"When, in fact, you promise people in your speeches and your talk that we can do this, and — by dinghy — we're gonna get rid of the Affordable Care Act, and all we have to do is shut down the government."

"Well, that's one thing to tell 'em that," Coburn continued. "It's a whole other thing to be able to accomplish that, and build a coalition that once you shut it, that it doesn't get opened up till you win."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Oklahoma; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; coburn; congress; cruz; infanticide; medicareforall; newsmax; obamacare; oklahoma; tedcruz; texas; toddbeamon; tomcoburn
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There is so much material to run with here that it boggles the mind. So now it's Cruz that's broken promises to the people...

Yeah, right! THAT explains why Congress has such a miserable public approval rating, why 60-plus percent of Republicans feel betrayed by the GOP and why Ted Cruz is leading ALL party "leaders" in national polling. Dude, you're obviously WAYYYY smarter than the rest of us!

1 posted on 10/19/2015 7:09:21 AM PDT by ManHunter
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To: ManHunter

So trying to get our Congress to function as elected is labeled as a false hope now?


2 posted on 10/19/2015 7:10:29 AM PDT by Fhios
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To: Fhios

Apparently so, which puts the blame on us for believing them.


3 posted on 10/19/2015 7:13:24 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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Cruz promised to do everything in his power to stop Obama. He has done exactly that.

Best vote I ever cast!


4 posted on 10/19/2015 7:15:24 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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"It's a whole other thing to be able to accomplish that, and build a coalition that once you shut it, that it doesn't get opened up till you win."

So Tom, you are saying there are too many RINOs to mount an effective opposition the dems?

5 posted on 10/19/2015 7:15:53 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Fhios

If Coburn thinks that ignoring the mood of the electorate is the way to act, then I am glad that he is an EX-Senator.


6 posted on 10/19/2015 7:16:37 AM PDT by StevieB
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Coburn is the perfect example of a decent man who became thoroughly corrupted by the Washington DC political machine.


7 posted on 10/19/2015 7:19:23 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: ManHunter

In this, Coburn’s farewell interview before he left the Senate last December, he said some things you may never have heard a conservative Republican say about this president of the United States.

Tom Coburn: My relationship with Barack Obama isn’t based on my political philosophy or his.

Lesley Stahl: What’s it based on?

Tom Coburn: It’s based on the fact that I think he’s a genuinely very smart, nice guy. I just love him as a man. I think he’s a neat man. You don’t have to be the same to be friends. Matter of fact, the interesting friendships are the ones that are divergent.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/senator-tom-coburn-60-minutes-2/


8 posted on 10/19/2015 7:20:02 AM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: ManHunter

CRUZ shines the bright light of freedom in the U.S. Senate. Hopefully others will take his lead and shine too.


9 posted on 10/19/2015 7:20:12 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: McGruff

Tom Coburn: I’m proud of our country that we elected Barack Obama. I mean, it says something about us nationally. You know, it’s kind of like crowning your checker when you get to the end of your checker board. Here’s another thing that says America’s special: Barack Obama, president of the United States.

The friendship began in 2005 as freshmen senators, Coburn the conservative obstetrician from Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Obama the liberal state senator from Chicago. They often teamed up to pass important pieces of legislation.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/senator-tom-coburn-60-minutes-2/


10 posted on 10/19/2015 7:23:20 AM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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Well, Coburn, the alternative is that we simply believe you Republicans will NEVER do what we want you to do, so we can just stop voting for you.

Would you like that better?


11 posted on 10/19/2015 7:24:29 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: McGruff
Tom Coburn: It’s based on the fact that I think he’s a genuinely very smart, nice guy. I just love him as a man. I think he’s a neat man. You don’t have to be the same to be friends. Matter of fact, the interesting friendships are the ones that are divergent.

There's something David Lynch, Dennis Hopper, and Dean Stockwell about that quote. Was he wiping his face when he said that?

12 posted on 10/19/2015 7:29:24 AM PDT by Stentor ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.")
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>>>>> Coburn is the perfect example of a decent man who became thoroughly corrupted by the Washington DC political machine. <<<<<

Yes. That.

What a huge disappointment Coburn turned out to be.


13 posted on 10/19/2015 7:30:26 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: ManHunter

What is the “false hope”? That we can find a way to force Congress to spend within its means? If that is a false hope, then we really are doomed.


14 posted on 10/19/2015 7:37:50 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Apparently Senator Coburn supports those who make campaign promises to get elected and then do nothing to keep them. This is the same Tom Coburn that was constantly pointing out the ridiculous ways our tax money was being spent despite his part in the removal of Speaker Gingrich so the Republican controlled House could get down to the business of uncontrolled spending.


15 posted on 10/19/2015 7:46:58 AM PDT by duffee (No money to the Mississippi Republican Party as long as joe ntain it would be mentosef is chairman)
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To: ManHunter

The Coburn effect.


16 posted on 10/19/2015 7:51:10 AM PDT by cornelis
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To: ManHunter

“By dinghy?” Who the hell talks like that? Coburn, shove it. You are why the Congress and the GOPe in particular is held in such low regard by the American people. Just STFU and go away.


17 posted on 10/19/2015 7:51:55 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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“So Tom, you are saying there are too many RINOs to mount an effective opposition the dems? “

I think what he is saying is RINO’s run the party so Conservatives should just lay back and enjoy the political raping.


18 posted on 10/19/2015 7:52:03 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Jews For Cruz)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

I have two “Republican” Senators who have enabled obama and the democrats at every turn and a Congressman I have serious doubts about. It’s been a very long time since I had a Representative or Senator that did what they said they would do or actually voted Conservative as they have all said they were. We support Senator Cruz.


19 posted on 10/19/2015 7:57:14 AM PDT by duffee (No money to the Mississippi Republican Party as long as joe ntain it would be mentosef is chairman)
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I’ve met Senator Coburn many times in his commutes to and from Tulsa / Dallas.

He is a serious man with strong fiscal views but Tom is snowblinding by Senate / Political Decorum. His constituent services were first rate.

On many occasions I expressed serious misgivings about Obama’s true allegiances and motivations based on his actions.

Tom’s eyes just glazed over like I was a crazy man. Despite his fiscal conservatism Tom Coburn is an Establishment Republican heavily vested in the status quo.


20 posted on 10/19/2015 8:01:49 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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