Sen. Coburn: Pray for Death or Incapacitation of a Senator

[rdean]

Pray and 99.99999999% of the time, God won't answer that prayer. However, that 0.000000001% of the time proves God exists. Statistically, it's EXACTLY the same as "coincidence". Odd that.

 

[Dr.House]

Honestly people!

We are talking about HEALTHCARE here. Something that ensures the well being of the American people. I can understand arguing I prefer this method to that method or I would rather pay for it this way.

But to wish ill will on someone because of healthcare is pretty sick

Now, drama queen, if you can only find someone who did...

Good luck in your search....

 

[ABikerSailor]

You know something, that is one thing that has always confused me about a few Christians......

First, they tell us that God is Love, and then they tell us that love is a healer of all things.

They then pray for God (Love), to hurt or kill you.

Isn't that a bit wrong?

 

[rdean]

You know something, that is one thing that has always confused me about a few Christians......

First, they tell us that God is Love, and then they tell us that love is a healer of all things.

They then pray for God (Love), to hurt or kill you.

Isn't that a bit wrong?

Not to them.

 

[Immanuel]

Pray and 99.99999999% of the time, God won't answer that prayer. However, that 0.000000001% of the time proves God exists. Statistically, it's EXACTLY the same as "coincidence". Odd that.

You know I don't agree with you, but just say for shits and grins, that this Senator said that prayer and God forbid that "by coincidence" one Democratic Senator did happen to pass away before the vote.

That would be a terrible thing to have happen. A flat tire would be deserved... but a death would be tragic regardless of who that Senator is.

Immie

 

[Harry Dresden]

How sick to want a member of congress to be incapable of representing their constituency in the congress.

Why didnt he just wish that he had a majority instead?

Praying for the people to be unrepresented is FOUL!

hey "CHRIS" i think you are repeating yourself....got anything else?....

 

[GWV5903]

Daily Kos: Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer

Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer
by DowneastDem


Mon Dec 21, 2009 at 02:41:28 AM PST

Can you believe that a US senator actually prayed aloud on the senate floor for the death or incapacitation of a fellow senator? That is exactly what Sen. Tom Coburn - a medical doctor, no less - did last night.

DowneastDem's diary :: ::
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post describes how Coburn Crossed the Line.

At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon -- nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation's passage -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray."

There was absolutely no mystery concerning which senator was being referenced by Coburn.

It was difficult to escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) who has been in and out of hospitals and lay at home ailing. It would not be easy for Byrd to get out of bed in the wee hours with deep snow on the ground and ice on the roads -- but without his vote, Democrats wouldn't have the 60 they needed.

Senator Dick Durbin spoke expressed outrage at the behavior of Sen. Coburn. But the best revenge came from 92-year-old Senator Byrd himself:

Coburn was wearing blue jeans, an argyle sweater and a tweed jacket with elbow patches when he walked back into the chamber a few minutes before 1 a.m. He watched without expression when Byrd was wheeled in, dabbing his eyes and nose with tissues, his complexion pale. When his name was called, Byrd shot his right index finger into the air as he shouted "aye," then pumped his left fist in defiance.

Here is my prayer: I pray for the people of Oklahoma that they will someday come to their senses and elect principled men and women to office.

How in the hell do you get he prayed for something to happen to Byrd?? OHHHHH TheDailyKooks.....

Hell, let them vote to their end, it's fine with me.......the shame is it will have to be appealed, and oh yes it will be appealed......

 

[Harry Dresden]

Pray and 99.99999999% of the time, God won't answer that prayer. However, that 0.000000001% of the time proves God exists. Statistically, it's EXACTLY the same as "coincidence". Odd that.

he exists....he turned you into a pile of shit.....be nice and maybe ill use my Wizardry powers and turn you back into a Toad.....

 

[Harry Dresden]

You know something, that is one thing that has always confused me about a few Christians......

First, they tell us that God is Love, and then they tell us that love is a healer of all things.

They then pray for God (Love), to hurt or kill you.

Isn't that a bit wrong?

depends on who your god is....

 

[rdean]

Pray and 99.99999999% of the time, God won't answer that prayer. However, that 0.000000001% of the time proves God exists. Statistically, it's EXACTLY the same as "coincidence". Odd that.

he exists....he turned you into a pile of shit.....be nice and maybe ill use my Wizardry powers and turn you back into a Toad.....

The likelihood of the existence of a god is exactly equal to the effectiveness your "wizardly powers". If you had such powers, one, you wouldn't have such bad skin and two, you wouldn't be so heavily dependent on Viagra.

 

[xotoxi]

They shouldn't be PRAYING in the SENATE anyway!

This man should have his balls cut off with a machete!!!

 

[gautama]

You know something, that is one thing that has always confused me about a few Christians......

First, they tell us that God is Love, and then they tell us that love is a healer of all things.

They then pray for God (Love), to hurt or kill you.

Isn't that a bit wrong?

depends on who your god is....

For the religious, LOGIC is just a bunch of BULLSHIT.

For them LOGIC is a "convenience thing". Whenever "LOGIC" supports their Dogma, it's honky-dory. Otherwise it's CRAP !

As I stated, Religious people are delusional. And, abundant evidence of this is everywhere, for example: For them, A = A,
but where religion is concerned if A not = A. That's OK.

IOW, for christians, Virgin Mary is a Virgin....yet she has a son. Thus, we have a Virgin who is NOT a virgin, i.e., A not = A. Since this conclusion is NOT logical, the DELUSIONAL CHRISTIANS IGNORE THE FACT IT'S NOT LOGICAL ......and blithely continue believing in CRAP.

 

[gautama]

Just like a religious conservative republican to say a prayer to prevent people from receiving healthcare.

Noose, you're making the typical OBAMARRHOIDAL statement.

Making a FALSE ASSUMPTION, then TWISTING it for your own OBAMARRHOIDAL purposes.

No sane person would want to deny healthcare to anyone.

The big issue is how to deliver it THE BEST WAY.

The Obamarrhoidal way is to deliver it by way of Govt Bureaucracy.....to wit, by a method that time, and time again produces $4000 hammers, etc.

Thus, the Govt Bureaucracy way results in inefficient and costly results where one winds up with rationing, etc., i.e. in the final analysis with LESS care, and MORE expensive care.

NOW THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO ANYONE WHO IS NOT AN OBAMARRHOID !!!!

 

[Dr.House]

You know something, that is one thing that has always confused me about a few Christians......

First, they tell us that God is Love, and then they tell us that love is a healer of all things.

They then pray for God (Love), to hurt or kill you.

Isn't that a bit wrong?

Who did that?

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Daily Kos: Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer

Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer
by DowneastDem


Mon Dec 21, 2009 at 02:41:28 AM PST

Can you believe that a US senator actually prayed aloud on the senate floor for the death or incapacitation of a fellow senator? That is exactly what Sen. Tom Coburn - a medical doctor, no less - did last night.

DowneastDem's diary :: ::
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post describes how Coburn Crossed the Line.

At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon -- nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation's passage -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray."

There was absolutely no mystery concerning which senator was being referenced by Coburn.

It was difficult to escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) who has been in and out of hospitals and lay at home ailing. It would not be easy for Byrd to get out of bed in the wee hours with deep snow on the ground and ice on the roads -- but without his vote, Democrats wouldn't have the 60 they needed.

Senator Dick Durbin spoke expressed outrage at the behavior of Sen. Coburn. But the best revenge came from 92-year-old Senator Byrd himself:

Coburn was wearing blue jeans, an argyle sweater and a tweed jacket with elbow patches when he walked back into the chamber a few minutes before 1 a.m. He watched without expression when Byrd was wheeled in, dabbing his eyes and nose with tissues, his complexion pale. When his name was called, Byrd shot his right index finger into the air as he shouted "aye," then pumped his left fist in defiance.

Here is my prayer: I pray for the people of Oklahoma that they will someday come to their senses and elect principled men and women to office.

WOW!!!! I pegged you to a "T". The DailyKOS is your source for the "facts" you post here...and anyway.....your libtard extrapolation of lies from someone's statement is typical of the left wing loons you are a party to.

What's worse? Saying "I pray someone doesn't vote." or "Republicans want you to die..quickly."? I didn't hear your phony ass outrage at that statement!!!

and my prayer is I hope all of you divisional left wing loon ass clowns get bitchslapped back into reality.

 

[Maple]

Daily Kos: Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer

Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer
by DowneastDem


Mon Dec 21, 2009 at 02:41:28 AM PST

Can you believe that a US senator actually prayed aloud on the senate floor for the death or incapacitation of a fellow senator? That is exactly what Sen. Tom Coburn - a medical doctor, no less - did last night.

DowneastDem's diary :: ::
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post describes how Coburn Crossed the Line.

At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon -- nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation's passage -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray."

There was absolutely no mystery concerning which senator was being referenced by Coburn.

It was difficult to escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) who has been in and out of hospitals and lay at home ailing. It would not be easy for Byrd to get out of bed in the wee hours with deep snow on the ground and ice on the roads -- but without his vote, Democrats wouldn't have the 60 they needed.

Senator Dick Durbin spoke expressed outrage at the behavior of Sen. Coburn. But the best revenge came from 92-year-old Senator Byrd himself:

Coburn was wearing blue jeans, an argyle sweater and a tweed jacket with elbow patches when he walked back into the chamber a few minutes before 1 a.m. He watched without expression when Byrd was wheeled in, dabbing his eyes and nose with tissues, his complexion pale. When his name was called, Byrd shot his right index finger into the air as he shouted "aye," then pumped his left fist in defiance.

Here is my prayer: I pray for the people of Oklahoma that they will someday come to their senses and elect principled men and women to office.

Why do you think they did this at 1:00 am on a Monday morning, if this legislation were that goooooooooooooooood for the American people don't you think they would have done it in full view of the American people and don't you think that there would have been a least one Republican that voted for it. Hell, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins both Republicans did not even jump on and vote for this Obamanation and they usually do.

Good for him, I am still praying that the left in congress stops this monstrosity because it does not have the public option. I am with Howard Dean on this, burn it and start over with REAL health care reform. This is a big ass Piece of Shit, that will bankrupt this country, it's just another entitlement program that will be paid for by our children and grandchildren and will affect their standard of living by 30% LESS than what you enjoy today.

 

[Maple]

Daily Kos: Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer

Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer
by DowneastDem


Mon Dec 21, 2009 at 02:41:28 AM PST

Can you believe that a US senator actually prayed aloud on the senate floor for the death or incapacitation of a fellow senator? That is exactly what Sen. Tom Coburn - a medical doctor, no less - did last night.

DowneastDem's diary :: ::
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post describes how Coburn Crossed the Line.

At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon -- nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation's passage -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray."

There was absolutely no mystery concerning which senator was being referenced by Coburn.

It was difficult to escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) who has been in and out of hospitals and lay at home ailing. It would not be easy for Byrd to get out of bed in the wee hours with deep snow on the ground and ice on the roads -- but without his vote, Democrats wouldn't have the 60 they needed.

Senator Dick Durbin spoke expressed outrage at the behavior of Sen. Coburn. But the best revenge came from 92-year-old Senator Byrd himself:

Coburn was wearing blue jeans, an argyle sweater and a tweed jacket with elbow patches when he walked back into the chamber a few minutes before 1 a.m. He watched without expression when Byrd was wheeled in, dabbing his eyes and nose with tissues, his complexion pale. When his name was called, Byrd shot his right index finger into the air as he shouted "aye," then pumped his left fist in defiance.

Here is my prayer: I pray for the people of Oklahoma that they will someday come to their senses and elect principled men and women to office.

You do know that they had a huge blizzard back there, you know something that global warming probably caused, but anyway, when you have those huge blizzards it's kind of hard to get anywhere in them.

 

[gautama]

Daily Kos: Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer

Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer
by DowneastDem


Mon Dec 21, 2009 at 02:41:28 AM PST

Can you believe that a US senator actually prayed aloud on the senate floor for the death or incapacitation of a fellow senator? That is exactly what Sen. Tom Coburn - a medical doctor, no less - did last night.

DowneastDem's diary :: ::
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post describes how Coburn Crossed the Line.

At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon -- nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation's passage -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray."

There was absolutely no mystery concerning which senator was being referenced by Coburn.

It was difficult to escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) who has been in and out of hospitals and lay at home ailing. It would not be easy for Byrd to get out of bed in the wee hours with deep snow on the ground and ice on the roads -- but without his vote, Democrats wouldn't have the 60 they needed.

Senator Dick Durbin spoke expressed outrage at the behavior of Sen. Coburn. But the best revenge came from 92-year-old Senator Byrd himself:

Coburn was wearing blue jeans, an argyle sweater and a tweed jacket with elbow patches when he walked back into the chamber a few minutes before 1 a.m. He watched without expression when Byrd was wheeled in, dabbing his eyes and nose with tissues, his complexion pale. When his name was called, Byrd shot his right index finger into the air as he shouted "aye," then pumped his left fist in defiance.

Here is my prayer: I pray for the people of Oklahoma that they will someday come to their senses and elect principled men and women to office.

WOW!!!! I pegged you to a "T". The DailyKOS is your source for the "facts" you post here...and anyway.....your libtard extrapolation of lies from someone's statement is typical of the left wing loons you are a party to.

What's worse? Saying "I pray someone doesn't vote." or "Republicans want you to die..quickly."? I didn't hear your phony ass outrage at that statement!!!

and my prayer is I hope all of you divisional left wing loon ass clowns get bitchslapped back into reality.

Rolex,

Your last sentence: "and my prayer is I hope all of you divisional left wing loon ass clowns get bitchslapped back into reality".........indicates your lack of knowledge of the left wing loon ass clowns. These Obamarrhoids LOVE getting bitchslapped.

The reason why they don't have any contact with REALITY is that, being contemptible assholes they get smacked around so much....and so hard....that their concussed unicelled brains are incapable of recognizing REALITY.

 

[Maple]

Just like a religious conservative republican to say a prayer to prevent people from receiving healthcare.

Actually, I am praying that God save this country and it's citizens from looking like Haiti a 3rd world country living in tar paper shacks because of your Messiah's reckless and irresponsible spending habits. Maybe you should check out Haiti's healthcare system to see what their's is all about, that is, if you can find an open hospital or a doctor anywhere.

 

[Chris]

Daily Kos: Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer

Senator Tom Coburn's Terrible Prayer
by DowneastDem


Mon Dec 21, 2009 at 02:41:28 AM PST

Can you believe that a US senator actually prayed aloud on the senate floor for the death or incapacitation of a fellow senator? That is exactly what Sen. Tom Coburn - a medical doctor, no less - did last night.

DowneastDem's diary :: ::
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post describes how Coburn Crossed the Line.

At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon -- nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation's passage -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray."

There was absolutely no mystery concerning which senator was being referenced by Coburn.

It was difficult to escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) who has been in and out of hospitals and lay at home ailing. It would not be easy for Byrd to get out of bed in the wee hours with deep snow on the ground and ice on the roads -- but without his vote, Democrats wouldn't have the 60 they needed.

Senator Dick Durbin spoke expressed outrage at the behavior of Sen. Coburn. But the best revenge came from 92-year-old Senator Byrd himself:

Coburn was wearing blue jeans, an argyle sweater and a tweed jacket with elbow patches when he walked back into the chamber a few minutes before 1 a.m. He watched without expression when Byrd was wheeled in, dabbing his eyes and nose with tissues, his complexion pale. When his name was called, Byrd shot his right index finger into the air as he shouted "aye," then pumped his left fist in defiance.

Here is my prayer: I pray for the people of Oklahoma that they will someday come to their senses and elect principled men and women to office.

I am sure that afterwards Tom went home to his C Street home a tried to help a fellow Republican Senator out of a adultry scandal.

PERRspectives: The Curious Case of Tom Coburn

Politics, they say, makes strange bedfellows. And perhaps none is stranger than Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn. As the Washington Post reported today, the tenant of the mysterious "C Street" brownstone was a key player in both the Ensign and Sanford affairs. As it turns out, the arch-conservative Coburn also happens to be a friend and confidante of President Barack Obama.

During his nationally-televised implosion on Wednesday, disgraced South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford made passing reference to "the Fellowship," a secretive Christian group whose $1.8 million DC building is home to several members of Congress of both parties. Asked if his wife and family knew of his affair prior to his latest Argentinian adventure, Sanford responded:

"We've been working through this thing for about the last five months. I've been to a lot of different--as part of what we called "C Street" when I was in Washington. It was, believe it or not, a Christian Bible study--some folks that asked members of Congress hard questions that I think were very, very important. And I've been working with them."
As fate would have it, the C Street house has also been home to Nevada's John Ensign and his Republican colleague turned spiritual and marriage counselor, Tom Coburn. As the Washington Post detailed:

The house pulsed with backstage intrigue, in the days and months before the Sanford and Ensign scandals -- dubbed "two lightning strikes" by a high-ranking congressional source. First, at least one resident learned of both the Sanford and Ensign affairs and tried to talk each politician into ending his philandering, a source close to the congressman said. Then the house drama escalated. It was then that Doug Hampton, the husband of Ensign's mistress, endured an emotional meeting with Sen. Tom Coburn, who lives there, according to the source.