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You are here: Home / Politics / Wingnuts- Target Rich Environment Tom Coburn, Objectively Pro-Saddam

Wingnuts- Target Rich Environment Tom Coburn, Objectively Pro-Saddam

by John Cole|  February 22, 20085:36 pm| 32 Comments

This post is in: Politics, Republican Stupidity

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Another traitor:

During a town hall meeting in Muskogee, Oklahoma this past weekend, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) admitted that it was “a mistake” for the United States to invade Iraq in 2003. “I will tell you personally that I think it was probably a mistake going to Iraq,” Coburn told the crowd.

No screaming eagle shit, Sen. Coburn.

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  1. 1.

    Reverend Spooner

    February 22, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    Senator Coburn is objectively pro-Saddam.

  2. 2.

    Reverend Spooner

    February 22, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    I wonder what the other Oklahoma Senator makes of all this. As far as I know, he doesn’t hate America.

    May 11, 2004:

    A Republican senator inflamed partisan tempers Tuesday, charging his colleagues and the media with manipulating the images of Iraqi prisoner abuse for political gain.

    Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., said: “I’m probably not the only one up at this table that is more outraged by the outrage than we are by the treatment.”

    He said he believed that the individuals responsible for mistreating prisoners should be punished. He also speculated on how the prisoners must feel since Saddam Hussein has been ousted.

    “I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these prisoners that I would guess that these prisoners wake up every morning thanking Allah that Saddam Hussein is not in charge of these prisons,” Inhofe said.

    But Inhofe also said the prisoners in Iraq are being held there for crimes.

    “You know, they’re not there for traffic violations,” he said. “If they’re in cell block 1A or 1B, these prisoners — they’re murderers, they’re terrorists, they’re insurgents. Many of them probably have American blood on their hands. And here we’re so concerned about the treatment of those individuals.”

    Inhofe read aloud from an e-mail issued by the presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., that coupled a demand for President Bush to fire Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld with a solicitation for campaign contributions.

    “I’m also outraged by the press and the politicians and the political agendas that are being served by this, and I say political agendas because that’s actually what’s happening,” the Republican senator said at a hearing with the Army general who investigated charges of abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison.

  3. 3.

    crw

    February 22, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    I bet Senator Coburn has granite countertops. Clearly another RINO. Formica is the only material acceptable to patriotic Real Americans, i.e. Republicans.

  4. 4.

    Zifnab

    February 22, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    On May 24, 2007 the US Senate voted 80-14 to fund the war in Iraq. Coburn voted nay. On October 1, 2007 the US Senate voted 92-3 to fund the war in Iraq. Coburn voted nay.

    ~wiki

    Coburn’s actually had an interesting history regarding the Iraq War. I doubt he’s the only conservative who was a bigger fan of the “no more foreign wars” Republican Nominee Bush than he is of the “Iraq forever” President he received.

    Cracks are showing in the iron-clad party. Looks like someone’s goose step missed a beat.

    I wouldn’t be surprised to see a growing flood of recalcitrant Senators as ’08 approaches closer. Eventually, that albatross starts to weigh on your neck, and the sooner the ‘Pubs ditch it, the sooner they can go back to fighting the global gay menace and investigating your uterus like his ilk prefer.

  5. 5.

    jrg

    February 22, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    “a mistake”? Wait a minute – is Coburn blaming America first?

    He’s just a ’60s radical and a leftist hippie who wanted Saddam to nuke and anthrax the rest of us so that he could keep all the weed for himself.

  6. 6.

    Jeff

    February 22, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    Coburn has also worked closely with Obama on transparency in government issues including earmark and lobbying reform.

    Must be a commie to work with Barack!

  7. 7.

    crw

    February 22, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    Tom Coburn and Ron Paul must be part of the same Al Qaeda sleeper cell. They should be sent to Gitmo! They aren’t real conservatives like our heroes Mitt Romney and Rudy Giulliani.

  8. 8.

    wobbly

    February 22, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    Possibly a CRIME as well…Balloon Juice.

    Of course, if you think it was totally ok for John McCain to rain down death and mutilation on some really pathetic “Communist” village in Viet Nam…

    This is his record. This is his honor.

    He should have been retired (shit-canned)long ago.

    Too bad we killed zillions in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos…and like GOT OVER IT? FORGAVE OURSELVES? Put it BEHIND US?

    Not yet.

    September 11 was KARMA, folks…

    And you can’t tweak that motherfucker.

  9. 9.

    calipygian

    February 22, 2008 at 6:19 pm

    Frank Gaffney is going to be angry.

    Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged.

  10. 10.

    Zifnab

    February 22, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    Possibly a CRIME as well…Balloon Juice.

    Of course, if you think it was totally ok for John McCain to rain down death and mutilation on some really pathetic “Communist” village in Viet Nam…

    This is his record. This is his honor.

    He should have been retired (shit-canned)long ago.

    Too bad we killed zillions in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos…and like GOT OVER IT? FORGAVE OURSELVES? Put it BEHIND US?

    Not yet.

    September 11 was KARMA, folks…

    And you can’t tweak that motherfucker.

    Horray! Left wing trolls!

  11. 11.

    jake

    February 22, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Jesus Christ on a soda cracker. BIRDZILLA put forth a spawn, cocked her head from side to inspect her hatchling and named it wobbly.

    Do feel free to tweak your karma somewhere else wobs.

  12. 12.

    Halteclere

    February 22, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    Too bad we killed zillions in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos…and like GOT OVER IT? FORGAVE OURSELVES? Put it BEHIND US?

    Not yet.

    September 11 was KARMA, folks…

    And you can’t tweak that motherfucker.

    Are you sure that 9-11 wasn’t karma for the terrors we released on the world, like Tom Cruise, Michael Jackson, McDonalds, Baywatch and Rock-in-roll?

    Oh I know: Muslim Rap! Soon there will be a MET cable channel with bootie-shaking women in burkas, which MUST BE STOPPED!!!

  13. 13.

    4tehlulz

    February 22, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    I LIKE BIG BURKAS AND I CANNOT LIE

  14. 14.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    February 22, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    I LIKE BIG BURKAS AND I CANNOT LIE

    LOOK OUT IZ THAT SUM PACMAN??

    [/inside joke]

  15. 15.

    Scott H

    February 22, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    Re: Coburn: these guys will all do a McNamara.

  16. 16.

    Bubblegum Tate

    February 22, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    I’m gonna guess that after a week or so of screaming, whining, bleating, and crying from the right wing, Coburn will amend his remarks on some ” Well, what I meant to say was that the invasion was a mistake, but we’ve corrected it thanks to the Almighty Glorious Surge. Wooooo! Freedom on the march!” shit.

    But I’m cynical like that.

  17. 17.

    Rex

    February 22, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    It is was only because the US’ military projection was so questionable after the malaise of the Clinton years that GWB had to preemptively invade a country that was probably not a threat. Damn them!

  18. 18.

    Jen

    February 22, 2008 at 7:21 pm

    To be a little bit serious about the surge, this sure did need sayin’:

    I’m not at all sure that a forward-looking agenda that has “deal with the issue of federalism in ways that resolve Kurd-Arab-Turcoman tensions; Shi’ite power struggle in south, Sunni concerns in west, mixed areas in center, and create a stable Baghdad and Basra (2008-2010)” can possibly succeed, but I am pretty sure that I’d rather not find out.

  19. 19.

    calipygian

    February 22, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    Tom Coburn has given up his support for the Iraq War in order to concentrate on finding lesbians in Oklahoma high school restrooms.

    Lesbianism among teenagers is on the rise in Oklahoma and Tom just wants to be there to find it without the distraction of the Iraq war.

  20. 20.

    benjoya

    February 22, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    I assume he’s endorsed dr. ron paul.

  21. 21.

    curtadams

    February 22, 2008 at 10:00 pm

    I’ll bet the 82nd Chairborne is way more willing to volunteer to look for lesbians in girl’s bathrooms in Oklahoma than to volunteer to get shot at by towelheads in Iraq. Coburn is making a smart move to satisfy his constituency.

  22. 22.

    Birdzilla

    February 22, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    Beware of anyone who supports obama becuase obama is too left-wing

  23. 23.

    jake

    February 22, 2008 at 10:21 pm

    Lesbianism among teenagers is on the rise in Oklahoma and Tom just wants to be there to find it without the distraction of the Iraq war.

    [Clicks on link]
    [Sees the link leads to Freeperville]
    [Gags]
    [Curses the beautifully buttocked one]
    [Starts to read blog post anyway]
    [Scrolls up to make sure this is indeed Freeperville]
    [Reads the rest of the post]
    [HeAd eXPlodeZ]

  24. 24.

    Garrigus Carraig

    February 22, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    Coburn (R-OK) by me. Also: Muqtada! (whew!)

  25. 25.

    Gus

    February 22, 2008 at 11:22 pm

    If a batshit loon like Coburn can see it, how deep is the denial if you still think Iraq was a good idea?

  26. 26.

    Jay C

    February 22, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    Birdzilla Says:

    Beware of anyone who supports obama becuase obama is too left-wing

    Yo, Birdz!: Does this mean we should beware of any Obama supporters because Obama is too left-wing? Or is it the supporters who think he’s too left-wing we should watch out for? And if so, why are they supporting him? and if not, why not?

    Sorry, B.: your non-sequiturs just lose too much sequitur in lower-case letters. MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY AGAIN ?

  27. 27.

    Conservatively Liberal

    February 23, 2008 at 1:14 am

    I like the way Coburn says:

    “I will tell you personally…”

    which sounds sooo serious, like as if anything he ‘personally’ tells you is just between you and him. Then he follows this with:

    “…probably a mistake…”

    What decisiveness! What clarity! You can tell that Coburn stakes out his side of the fence and plants his ass firmly. Still, I wonder how he navigates with that 4×4 fence post up his ass.

    The Republican party is full of decisive people like Coburn.

    I hope the MUP can beat this stupidity into submission in this next election. While the MUP does not have coat-tails (ever seen a pony wearing a coat of anything but hair?), it does have a long silky tail that has lots of room on it for Democrats who want to have Republican for lunch. Hopefully the Democrats will learn that Republican tastes much better than crow. ;)

  28. 28.

    Royston Vasey

    February 23, 2008 at 1:51 am

    Jake et al:

    “Coburn is known as much for his dramatic antics as for his ultra-conservative viewpoints. When he was first elected to Congress, he lured young interns to his office with free pizza and sodas for lectures on abstinence and sexually transmitted diseases. His presentations were complete with slides of people and body parts infected with the various ailments he was railing against. “

    Moral of today’s story: Never take free pizza from strange men

  29. 29.

    Royston Vasey

    February 23, 2008 at 1:51 am

    Jake et al:

    “Coburn is known as much for his dramatic antics as for his ultra-conservative viewpoints. When he was first elected to Congress, he lured young interns to his office with free pizza and sodas for lectures on abstinence and sexually transmitted diseases. His presentations were complete with slides of people and body parts infected with the various ailments he was railing against. “

    Moral of today’s story: Never take free pizza from strange men

  30. 30.

    DougJ

    February 23, 2008 at 11:37 am

    You know, Coburn has turned out to be a surprisingly good Senator, given what a nut he seemed like during his campaign.

  31. 31.

    ed

    February 23, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    I come here for the occasional BIRDZILLA sightings. Only one misspelling AND the correct use of too? And within shouting distance of a potentially discernable point?
    That ain’t the real Bird writing above.

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