Conservative Sen. Coburn Defends Pelosi as 'Nice Person,' Cautions on Fox News
Posted:
04/6/10


Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican regarded as among the most conservative of U.S. Senators, defended Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- at least on a personal level -- and took a swipe at Fox News, a favorite outlet for many conservatives.

"Come on now, she is nice -- how many of you have met her; she's a nice person," Coburn said to some jeers from a crowd at a recent town hall meeting, according to The Hill newspaper. "Let me give you a little lesson here. I hope you will listen to me. Just because somebody disagrees with you, doesn't mean they're not a good person."

In a comments covered by KGOU in Oklahoma City, Coburn emphasized that he was "180 degrees in opposition" to Pelosi's politics. But when someone in the crowd said the new health care law would mean a person not buying insurance could go to prison, Coburn replied, "that makes for good TV news on Fox but that isn't the intention." However, he said, individuals will have to prove that they have health insurance to the satisfaction of the Internal Revenue Service.

Americans should "make sure we have a debate in this country, so that you can see what's going on and make a determination for yourself," Coburn said in audio clips picked up by Capital News Connection. "So don't catch yourself being biased by Fox News that somebody is no good. The people in Washington are good. They just don't know what they don't know."

Coburn, a physician known as Dr. No on Capitol Hill for his resistance to spending bills, is currently holding up legislation that provides for a temporary extension of unemployment benefits. And he wasn't easy on the Obama administration, saying "we can't afford the government we have." But he said Oklahomans should pay attention to both sides of the debate in Washington -- listen to Fox News and CNN, he told them.

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That damn Faux hatemongerer not news station is at it again.....

Shame on them.

Coburn actually shows a bit of class.

Huh. Imagine that.

But yet, you are the first to call the majority of the Tea party people racists and bigots. Which is anything BUT true. The only real problem with the Tea Party is that they disagree with you.

Yet, you give Coburn credit for having class.

Coburn better enjoy being in office while he can, 'cuz he's gonna be history when he's up for re-election. People are fed up with 'San Francisco Values' (the oxymoron without a meaning), just like they're fed up with Reid, Frank, Dodd, Spectre, Graham, McLame, Snowe, Feinstein, Boxer, Collins, Landrieu, etc etc etc ... come November, the electoral guillotine's gonna fall on a lot of heads ... Ms. Pelossini better take a picture of that gavel she was swinging as she walked down the street during the protest, 'cuz it ain't gonna be hers after November ... wonder if she'll be cackling that illiterate 'Valley Gurl' laff then ... ?

As for Coburn's claim that she's a 'good person', he needs to get a clue that no one gives a rat's rectum about her in ANY capacity.

It's the POLICIES she supports that make her despicable. By extension, his support for her makes him equally despicable.

You just don't get it, do you? It's about VALUES, not personality.

"Come on now, she is nice -- how many of you have met her; she's a nice person," Coburn said to some jeers from a crowd at a recent town hall meeting, according to The Hill newspaper. "Let me give you a little lesson here. I hope you will listen to me. Just because somebody disagrees with you, doesn't mean they're not a good person."

You need to pay extra attention to that statement.

That;'s irony for you right there.

Isn't Coburn also the same one that helped cover up a sex scandal and even suggested that a certain Senator pay the person to go away?

That says a lot right there.

I don't care who likes her shes to stupid to tell everyone how to live .