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Tom Coburn to MSNBC: ‘I’m No Longer a Conservative’ According to Ted Cruz
Mediaite ^ | 9/26/13 | Evan McMurry

Posted on 09/26/2013 6:25:33 AM PDT by jimbo123

On Morning Joe Thursday morning, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) tepidly praised Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) for his symbolic filibuster, before severely criticizing his “intellectually dishonest” tactics to defund ObamaCare that Coburn said were misleading Republican voters.

“I’m finishing up nine years in the Senate,” Coburn said. “Nobody has a higher conservative rating than I do. I’m now no longer a conservative according to the standards that have been set by the expectation of this process.”

“I’m getting all sorts of e-mails from people that supported me, because they have been misled about what’s possible.” Coburn said. “Do people not think if I could change ObamaCare, I’d do it in a minute?

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KEYWORDS: cloture; cloturevote; coburn; cruz; defundobamacare; msnbc; primarycoburn; vichyrepublicans
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To: jimbo123

Sen. Cruz said they discuss symbolic votes (designed, of course, to keep the unwashed from an uprising). We suspected as much, but now it’s out there because Sen. Cruz decided to Go Rogue and went off script.

The blatant honesty of the Palins and Cruzes is why the establishment will go out of it’s way to destroy them...and anyone or any group that supports them.

Speaking of the Tea Party, where are we in the investigation of the IRS abuses?


41 posted on 09/26/2013 7:02:45 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia
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To: Heart of Georgia
Speaking of the Tea Party, where are we in the investigation of the IRS abuses?

I bet Lois Lerner got her list of targets from Karl Rove.
42 posted on 09/26/2013 7:06:38 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: dirtboy
“Do people not think if I could change ObamaCare, I’d do it in a minute?

Ant...Rubber Tree plant!!!

43 posted on 09/26/2013 7:08:22 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: cripplecreek

Sorry Tom, you just aren’t a wartime consiglieri. Time to step aside for the new young turks.


44 posted on 09/26/2013 7:08:51 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: jimbo123
Tom Coburn to MSNBC: ‘I’m No Longer a Conservative’ According to Ted Cruz

If you go on MSNBC to whine, then you outed yourself, Tom.

(I don't watch MSNBC but I'm curious to know how many RINO-e's went on to complain. Anyone know?)

45 posted on 09/26/2013 7:10:30 AM PDT by SMM48
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To: jimbo123

If he’s such a conservative what’s he doing on MSNBC?


46 posted on 09/26/2013 7:10:49 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Heart of Georgia

They first have to make sure anyone who had anything to do with it gets immunity. Then we can have hearings till the next election.


47 posted on 09/26/2013 7:11:34 AM PDT by DeWalt
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To: Georgia Girl 2
If he’s such a conservative what’s he doing on MSNBC?

Good question!
48 posted on 09/26/2013 7:12:46 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: cotton1706

I submit anyone supporting amnesty is not conservative by a long shot. Ala Rubio.


49 posted on 09/26/2013 7:16:37 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: jimbo123

And I wouldn’t bet against you.

Although Karl probably did the actual deed, I’m sure he had plenty of anonymous backing.


50 posted on 09/26/2013 7:30:05 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia
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To: EBH

How awesome to have been there in that period to witness that historic moment of our country’s history. I’m not giving up on this country nor should anyone. The spirits of our founders and patriots back then stills flows in us. Eventually she is now waking up.


51 posted on 09/26/2013 7:37:09 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: jimbo123

You’re not a conservative.


52 posted on 09/26/2013 7:39:13 AM PDT by Viennacon
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To: jimbo123

I called his local Tulsa office and believe me Freepers I gave them an earful. I told him not to ever again go on MSNBC and trash a fellow Republican. I can’t go into all details...but I took no B.S, and he could not name one time where Democrats go on TV and trash fellow Democrats, especially on Fox. I was on fire and they knew it, tried to tell me he voted for cloture after wasting time on a so-called filibuster, I didn’t buy it and got him to admit it was the vote to proceed to debate. Okay...I guess I did go into details...I was hopping mad, gotta run now.


53 posted on 09/26/2013 7:41:10 AM PDT by yellowdoghunter (My son said, "You tickled my laugh". Lol!!!)
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To: jimbo123

I know Coburn isn’t politically popular with conservatives right now, but he actually does have a very good voting record. He’s also been a very staunch opponent of excessive government spending. It seems his biggest flaw is he’s a nice guy who naively believes the Democrats can be convinced to do the right thing. That’s delusional, because Democrats (and many Republicans) spent decades building the beast in D.C. They are simply not going to help Coburn dismantle any of it. Compromise has only gotten us more government.


54 posted on 09/26/2013 7:44:36 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Why celebrate evil? Evil is easy. Good is the goal worth striving for.)
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To: jimbo123

He’s a damn doctor. If anyone should be fighting the good fight, you’d think it would be Coburn!


55 posted on 09/26/2013 7:47:41 AM PDT by castowell (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: griswold3

“Nine years in the Senate is long enough. Thank you for leaving , Tom.”

Actually, he was quite conservative during his first six years. Of course during that time he also said he only intended to serve one term.

Apparently things change - rarely for the better!


56 posted on 09/26/2013 7:50:44 AM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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To: DoodleDawg

As you pointed out, Coburn is a very reliable conservative vote. I think he tries to be polite and respectful to other people, including Democrats. He doesn’t seem to understand that Democrats are tearing apart our civil society by the way they use government to browbeat opposition. I cannot be nice, for example, to people who want to fundamentally transform America into a socialistic state. Regardless, I don’t think Coburn deserves the treatment he’s getting here. Again, he’s a dependable conservative who truly wants to cut government.


57 posted on 09/26/2013 7:52:23 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Why celebrate evil? Evil is easy. Good is the goal worth striving for.)
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To: jimbo123

Who said he was a conservative in the first place?


The standards for the Conservative label have had to be lowered and dumbed down, you can NOW get a decent rating by just doing nothing and do no harm.

For him to use msnbc as a forum for whining, says all you need to know about him.

He ranks right up there with posters on FR who thinks they are being righteous and important when they post...’I am leaving Free Republic because...’ and deserve the same treatment they recieve.


58 posted on 09/26/2013 7:53:23 AM PDT by RetSignman (Standing my ground against group think.)
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To: jimbo123

I’m so sick of these hacks. If they stopped sitting around saying “we can’t win” and actually tried to win, maybe they would at least some of the time. Even that team that plays the Harlem Globetrotters won a game once.


59 posted on 09/26/2013 7:56:06 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: mosesdapoet

Peter King is another RINO going on MSNBC to denounce Cruz...

Peter King also supported Romney and bashed Gingrich early in the primary...

Peter King also supported NSA spying and said Edward Snowden should be executed...

These guys are not conservatives. They’re the same RINOs that are pushing losing candidates that cause Obama to win easily. Then they denounce any tactic that might get rid of Obamacare. They need to switch their affiliation to D and stop the charade.


60 posted on 09/26/2013 7:56:50 AM PDT by JediJones (Impeach Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane for Derelection of Duty)
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