Sen. Coburn: American People 'Oughtta Pray' Somebody Can't Make Health Care Cloture Vote

more at cspan.org, December 20, 2009

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[RonPaulGeorgeRingo]

The TRAGIC (toxic) dumbing down of the modern conservative movement: Buckley Goldwater (rolling over in their graves) Nixon's Southern Strategy Reagan (talk & massive DEBT) Religious right hijacks Jesus. GOP hijacks the flag. Limbaugh & Hate Radio Fox "News" Bush/Cheney Palin Birthers Beck The ABYSS (?) - Mainstream conservatives, you are HERE.

[RonPaulGeorgeRingo]

Just released . . .

Tom Coburn's New Conservative Bible (excerpt):

In the beginning, there was Limbaugh and Reagan.

And Reagan said, "Let there be debt." And there was debt.

[singledad11]

yea when this passes and they send you to the ghetto for your care or give you a doctor that is 95 years old and blind you will think twice notto mention you better make sure you buy it or go to jail, haha

[PhillyWargamer]

The Republicans will do AYNTHING to avoid helping people

[Damis101]

Yes, lets pray to God that somebody dies. How very 'christian' of you.

[serpentineflame]

Specialized mouthpiece of corporate profit doctrine, soon to be a lobbyist himself

[abfabinri]

This guy is a douche bag sleaze ball! Typical conservative!

[drk1486]

The problem is that the GOP is now SOOOOO far to the right--with VERY few exceptions--that "the middle" doesn't exist in Congress anymore.

[Cyrathil]

"Again, letting a computer count the votes is much faster."

And something much faster than that would be having a lineage of kings. Or we could also just throw the candidates into a ring and let them fight to the death. We could also sell tickets, and put it on Pay-per-view. That would help alleviate a few problems. We would have to find a way to deal with referendums, but it would be much faster. Speed isn't our only concern.

[Cyrathil]

"Obviously, this statement is not true, else we would not have seen such a debacle in 2000."

That people had trouble with that is not evidence of its complexity but how easily confused we are. And you're going to increase that again by adding machines too the mix. At my polling place, there was a machine recording everything we had written down with pen on paper. Someone screwed it up, and it took them about an hour to get it fixed.

[mrbhave]

In the Tampa Bay area, we're all voting electronically.

"The system of punching a hole through your choice is incredibly simple..." Obviously, this statement is not true, else we would not have seen such a debacle in 2000.

Again, letting a computer count the votes is much faster.

[Cyrathil]

"Hell, many of do our banking online with little or no worries about fraud."

And there are also a number of people who have their information used against them.

"It was already demonstrated that someone with a PDA could break into the electronic ballot boxes and change the stored votes, do it all remotely."

Which is exactly why I'm against electronic voting systems. If we're going to complain about problems with the voting system when there's a hard copy, try doing it with no real surety.