Coburn defends the Party of No; Durbin blasts “styptic-hearted Republicans;” Update: Video added
On the Senate floor a few minutes ago, GOP Sen. Tom Coburn gave a rousing defense of the “Party of No.”
“We’re accused of being the party of no,” he said. But “no is a wonderful word. When your child is misbehaving, you say no. When someone’s stealing liberty, you say no…Saying no at the right time saves lives. Saying no at the right time saves money…Saying no at the right time saves liberty.”
It’s the best rejoinder to the empty charge of “obstructionism” I’ve seen and heard. I’ll post the video as soon as it’s up.
Here’s an excerpt, thanks to C-SPAN:
Coburn went on to refute empty Democrat attacks on Republicans for not proposing health care alternatives.
As I’ve pointed out before, there are plenty:
Here is Sen. Judd Gregg’s Coverage, Prevention and Reform plan.
And here is Sen. Jim Demint’s Health Care Freedom Plan.
And here is Sen. Bob Bennett’s Healthy Americans Act.
And here is the Patients’ Choice Act of Sens. Coburn and Burr and Reps. Ryan and Nunes.
Sen. Dick “In the Dark” Durbin responded to Coburn with predictable Bush-bashing and by blasting “flinty-eyed, styptic-hearted Republicans.”
Thanks again to C-SPAN for vid:
With so much fiscal hemorrhaging going on in Washington, the Mother of All Styptic Pens is exactly what we need right now.
Proud to be a member of the Party of HELL NO!
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Just Like Last Week, This Week Every Poll Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose The Democrats’ Health Care Bill
NBC NEWS-WALL STREET JOURNAL POLL: “Just 32 Percent Say It’s A Good Idea, Versus 47 Percent Who Say It’s A Bad Idea.” “As the Senate sprints to pass a health-care bill by Christmas, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that those believing President Obama’s health-reform plan is a good idea has sunk to its lowest level. Just 32 percent say it’s a good idea, versus 47 percent who say it’s a bad idea.” (“NBC Poll: Public Sours On Health Reform,” MSNBC’s “First Read,”, 12/16/09)
WASHINGTON POST-ABC NEWS POLL: “In The Poll Conducted This Month, 51 Percent Say They Oppose The Proposed Changes To The System; 44 Percent Approve Of Them. Two-thirds say the health-care reforms would add to the federal deficit, with two-thirds of those people calling such an increase ‘not worth it.’” (“Public Cooling To Health-Care Reform As Debate Drags On, Poll Finds,” The Washington Post, 12/16/09)
GALLUP: “Political Independents Are More Inclined To Oppose (49%) Than To Favor (44%) A New Healthcare Bill.” (“Majority Of Americans Still Not Backing Healthcare Bill,” Gallup, 12/16/09)
AP-GFK POLL: “Although The National Debate Over Health Care Has Been Heated, There Was Little To No Change From November In The Public’s Attitudes On The Proposals Being Discussed — 44 Percent Oppose Them While 36 Percent Support Them. And only half the country approves of Obama’s handling of the issue.” (“AP-GfK Poll: Gains For Obama, Not His Afghan Plans,” The Associated Press, 12/17/09)
RASMUSSEN: “Fifty-Six Percent (56%) Of U.S. Voters Now Oppose The Health Care Plan Proposed By President Obama And Congressional Democrats. That’s the highest level of opposition found – reached three times before – in six months of polling. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 40% of voters favor the health care plan. Perhaps more significantly, 46% now Strongly Oppose the plan, compared to 19% who Strongly Favor it.” (“Health Care Reform,” Rasmussen Reports, 12/14/09)
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Thank you again Dr. Coburn! You and DeMint are doing a good job against the d’s. If this bill goes Christmas Eve, please ask this whole thing to be read.
L
Thank you Sen. Tom Coburn. You make me proud to be an Okie.
You are a member of the Party of KNOW!
The best think about Durbin is that he is not camera-friendly. All you have to do is listen to that used car salesman and the disbelief is automatic. Unctuous weasel I think is the term.
It’s about time!!! It’s time to restore the Republic. None of us voted for a Democratic dictatorship. Anyone voting for this bill is a traitor to liberty and the Constitution which they swore to protect and defend.
Where was the Party of No from 2001-2008?
I’m scratching my head over this use of the word I’ve never heard of…. styptic in this latest rhetoric.
merriam-webster says it means “tending to contract, bind”, “tending to check bleeding” it sounds like a medical terminalogy.
its not a word I’d use in this rhetoric
They called them Democrats.
He is criticizing Republicans for stemming the bleeding with their styptic pencil every time the Dems nick themselves “shaving” the taxpayers? This guy needs a lesson in the proper selection of analogies. As conservatives are the spine that when necessary transform the GOP into the party of “No!”, the Dems are the perpetual party of “noh”. (Look it up. I can’t do all the work myself).
firestorm31,
Stypic pen was used to stop the bleeding when men cut themselves shaving. I do not know if they make them anymore.
L
Oh all right! Noh. Sometimes is just sucks being a pedant.
styptic-hearted Republicans.
Leave it to an idiot Democrat like Durbin to suggest that there’s something wrong with stopping bleeding. Must have something to do with him being a bleeding heart liberal who is following Saul Alinksy’s advice to never let a wound heal (because once it heals there’s nothing left to agitate the community of perpetual victims with).
Obamacare = Democrat suicide pact.
*Stuttering Obama, off his Teleprompter,after jogging down Air Force One’s steps with elbows in his classic bend and fists clenched in his classic energetic fashion (why does he do this??),his bobble-head held regally chin-up for best photo-op:*
Drumroll…His proclaimation to the nation:
“Ffffolks…this is my royal decree: this bill must pass…in some form…as this is my (The Emperor Obammy) legacy!Therefore…ah have commanded Reid… to get this sucker done.”
Coburn for president
Durbin is lower than whale crap.
On December 18th, 2009 at 1:15 pm, letget said:
firestorm31,
You can still find them in most drugstores. They still work fine.
I shave with a straight razor, and it comes in quite handy.
He is saying that R’s are the opposite of bleeding hearts…Pretty lame if you ask me, but what do you expect.
Speaking of Obama, did anyone else see that when Obama showed up in Denmark he arrived in the middle of snowstorm for the “global warming” summit.
Just more proof that God has a sense of humor…
Good for Coburn. As far as I am concerned it is time for “bayonets and entrenching tools.”
No one who wins Miss Congeniality ever finishes first.
yaawwwnnnnn
Makes me want to move to Oklahoma.
This is why Congressional elections matter. This is why, especially during Presidential elections years, “conservatives” shouldn’t blow them off in order to focus their efforts on getting the least of two evils elected to the White House.
but this is an emergency. There is no time to reflect and debate. We must act now because people are dying in the streets. We must spend a trillion dollars now to curb our national debt and stave off bankruptcy. The fact that the Republican’s are not willing to vote yes to Harry Reid’s non-existent bill is proof positive that they are racist xenophobes. We need tis thing passed by the August Recess, I mean by Labor Day, no Halloweeen, no Chirstmas, no Inaguration, no …..
Durbin.
What a Dick.
This proud Okie thinks Coburn has made her week!
I hope he makes the Dems week/weak, too!
The R leadership has done well in this debate.
Here’s how I know that I need to learn forever. I discovered the styptic pen wandering through Walmart a month or two ago. I’ve had issues cutting my neck up shaving all my life (sensitive skin I guess). NOBODY has ever said, hey, here’s a FREAKING 75 cent solution for that problem.
I got it, I use it, it’s amazing, and now I’m mad at everyone who ever saw my razor rash on my neck every time I shaved and didn’t tell me that the styptic pen existed up to this point in my life.
but anyway, every little new discovery like that makes me realize how little I know no matter how much I think I know.
When you get there try the Braum’s Strawberry Milkshake and a Chicken-fried steak sandwich.
*Whatever it takes Dr. Coburn, whatever it takes; Just glad to see him and DeMint take the lead; Keep the RINO’s corralled, as they are just as much a poison on this country as the rat bastard Dems!
On December 18th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, stevevvs said:
I know you’re trolling, but it once again makes me want to shine the light on the last two years of the “Bush Administration”.
While Republicans held the Presidency for 8 years (Jan 2001- Jan 2009), the “Bush Administration” was blamed for what happened during those eight years, including what happened in the last two of those eight years (Jan 2007- Jan 2009) when Democrats, not Republicans, controlled Congress.
But the “Bush Administration” does deserve some of the blame for what the Democratically-controlled Senate did from Jan 2007 – Jan 2009.
Why?
Because Vice-President Cheney should have performed his Constitutional duties as President of the Senate. That position has more power than many people realize. Since Cheney failed to perform most of the duties of that role, control was passed to the President pro Temore, a Demonrat.
Can anyone give me a good explanation of why Cheney all but abdicated his role as President of the Senate?
Other than his showing up for the State of the Union address and showing up for the electoral college vote certification (which he didn’t even do properly because he did not follow the specific instructions of the US Code of Federal Regulations Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 15:“the President of the Senate shall call for objections“), Cheney did not show up and fulfill his responsibilities as President of the Senate.
Again, can anyone give me a good explanation of why Cheney all but abdicated this role?
The Democraps are counting on mass amnesia next November. As stupid as they are, they can’t be stupid enough to alienate 70% of the country which is what they’re doing. I hope that they keep it up.
Pelosi had the gall to declare that their platform next year will be fiscal responsibility and jobs. That took my breath away. They’re not just counting on amnesia…they’re counting on stupidity.
Dems keep saying that “doing something is better than doing nothing”. Nice mantra, and we all know how much single digit IQ libs love their mantras. Makes it all tidy and simple enough for their little brains to understand. But even a second grader can figure out that if the cure is worse than the disease, better off dealing with the disease until a better cure comes along.
All he could have done was to break a tie in a vote. Other than that, the VP is an ornament. Bush was the one who could have done something…he had veto power and the Dems didn’t have enough votes to overturn a veto.
If you’re a good, hard-working, Christian, Conservative Republican, then you’re welcome. Oklahoma has relatively mild winters, many interesting tourist sites, about 400 miles of Historic Route 66, and a slow, easy way of life.
If you’re a looney, leftwing liberal, then you wouldn’t like it here. It’s hot during the summer. We get thunderstorms and tornados. In fact, the worst tornado in world history struck Oklahoma City in 1999. Everybody has guns. Everybody drives trucks and SUVs. You just wouldn’t like it here, so stay away.
Matthew 24:37 “And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the son of Man be.”
I feel as a pilgrim in an unholy land.
Where was the Party of “no” in 2001 through 2008.
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Well, first of all there was this little thing called 9/11 that not only killed 3000+ Americans but nearly brought our economy to its knees. And, of course, there was a worldwide war on terror that involved not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but much of Africa and Asia. Bush was occupied with the above and allowed a bunch of Republican legislators to go nuts – but that was only until 2006 when the Democrats took both the House and the Senate. The current economic downturn has Democrat fingerprints all over it as the recession began in 2007 immediately after Pelosi and Reid got their hands on the purse strings of the country. This blame Bush for everything mantra is simply stupid and no longer has merit as an argument. This is obama’s game and he has done more damage in less than a year than any president in history.
On December 18th, 2009 at 2:51 pm, tre said:
Yeah, and the State Rock is a flower.
I agree with Tre on most of what he said. However, Tulsa is quite a metropolitan city. Why, we have more blonds with boobjobs (present company excluded) than Bollywood.
On December 18th, 2009 at 2:50 pm, orlandocajun said:
I agree with you about the Presidential veto power, but I disagree that “the VP is an ornament”. The person acting in the role of President of the Senate does have some real power to control what happens on the Senate floor. Notice how Franken used this power against Lieberman. It does matter.
The Constitution says:
My point is that Cheney, by his absence, abdicated the power of the President of the Senate, and turned that power over to the President pro tempore, a Demonrat.
I know that most of us are used to seeing the VP all but abdicate their responsibility of President of the Senate. But that does not make it excusable. And it hasn’t always been that way. The VP used to regularly preside over the Senate.
Sarah Palin understands this, and would have exercised her constitutional powers as President of the Senate, if McCain-Palin had won. The media mocked her for it, but she, as usual, was right.
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HI HANGFIRE–#16. Not many people left brave enough or careful enough to shave with a straight razor! Not enough styptic pens in most places to fix a mistake with a straight razor.
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Do you still have stall behind your house with your horse and buggy in it?
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John Bibb
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No, just a mountain.
Shaving with a straight razor started back when the Navy would let me sport a beard on subs. You just can’t shape or trim a beard and ‘stache with a Trac II.
Besides, it would fit in my sock on Liberty. *wink*
Repubs Threaten Readathon
In the words of Arrrrrnold…
DO IT, DO IT ! ! !
i too am with the party of HELL NO!
Durbin is a close 2nd on my hate-o-meter…right after Chuck Schumer. Great company.
Anybody but me wonder who makes up the “40%” (Rassmussen poll) that favor/supports the National Health Care bill being proposed?
Same with polls showing support for Global Warming-Cap & Tax. Who are these people that still support this?
Often overlooked is Obama percentage approvals are massively skewed by a “blind black bedrock” 90%+ race favoritism vote for him — no matter what issue. Be VERY interesting to see if it’s possible to filter this factor out and see the race-free “true” percentages of any poll!
James Greenidge
Queens NY
Oh yeah. Weapons of opportunity. Good stocking stuffer.
On December 18th, 2009 at 5:20 pm, jamesgreenidge said:
Have you seen the Demographic notes on the Rasmussen Obama Approval Index?
OK, so…
Overall, 44% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance.
And…
Seventy-two percent (72%) of Democrats now offer their approval
And…
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of liberals approve
And…
The President earns approval from 37% of White voters and
98% of African-American voters.
So tell me, who is racist???
Don’t tell me that 98% of “African-American” voters approve of President Obama because they are Democrats or because they are Liberals.
Democrats and Liberals only approve of Obama at the rate of 72% and 77%, respectively.
What accounts for that 98% approval from “African-American” voters? If it’s not attributable to just political party and/or political ideology, what’s left?
It’s pretty obvious that that 98% approval is due to “African-American” voters judging Obama by the color of his skin.
So, I ask again, WHO’S RACIST???
I don’t care about the color of Obama’s skin. I have always disapproved of Obama because of the content of his character.
I agree with Alan Keyes who said that Obama’s support of leaving born alive infants to die shows that Obama’s conscience is seared.
(On repeated occasions, Obama opposed the Born Alive Infant Protection Act in Illinois).
As futile as it may sound, 10 of us called Specter and Casey’s offices in DC expressing our desire that they vote NO on socialized health-care. I will continue to call them and urge them to consider the will of their constituents, vote NO. I doubt these liberals will heed our requests but we must not falter in our counter-insurgency. We the People will be Victorious in the end.
The fact that Obama could defeat Alan Keyes for Illinois senator when Keyes obviously won their televised debate on so many levels and is truly an African-American, really makes me fear for this country.
My aunt sent this to the RNC awhile back, maybe it helped..
Our party could turn the tables on Democrats who accuse Republicans of being the ‘Party of NO!’.
Being a member of the ‘Party of No!’ should be worn as a badge of honor.
These are some of this administration’s policies we say NO! to:
No to: Massive spending bills passed without debate, or even being read.
No to: Zero transparency or accountability on how the money is being spent.
No to: A huge expansion of nanny government without the consent of the governed.
No to: Our form of government being changed at warp speed into Socialism.
No to: The idiocy of not using American resources to meet America’s energy needs.
No to: A Cap and Trade bill that will lower the standard of living of every American by onerous
taxes. (Except the opportunists who fabricated the scam and are now set
to reap billions from it)
No to: The destruction of our health system.
No to: Explosion of the national debt.
No to: Nationalization of private companies
No to: The destruction of wealth and redistribution of what’s left.
No to: Policies which have resulted in an unemployment rate that hasn’t topped out yet.
No to: The bailouts – banks, AIG, automakers, etc.
Republicans must be the ‘PARTY OF NO’ to stop the obscene power grab by this out of control government
or we will witness the end of the most successful form of government the world has ever known. It will
be replaced by a form of government in which power is restricted to a few. That is known as an oligarchy.
The simple phrase, the ‘Party of NO!’ should resonate with Republicans, Independents, and even some
Democrats who didn’t realize what Obama meant by ‘change.’
I am proud to be a member of the ‘Party of No.
I’ve read whats here, passing through, I really have a hard time reading the boards now-a-days… and I read such things as surprise at Liebermann, that ignorance abounds in the younger voters (note: almost everyone is a “younger voter” to me… [grin]), and I am simply in amazement…
Why? Why are you surprised?
As for Liebermann — (NB: I don’t care if I’m mispelling his name…)
He’s always operated this way. What has changed? His lips kiss you while the stilletto slips between the ribs… As most of our current cockroachs infesting both Houses do.
And King Cockroach… He’s a “man on a mission“. I don’t care what anyone says, he’s true to his beliefs. Just because his belief is enslavement fo all, it doesn’t change that fact. And that is why he’s getting what he wants. He really believes in the Evil that seeds his soul.
Honest disagreement is ok, but until we stop the LOTE-ing around, we’ll keep sliding into enslavement.
It is good seeing The People rise up and fight this. I hope that we can change this by voting…
And we carry them concealed. I also just got a series 581 Ruger Mini-14 as my Christmas rifle. Doesn’t everybody get a Christmas rifle?
Ditto.
ECS
Owasso, Cherokee Nation, I.T.
Almost forgot the ice storms in the winter when everyone else gets snow. Last January we were without power for a week, and all the wires in our neighborhood are underground. It’s pretty bad when the GRDA transmission lines get taken down by ice.
ECS
Maybe he is right: the styptic pencil was used to stanch bleeding after a close shave.
If we can stop the fiscal bleeding by stopping this farce, it will be a very close shave indeed….
We need about 400 more like Coburn in DC. Oklahoma is proud of him.