Coburn: Democrats' Health Care Plan Will Make Seniors 'Die Sooner'

Nice catch.

Let's see if it becomes the media's (and the Democrats') main point of interest for the rest of the week.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Never gonna happen.

Dr. Tom Coburn may well be competent in his duties as John Ensign's gynecologist, but he is out of his depth (and maybe out of his mind) on matters of medical policy.

Isn't Coburn some kind of Deacon in the church at C Street?

I wonder what his God thinks of his lying and scaring seniors for political pourposes.

Do "lines" exist anymore and, if so, at what point can we safely say that they have been crossed? Maybe I'm being overly idealistic, but I just don't recall a time when an elected official could say something so outrageous, dangerous and false, and not be called out for it. I guess there is still time for this to become a major controversy, but I just don't see it happening. If anything, the media will simply use it as an excuse to bring in two people on "opposite sides of the issue" to debate whether Coburn is right or wrong, i.e., fair and balanced-style.

I'm so sick of this.

Doctor, my ass.

Senator, you're just another dumb, backwards-assed Okie.

Unfortunately, the Senate does not appear to have a rule like the House's about offensive remarks being "taken down."
Even more unfortunately, most reporters can't tell the difference between a reasoned argument and a hyperbolic lie -- and see no need to fact-check the relentless torrent of whoppers uttered daily by Cons like Coburn or McConnell (and, while we're at it, by non-GOP but still fact-challenged folks like Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh).
By the way, can I get anyone to join me in starting to refer to GOP members as "Cons?" It pretty much says it all, both in terms of criminal irresponsibility and congenital negativity.

NOBODY takes Coburn seriously.