Scumbag Coburn tells Weeping Woman The Government Can't Help Her

[berni_mccoy]

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This is despicable. Neighbors should help her?!?! Come see me?!?! he says! Aren't YOU the Government?!?!


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[spiritual_gunfighter]

1. first rec

Everyone should see this disgusting display. Tom Coburn is a self hating pol that could care less about helping anyone. Fuck this trash.

[happygoluckytoyou]

28. maybe JOE THE DUMBER could help out here ? ? ?

[GivePeaceAchance]

38. That's a genius line to show just how out of answers they really are.

[elocs]

2. Republicans, most of whom profess to be Christians,

at the same time firmly believe they are NOT their brother's keeper. They are the YOYO (You're On Your Own) crowd. The important that is that they have theirs and they hate to pay taxes for anything which does not directly benefit them.

[LisaM]

9. Yoyo - great line

why isn't it out there?

[elocs]

21. I've used it for awhile now. It seemed like a good aconym for their beliefs.

I also remember it from the first line of Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing":
"Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it.." Republicans are simply YOYOs (You're On Your Own).

[ltf1]

14. It is odd...

that right-wing Christians who do not believe in evolution become survival-of-the-fittest evolutionists, while left-wing secularists who do believe in evolution act like "blessed be the poor" Christians when it comes to health care. Well, not JUST health care. I think William Jennings Bryan would be rather confused by this. I know I am.

[zbdent]

24. not so strange when you consider that Jesus would be shunned by the Repugs as a

long-haired hippie radical liberal ...

They're still angry that he threw the moneychangers out of the churches ...

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[zbdent]

100. we keep trying, but then the Repugs keep dragging him into the political offices ...

on the "long hair" ... Which portrait had it where Jesus had the crew cut?

[SalviaBlue]

110. Not odd when you understand republicans always LIE.

They are not Christian, they just think it looks good on their resume.

They don't like the whole practice what you preach thing though.

[Ken Burch]

88. That was actually one of Reagan's early applause lines:

"I am not my brother's keeper, I am my brother's brother", he said, back in the mid-Sixties. Never did know exactly what he meant by the second part of that line, since he never treated the rest of the human race as his brothers(let alone sisters) either.

[BobTheSubgenius]

95. I like it....a lot!

If it passes into general use, consider it an homage. :D

[Botany]

3. OMG I just saw that for the first time ..... Coburn is a sick bastard.

Her neighbors should come and take care of her husband so the insurance they paid for doesn't have to?

He really is a nasty heartless man.

[atreides1]

4. Yes he is a heartless bastard

And let's not forget that besides being a "Christian", he's a doctor, and a deacon in his church!!!!

Just more evidence that so called Christian values are as mythical as unicorns, in some Christians.

[Kaleko]

47. The Senator wants Americans to go begging in the streets

so that Insurance company CEOs can keep their stratospheric salaries.

The blowback from everyone of us should be devastating. But it probably won't be, sorry to say.

[Shallah Kali]

62. He has Family Values - Christians of C Street Values where only the powerful deserve compassion

http://books.google.com/books?id=NVmcx-8zdGEC&q=Coburn#v=snippet&q=Coburn&f=false

[liberalhistorian]

74. Yes, he's apparently forgotten that

"He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker and whoever is kind to the needy honors God." Proverbs 14:31. There are tons more of those in both the Old and New Testament that the RW seems to have just magically forgotten or they act like such verses just don't exist.

[Chisox08]

90. That isn't in the part of the bible that they read

Because it has nothing to do with hating others who are not Right wing Christians

[Joe Bacon]

108. Coburn's bible is Atlas Shrugged

And Coburn's Christ is John Galt.

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[YOY]

5. In a Republican world your neighbors don't give a fuck about you.

It's your fault if thing didn't work out in your favor...have some personal accountability.

If anyone ponies up at that audience it will because they fear "teh sochulizm" and not because they care. As I was watching I noticed a few of the folks in the audience not react with any kind of pathos...more like anger.

[BattyDem]

6. That woman could be any one of us!

:cry:

Why can't people see that? Why does everyone believe that they are somehow "protected" from situations like this? The insurance company won't cover her husband's treatment. They HAVE insurance and he still can't get treatment.

People ... get it through your heads: it doesn't matter if you have insurance. They can drop you whenever they want for any reason at all. They can refuse to pay for treatment for any reason at all. THIS COULD BE ANY ONE OF US! :grr:

By the way ... FUCK YOU, Coburn!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

54. Because We Live In "It Can't Happen To Me" World

Ever notice how when Republicans talk about certain groups of people, there's always a buzzword, and they always talk about "them" in terms that indicate that they themselves could NEVER be a member of such group. For example, you'll hear them talk about "criminals" (as in, "criminals have all the rights; criminals don't deserve any rights; they're criminals!") but they can't ever imagine BEING the person accused of a crime (wrongfully OR rightfully). Meanwhile, statistics show that the average person runs afoul of the law multiple times DAILY (ranging from momentarily exceeding the speed limit to all sorts of other more horrific things).

And along these same lines, they can't IMAGINE that THEY would EVER be the ones dropped by their insurance companies for no apparent reason other than they wanted to get some of their hard-earned money (Republicans' money is ALWAYS "hard-earned," didn't you know?) back from the insurance company they paid it to.

Just like this video that's making the rounds right now (to thunderous applause from the mouth-breathers, by the way), of some disabled Marine getting up at a Town Hall Meeting and, after identifying himself as a disabled vet, and then engaging in some "Obama is a Nazi" red-baiting, proceeds to tell the speaker (can't remember who it is), "You say if I like my health insurance, I'll get to keep it. Well, thank you very much. It's not YOUR decision whether or not I get to keep my health insurance. It's MINE!!!" And as the crowd applauds, he storms down the aisle and leaves before the speaker even begins his answer.

Ignoring for a moment that as a disabled vet, he's already getting free, government-run health care from the Veteran's Administration, what the speaker's response SHOULD have been is: "It's NOT YOUR decision whether or not you get to keep your health insurance. It's the insurance company's decision. And if it turns out you need more money from them than they're willing to give you, guess what happens. You're out on your butt without any coverage at all. Insurance companies are like bad slot machines. You'll NEVER get more money out of them than you put in."

[Juche]

87. A lot of it is fear of an unpredictable world

Authoritarian republicans don't like ambiguity, and they have a high fear response. My understanding is that, for most republicans, the world makes more sense if you blame the victim because then you can convince yourself that if you are hard working, you will be safe. ie, if you lose your healthcare, or are homeless, or commit a crime it is 100% your fault and under your control. Even though its not totally true, it gives the conservatives a sense of relief, because they've just convinced themselves that bad things do not happen to good people.

Its basically a mythology they use to defend themselves from the unpredictable real world by convincing themselves that only 'those' people who 'make bad decisions' have bad things happen to them.

Very fucked up situation. Because conservatives are too immature to face the fact that the world can be evil and unpredictable, they have to convince themselves that the victim is always responsible. If you are uninsured, get a better job. If you are a drug addict, stop using. If you are gay, decide to be hetero.

Very sad. Whats even sadder is that the south has voted to keep black people down for 150 years. When Lincoln and the GOP forced reconstruction on the south, the south became democrat for 100 years. Then in the 1960s when the democratic party started supporting civil rights, the south became republican. Coburn is a senator because 70% of white people in the south vote for the party that opposes or opposed civil rights. When the dems opposed civil rights the vast majority of southern whites voted for them. When the GOP did, the same thing happened.

We get the democracy we deserve, but I wish southern whites would just fuck themselves over for once instead of the entire nation.

[Joe Bacon]

86. This happened to me and my mother!

Folks, IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.

Beacuse THIS HAPPENED TO ME.

My mother was crippled in an auto wreck at the age of 55. Too young for Medicare, Dad made too much for Medicaid or SSI. And there is NO disabled spouse benefit for Social Security. We were effectively on our own. Tom Coburn will look you in the face and bullshit about charity, but I can tell you from experience that what Tom Coburn said was fucking bullshit!

Coburn says your churches will help. Churches didn't do fucking doodley squat when we needed help. Neighbors? THey had too many problems of their own to lend a hand? Family? I had family members sit on their ass and wouldn't lift a god-damned finger to help. For 3 years, I was the primary caregiver, cooking, cleaning, boiling hydrocolators and taking Mom back and forth to the doctor. I sacrificed to the point that I couldn't do anymore because I had my own student loans that had to be paid off. I left and within a year, My dad had to quit work and retire. Fortunately, he had Social Security then to fall back on. but when Mom finally got Medicare, it was too little and too late.

I will never forgive those who shoot the Jesus shit out of their mouths and turn right around and piss on those in need. And as for Coburn and his government is the problem shit, he's lower than rat shit.

[mustardman]

7. I hope someone interviews this lady

...and asks how much neighbourly Coburn contributed to help pay her health bills.

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[tinrobot]

8. This sums up the Republican BS perfectly.

Everyone must fend for themselves. If you're sick and can't help yourself, pray that someone else will, because the government doesn't give a crap about you.

In a Republican world, the only thing they give a crap about is "free enterprise" and ensuring that corporations can make a healthy profit, sick people be damned.

[1776Forever]

10. Yeah right - Neighbors - Our neighbors had their own bridges to cross for God's sake!

I can't believe that this idiot "deacon" can say he is a "Christian" and let this woman's grief go with just a stupid comment like he did! He obviously doesn't realize we are talking Thousand and Thousand of $$$$$ to help her husband! For God's sake this just shows the Repub's out of touch policies with the true tragedy in this country from lack of quality health care for all!

[tinrobot]

13. More like hundreds of thousands

Brain surgery is not cheap, that's probably why the private insurance company's death panel tossed her husband off the plan.

[Divine Discontent]

26. exactly - and is senator dickbastard gonna pay for his care then? he's a cold man & they cheer him

stupid fools. glad the TV guy attacked him.

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[arikara]

92. That applause bothered me even more than his ignorant reply

nobody booed him, they all clapped like a bunch of trained seals. Disgusting display.

[moonbatmax]

94. Yeah, I can't help but wonder...

...how must that poor woman have felt hearing everyone around her applauding such a heartless bastard response?

[TheCoxwain]

11. This is a pivotal moment that should be highlighted to display the Republican philosophy

Coburn . may he burn in hell

[Joe the Liberal]

12. I wonder if this lady is a republican....

because if she is maybe this will be a huge wake up call.

[YOY]

17. Any Republican who has been in this boat is either still a fool or now a Democrat.

n.t.

[Turbineguy]

15. Coburn's insurance plan:

AMFYOYO

[Joe Bacon]

109. Coburn will give a tax credit to the preacher of your choice

As long as the preacher prays for you to get well.

Fuck Coburn. Hell is too good for that sleazy narcissistic motherfather.

[Mortos]

16. That's my Senator Douche bag

Coburn reveals the real republican health care plan: Got cancer - go to your science teacher neighbor to whip up a poultice, hit by a car - go ask your mechanic neighbor to build you a splint for your broken bones. Traumatic brain injury - see your senator's unpaid interns for diagnosis and treatment.

This lady apparently had insurance and her husband's treatment became too expensive so they simply refused to pay for it and sent him home. Capitalism at work. We are all one traumatic brain injury or other major illness away from financially devastating ourselves and family and/or being left to die by the insurance companies to which we pay ever increasing fees.

The worst part about this clip is how he completely failed to empathize with this very distraught woman and went right into political talking points. Would it have killed him to acknowledge her pain? To go take her hand and comfort her? That was compassionate conservatism on display and it made me ashamed to be from Oklahoma and ashamed of my fellow Oklahomans for re-electing this callous prick.

[Third Doctor]

69. You are not alone

My state keeps fucking itself over by reelecting Shelby and Sessions over and over again also. A lot of them think that simply working is the key to all of their problems. The lack of insuruance or the event of insurance dropping you does not factor into it, or the possibility of someone who can't work. The YOYO crowd sickens me, they usually will sing a different tune if they have to deal with the same problems. They don't have a problem with our taxe dollars being spent on dumb premptive wars and paying for Senator's healthcare.

[moonbatmax]

96. We need to stop calling it "Compassionate Conservatism"

That's just a contradiction in terms.

Instead, I recommend a slight rearragement: Conservative Compassion.

Purely conservative. No compassion.

It's more ironically accurate.

[tinrobot]

18. Hey, the neighbors could do the brain surgery themselves!

It's not much different than raising a barn, now is it?

:sarcasm:

[ihavenobias]

19. The Republican Plan

The Republican solution is that we eliminate all government programs and hope some rich guy donates enough money or that enough people put enough spare change or canned goods in the Salvation Army buckets
around the holidays.

[moonbatmax]

97. Yes, I like to call it...

:bounce:The Tin Can Health Plan:bounce:

Yes, for the cost of a few institutional size cans of beans,
and a dozen grainy photocopies of yourself or afflicted loved one,
you, too, can tug on the heartstrings of America,
and fish for your health and financial salvation!

[teknomanzer]

22. Aren't WE the government...

the ruling body represents the people, at least in theory. Neighbors? Every country that has any bit of sense of community has universal coverage. I wish I were allowed to debate these idiots.

[Uncle Joe]

27. Yes! "We the people" are the government but Coburn would just as soon forget his oath

and separate the government from the People on behalf of the for profit "health" insurance corporations.

It's much easier for his corporate clients to make blood money off the People's illness and injury if he can detach or estrange the American People from their own representative government.

Coburn is a disgrace!

[Lorien]

43. If he doesn't think that the government is the answer to anything

then why the f*ck doesn't he step down?

[Uncle Joe]

50. Probably because the corporations grease his palms too well to

betray the Peoples' best interests.

[Lorien]

42. Exactly! We need to keep driving this point home over and over

hate your democratically elected government? Then you hate America.

[indimuse]

23. yeah,right!

the *bootstrap*brigade to the rescue....

neighbors.. my ass.


knr!

[GreenTea]

25. The people of Oklahoma continue to vote in these cold-hearted republicans to office & believe the

republicans bullshit ideology....well where's the trillions of dollars Coburn voted for, and gave the military to steal Iraq's oil with for the corporations and Haliburton K&R Lockheed, etc. they got richer off republican wars & their manipulative lies about terrorism that the US must go to war, why? Iraq with no army, no navy or air force, was Iraq really going to kick the US ass, 5000 miles away, take over the powerful US, that's why we needed to invade a oil rich Iraq....Now these poor people, working people are disposable because they need government, Insurance companies don't want these people, they sucked all the savings from them they possibly could, it'll hurts the insurance corporations profits...help these people with the workers tax dollars...Coburn says fuck no...those tax dollars should go to the rich corporations. abd that's exactly where our tax dollars are going...

[Tx4obama]

29. The town halls need to be

The town halls need to be filled up with people that don't have insurance, have been denied insurance because of pre-exiting conditions, have had family members die because of lack of health care. Let those Republican Senators and Reps hear from the people that 'know' what the hell is going on here in America everyday!

[Left Coast2020]

30. Someone please get this to K.O. or Maddow.

Perhaps Hartmann would do something with it too. The country needs to know how much of a low-life Coburn is.

[MadMaddie]

61. K.O is covering this today...

[Hissyspit]

78. They covered it on The Rachel Maddow Show, too.

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[Xicano]

31. What is it going to take for you people to get it through your thick heads?

Stop asking for or expecting help from us unless you're Wall Street.

:sarcasm:

"It’s a big club and you ain't in it..... it’s the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day lo‮gn‬..... The game is rigged..... They don’t give a fuck about you . . . they don’t give a fuck about you. Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white and blue dick that’s being jammed up their assholes everyday, because the owners of this country know the truth. It’s called the American Dream cause you have to be asleep to believe it.”

--George Carlin

[Laf.La.Dem.]

32. Just sell some cookies!!

Just sell some cookies and lemonade - you could raise a few hundred thousand - so stop wanting your government to help:mad:

[Postman]

33. We should rely on the stingy-assed, I got mine - screw you, conservative mindset for charity...

Instead of what people form governments for in the first place....

What an ass this Coburn is....

[Divine Discontent]

56. hahaha.. loved this response! good 1 indeed. we'd all DIE if we relied only on the conservapubs!

[Postman]

34. What's truly fucked-up is the dimbulbs clapping at his "gov't isn't the answer" BS...

Talk about a room full of dumbasses....

[southernyankeebelle]

35. Yes, I called his office in Washington, DC and I told the women that was

a terrible response he gave to that woman. I asked her how are her neighbors suppose to help her when some of them are in the same position as she is in. What a bastard he is. How can he be a doctor and has no empathy?

[GivePeaceAchance]

36. People should flood youtube with their stories like this and their strong need for ...

health care reform it can make a world of difference if everyone tells their story to the nation.

[AsahinaKimi]

37. When I hear all these people clapping

over the statement that, its not problem of the Government, then I have to wonder what happened to the heart of the United States of America? The same country that sent money, food and emergency supplies to countries in disasters, some years ago.. Right now its all about..

What's mine, stays mine. Coburn needs a new job.. He should be cleaning out sewers.

[LaPera]

39. Republicans told the people in New Orleans the same thing after Katrina, the government should NOT

be there for you, the people-....Government should only be there for trillion dollar corporate wars and bailouts, tax breaks & subsidies for the corporations...

BUT GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE THERE FOR THE TAX PAYING PEOPLE....NEVER!

Republican ideology: - Business & Corporations before people.

That's what makes our country great....By NOT helping the people! NO social programs for the common people - But the corporations do need help, so the rich can get richer and that what makes our country great....because we'll all get the crumbs as they 'trickle down".

Republicans have always demanded that the American people stand on their own two feet...That's a good thing.

NO government programs, NO Social Security, NO Medicare, NO unemployment insurance, NO minimum wage, NO Health Care!

So what if it's our tax dollars?

However, a government military is good & OK because we need to help the corporations steal more resources and make more profits, imperialism is good, it means cheaper prices for the consumers.....plus, it helps out corporations selling the weapons to the government.....see everybody wins!

The same can be applied to the insurance corporations, the sick should be on their own, the insurance companies didn't make them sick.

The insurance companies are great and powerful because they ignore the people who get sick, they should not insurance people who are sick it hurts corporate profits and they should be able to charge as much as thy like, it's the free market which makes a free country...Republicans are all for the most profits possible....that's what makes our country great.

Hate Lies Greed - The Republican Way - Republican ideology!!

[gorfle]

72. And this sums it up in a nutshell.

Government should only be there for trillion dollar corporate wars and bailouts, tax breaks & subsidies for the corporations...

BUT GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE THERE FOR THE TAX PAYING PEOPLE....NEVER!

This is why, in spite of not being terribly pro-social-welfare, I abandoned the Republican party in favor of the Democratic party. There is always money for the war on drugs, and for immoral wars overseas, and corporations, and banks...but no money for your average American. It's bullshit.

Trickle down doesn't flow.

[edc]

40. Let then eat cake,

or at least the cake crumbs that fall from their masters' tables. It isn't Christian and it isn't democratic, but it sure is profitable!

[Lorien]

41. Repeat it: The government IS THE PEOPLE

Corporations are NOT the ones that the founding fathers envisioned running the country. A government of the people, by the people, and for the people; that means American citizens. Our neighbors. We need to keep pounding these RWers with the truth; if you hate you democratically elected government then you hate the very thing that makes America America.

[LaPera]

44. No! Corporations good - People bad.

Peoples' taxes are there only to help government help the corporations. (See above how it should work).

[baldguy]

45. "Well ma'am, your husband is a burden on the economy and should just die."

"And so should you. We should strive to decrease the surplus population - starting with you."

[JohnWxy]

51. WELL, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, HE'S RIGHT. AS LONG AS REPUBLICANS UNDERMINE ALL DEMOCRATS EFFORTS TO

address problems, such as health insurance too expensive for many to afford> and that "many" is going to be many, and many MORE in the coming 10 years. i figure in less than 10 years there will be a meltdown of medical insurance. The numbers of people losing group coverage is going to go to possibly 355 - 40% as companies will not be able to afford it.

The Health insurance industry by preventing us from getting a public option are taking us to disaster which will lead inevitably to a single payer system.

[Vinca]

52. 2 words and 2 words only popped into my head while watching this:

fucking asshole.

[Joey Liberal]

53. Coburn is the scum of the earth nt

[xxqqqzme]

55. What a self-righteous,

sanctimonious prick. Is he yet another 'C' Street resident? If so then this response makes sense. Obviously her husband is not one of the 'chosen'. And the teabagger/deathers applaud???? How many in that audience stepped up to offer her their service/time? I doubt there was a big rush.

Damn, I've already taken my blood pressure medication for the day.

I'm nominating this as 'worse person in the world'!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

57. What a jerk.

Maybe her husband should change his name to Terry Schiavo.

[theFrankFactor]

58. Pass Around the Tip Jar... FUNKIN' IDIOT

What a nation of FUCKING IDIOTS I LIVE IN!

[hmorehead]

59. What in the BLEEP was everybody aplauding about????

[Skittles]

98. I bet every one of those clapping call themselves Christians

:puke:

[VPStoltz]

60. Was this a supporter asking for government assistance?

[LeftistGorilla]

63. Sick....

Thank God I'm Canadian...

[trocar]

64. OMG We're DOOMED ! ! !

Our elected officials can't seem to pull they heads out of their ****. This video is completely unconscionable and the Dems are still not pulling together? Let alone even one honest Repub. So very, very sad.

[Best_man23]

65. Sick, sick, sick

History is not going to be kind to these asshats.

[SpankMe]

66. Coburn = soulless cocksucker. Despicable. n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

102. , since you went down that path. Coburn is a Heterosexualist

He is a proponent of heterosexual supremacy, he's not as you describe, but rather a hard core anti-gay paragon of the Straight Community. He's one of yours. Own that fact.
The President has praised Coburn in the past, heavily, and when called on the utterly vile hate mongering on Coburn's part, Obama as usual praised the bigot more, spoke of what great pals they are, the work they have done together, and basically painted Coburn as a wonderful man. Coburn ran for office on a highly homophobic platform, shouting about 'lesbians in the bathrooms'.

[zoff]

68. Government is not the solution ... is indeed inaccurate.

Repuglicans and repuglican governments are NEVER the solution!

what we can do individually ... neighbors ... helping people... that reeks of socialism. I wonder if Coburn didn't palpitate as he uttered those words. I'm surprised he didn't tell her to pull herself up by her bootstraps.

I'm sure the a-holes at faux will come down hard on her for not being with her husband and going to some town hall instead.

Single-payer would have helped her and if she doesn't realize that then well ...

[George II]

70. Rec-ing the post, NOT the asshole scumbag Coburn.

[Shallah Kali]

71. When is this C Street 'Christian' up for reelection? I want to donate to someone opposing his sorry

self

[NikolaC]

73. Heartbreaking

and what was just so vile was that there were people in that meeting who were applauding his cold hearted response to this poor woman. I also noticed that he would not even look at her while he was speaking. Disgusting. I wonder what he would do if he lost his health insurance and were in her position. My heart goes out to her and her husband. I hope that they can get the help that they desperately need. I believe that if we had single payer and/or universal healthcare, they would not be going through this.

[donheld]

75. Bet he was all over helping Terry Schiavo

[Seldona]

76. This ass is more worried about a zygote.

Once your born, you're on your own. Maybe the neighbors will help?

The best part of these people wound up on the mattress.

[Hissyspit]

77. What an uncaring idiot shithead.

And why the fuck did people applaud that moronic answer?

[MrsBrady]

79. neighbors helping neighbors...bake sales for health care!!!

that's a great idea.

do i need the sarcasm thingy?

[Bleacher Creature]

80. Not sure why this is even news.

This is what Republicans believe -- at the core of their being. If you are fortunate enough to be insured or wealthy enough to pay for your health care with or without insurance, you are covered. If not, tough luck. Maybe a few people will be lucky enough to get "help" through their neighbors, but you are basically on your own.

[tooeyeten]

81. He's an idiot

But we could send a trillion dollars to Iraq and Afghanistan to win the hearts and minds of citizens of those countries.

He's a pervert.

[tooeyeten]

82. How many neighbors are speech pathologists?

Or trained home health care workers?

[Amonester]

83. coburn represents the Death Panels the insurance corporations

R

[chatnoir]

84. And in the comments some repukes

are accusing her of being a plant. Heartless sick bastards.

[Turborama]

93. Cognitive dissonance always kicks in when the curtain is pulled

They're so used to the Dysneyfication of the news by Faux that whenever something like this happens (guy with the assault rifle at Obama's Town Hall, the Nazi woman at Barney Frank's etc etc) they can only assume it's not real and must be a plant. Brainwashed fools who are only fighting for THE Man & against their own best interests.

:kick: & R and voted 5 stars on Youtube.

[Juche]

85. That honestly wasn't that bad

I was expecting Coburn to say 'tough shit' or something. Instead he reiterated his (wrong) philosophy that government is not the answer. I don't think that makes him a scumbag. A bad politician and an idealogue, sure. A scumbag would've sneered and laughed. Coburn just seemed to imply he felt private industry should deal with these problems and not public.

Then again, senators like Coburn have absolutely no intention of pursuing legislation to help women like her or her husband. They did nothing during the Bush years to make her life easier. So it is safe to say Coburn really doesn't have any intent of doing anything to encourage the private market to help her. And he is opposed to the public system helping her.

[berni_mccoy]

89. He did nothing to address the woman's concern or say how he could help. Instead

he turned it into a political point that the government can't help her. Well that sure as hell is true if he has his way. Furthermore, he asked no questions of her or treated her like a human being with a real live issue that was jeopardizing her husbands immediate health and causing her heartache.

No, he truly is a scumbag.

[omega minimo]

91. I Rec for Ignorant Scumbag Liars & Dumbfuck audiences who should have kicked his ass instead of clap

:kick:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

99. Compare that to Teddy in this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrJVbCzJH6c

and I know why I'm a proud, proud liberal, progressive and Democrat.

There's nothing moral or Christian about the GOP. They're heartless disciples of Ayn Rand and Buckley. They're evil fucking industrialist tools.

[ScottLand]

101. Scumbag doesn't begin to address this!

"Don't bother me, lady. Go next door and ask them for help."

:mad:

[orbitalman]

103. This needs to be played on ALL TV stations over and over...

again. It is so truly heart-rending. So many have no idea their insurance can just CUT THEM OFF. They are ignorant to insurance procedure AND it true cost to us.

[onlyadream]

104. Are you kidding me???

neighbors??? REally??? That's the best that a$$hole can come up with!? I hope that Karma exists.

[jeremyfive]

105. Let's Build her a Barn!

Let's all meet down at the livery stable and build that poor woman a barn!

[Enthusiast]

106. "Scumbag" is too good for Coburn. nt

[lovelyrita]

107. This is sick.

What kind of person could listen to the pain in the woman's voice and not be swayed? A heartless toad.

[kooljerk666]

111. He is a deacon at this church, call'em up & tell them how u feel..........

New Community Church
www.newcommunitychurch.com

3600 E Shawnee Rd
Muskogee, OK 74403-1700
[phone]

[mntleo2]

112. Uhhh Tom, the Nieghbors are BUSY themselves, you ...

...idiot.

See Tom, most people are struggling and do not have health care either. They have problems and little time or money to fix them for themselves, which leaves them with nothing to help anyone else.

See Tom, when you take all that lobbyist money that enriches you so you will be more than happy to give blow jobs to health insurance lobbyists in return, you seem to "forget" your bribe money is coming from this lady's fees who you just dissed

And Tom, about that lady's fees she has paid into the insurance companies as millions have already done for decades, it is YOUR fair weather friends who in essence steal her money with YOUR blessings so they can deny her and her husband and can give themselves billion dollar bonuses.

See, Tom, not all Americans are RICH like you and your friends are who hoard all their resources because of their GREED while other Americans go without since you and your friends are sitting on it all and charging through the nose for whatever little you poop out.

See Tom, when people get sick, they are expected to take care of themselves because of YOUR ridiculous mantra, "You are on your own, to hell with you, I've got mine" B.S. you've been shoving down our throats for decades.

See Tom, we are broke and have nothing more to squeeze since you applaud so much not taxing the rich who are the very people who should be paying taxes even though they are the ones using most of our the government resources. You know, those silly things you allocate money for all the time like, our courts, the waterways, the transportation system, our airwaves, all those little things that you expect everyone else to pay for so you and your friends have them ...

See, Tom since you supported an illegal and unjust war that decimated our tax base, while you and your friends raked in the profits and pillage you have reaped from the misery you caused just so you can make a buck, there isn't anything left

See Tom, with your own SOCIALIZED medical benefits you and your family have thanks to being a government employee yourself, this is why you can at least pretend to help this woman when nobody else can

See Tom it is no longer you pretending to "represent" your constituents, you are perfectly at peace that is is no longer "by the People and for the People," you LIKE that it is really, "by the corporations and for the corporations," don't you Tom?

You freakin' self satisfied, clueless, greedy, selfish, overpaid, unamerican, heartless, unchristian BASTARD.

Cat in Seattle

[Corey_Baker08]

113. Kick For This Amazingly Powerful Video!!!