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Bluenorthwest

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2. Obama and Coburn are the picture of bipartism centrism in action.

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2013, 06:55 PM

Aug 2013

Here is Obama's piece 'Oklahoma is lucky to have Tom Coburn'
"The people of Oklahoma are lucky to have someone like Tom representing them in Washington — someone who speaks his mind, sticks to his principles and is committed to the people he was elected to serve.

After I took office, Tom received dozens of letters from Oklahomans complaining that we looked too close on TV. Tom’s response was “How better to influence somebody than to love them?” Each of us still hopes the other will see the light. But in the meantime, we’ll settle for being friends."

http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/tom-coburn/

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The odds are better that they will mention it to him. russspeakeasy Aug 2013 #1

Obama and Coburn are the picture of bipartism centrism in action. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #2