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No prob - I find those stats Tri posts rather compelling from week to week, even if I don't say anything about it

The cost of war site is frighteningly hypnotic... I rounded it off because it does just far too fast.

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Good morning everyone.



I am really getting tired of the right-wing crazy train.

Sen. Tom Coburn, a staunch conservative from Oklahoma, is doing what seems almost unthinkable in this polarized political climate: Defending his Democratic colleagues from critics at Fox News.



At a town hall meeting, Coburn suggested that a woman who said "they can put us in prison" for not obtaining health insurance under the health care reform bill is misinformed.



"The intention is not to put anybody in jail," he said. "That makes for good TV news on Fox but that isn't the intention."



He also defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the architect of the House version of the health care legislation that he fiercely opposed.



"I'm 180 degrees in opposition to the speaker -- she's a nice lady," he said. The crowd could be heard responding unfavorably to his characterization.



"Come on now, she is a nice -- how many of you all have met her?" continued Coburn. "She's a nice person. She's a nice person."



"Just because somebody disagrees with you doesn't mean they're not a good person," he added. He then discussed his own experience of being vilified before asking the crowd not to "catch yourself being biased by Fox News that somebody's no good."



"The people in Washington are good," he said. "They just don't know what they don't know."



Coburn's comments were recorded by radio station KGOU and reported by Capitol News Connection, where audio clips are posted.



The senator urged his audience to "stay informed on the issues" and not "just watch Fox News or CNN -- watch 'em both." He said he reads the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal every day to "get a perspective" and "know what other people's thoughts are -- not just what I hear through a pipe channel."

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Is a calmer head finally prevailing?



I'll admit I don't know an awful lot about Tom Coburn (R-OK), but this kind of news is so rare, it's almost astonishing.

Sen. Tom Coburn, a staunch conservative from Oklahoma, is doing what seems almost unthinkable in this polarized political climate: Defending his Democratic colleagues from critics at Fox News.



At a town hall meeting, Coburn suggested that a woman who said "they can put us in prison" for not obtaining health insurance under the health care reform bill is misinformed.



"The intention is not to put anybody in jail," he said. "That makes for good TV news on Fox but that isn't the intention."



He also defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the architect of the House version of the health care legislation that he fiercely opposed.



"I'm 180 degrees in opposition to the speaker -- she's a nice lady," he said. The crowd could be heard responding unfavorably to his characterization.



"Come on now, she is a nice -- how many of you all have met her?" continued Coburn. "She's a nice person. She's a nice person."



"Just because somebody disagrees with you doesn't mean they're not a good person," he added. He then discussed his own experience of being vilified before asking the crowd not to "catch yourself being biased by Fox News that somebody's no good."



"The people in Washington are good," he said. "They just don't know what they don't know."



Coburn's comments were recorded by radio station KGOU and reported by Capitol News Connection, where audio clips are posted.



The senator urged his audience to "stay informed on the issues" and not "just watch Fox News or CNN -- watch 'em both." He said he reads the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal every day to "get a perspective" and "know what other people's thoughts are -- not just what I hear through a pipe channel."

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Is a calmer head finally prevailing?



I'll admit I don't know an awful lot about Tom Coburn (R-OK), but this kind of news is so rare, it's almost astonishing.

Sen. Tom Coburn, a staunch conservative from Oklahoma, is doing what seems almost unthinkable in this polarized political climate: Defending his Democratic colleagues from critics at Fox News.



At a town hall meeting, Coburn suggested that a woman who said "they can put us in prison" for not obtaining health insurance under the health care reform bill is misinformed.



"The intention is not to put anybody in jail," he said. "That makes for good TV news on Fox but that isn't the intention."



He also defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the architect of the House version of the health care legislation that he fiercely opposed.



"I'm 180 degrees in opposition to the speaker -- she's a nice lady," he said. The crowd could be heard responding unfavorably to his characterization.



"Come on now, she is a nice -- how many of you all have met her?" continued Coburn. "She's a nice person. She's a nice person."



"Just because somebody disagrees with you doesn't mean they're not a good person," he added. He then discussed his own experience of being vilified before asking the crowd not to "catch yourself being biased by Fox News that somebody's no good."



"The people in Washington are good," he said. "They just don't know what they don't know."



Coburn's comments were recorded by radio station KGOU and reported by Capitol News Connection, where audio clips are posted.



The senator urged his audience to "stay informed on the issues" and not "just watch Fox News or CNN -- watch 'em both." He said he reads the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal every day to "get a perspective" and "know what other people's thoughts are -- not just what I hear through a pipe channel."