From Capitol News Connection:
When discussing the short-term unemployment benefit extension that he is stalling, to the chagrin of Democrats, Coburn said he is "180 degrees in opposition" to Pelosi but that "she is a nice lady."
That comment drew boos and jeers from the crowd, but Coburn asked the crowd for calm and spoke about civility.
“Come on now. She is nice – how many of you all have met her? She’s a nice person,” Coburn said. "Let me give you a little lesson here. I hope you will listen to me. Just because somebody disagrees with you don’t [sic] mean they’re not a good person. And I want to tell you, I've been in the senate for five years and I’ve taken a lot of that, because I’ve been on the small side –- both in the repugican party and the Democrat Party."
The Oklahoma senator is seen by many as a divisive figure.
“What we have to have is make sure we have a debate in this country so that you can see what’s going on and make a determination yourself,” Coburn added and then again warned the crowd against the myths perpetrated on FAUX News.
“So don’t catch yourself being biased by FAUX News that somebody is no good. The people in Washington are good. They just don’t know what they don’t know,” Coburn said.
Coburn is not a nice guy. For him to be talking like this means that he's concerned - the repugicans are concerned - that their crazies have gone too far, too crazy. And that's great. And it's all the more reason for Democrats to push the issue even further, that the repugican party has been taken over by Teabagging extremists.
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