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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-30-10 09:40 AM
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Did Sen. Tom Coburn make any statement about the passing of Sen. Byrd after he prayed for
his death?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/21/robert-byrds-death-seemin_n_399038.html

At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon -- nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation's passage -- Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray."

It was difficult to escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) who has been in and out of hospitals and lay at home ailing. It would not be easy for Byrd to get out of bed in the wee hours with deep snow on the ground and ice on the roads -- but without his vote, Democrats wouldn't have the 60 they needed.

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Tailormyst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-30-10 09:42 AM
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1. I hope the man feels like total slime
But somehow I doubt it.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-30-10 04:33 PM
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4. in order to do that, he would have to possess a modicum of awareness, compassion, a soul.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-30-10 09:43 AM
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2. Hmmm...seven letter word for Oklahoma Senator.....
ASSHOLE
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-30-10 11:17 AM
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3. He with his curley cued pompadored hair
he surely looks silly.
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