References: Huffington Post, August 18, 2011: Tom Coburn Blasts Congress Over Debt Ceiling Deal, Makes Controversial Remarks About Obama

Tulsa World, August 18, 2011: Coburn sour on the economy

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) says one thing while on the floor of Congress, but then engages in another kind of rhetoric when in Langley, Oklahoma. As the Huffington Post reports, Coburn "blasted Congress for America's financial troubles and predicted that the debt ceiling agreement would unravel this fall, calling his congressional colleagues "career elitists" and "cowards" at an event in Langley, Oklahoma on Tuesday."

"It's just a good thing I can't pack a gun on the Senate floor," Coburn said, according to the Tulsa World.

He also used the occasion to do some race baiting. From the Tulsa World: "Responding to a man in Langley who asked if Obama "wants to destroy America," Coburn said the president is "very bright" and loves his country but has a political philosophy that is "goofy and wrong."

Obama's "intent is not to destroy, his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him," he said.

"As an African-American male," Coburn said, Obama received "tremendous advantage from a lot of these programs." "

That's tough talk that probably resonates well in Oklahoma. But I question. Would Tom Coburn on the Senate floor threaten his colleagues with "It's just a good thing I can't pack a gun on the Senate floor?"

And would Tom Coburn tell President Obama in the White House that the only the only reason he is President is that he had "privileges" as an African-American male that weren't available to the good white folks of Oklahoma? Why indeed is race baiting and gun threats acceptable speech in Oklahoma and not on the Senate floor or in the White House? Remember Sharron Angle's Second Amendment remedies, and also the Gabriel Giffords assassination attempt.

Is Tom Coburn just pandering to his Oklahoma audience? Is it healthy rhetoric when the President keeps preaching bi-partisanship, and Coburn, a recognized leader in the Senate, does just the opposite engaging in Rush Limbaugh type lingo? Is Tom Coburn's rhetoric helpful to get America on the right path to prosperity?

The senator from Oklahoma has finally shown his true colors. His statements about the President's ethnicity coupled with government programs as a reason for his success not only exhibits the senator's racisim but also demonstrates the republican dislike for the federal government. The republicans don't want the government guaranteeing a level playing field for all because contrary to their assertions about "market principles" they don't want to have to compete against minorities, women, gays, Jews, and non fundmentalist Christians.

We can conclude that Senator Coburn is an angry white man who longs for an America that is slowly disappearing.  Moreover, when he  Bachman, and Perry state they want their country back our refrain must be "not today and not ever".  

Ken