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A Prayer God Probably Didn't Appreciate

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 11:29am.

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by Steven C. Day

 

It’s fashionable, at least among polite company, to break Republicans into two groups: first, the fringe-nutcase-teabagger-birther types and; second, the "establishment Republican Party." There is increasing compelling evidence, however, that this separation is wholly artificial.

Last night Tom Coburn provided the latest — and perhaps most obnoxious yet — example of this:

(Washington Post) Robert Byrd's Death Seemingly Wished For By Tom Coburn

Going into Monday morning's crucial Senate vote on health-care legislation, Republican chances for defeating the bill had come down to a last, macabre hope. They needed one Democratic senator to die — or at least become incapacitated.

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.

If there is a God who hears the prayers of his flock, one suspects he wasn’t all that happy with Coburn’s suggestion. I mean, imagine you’re God, and prayers are flying in, one after the other, at the speed of light:

From Grace in Detroit: "Dear Lord, my husband and I have been out of work for over two years. We’re about to lose our home. I’ve got this lump in my breast. I know I should see a doctor but I can’t afford it. Please Lord . . ."

From Jessie in Mobile: "God, my wife . . . I’m sorry to be so emotional, but we have a son . . . he’s only eight. Anyway, she needs an operation for cancer and she’ll need lots of expensive medicine. The thing is . . . my wife and I both have other medical problems and we couldn’t get insurance after I was laid off. I don’t know what we’re going to do. Please God . . "

From Senator Coburn’s followers: "Lord, please let Senator Byrd die so there won’t be 60 votes for health care reform."

Yeah, I bet that last one was well received.

In some respects this bill stinks (e.g., no public option). But man the opposition to it on the right stinks so much worse.

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Submitted by EricArthurBlair on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 11:38pm.

This comes under the heading of what, for lack of a better term, can be called "evil sorcery".  As such, it also comes under the definition of demonic and abominable practices forbidden by the Old Testament.  Does Coburn claim to be a bible-believing Christian?  If so, he's in deep shit.

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Submitted by shellynm on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 12:01am.

You mean I'm doing something wrong when I pray for Joe Lieberman to drop dead? (every day)  Is it an okay thing to do if I'm an atheist?

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Submitted by revolution9 on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 3:14pm.

How many patients has Dr. Coburn lost?  Were all of these unavoidable?  Or did the doctor decide somewhere along the line that the pending mother was unworthy of life? (Questions only, no accusations.) Maybe the Oklahoma Medical Association needs to open investigations into the deaths of all of Dr. Coburn's patients.

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Submitted by Kevin Schmidt S... on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 1:33pm.

Here's my Coburn inspired prayer (to the anti-Christ):

Oh God, please make sure there will be no shortage of pitchforks and torches.

PS, a good supply of guillotines would also be nice.

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