Wastebook 2013
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:34 pmHowever, right or wrong, he attempts to present his case on wasteful US government spending rather reasonably (and no I won't comment on that, why? I have enough issues with MY government spending to stick my nose in other people's countries
) even if the document in question seems to me presented in a rather silly way. (I have a similar issue that Mr Mono has with smilies regarding "purdy pictures" in a document that is supposed to deal with non-trivial stuff)So, I read up some more on the guy and at least he doesn't seem to be spouting religious nonsense.
Interesting:
Coburn and Barack Obama are personally friendly and have worked together on political ethics reform legislation, to set up an online federal spending database and to crack down on no-bid contracting at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In April 2011, Coburn spoke to Bloomberg TV about Obama, saying, "I love the man. I think he's a neat man. I don't want him to be president, but I still love him. He is our President. He's my President. And I disagree with him adamantly on 95% of the issues, but that doesn't mean I can't have a great relationship. And that's a model people ought to follow."
So, with a quote like that, at least he earned the right to be taken seriously IMHO.