When Obama Goes to Oklahoma

[Speedy]

Sen. Coburn has made it clear any aid to his state should be accompanied by cuts elsewhere. He has such a kind heart.

[Lux Interior]

Thank Allah they spent all that money on legislation regarding Sharia law. Imagine the hurt they'd be in now without it!

[haikuman]

31 Senate Republicans Opposed Sandy Relief After Supporting Disaster Aid For Home States
By Josh Israel on Jan 29, 2013 at 12:31 pm

When the Senate passed the long-delayed $50.5 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package Monday, 36 Republicans voted against the bill. But of the 32 no-votes from Senators who are not brand-new members, at least 31 came from Republicans who had previously supported emergency aid efforts following disasters in their own states.

While opponents complained that the bill contained too much unrelated “pork,” each of the 30 of them who had been present earlier this month when the Senate passed the much-smaller $9 billion Sandy relief bill also voted no. All five top members of the Senate Republican leadership voted no on both.
Most incredible among the no voters were Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Pat Toomey (R-PA). Those two had not just backed disaster aid in the past — they actually sought disaster aid for their own states for relief from Hurricane Sandy. And Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) endorsed disaster relief for snow storms damages in Arkansas just four days before casting his “nay” vote.

The “hypocritical” list includes:

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/01...?mobile=nc

I agree during a disaster like Sandy, Newton, Oklahoma, Katrina et al we naturally should and do band and bond together. Bringing it up right now is not politically correct, but it should be clear who is who and who is what. And sometimes being politically correct is a direct link to hypocrisy.

[haikuman]

Lets see the hypocritical Republicans open their wallets . . .

Not all NBA players come from the same mold . . .
Standing Ovation for Kevin durant ~!~

One more thing: It's also well-worth mentioning that Kevin Durant did not announce this donation. Rather, the Red Cross was the first to point out Durant's contribution (which was made through his personal charity arm, The Durant Family Foundation), with Kevin letting his donation do the talking.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-d...23221.html

[SteveG]

The calls for swift funding from Congress comes as a key Oklahoma Republican, Sen. Tom Coburn, is renewing his long-standing call that any disaster relief funds should be fully offset, potentially putting him in the awkward spot of opposing an emergency aid package for his home state. The concern among conservatives like Coburn is that Congress continually doles out billions in funding, often labeling it as “emergency” spending, and does little in the aftermath to clean up the skyrocketing national debt.
-Politico

[Lemon Drop]

After GOP-on-GOP warfare dominated the congressional response to Hurricane Sandy, several top House and Senate Republicans were emphatic Tuesday that they won’t insist on corresponding budget cuts if Congress needs to move quickly on Oklahoma.

“Finding some way to offset is not the priority,” said Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a member of Senate GOP leadership who opposed the $50.5 billion Sandy aid package at the beginning of the year. “Meeting the known and immediate needs as quickly as possible is the priority.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/ok...z2Tza2Zw6Z

well duh, it's a red state disaster!

[Speedy]

No doubt Sen. Coburn's polls in OK will go up with this stance.

Steve G. wrote:
The calls for swift funding from Congress comes as a key Oklahoma Republican, Sen. Tom Coburn, is renewing his long-standing call that any disaster relief funds should be fully offset, potentially putting him in the awkward spot of opposing an emergency aid package for his home state. The concern among conservatives like Coburn is that Congress continually doles out billions in funding, often labeling it as “emergency” spending, and does little in the aftermath to clean up the skyrocketing national debt.
-Politico