Dr. No: ‘No Is a Wonderful Word’

[babylonsister]

Dr. No: ‘No Is a Wonderful Word’
By Mike Lillis 12/18/09 1:23 PM



Few public figures are as quick to embrace their unflattering monikers as Sen. Tom “Dr. No” Coburn (R-Okla.).

“We’re accused of being ‘The Party of No,’” Coburn said on the chamber floor this afternoon. “I want to tell my colleagues and the American public that ‘no’ is a wonderful word.”

When your child is misbehaving, you say no. When your adolescent child is making bad judgments, you say no. When someone is stealing something from somebody else — i.e., liberty — you say no. When you’re stealing the future, in terms of opportunity, we should say no. When you’re creating a government-centric health care system, rather than a patient-centered health care system, no is a great word.

At the moment, the Republicans are saying ‘no’ to funding the troops in the midst of two wars.

[TwilightGardener]

1. LOL. Proud of being a worthless shitstain. OK.

[Blue Meany]

2. A "patient-centered health care system,"?

That sounds good, Mr. Coburn, and what are you doing to wean us from the "insurance-centered" system we currently have?