Senator Coburn educates the Morning Joe panel on the Constitution

[Bastiat's The Law]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSXTFQdEH0w

[deadfish]

It must be hard to stay calm when speaking to such intellectual children. +rep for Coburn

I read his most of his "Back in Black" $9 Trillion Deficit Reduction Plan a while back and was very impressed. It's a great research tool as well, I recommend checking it out.

http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=1d817708-76ed-4b2b-9cc2-076415409d44

[Bastiat's The Law]

That entire panel makes me facepalm.

[Sola_Fide]

Well, at least Coburn criticised McCain for defense spending.

[devil21]

Coburn isn't bad as far as Senators go. He could be better but I don't hate him. I'll take 100 of him over 100 McCains or Reids.

[anaconda]

I'm surprised that dude admitted that he didn't know his constitution on national t.v., even though it's a current events/political show.

[anaconda]

If Coburn "embraces the Tea Party," why doesn't he join the caucus with Rand, Mike lee, and Jim DeMint?

[Bastiat's The Law]

I'm surprised that dude admitted that he didn't know his constitution on national t.v., even though it's a current events/political show.
These media types live in a complete bubble.

[devil21]

These media types live in a complete bubble.

Who needs to know anything when most of your commentary is fed to you through a teleprompter? Im not surprised AT ALL that a MSM talking head has no clue what Article I Section 8 says. They studied journalism and media in college, not political science and history.

Btw, Maddow called and she wants her glasses back. What is it with the MSNBC people all wearing the black plastic hornrims?

[KingRobbStark]

Who needs to know anything when most of your commentary is fed to you through a teleprompter? Im not surprised AT ALL that a MSM talking head has no clue what Article I Section 8 says. They studied journalism and media in college, not political science and history.

Btw, Maddow called and she wants her glasses back. What is it with the MSNBC people all wearing the black plastic hornrims?

Because it's cooooool brooo

[deadfish]

I'm surprised that dude admitted that he didn't know his constitution on national t.v., even though it's a current events/political show.

To be fair, the majority of the audience has no knowledge of the Constitution either. And seriously, we can't expect anyone else to know about it either. That's just more right wing propaganda fed to you by FAUX News.

[devil21]

Because it's cooooool brooo

Don't you know glasses make you smart?

[anaconda]

What is it with the MSNBC people all wearing the black plastic hornrims?

Aren't bold frames kind of the hip cool geek look?

[GeorgiaAvenger]

If Coburn "embraces the Tea Party," why doesn't he join the caucus with Rand, Mike lee, and Jim DeMint?
Sometimes he does, though he is more of a lone ranger.

[anaconda]

To be fair, the majority of the audience has no knowledge of the Constitution either. And seriously, we can't expect anyone else to know about it either.

This is a bit of a segue, but...is it just me? OR, does anyone else here have the sneaking suspicion that, if former constitutional law professor Obama was asked a similar section/article question, that he would be similarly clueless? Obama simply does not talk like a constitutional scholar and I've never heard him make specific references to the constitution. I would love to see a youtube of so much as one lecture he gave at the University of Chicago. But I'm confident none exist.

I suppose it's possible that my thinking is all wrong. I did find this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5m6YFBcixo

And apparently a bit of footage of him lecturing:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX5dFLBxMLI&feature=related

[Pericles]

Coburn isn't bad as far as Senators go. He could be better but I don't hate him. I'll take 100 of him over 100 McCains or Reids.

You said it.

[Revolution9]

I'm surprised that dude admitted that he didn't know his constitution on national t.v., even though it's a current events/political show.

Yeah..Poindexter got caught with his drawers around his ankles on that one. It was amusing because he was playing that..point out the one piece of data that blah blah blah..when it is never just one piece of data..and the data he was trying to play gotcha with bit him back in his ignorant poindextered ass.

Rev9

[Revolution9]

Because it's cooooool brooo

It's the Barry Goldwater effect. Interesting they should choose a conservative icon's most recognizable feature.

Rev9

[anaconda]

It's the Barry Goldwater effect. Interesting they should choose a conservative icon's most recognizable feature.

Rev9

Maybe Elvis Costello?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TdGQcfrwQTY/TGrzse72XGI/AAAAAAAAEc8/n7f6ekCpQH8/s1600/Elvis-Costello-The-Sunday-Times-225874.jpg

[devil21]

Aren't bold frames kind of the hip cool geek look?

Not sure when or where you grew up but "hip cool geek" is the biggest oxymoron of all time in my day.

[Pericles]

Yeah..Poindexter got caught with his drawers around his ankles on that one. It was amusing because he was playing that..point out the one piece of data that blah blah blah..when it is never just one piece of data..and the data he was trying to play gotcha with bit him back in his ignorant poindextered ass.

Rev9

I LOLd at that.

[anaconda]

Not sure when or where you grew up but "hip cool geek" is the biggest oxymoron of all time in my day.

I thought geek was the new cool. Anybody? A quick internet search yielded these..

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/why-geek-is-the-new-cool/

http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/bookbuzz/2012/05/is-geek-the-new-cool.html

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=I4978718137124109&pid=1.5 http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=I4508320467323924&pid=1.7&w=224&h=148&c=7&rs=1 http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=I4585397940324225&pid=1.7&w=157&h=146&c=7&rs=1 http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=I4746364717892069&pid=1.7&w=239&h=142&c=7&rs=1 http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=I4880874513695547&pid=1.7&w=213&h=150&c=7&rs=1 http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=I4519191028827558&pid=1.7&w=219&h=146&c=7&rs=1

[devil21]

I see the trend but I don't get it. Throwing some glasses on a cute young girl doesn't make her smart nor a geek. Just makes her a cute young girl wearing glasses. Hard to keep up with the trends and probably why I don't try. I spent YEARS trying to get away from wearing glasses and geeky clothes and whatnot (abuse from peers is hard to forget) and finally got contacts when I was 17. Im mid 30's now and just the other day, on the one day of the month that I wear my glasses, a cute 20 year old complimented me on my dorky ass glasses that I HATED for so many years. But I can't bring myself to wear them more often so I guess I'll just continue to always be out-of-style.

[anaconda]

I see the trend but I don't get it. Throwing some glasses on a cute young girl doesn't make her smart nor a geek. Just makes her a cute young girl wearing glasses. Hard to keep up with the trends and probably why I don't try. I spent YEARS trying to get away from wearing glasses and geeky clothes and whatnot (abuse from peers is hard to forget) and finally got contacts when I was 17. Im mid 30's now and just the other day, on the one day of the month that I wear my glasses, a cute 20 year old complimented me on my dorky ass glasses that I HATED for so many years. But I can't bring myself to wear them more often so I guess I'll just continue to always be out-of-style.

Mid 30's should be fine for pulling off the hipster geek persona. Janeane Garofalo is 47 and she pulls it off just fine.

http://media.knoxville.com/media/img/photos/2011/02/10/021111garofalo_t588.jpg

[devil21]

Im afraid Im too genuine to "pull off" much of anything if it's just not me. I suspect most here are the same way.

I sure wouldn't be imitating that hag though....