rssCoburn: No Viagra for Rapists, Child Molesters
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 1:41 pm
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The list of amendments that Republicans are hoping will derail the health reconciliation bill moving through the Senate this week is an entertaining read, if only because it so clearly illustrates the GOP’s strategy of forcing Democrats to go on the record to vote against some pretty odd things.
The best amendment so far is a proposal from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) “prohibiting coverage of Viagra for child molesters and rapists.”
Why just Viagra, and not everything in the erectile-dysfunction family? Because he knows it won’t pass, and because Viagra would create a much better jingle than Sildenafil. You can already see the ads on the campaign trail: “Democrats voted to sustain the steady flow of Viagra to child molesters — with taxpayer dollars!”
More amendments after the jump:
- David Vitter (La.): To repeal the government takeover of health care. (#3553)
- Vitter: Prohibiting use of funds to fund the Associate of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). (#3554)
- Coburn: To require that each new bureaucrat added to any department or agency of the Federal Government for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be offset by a reduction of 1 existing bureaucrat at such department or agency. (#3557)
- Coburn: To help the President keep his promise that Americans who like the health care coverage they have now can keep it. (#3559)
- Coburn: To require all Members of Congress to read a bill prior to casting a vote on the bill. (#3566)
- Robert Bennett (Utah): To protect the democratic process and the right of the people of the District of Columbia to define marriage. (#3568)
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Comment posted March 24, 2010 @ 5:52 pm
I don't know why DMint and his ilk work so hard to prove what juvenile amateurs they are—the GOP's reputation as a bunch of useless, outdated Barney Fife-wannabees is already well secured!
Comment posted March 24, 2010 @ 5:57 pm
I propose the “Vitter amendment” to the Coburn amendment: No Viagra for child molesters, rapists, or those who solicit prostitutes.
Comment posted March 24, 2010 @ 6:03 pm
I'm not sure they really work hard at it. I think being juvenile amateurs just comes naturally to them.
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Comment posted March 24, 2010 @ 8:49 pm
How about a bill to make sure Sen Vitter does not have access to tax-payer subsidized diapers when preparing to call on his prostitute acquaintances ?
Comment posted March 24, 2010 @ 9:36 pm
# Coburn: To require all Members of Congress to read a bill prior to casting a vote on the bill. (#3566)
Somehow, I don't think Coburn would ever let this apply to the Patriot Act. Just a hunch.
And why does that allegedly “christian” obsess over sex so much?
Comment posted March 24, 2010 @ 9:51 pm
I wonder what the reaction of the party boss (Rush Limbaugh) will be to Cornyn's amendment, since it would *definitely* apply to him. I can see Big Bad John backpedalling like crazy as soon as Limpy creases his brow in displeasure.
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Comment posted March 25, 2010 @ 12:47 am
OK my question is …. if they know child molesters can get Viagra under the current bill, WHY on God's green earth are they telling them that they can. Now the molesters will run out and go get it . THANKS REPUBLICANS…….
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Comment posted March 28, 2010 @ 2:25 pm
I live in Oklahoma, and even the reople here think Coburns an idiot… but for some unexplainable reason they elect him over and over again… clearest case of mass insanity I've ever encountered…
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Comment posted April 12, 2011 @ 6:49 am
Preventing them from using viagra won;t work until Online pharmacy exist.And moreover this is just politics.
Comment posted May 2, 2011 @ 12:27 pm
You can’t resist any one from taking Viagra. Now days Viagra is Need for ED men. without this they can’t live their sexual life.
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