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Tom Coburn Wants a Gay-GOP Alliance. Seriously?
tnr.com - 10/21/2009
Tom Coburn Wants a Gay-GOP Alliance. Seriously?
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In their latest attempt to turn the tide against the public plan, some Republicans have begun trying to appeal to gay Americans to join their anti-government crusade. As  The Hill   notes  today, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn has co-authored an op-ed blasting “government-run ...
Coburn Wants To Dump Political Science Funding Since Americans Can Just ‘Turn To CNN, Fox News, MSNBC’
thinkprogress.org - 10/14/2009
Coburn Wants To Dump Political Science Funding Since Americans Can Just ‘Turn To CNN, Fox News, ...
— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) introduced an amendment that would bar the National Science Foundation (NSF) from... “ wasting federal research funding on political science .” Coburn argues that these political sciences issues “have ... (more) Coburn Wants To Dump Political Science Funding Since ...

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thehill.com - 10/20/2009
Coburn pens op-ed for LGBT mag pressing case against health reform
— thehill.com — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) took to the website of a national gay and lesbian newsmagazine to make... the case against health reform proposals before Congress. Coburn penned an op-ed for the online version of the LGBT magazine The Advocate posted Monday ... (more) Coburn pens op-ed for LGBT mag pressing case against ...

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Just How Relevant Is Political Science?
nytimes.com - 10/20/2009
Just How Relevant Is Political Science?
— nytimes.com — After Senator Tom Coburn , Republican of Oklahoma, this month proposed prohibiting the National Science Foundation from... “wasting any federal research funding on political science projects,” political scientists rallied in opposition, pointing out that ... (more) Just How Relevant Is Political Science?

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The Reaction:  The strangest of bedfellows: Tom Coburn and... the gay community?

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The strangest of bedfellows: Tom Coburn and... the gay community?
The Reaction — ... As Suzy Khimm is reporting at The Plank, right-wing Republican Sen. Tom Coburn has actually co-writting an op-ed for The Advocate, a leading gay publication. ...

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