Let's see if there are limits to poor people on the Great Plains voting Republican. Check out what Tom Coburn in OK said to a voter. (er, actually I kinda agree that the federal govt shouldn't be in the business of subsidizing development in specific places either, unless it's to help a city, which would reduce sprawl)

COBURN: ... Look, economic development in southwest Oklahoma is a federal role. Do you really believe that?
MALE CONSTITUENT: To some extent, yes sir.
COBURN: Why?
MALE CONSTITUENT: Uh, because the development that we need is above our means.
COBURN: No it's not. It's because you have a bunch of crapheads in Oklahoma City that have killed the vision of anybody wanting to invest in Oklahoma.

- posted by jsbennett70 @ 9:26 PM