Those Republicans Are Such Lovely People

The article below was lifted entirely from the J-Walk Blog. Nice job, John.

It seems that our government is pretty much based on prayers. Congress members urge their constituents to pray for certain outcomes. Then God decides what to do, based on the number of prayers he hears. For example: Health Bill clears hurdle, Coburn's prayer.

A little after 1:00 am, the Senate health-care bill cleared a key procedural hurdle that almost all but ensures its passage on Christmas Eve. The AP: "All 58 Democrats and the Senate's two independents held together early Monday against unanimous Republican opposition, providing the exact 60-40 margin needed to shut down a threatened GOP filibuster."

Meanwhile, the only way that Majority Leader Harry Reid was going to fail to get 60 votes was if a member of his caucus didn't show up to vote.

And that's exactly what Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said he's "praying" for.

"What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said on the Senate floor Sunday afternoon. "That's what they ought to pray."

Apparently, Coburn wanted God to smite one of those Democrats. It's not clear if he wanted him dead, or just incapacitated.