I don't have to read it, or know what's in it. I'm going to oppose it anyways.
Yes, the good senator James Inhofe (R-OK) actually said that about health care reform legislation at a meeting in the town of Chickasha. But hey, no one can say he isn't representative of a lot of his constituents. The willful ignorance Inhofe is so well known for was on full display at this meeting.
City Council Member Hank Ross agreed with Inhofe. Ross owns a medical care company in Chickasha. He said he does not believe the government would be efficient in providing care and would like to see reforms happen at a slower pace.
"I personally think Obama has over reached," Ross said. "I think we need to treat this with kid gloves and do it right."
Inhofe also spoke about the diminishing military budget and the closing of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, but healthcare was the hot button subject.
Inhofe took the opportunity to blame democrats for a bevy of issues. He lashed out at democrats for overtaking the government and spending billions of dollars on unpopular packages. He said government is becoming too big and overreaching its boundaries.
"People are not buying these concepts that are completely foreign to America," Inhofe said. "We're almost reaching a revolution in this country."
Many in the meeting agreed and were vocal about their disdain for the current climate in Washington.
"No more compromise," Chickasha resident Ed Hicks said. "We're losing our country."
Inhofe's town hall meeting was much like others happening during the Senate's recess. Except there was no dissent, just concerns about change and what is happening in Washington.
Incidentally, that last statement by local genius Ed Hicks ought to win some sort of prize for irony.
From the Chickasha Chamber of Commerce site:
Located on rolling Oklahoma prairie land, the town site was once inhabited by Indian tribes and buffalo herds. Called "No-Man’s Land" in the 19th Century, the area abounds with ancient Indian artifacts and trails which mark the presence of early man. The name "Chickasha" presumably comes from an Indian word meaning "rebel, and Grady County was named for the famous Southern orator, Henry W. Grady.
A treaty known as "Doak’s Stand" signed at Dancing Rabbit Creek, first included Grady County in land given to the Chickasaw Nation in 1821. Before there was a town, the site of Chickasha was included in the "Swing Ring" cattle ranch owned by an intermarried citizen of the Chickasaw Indian Nation. Until Statehood in 1907, the area was divided into Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory.
It all began with a small shack town in 1892 when the Rock Island Railroad stopped its tracks for several months. Arrival of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad about ten years later, the Oklahoma Central – later the Santa Fe Railroad – in 1907, and the subsequent highway development that followed in later years ensured Chickasha’s future as a regional market hub.
When the Rock Island made Chickasha a whistle stop, the existing town site was purchased from the Indian family and a flourishing tent camp sprang up in the middle of a cornfield. Plenty of land meant a new life for many. Merchants, doctors, lawyers, and bankers were quickly attracted to the area. In 1902, ten years after its founding, Chickasha had a population of 6,370 and became a first class city. Its growth was greatly stimulated by the opening to white settlement in 1901 of the Kiowa-Comanche reservation, which adjoined the former Chickasaw Nation on the west.
But then, I get the impression irony is not a strong suit of Oklahoma Republicans.
Updated with h/t to It's the Supreme Court Stupid