I am not making this up. Is the tide turning but hold your hats.
At a town hall meeting in Oklahoma City last week, staunch conservative Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, disparaged Fox News and told a constituent her fears about the health care law were unfounded.
I did not believe my eyes, when I read what he told a woman in the audience who asked him if it was illegal for the government to jail citizens for not complying with the new health care law, Coburn responded by blaming TV news, and Fox News in particular, for that false rumor:
"The intention is not to put anybody in jail," Coburn said. "That makes for good TV news on Fox, but that isn't the intention."
Later when the audience stated to boo Nancy, the good senator said --
"Come on now... how many of you all have met her? She's a nice person," Coburn said. "Just because somebody disagrees with you, doesn't mean they're not a good person."
"Don't catch yourself being biased by Fox News that somebody's no good," Coburn added.
Now hold on to your chair,
Coburn urged audience members to widen their points of view by reading and watching different media outlets, not just the ones they agree with.
"Don't just watch Fox News or CNN, watch them both," Coburn said. He said he read both The Washington Post and The New York Times -- plus The Wall Street Journal -- and urged his audience to do likewise. "Listen to the other side, because what it does, it makes you a better person."
I believe that his comments about Fox is not a coincidence. It seems that some Senators are taking cues from George W. Bush's speechwriter, Mr. Frum who recently said that:
Frum: "Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us, and now we are discovering we work for Fox"
I think the tide is turning. Or I hope it is.