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<blockquote data-quote="tulsamal" data-source="post: 2081621" data-attributes="member: 571"><p>I don't get this at all. He was an MD before he ran for Representative. When he won, he pledged to serve a maximum of three terms. Six years. While serving, he continued to be an MD, going back home to deliver babies of old family friends on occasion. Despite efforts to stop him since other legislators didn't like the way that he acted like he had a life and career outside of politics.</p><p></p><p>Then his final term expired and he went home. Back to delivering babies and being a doctor. Time went by. An Oklahoma Senate seat opened up. People begged him to run. Not the State GOP people though, they wanted the former OKC mayor to win. At first Coburn didn't want to run but he was gradually convinced that the alternatives were worse for Oklahoma. So he entered the primary and defeated the candidate of the state organization. The preferred candidate of the national GOP as well since they knew they couldn't control Coburn's votes.</p><p></p><p>He won by a large majority. He agreed to serve a maximum of two Senate terms. 12 years. He is on his second term right now and he has already said he won't be running for reelection. Even though he is so popular in the state that he could run every six years right up to his death and win every time. But he likes living in OK and being a doctor. The Senate tried VERY hard to make him stop practicing while he was a Senator. Somehow against the rules to actually make money outside of the Senate. I can understand that if it means going around making $50,000 speeches or serving on corporate boards. But ridiculous when somebody is a professional like a doctor with a practice that predates his election.</p><p></p><p>In any case, he has sacrificed a lot of family and "home time" by serving us. For 6 plus 12 years. That is a LONG way from the 30-40 years that many career politicians sit in one seat.</p><p></p><p>I actually wish he would come home, rest for a couple of years, then run for Governor. We would be very lucky to have him in that role. But I suspect he really is going to go back to full time doctor and nothing else.</p><p></p><p>Gregg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tulsamal, post: 2081621, member: 571"] I don't get this at all. He was an MD before he ran for Representative. When he won, he pledged to serve a maximum of three terms. Six years. While serving, he continued to be an MD, going back home to deliver babies of old family friends on occasion. Despite efforts to stop him since other legislators didn't like the way that he acted like he had a life and career outside of politics. Then his final term expired and he went home. Back to delivering babies and being a doctor. Time went by. An Oklahoma Senate seat opened up. People begged him to run. Not the State GOP people though, they wanted the former OKC mayor to win. At first Coburn didn't want to run but he was gradually convinced that the alternatives were worse for Oklahoma. So he entered the primary and defeated the candidate of the state organization. The preferred candidate of the national GOP as well since they knew they couldn't control Coburn's votes. He won by a large majority. He agreed to serve a maximum of two Senate terms. 12 years. He is on his second term right now and he has already said he won't be running for reelection. Even though he is so popular in the state that he could run every six years right up to his death and win every time. But he likes living in OK and being a doctor. The Senate tried VERY hard to make him stop practicing while he was a Senator. Somehow against the rules to actually make money outside of the Senate. I can understand that if it means going around making $50,000 speeches or serving on corporate boards. But ridiculous when somebody is a professional like a doctor with a practice that predates his election. In any case, he has sacrificed a lot of family and "home time" by serving us. For 6 plus 12 years. That is a LONG way from the 30-40 years that many career politicians sit in one seat. I actually wish he would come home, rest for a couple of years, then run for Governor. We would be very lucky to have him in that role. But I suspect he really is going to go back to full time doctor and nothing else. Gregg [/QUOTE]
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