Hilarity is ensuing in the Oklahoma race for

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The Democrat is Brad Carson, a rare man, since he is a Democrat who has a shot at holding office in Oklahoma.

 

The Republican is Tom Coburn

 

Via Salon:

 

For Coburn, the imminent danger facing America is apparently not terrorism but the "gay agenda." His thumping about this menace within contributed to the pressure that led to Bush's endorsement of a constitutional amendment to outlaw gay marriage. At a Republican meeting this spring, Coburn warned: "The gay community has infiltrated the very centers of power in every area across this country, and they wield extreme power ... That agenda is the greatest threat to our freedom that we face today. Why do you think we see the rationalization for abortion and multiple sexual partners? That's a gay agenda."

 

(...)

 

According to records obtained by Salon, Coburn filed an apparently fraudulent Medicaid claim in 1990, which he admitted in his own testimony in a civil malpractice suit brought against him 14 years ago by a former female patient. The suit alleged that Coburn had sterilized her without her consent. It eventually was dismissed after the plaintiff failed to appear for the trial. In his sworn testimony, Coburn admitted he sterilized the then 20-year-old woman without securing her written consent as required by law. He blamed the omission on a clerical error, but maintained that he had her oral consent for the procedure. (Salon has been unable to contact the woman and is withholding her name out of respect for her privacy.) Coburn also revealed under oath that he had charged the procedure to Medicaid -- despite knowing that Medicaid, also known as Title 19, does not cover the cost of sterilization for anyone under age 21.

 

And here's some quotables from Coburn-

 

"I favor the death penalty for abortionists and other people who take life." (BTW, as a Doctor, he performed two abortions)

 

Coburn Condemned NBC for Broadcasting Schindler's List; Said Movie Polluted minds of Children:  In 1997, Tom Coburn issued a press release condemning the broadcasting of 'Schindler's List' on network television, taking offense at what he described as "full frontal nudity, violence and profanity" and "irresponsible sexual activity."

 

and he refered to "Oklahoma City Crapheads" too..

 

Someone find the exact quote on that..

 

Poll:

 

http://www.w-r-s.com/articles/TVarticles/W...k2MQ_040913.pdf

 

Carson (D) 39 (36)

Coburn ® 37 (42)

Bilyeu (I) 6 (5)

Undecided 19 (17)

 

Here's the spoiler

 

http://www.channeloklahoma.com/politics/3709083/detail.html

 

Independent Candidate Could Influence U.S. Senate Race

Bilyeu Claims Federal Government Placed Radio Device In Her Head

 

POSTED: 11:33 am CDT September 6, 2004

 

OKLAHOMA CITY -- An independent U.S. Senate candidate who concedes she has little chance of winning could influence the hotly contested election, some political observers believe.

 

Sheila Bilyeu, an independent from Oak Hall, Va., will face Democrat Brad Carson and Republican Tom Coburn in the Nov. 2 general election.

 

Independent candidates often don't pull many votes, said Jay Parmley, chairman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party.

 

"But this race could be so close that she will definitely pull votes away from either Carson or Coburn and could very well influence this election," Parmley said.

 

Gary Jones, chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party, said, "I personally believe that as we get closer to November that Dr. Coburn is going to pull away, and I don't think it will be a problem for him at all."

 

Bilyeu, who was born in Mooreland, said she got in the race because she opposes the war in Iraq.

 

"We've wasted a lot of young people's lives and billions ... of dollars that should have been used back here on health care and all kinds of things that we needed," she said.

 

Bilyeu considers herself an educator and a political activist. She most recently worked in education as a school counselor in Ponca City in 1992 and 1993.

 

She ran as a Green Party candidate for the U.S. presidency this year, and she ran as a Democrat for Texas governor in 1986. On her Senate filing form, she indicated she supported independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader.

 

Bilyeu has repeatedly sued the U.S. government in federal courts in Florida, Virginia, California and Washington, D.C. Most of the lawsuits also named former President Clinton and politicians as defendants. Judges dismissed all her lawsuits.

 

Bilyeu claims the federal government implanted a device in her head in the 1970s during an operation at a military base in Arizona. She claims the government has sent her messages - mostly "put downs" - through the alleged device for years to annoy her.

 

"Mean politicians ... have been after me for years and years and years," she said. "I know it sounds nuts, but it's true."

 

She claims that when she spoke out against Clinton, she was gassed in her apartment and in her car.

 

In the Washington lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Richard W. Roberts wrote in 2001: "Plaintiff has filed a narrative, stream-of-consciousness complaint that, as best as I can tell, revolves around the plaintiff's belief that a conspiracy led by President Clinton has implanted a transmission device in her head, 'gassed' her and stolen her dog."

 

Bilyeu described the alleged device as similar to a radio, able to receive transmissions.

 

She asked in a California lawsuit "that the 'device' be removed by doctors who are not part of the conspiracy," wrote U.S. Magistrate Carla Woehrle.

 

In the 1990s, Bilyeu unsuccessfully sued Ponca City schools, game show host Alex Trebek, CBS anchor Dan Rather and others.

 

She said she has slept in her car for much of the past decade and has lived in poverty "because of politics and greed."

 

She believes politicians have tried to stop her from running for office because they fear she will "mess up their ... power and their money."

 

another article had her claim that she thought Dan Rather was calling her a whore.

 

(what is it with people who claim to have radio devices in their heads and Dan Rather? I know it would be mean to go to Oklahoma and ask her "What's the frequency?")

 

When an election could be decided by a woman with a radio in her head (*).. you know you got a classic

 

* - Provided that Dr. Strangelove doesn't "pull away" from Carson

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here's the complete article on this woman:

 

Mon September 6, 2004

Independent may be spoiler

 

By Nolan Clay The Oklahoman

 

Independent U.S. Senate candidate Sheila Bilyeu claims the federal government implanted a device inside her head in the 1970s and has sent messages for years to annoy her. In 2002

 

In the last U.S. Senate race in Oklahoma, in 2002, little-known independent candidate James Germalic drew nearly 6.4 percent of the votes.

 

Sen. Jim Inhofe won the election, defeating former Gov. David Walters and Germalic.

 

"Mean politicians ... have been after me for years and years and years," she said last week. "I know it sounds nuts, but it's true."

 

Bilyeu accepts she has little chance of winning. However, there is some dispute about whether her candidacy might affect the outcome.

 

Voters will choose Nov. 2 among Bilyeu, U.S. Rep. Brad Carson, D- Claremore, and Dr. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee.

 

"Under most normal circumstances, an independent ... wouldn't make much difference, but this race could be so close that she will definitely pull votes away from either Carson or Coburn and could very well influence this election," said Jay Parmley, chairman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party.

 

However, Gary Jones, chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party, said, "I personally believe that as we get closer to November that Dr. Coburn is going to pull away and I don't think it will be a problem for him at all."

 

Bilyeu, 60, has repeatedly sued the U.S. government in federal courts in Florida, Virginia, California and Washington, D.C.

 

Most of those lawsuits also named former President Clinton and other politicians as defendants.

 

"It's like a little radio," she said of the supposed device in her head. "They can transmit in stuff and talk to me. It sounds like I'm a schizophrenic, but I'm not. Anyway, it has caused me a lot of trouble and pretty much ruined my life and so I've filed these lawsuits about that."

 

Bilyeu was born in Oklahoma in 1944 and graduated in 1966 from Oklahoma State University with a home economics degree.

 

Bilyeu filed for the Senate seat from Virginia. She has since returned to Oklahoma and said she is looking for inexpensive housing.

 

She said she "has been sleeping in my car for much of the last 10 years and living below the poverty line because of politics and greed."

 

She also ran for U.S. president this year as a Green Party candidate and for governor of Texas in 1986 as a Democrat.

 

She calls herself an educator and political activist. She said she has campaigned for independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader.

 

She said she last worked an education job as a school counselor in Ponca City in the 1992-1993 school year. She moved from there to Florida and later to Virginia.

 

Judges dismissed all her lawsuits against the federal government. Judges wrote they were hard to understand.

 

In her D.C. lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Richard W. Roberts wrote in 2001: "Plaintiff has filed a narrative, stream-of-consciousness complaint that, as best as I can tell, revolves around the plaintiff's belief that a conspiracy led by President Clinton has implanted a transmission device in her head, 'gassed' her and stolen her dog."

 

In California, a U.S. magistrate last year said Bilyeu's allegations of "a vast conspiracy of powerful people" were far-fetched and vague.

 

The magistrate, Carla Woehrle, noted that Bilyeu asked in the lawsuit "that the 'device' be removed by doctors who are not part of the conspiracy, that she be protected by 'good authorities,' that she receive damages of $50 million or whatever is fair, and that her dog be found and returned to her."

 

In the 1990s, Bilyeu unsuccessfully sued Ponca City schools, game show host Alex Trebek, CBS anchor Dan Rather and others.

 

She would not discuss her lawsuit against Trebek. She said Rather did not use her name on the news, but "was making insinuations about me -- that I was a whore or something."

 

Her lawsuit against Ponca City schools alleged educators there were part of the "evil political conspiracy" against her.

 

She has appealed some cases to the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

"I found that there are a lot of corrupt judges that don't really care about justice. And justice is one of my really big issues. I think there are a lot of those judges that need to be weeded out," she said.

 

She claims she has been targeted by conspirators because she was born with a "V" mark on her head and was known as the "victory baby." She said politicians have tried to stop her from running for office because they fear she will "mess up their ... power and their money."

 

She said the device was stuck in her head during an operation in the late 1970s at a military base in Arizona.

 

She said things got worse while Clinton was president because she spoke out against him. She said she was gassed in her apartment and in her car.

 

"You can't even believe all the equipment they can use on somebody that they don't like," she said.

 

She said she has never been in a mental hospital. But she would not say if she has ever been under a psychiatrist's or psychologist's care.

 

She said the CIA or a rogue unit use satellites to transmit the messages -- mostly "put downs" -- inside her head. Asked during an interview the time of the last transmission, she said, "Today."

 

"I really think it's political," she said. "I think the Clintons are out to get me. ... Somebody still is. Somebody is still funding the unit that is transmitting."

 

She said she is running for Senate largely because she is against the war in Iraq.

 

"We've wasted a lot of young people's lives and billions ... of dollars that should have been used back here on health care and all kinds of things that we needed," she said.

 

"I really do care about this country and want it to get back on track like it's supposed to be."

 

She admits she was thrown in jail in 2000 for sleeping in her car in a church parking lot in Virginia. "That whole deal was part of the conspiracy," she said.

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Sweet jesus...

 

Perhaps the springboard for some kind of bill mandating that candidates pass standard insanity examinations??

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It's Oklahoma -- I don't care...

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Somebody needs to make a reality TV show about this.

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For Rob E

 

http://www.altustimes.com/articles/2004/09...ocal/news01.txt

 

Coburn's Altus comments issue in campaign

 

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- State Democratic Chairman Jay Parmley criticized Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Coburn on Wednesday for using foul language to illustrate ''his divisive beliefs.''

 

In a news release, Parmley quoted Coburn as telling an Altus group on Aug. 21 that ''you have a bunch of crapheads in Oklahoma City that have killed the vision of anybody wanting to invest in Oklahoma.''

 

He also took issue with Coburn's use of strong language in a conversation with former House colleague Dick Armey to describe the kind of person it takes to be a senator.

 

''These kind of polarizing beliefs are exactly what we don't need in the U.S. Senate,'' Parmley said.

 

Coburn, who faces Democrat Brad Carson in the Nov. 2 election, was unavailable for comment.

 

A spokesman, Aaron Cooper, described Parmley's objections as ''silly'' and ''nonsense'' and said ''there are better things to talk about'' in the Senate race.

 

Cooper did not elaborate about whom Coburn was criticizing in Oklahoma City.

 

On another issue, Coburn issued a news release decrying a federal court ruling declaring the partial birth abortion ban unconstitutional.

 

Coburn said that as senator he would not vote to confirm any judicial nominee who thinks the people have no right to ban the practice.

 

''As a physician, I know partial birth abortion is a barbaric practice that is never justified,'' he said.

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In the 1990s, Bilyeu unsuccessfully sued Ponca City schools, game show host Alex Trebek, CBS anchor Dan Rather and others.

 

She would not discuss her lawsuit against Trebek. She said Rather did not use her name on the news, but "was making insinuations about me -- that I was a whore or something."

 

 

"And the answer is... she's a whore."

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"BAH GAWD, SHE'S A WHORE! AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, I'LL FUCKING KILL HOWARD DEAN, YOU PINKO FAG!"

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0]

"This just in... she's a whore."

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"And in breaking news, we have these signed documents confirming that she's a whore... "