Coburn Criticizes Fox Defends Pelosi Says She's a Nice Lady

Speaking at an Oklahoma radio station, Sen. Tom Coburn defends Nancy Pelosi. Listen for yourself here. Could republicans be coming around to the error of their ways? I'd love to hear more of this kind of talk coming from the mouths of republicans. They'd certainly get more people to listen to them. Instead republicans seem bent on egging on tea party anger. Perhaps, this is just Tom Coburn's way. He has also called Obama a "wonderful man."

When discussing the short-term unemployment benefits extension that he is stalling, to the chagrin of Democrats, Coburn said he is "180 degrees in opposition" to Pelosi but that "she is a nice lady."

That comment drew boos and jeers from the crowd, but Coburn asked the crowd for calm and spoke about civility.
“Come on now. She is nice — how many of you all have met her? She’s a nice person,” Coburn said. "Let me give you a little lesson here. I hope you will listen to me. Just because somebody disagrees with you don’t [sic] mean they’re not a good person. And i want to tell you, I've been in the Senate for five years and I’ve taken a lot of that, because I’ve been on the small side — both in the Republican Party and the Democrat Party." The Hill