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Tony_FLADEM

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Thu Apr 18, 2013, 10:29 PM Apr 2013

Great Neptune’s Revenge! Coburn Falls Into a Fountain at Gala

Two sources confirm that the Oklahoma Republican tumbled into the fountain at the National Building Museum where the gala was being held.

This wasn’t some quick toe-in-toe-out of a shallow fountain. The senator took a serious dive. When he emerged, he was soaked to his neck, his suit was sopping and ”water had to be poured from his cowboy boots.”

“That’s just a natural reaction to making the Time 100 list,” quipped Coburn spokesman John Hart.

It could be. Or this just might have been great Neptune’s revenge on Coburn for pooh-poohing a 2012 fountain restoration project in Lancaster, Pa.

In the February 2012 issue of the Coburn Pork Report, the senator called out Shippensburg University officials’ plan to use $135,000 of their federal stimulus dollars to completely revamp the university’s fountain.

http://hoh.rollcall.com/great-neptunes-revenge-coburn-falls-into-a-fountain-at-gala/

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Great Neptune’s Revenge! Coburn Falls Into a Fountain at Gala (Original Post) Tony_FLADEM Apr 2013 OP
I'll believe in karma when Inhoffe impales himself on an ice sculpture of a Narwhale. Schema Thing Apr 2013 #1
FUCKING NARWHALS FUCK YEAH bluedigger Apr 2013 #2
You paint a pretty picture. Cobalt-60 Apr 2013 #6
I wish I'd been the one to shove him.... haikugal Apr 2013 #3
Or at least throw him an anchor. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #4
I apologize to all. My boot slipped off his neck. Kennah Apr 2013 #5
... or a plugged-in toaster! nt Bigmack Apr 2013 #7
Kink-eeeeeee Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #8
There's a water shortage, and he pollutes even more of it. Eleanors38 Apr 2013 #9
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