GOA Alert: Most Important Senate Race In 2004 In Oklahoma

The Return of a Proven Champion

Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org

June 11, 2004


Dear GOA supporter,

I am excited to be able to report that there is now hope for the U.S. Senate.

At least in 2005.

That's because Dr. Tom Coburn (a retired three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives) has decided to try to return to the city he does not care for -- Washington, DC.

Coburn is a candidate in the July 27 Republican primary in Oklahoma.

If you followed the recent debacle in the U.S. Senate, you know that we have little hope there at the moment.

The Republicans proved to be totally incapable of using the parliamentary means at their disposal to block anti-gunners from sinking the bill to give relief from frivolous lawsuits that had passed the House overwhelmingly.

Senate Republicans did not have one member who was willing to buck Majority Leader Sen. Bill Frist when he decided not to block the Feinstein-Kennedy and Company assault on gun owners.

Why does Tom Coburn's campaign for Senate in Oklahoma offer so much hope? Quite simply, I am as certain as I can be that had Tom Coburn been in the Senate this year, Feinstein and the rest would have been sent packing.

You see, when Coburn was in the U.S. House, he managed to filibuster a spending bill the leadership wanted to pass. And in the House, it is just about impossible to filibuster.

Well, in the Senate, it is very easy to filibuster. One simply needs the will. Clearly Coburn has the will and is prepared to buck the leadership if need be.

Coburn was one of the best friends gun owners had in the U.S. House during his six years there.

I am asking you and other members or supporters of Gun Owners of America to make a generous contribution -- directly to the Coburn for Senate Committee at P.O Box 977 Muskogee, OK 74402.

You can also donate online at http://www.coburnforsenate.com with a credit card.

If you live in Oklahoma, I hope you will also be able to volunteer. You can do that online also at coburnforsenate.com.

The campaign can also be reached by phone in Tulsa at 918-294-8352 and in Oklahoma City at 405-721-4281.

This is the most important Senate race in 2004.

If Dr. Coburn wins this election, gun owners throughout America win. And the Senate will be transformed by the presence of a seasoned fighter.

Please join me in contributing as much as you can up to the legal limit of $2,000 per person per election ($4,000 for the primary and general combined).

Coburn entered the campaign late and already has a substantial lead over his Republican primary competitors. The same polls also show that he is the only Republican that can hold the seat of the retiring Republican incumbent, Sen. Don Nichols.

Please send your maximum contribution today to Coburn for Senate.

Sincerely,

Larry Pratt
Executive Director
 
Just a bump as this candidate will need lots of help to win the Republican primary against his opponent. The Republican party is backing former OKC Mayor Kirk Humphreys - out of the three Senate candidates for Oklahoma he is the only one not to take a strong pro-gun stance (even the Democrat has a more pro-Second stance).

Unless Coburn can win the primary we will be faced with the choice of electing a pro-gun Democrat or a questionable Republican to Senate. While I support any pro-gun candidate, electing Brad Carson has the following negative consequences for us:

1) Removes a much need pro-gun Dem vote from the House to be replaced by who knows what
2) Republicans lead in the Senate 51-49. Replacing Nickles (R) with Carson (D) brings us that much closer to a Senate Judiciary Committee (hears all gun legislation) led by Leahy, Kennedy or Feinstein as opposed to one led by Orrin Hatch
3) As good as Carson is on guns, Coburn is better.
 
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