Take a good, long look at this face folks. This is the face of the enemy of every working, tax-paying citizen of Oklahoma. Who is this guy, and what could be so wrong with him (aside from the haircut)?

His name is Mike Morgan, and he is the President Pro Tem of the Oklahoma Senate (D-Stillwater). In case you haven’t been following the news, let me break it down for you:

Democratic Gov. Brad Henry and Republican House Speaker Todd Hiett supported a bill that would amount to the largest tax cut the state of Oklahoma has ever seen, $320 million in income and estate taxes. When it got to the State Senate, enter Mr. Morgan, and the plan was rejected. Morgan said:

"Everybody wants a deal, but in the rush to get a deal we shouldn’t trample the people of Oklahoma. I’m not willing to throw the people of the state of Oklahoma under the bus."

Just one question, Senator: who do you think pays those taxes you are so keen on not cutting? If cutting my taxes means I am being trampled, then please, by all means, trample me hard. If allowing the citizens of Oklahoma, rather than a bunch of lame-brained politicians, to decide how to spend the money they earn is throwing us under a bus, I’d like a convoy, please.

Senate Minority Leader Glenn Coffee (R-Oklahoma City) said:

"Senate Democrats may be angry about the budget agreement between the speaker and the governor, but they shouldn’t take it out on Oklahoma taxpayers by blowing through the surplus like they just won the Oklahoma lottery. 

Speaking of the lottery, shouldn’t the new lottery revenues that are pouring in cover the increased education spending?

Finally, ladies and gentlemen, this is why conservatives must gain control of the Oklahoma Senate. They have control of the House, and we are seeing some great things come from there. But no matter how hard our state representatives work in the House, the liberal Democrats in the Senate are going to throw up roadblock after roadblock. The only way around the roadblock is to protest at the ballot box.  Morgan claims Henry and Hiett are only backing the tax cuts because they want to get re-elected. Dang right they are! They realize that it’s those tax payers who elect them. Mr. Morgan, you would do well to remember the same. Your term will be up someday, hopefully sooner than later.