Crushing the Republican Party in 2010
Jim Bunning has peaked awareness among the media, yes even on Fox News, that the republicans are really in it for their personal gain. Now is the time to sink the dagger into the Republican base. The...
View ArticleIt's on! Elaine Marshall DEMANDS Burr stand up to Bunning!
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sick of Jim Bunning holding up unemployment benefits for millions of Americans. Not surprisingly, so to is North Carolina Secretary of State (and U.S. Senate...
View ArticleCapitol Hill News: Nunn-McCurdy breach
Good afternoon, Daily Kos readers. This is your afternoon open thread to discuss all things Hill-related. Use this thread to praise or bash Congresscritters, share a juicy tip, ask questions, offer...
View ArticleJust for fun, let's rename our butt cracks, "Jim Bunning"!
Okay, this is simply a suggestion that should be forwarded to everyone on your email list:Please immediately rename your butt crack, "Jim Bunning". Now, I know this isn't much of a diary, and I even...
View ArticleDems likely to force Bunning to stay on floor to filibuster
If Jim Bunning wants to continue his filibuster against the extension of emergency unemployment benefits, Senate Democrats increasingly likely to force him to stay on the floor -- all night, if...
View ArticleBeanball Bunning Does It Again?
Note: the initial video shows Jim Bunning on the mound when he was with the Phillies. The hit-by-pitch shots are symbolic, not literal portrayals of Bunning. And Ride of the Valkyries was Bunning's...
View ArticleDo you Support Bunning? A question every Dem. should be asking their opponents.
Democrats have an uncanny knack of not taking advantage of opportunities. Right now we have the spectacle of a Republican Senator single-handedly causing tens of thousands to suffer from cut-off of...
View ArticleBreaking: Bunning breaks!!! W/updates
MSNBC just broke the news that Bunning has given up and will no longer block the spending bill that includes an extension of unemployment benefits, plus a number of other important stuff. I am...
View ArticleIt's Official: 18 Other GOP Senators Hate The Jobless
(From TWD)It's the side of the story you know you won't hear on the networks. It's the side of the story that won't be placed in the newspapers.There won't be any hard questions to the 18 other...
View Article19 Senators Who Ought to Be Jobless
Lamar Alexander, John Barasso, Bob Bennett, Jim Bunning, Richard Burr, Tom Coburn, Bob Corker, John Cornyn, Mike Crapo, Jim DeMint, John Ensign, Mike Enzi, Judd Gregg, Orrin Hatch, Mike Johanns, Mitch...
View ArticleSenate Republicans filibuster family's dinner
AKRON -- Edward Crone and his family had just finished saying grace and were prepared to begin eating dinner when Senate Republicans - led by the retiring Jim Bunning - burst through the door and...
View ArticleThe Bunning Effect: The Horrors of Nonselective Obstruction Exposed
I know some folks have talked about turning Bunning's name into some kind of obscene joke, but in making that their focus, they're forgetting the truly obscene joke: That in this time of need for this...
View ArticleAsk Cooperstown to Remove Bunning from Hall
Republican Jim Bunning was able to shut down the Senate for a week because he won't be running for re-election and thus has no fear of the electorate. He also has no fear of his reputation being...
View ArticleHypocrites, Damned Hypocrites and Senator Jim Bunning
It is often said that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. But that was before the invention of the modern Republican Senator. Were the saying to be coined today, it might look strangely like...
View ArticleBunning Beaten, 30-Day Extension Passes, Full-Year Next
cross-posted from Working America's 'Main Street' blog where I am a featured guest bloggerHaving callously blocked Senate action on an emergency 30-day extension of expanded jobless benefit programs...
View ArticleWeekly Pulse: Obama to Push for Reconciliation
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium bloggerToday, President Barack Obama will deliver a speech to Congress outlining his plan to move forward on health care reform. The president is expected to...
View ArticleBunning Put a Face on Obstructionist, Mean-Spirited Republican Party
Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning, who single-handedly blockaded extension of unemployment benefits to 400,000 and forced the furlough of 2,000 workers, is a Republican Superhero. He personifies the...
View ArticleMoney & Main St: Broke & Broken (Comerford & Washington)
Four VERY interwoven pieces here... 1.) We just spent weeks fighting with obstructionist GOP'er Jim Bunning for what amounts to as little as a one-month unemployment insurance reprieve (for those on...
View ArticleFinal Update - The Week in Editorial Cartoons: Let 'em Choke On It
THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONSThis weekly diary takes a look at the past week's important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with...
View ArticleCrazy S*** you can’t make up... Yes, I’m from Kentucky.
Okay Kentucky gets a bad rap when it comes to some things- education, health, weight, poverty, Jim Bunning, Mitch McConnell... okay, so we get a bad rap on a lot of things. But what I’m going to share...
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