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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...

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It'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...

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Capitol 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...

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Just 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...

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Dems 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...

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Beanball 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...

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Do 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...

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Breaking: 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...

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It'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...

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19 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...

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Senate 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...

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The 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...

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Ask 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...

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Hypocrites, 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...

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Bunning 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...

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Weekly 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...

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Bunning 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...

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Money & 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...

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Final 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...

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Crazy 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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