Bunning holds floor: 'Tough s--t'

[Tiberius]

Source: Politico

Senate Democrats spent Thursday night hammering away at Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) for single-handedly holding up action in the upper chamber – but he blurted out a message to one of them on the Senate floor: “Tough s—t.”

In an unusual display in the normally sleepy chamber, Bunning – without the support of GOP leadership – has blocked efforts to quickly approve a series of extensions to measures that would otherwise expire Sunday, including unemployment insurance and the Cobra program that allows people who lose their health benefits to continue getting coverage.

(snip)

In a colloquy with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Jeff Merkley, a freshman Democrat from Oregon, was pleading for Bunning to drop his objection, when the Kentucky Republican got fed up.

“Tough s—t,” Bunning said as he was seated in the back row, overheard by the floor staff and others in attendance.




Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33566.html

[krispos42]

1. I can't type what I'm thinking.

But I'm thinking it real hard. x(

[Bitwit1234]

53. He said that when he knew that was coming out of his pants

I just wish the media had the honesty to report this stuff. But they especially CNN ( I don't consider Fox the media they are a 24/7 republican infomerical channel)hide these comments from the public. They are afraid the public will get fed up with the republicans and their corporate masters might fire the whole lot of them.

[BrklynLiberal]

71. I CAN type it, but I shouldn't,as I am more of a humane being than that embarrassment to humanity.

PS
LOVE your graph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[patrice]

90. Love your sig!

:hi:

[truthisfreedom]

2. Single-handedly guaranteeing that the rethugs won't be re-elected next fall.

I admire this man for wanting his very bad party to simply expire.

[Aristus]

47. No. He'll get re-elected in a walk. They eat that kind of shit up out in the provinces.

They think he's being tough and manly...

[w8liftinglady]

56. yeah,here,too...

slap him on the back after church,thanking him for standing up to the socialists...

[totodeinhere]

84. He is not running for reelection. He is retiring. n/t

[sudopod]

108. It may be part of some meta-republican drama.

Bunning got forced out by the GOP bigwigs against his will by cutting off most of his campaign funding. He swore to get even. How better to ensure the GOP gets the buttsechs than by associating the Republicans with ruining millions of people's outlook RE healthcare and income?

[No Elephants]

114. Bunning was vulnerable in polls and, according to many, nuts, to boot.

[totodeinhere]

126. But hey, he was a great baseball player, lol. n/t

[astroBspacedog]

92. I Agree

Maybe they can dig up an old photo of him holding a rifle, --- while standing next to a dead, bloody moose.

[Mopar151]

107. Maybe not in ALL the provinces....

He ain't got the stones to blurt that out to anyone unemployed in NH. Tough evaporates pretty quick when you're eatin' ramen noodles for the 5th time in a week.

[Dulcinea]

3. Unemployment in KY is over 10 percent.

And this asswipe wants to block unemployment and COBRA extensions?

Senator Bunning, do you have ANY idea how it feels to be long-term unemployed with NO job prospects despite all efforts? No, of course not. Why should he care? He has a job & plenty of money!

All he has to say is "Tough shit" to the long-term unemployed? I realize Bunning is retiring & divorced from reality, but the Senate has to find some way to override this stupidity, NOW.

[Stuart G]

17. But Bunning doesn't give a s__t about the unemployed.

[madmax]

30. Should be the headline

in his districts local paper.

[Supersedeas]

75. Corporate Fat Cats and Insurance Bean counters are the one who feed the campaign coffers

[RBInMaine]

4. Dems need to blast this out to the public. MESSAGE MESSAGE MESSAGE.

Dems need to get their messaging right. This is a perfect example of something done by this PUKE which can help SCREW the GOP in to electoral doom. They need to CEMENT the badge of ANTI-MIDDLE CLASS CORPORATE OBSTRUCTIONIST to the faces of the GOP scumbags.

Same on everything else. Take the health bill apart, and the public, as Pelosi said, LOVES its PIECES when polled. The Dems need to MESSAGE the merits of the bill better. THIS is where they have failed.

[bobburgster]

5. I agree...

the tepid responses the dems have to every republican horror is killing us.

[M155Y_A1CH]

50. It ain't a winning style, that's sure.

Americans love high adrenalin sports like racing, wrestling, hockey and football. That being said.

Our representatives prefer to forfeit the match than to get mixed up in an ugly fight.

When they take the safe way out we feel let down.
We don't want them to just show up. We want them to represent us in the fight.

[Occulus]

109. It is the fault of the "take the high road" attitude.

"We need to be better than them."
"We can't stoop to their level."

As I said in a previous post on this topic, the Republicans are the political equivalent of schoolyard bullies. They see the Democrats' "ignore it and the bullies will get bored and go away" attitude as a weakness, a thing to be exploited. Meanwhile, our clueless Democratic Mommies and Daddies keep telling us that we need to appear to be better than that. We can't "be like them".

The problem is, giving back the same is the only thing bullies ever understand. They won't ever "get it" until we do "stoop to their level". Here's what I'd like to see:

I want to see the Democrats start making up lies out of whole cloth about specific Republicans as well as the party in general. I want to taint every Republican member of Congress, even the so-called "reasonable" ones, with the broadest brush possible, and I want to see even the reasonable ones tainted with the worst of the behavior their fellow party members express. I want to see Democrats use each and every parliamentary tactic in the book against the Republicans, even if they don't deserve it. I want to see Democrats use those tactics over Republicans' hairstyles, shirt weave, and tie color if necessary.

I want to see our party lie about Republicans' proposed legislation. I want piles, heaping piles of stinking falsehoods that cannot be proven one way or the other, I want outrageous political ads that don't air during campaign season, and I want no apologies whatever. If they do find themselves forced apologize, I want a non-apology along the lines of "I'm sorry you're offended, but the truth is..." and then a repeat of the lies for which they were called upon to apologize in the first place.

In short, I want to give the Republican Party every last least littlest thing they've given us over the past eight plus years, I want our party to be merciless about it, and I do not want them to back down. The Republican Party is a party of bullies and fearmongers, and it is time and way, way past time that we started treating them in the only way bullies of their ilk understand.

The Republicans are bullies. They deserve the same treatment. No more "high road". No more "we're better". NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY. I want our party to, metaphorically speaking, clock the Republicans hard enough in the face that they come up spitting blood and teeth, and if they don't get up, I want our party to kick them while they're down. If we do that, the Republicans will back down and learn their place as the minority party, but that won't happen unless and until we start treating them in the same way they've treated us for so very long.

Nothing less will do the job.

[jmowreader]

130. We don't have to lie about Republicans

The truth will make them look bad enough. These are evil people who write evil laws.

[tblue37]

139. Like Rep. Weiner, when he was repeatedly disciplined for calling the

Pubs a "wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance companies." Each time, when he came back to the lectern, he said it again!

[XanaDUer]

153. Fuck, thank you

God, I get so sick of hearing how we have to be "better" than that scum.

[eShirl]

132. but they NEVER do!

and I've never been able to figure out why

[dmr]

6. Someone earlier wrote a post where he refered to President Obama as

YOUR president to the Democrats when talking on the Senate floor.

That is disgusting. He's not some joker chatting away, he's a Senator that should be respectful of the office he serves and the oath he took.

:grr:

[BridgeTheGap]

20. Unfortunately, Bunning is some joker chatting away AND he's a U.S. Senator BUT

not for much longer! Thank God!

[classysassy]

135. His fellow Kentucky senator

the honorable Mitch the B----,should remind the junior senator that he is in the senate not a baseball locker room.

[SpiralHawk]

7. Republicons to unemployed: "Eat shit and die."

"We've got our secret Swiss bank accounts packed to overflowing by our corporate cronies, so you out-of-work, hungry, homeless, miserable proles can just eat shit and die. Bwaa ha ha ha ha. Smirk."

- Republicon Homelanders

[Lasher]

8. This story is getting out there.

Bunning wants to drain stimulus funds to pay for unemployment compensation and Cobra benefits, and he's blocking the legislation because he can't have it his way. Bunning yelled obscenities at other Senators while Bob Corker complained about how mean Democrats were to fight the filibuster because it was keeping the elderly Bunning up so late.

But cooler heads prevailed, and just before midnight Senate Democrats gave up on a potential all night session, ensuring Bunning will get his much needed rest. I'm sure he will sleep soundly in the satisfaction of having cut off people's unemployment checks and Cobra health benefits. I'm glad the Senate decided not to be so heartless.

[No Elephants]

116. Grrrrr.

[Lasher]

120. Hee hee. You said it better than I, Pachyderm.

And you didn't take so long at it.

[Hubert Flottz]

160. Bunning proves that abortion can be a better way in some cases.

I hope there is a Hell for dip-shits like Jimmy...

[Oldtimeralso]

162. I am a firm supporter of...

retroactive abortion for many of the Greedy Obstructionist Party!

[Hubert Flottz]

163. I second that!

[rox63]

144. The story is on the Google News Feed

See the list of articles here:

http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ncl=dk-57qOJ7PTc3iMc9E0JUywq4ygSM&topic=n


Even Faux Noise has a story on it. :wow:

[KingOfLostSouls]

9. what a piece of shit

there's not enough words to describe what a tremendous pile of crap bunning is


I hope his stay in hell is especially painful when his time comes.

[bdamomma]

80. but just think he's probably not the only one either. scumbuckets!!!

[sandyj999]

10. And when all of us lose our unemployment and COBRA

it will get really messy. He is even going against his own state. THERE ARE NO JOBS IN MICHIGAN YOU IDIOT!

[hootinholler]

11. We need to start making them physically hold the floor

Enough of this shit. Make them read the phone book on the floor.

-Hoot

[Lasher]

62. And yet after all this obstruction, we do not.

Senate Democrats gave up and went home before midnight. That's pretty sorry.

[era veteran]

12. I hope to piss on his grave soon

Yes this is mean but so am I. This COMPETE BASTARD has never had a real job. His IQ has been dribbling down his chin for a while. I am deeply embarrassed my state has visited Bunning and Mitchie on the rest of the country. I have been waiting for Michael Rogers to give his book report on Mitchie. I cannot explain Bunning. A lawyer friend said it might be because Northern Ky is populated by ex U-Boat Captains who moved from Cincinnati.

[Javaman]

38. Before you do...

Let me dance on it.

[SharonRB]

60. I wish that report had been issued before he got re-elected

I can't wait until it gets done, though.

[laughingliberal]

68. Do you know if this story is getting reported by media in the state? nt

[era veteran]

83. Not in Lex H/L this AM

They went to bed late too. UK v SC wasn't over 'till 11:00PM

[laughingliberal]

105. That's too bad. People should know. That said, I did just see a report on MSNBC about it. nt

[CherokeeDem]

134. Sent the Politico article to the Kentucky Democratic Party this am...

Communications director of the KDP emailed me this afternoon and said that they sent the article to the media who were beginning to pick up the story.

[era veteran]

142. Breaking: Bomb threat called in to Bunnings Hazard office

Years of coal war knowledge in putting things ' up in the air' around beautiful Hazard. http://www.lex18.com/news/officials-bomb-threat-called-in-against-bunnings-hazard-office

[era veteran]

137. Three local TV stations reported the obstruction, nothing about no shit

[Lasher]

164. Bunning complains of missing UK game while blocking jobless benefits

Kentucky.com Lexington Herald-Leader

Late Thursday night and again Friday morning, Bunning single-handedly blocked a 30-day extension of unemployment benefits and health insurance payments for more than 1 million jobless Americans over concerns about the federal deficit.

Along the way, he complained of having to miss the University of Kentucky's basketball game against South Carolina and reportedly responded to a Democrat's complaints with "tough s---."

<snip>

After Democrats spent several hours urging Bunning to reconsider his objection Thursday night, Bunning complained just before midnight that he had been forced to miss UK's game against South Carolina.

"We weren't going to stand around for three and a half hours debating the issue," he said. "But I want to assure the people who have watched this thing until a quarter of 12, I have missed the Kentucky-South Carolina game that started at 9 o'clock. It is the only redeeming chance we had to beat South Carolina, since they are the only team that has beat Kentucky this year."

At another point, Bunning responded to a plea by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., to end his objection with "tough s---," according to Politico, a Washington-based political publication.

http://www.kentucky.com/2010/02/27/1158396/bunning-single-handedly-stops.html

[road2000]

101. Hi from Covington/Fort Wright area.

I'm now on unemployment and covered under COBRA... for the moment, I guess. Job hunting sucks at 60.

With your permission, era veteran, I'd love to steal the quote about U-Boat captains who moved here from Cincinnati. How very apt.

[era veteran]

103. By all means

Good luck job hunting. Sorry about the COBRA. We used it once, while real expensive, my much younger son became ill. Now it is even higher and probably couldn't afford that too long. Again, good luck. Richard

[road2000]

106. Thanks.

One often overlooked facet of the stimulus package is COBRA payments. The former employer must pay 65 percent of the premium, which makes my health insurance cost about as much as it did when I was employed. Congress extended this benefit in December of 2009, so my COBRA will cost the same until the end of January 2011. That's something to be thankful for, although I hope to be employed far sooner.

[No Elephants]

119. Very best wishes for better things in your future, road2000.

[winyanstaz]

133. Just an idea to help you with some money.....

start some organic plants right now :)....
People will be trying to grow gardens...so plants will sell well.
Its not much but last year I was happy to move a whole ton of organic plants in a yard sale :)..and was suprised at the reaction.
I have already started some for this year too...and by some I mean this year I am potting up a few hundred :)
I am also buying some chicks this year and raising some hens to sell for layers, fryers and their eggs too.
I am lucky I live in the county where I can do that still but not sure how long that will happen.
Another thing that sells well on ebay are larger well made and gently used clothing for men and women and baby clothes.
Good luck everyone in finding a way to make your own business...because to just look for someone else right now to hire you isnt going to work too well. But if you can figure out something people will need during tough times..you might have a shot at starting something that will see you through.


Good luck in your job hunting.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

13. O.K. How do you pronounce "--"?

[daleanime]

28. ......

:hi:

[Prof Lester]

89. FFFFTTTTTT!

Heh. Like that guy in that book Catch 22.. Major FFFFFFTTTT de Coverly.

[AndyA]

14. There are a lot of Republicans without jobs right now. And Independents.

The message this sends to them is: The GOP doesn't care about you. We don't care if your lose your health coverage or unemployment.

The Republicans created this mess, and now they are acting like spoiled children and preventing adults from taking steps to help until the economy improves.

Not much motivation to get out and vote in November. Hopefully, Republicans will stay home in droves and Independents will vote Democratic since the Dems are trying to help.

[Dappleganger]

15. That pretty much sums up the Republican attitude towards the jobless

and everyone else else who isn't in their exclusive little rich club.

"Tough shit"

A giant FU, Mr. Bunning!

[ck4829]

16. Should tell him that a corporate welfare package is being voted on

That'd get him moving.

K&R

[kpominville]

19. k&r

[Lint Head]

18. This needs to be communicated to all retirees and all people

thinking about quiting their jobs.

[butterfly77]

61. This shoulld be communicated on ..

all websites throughout Kentucky..

[patrice]

95. Twitter (and all of those monitoring apps that are out there now) is/are our friends.

[Gman]

21. The last time Bunning ran for election, there were many questions about his mental stability

and he has failed to disappoint

[booksenkatz]

22. It would be so nice

to hear these two words from a Dem leader whilst addressing the GOP... or at least this attitude! Bunning is an asshole, but I do envy the Repukes' tenacity in forcing through their agenda and to hell with what anybody thinks. Wish we had a little of that.

[SteveM]

27. Yep. In the minority, out of the whitehouse, but cockstrutting and IN CHARGE. nt

[dbmk]

44. In order for anyone to think about it..

.. someone would have to report it. And as well as I know US news channels the coverage on Dems doiong it contra Republicans doing it - is severely lopsided.

[CanonRay]

23. How's that bi-partisan thing workin' out for ya?

You betcha

[Hubert Flottz]

161. bi-partisan = "tough Shit!"

Paling around with assholes makes everybody smell like shit!

[JohnnyLib2]

24. Still goin' for the record books.

This time, the record for disgusting comments.

[Name removed]

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[CherokeeDem]

26. As a KY resident who is unemployed...

and whose benefits expire on Sunday, I would love to have a "chat" with Mr. Bunning. How the people of this state ever elected the bastard is beyond me.

I do believe that this is another political move by McConnell, although it is reported here that he and Bunning despise each other, this smacks of Mitch putting him up to this so that at the last moment, he and the GOP can save unemployment benefits. I suppose after having their asses handed to them in two meetings with the president, this is all they have. But let me tell you, I am one of those statistics and from this side, it is very scary.

[dave29]

42. I don't think this was a coordinated assault, if so, it backfired

from my perspective. It looked like the acts of a man who had completely lost his shit. Write your paper about what your Senator has done. I am sorry for what is happening to you because of Republican "leadership"

[CherokeeDem]

63. Thank you...

I have already called McConnell's office, Bunning's office, and both Democratic candidates for the senate as well as emailed Rachel, the local newspaper and the state Democratic party.

As for a coordinated effort, it might not be but it wouldn't surprise me. McConnell is ruthless but a cunning politician. I wouldn't put anything past him.

The other side, Bunning is an idiot; he may be acting alone but McConnell hasn't attempted to rein him in yet.

With each passing moment, the GOP continues to prove how they could care less about the people.

Again thanks for your sympathy, we could use it, but mostly we could use those benefits.

[dave29]

64. agreed. Here's hoping they find their way to you somehow. n/t

n/t

[sandyj999]

55. In that position and it is definitely scary. n/t

[CherokeeDem]

86. I hear you...

and now we wait until 3 pm Monday...the Senate had to recess so that all the good little boys and girls can go home and raise money.

Good luck to you.

[sandyj999]

112. Good Luck Back At You.

It just shouldn't be this way................

[Love Bug]

79. I agree with you about McConnell

Bunning is the perfect choice to be the "fall guy" for this: he's not running again and has a reputation for being difficult, so he has nothing to lose!

The GOP is going to make it as difficult as possible for the Dems to pass extended UI benefits because the Dems have more at stake in the next election.

[TroglodyteScholar]

140. Love the Ivins quote in your sig. I'd never seen that before. n/t

[Love Bug]

141. I forgot where I read that but yeah, she was awesome

I can't even imagine what Molly would be saying about all of the stuff going on now. She never let up on Bush, though, God bless her.

[billymayshere]

29. Isn't he facing a primary challenge?

How about that? The democrats may just be clumsy enough to keep their majorities and the pukes may be ignorant enough to further erode their minority. This is the shit they should be clubbing them over the head with over and over again. Five years ago if a democrat had held up a piece of legislation of this importance for say "the troops" we would be viewing it on a loop on cable news. We should be seeing our leadership out denouncing this behavior today but we won't.

[icee]

70. Your last statement is the biggest problem of all. I no longer share

your belief that the Dems will hold onto majorities, though.

[renate]

93. welcome to DU!

And I couldn't agree more... it really would be on a loop on cable news if it had been a Democrat and the troops. (Which it never would have been, since we were the ones who wanted them to have body armor, and good health care, and, and, and.... and all the REAL support that Republicans thought could be compensated for by wearing flags on their lapels.)

[corpseratemedia]

31. bunning is a contemptible redneck because..

not just this, which is bad enough - the selfish pig..but within this was a bill that would stop medicare from slashing payment to drs. by approx 20%...so this redneck backwards loser made sure that even fewer drs. and their groups will now see medicare patients..MANY OF WHOM ARE HIS ELDERLY TEABAGGING IDIOT SUPPORTERS...

ANYONE WHO VOTES FOR A GOPER IS AN IDIOT

[Mad_Dem_X]

32. What is it with Repukes cursing on the Senate floor?

We had Cheney with his "Go fuck yourself," and now this guy. Classy lot.

[dave29]

33. I watched this for three hours last night. Was fascinating

the man was as arrogant and petulant as I have seen from any R. Dick Durbin fought unsuccessfully along with multiple other Dems pleading for sanity. He was pissed at Harry Reid "ramming through" the "partisan" jobs bill. That was it. Now people across the country will, for a short time, not get unemployment benefits.

The Senate is indeed broken.

[aquamarina]

34. Now why the f&^K is this not being televised...

[Gman]

35. And re telling Dems that Obama is "your president"...

I told Republicans Bush is "your president" from 2001, and still do. No big deal there.

[olegramps]

36. What can you expect from a racist, hillbilly asswipe?

[Born_A_Truman]

37. Poster boy for NOPer party!

Sums up nicely how selfish and ignorant they are.

[juajen]

148. "Noper Goper" has a nice ring to it. What say we spread this

great name far and wide. We could even add "Groper", so that it is "Noper Goper Groper". WOW, I love that!

[M155Y_A1CH]

39. If they were so inclined.

They could pass a bill that ties these two extensions to actual unemployment numbers.

If a state's unemployment level reaches 10% or greater, benefits would be mandated with no expiration until said states employment figures are bettered for more than three consecutive months.

Too easy, right?

The country's in bad shape right now in the employment arena. Dire need times should not allow for grand-standing.

There should be some decorum in which all are expected to soberly and timely act on an urgent matter.
Since there is no such propriety, we should have standing bills on all emergency acts so that no discussion is needed.

Of course that would be legislating themselves out of a job, and for some, a stage.
We are doomed to accepting half measures because they don't want to automate our system at all. They want to keep absolute control on every knob.

I wish these temper tantrums would cease!

[defendandprotect]

157. Corporations should be financing these unemployment benefits . . .

and the rates they pay should go UP and UP until the unemployment figures go down --

That's the way it was originally intended, I believe -- but changed by right wing.

I don't think there is much on the way of penalties any longer on corporations for

tossing workers out into the streets!!

[saltpoint]

40. In the long-term look the country will be better off when Jim Bunning

is no longer serving as a Senator.

He appears to me to have a short temper. When the sizzling fast-ball from the Phillies' mound is a distant memory, and all that's left is a short temper, it's time for Jim Bunning to hit the showers and go home.

[LibertyLover]

41. Stay classy Jim -

just like your idol Dick "Go f*&^ yourself" Cheney.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

43. That guy is such a schmuck. Grrr....

Is it possible the Senate could stay in session this weekend to make this happen?

[Libertas1776]

45. In the old days

they would have caned his ass right there on the senate floor. What a piece of shit.

[juajen]

149. Did you mean "caned" or "canned"?

[begin_within]

46. Now we know what to say to him when he loses his next election.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

49. Looks like the asshat isn't even running again.

Get this:

Bunning, 78, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who is in the Hall of Fame, is considered one of the more eccentric members of the Senate. He doesn’t mingle much with his colleagues, can be gruff and rarely talks to the press. For months last year, he insisted he was running for re-election but found no support from McConnell and other top Republicans – and sharply criticized his Kentucky counterpart after he couldn’t raise the funds to mount a serious bid. Bunning ultimately decided to retire at the end of the year.

On the floor Thursday, Bunning complained about how the measures aren’t adequately paid for. And he criticized Reid for killing a bipartisan Finance Committee bill to address the unemployment rate and for “jamming” through other bills that he said would amount to a frivolous increase in spending.

In his exchanges with Democrats, Bunning has repeatedly referred to President Barack Obama as “your president.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33566_Page2.html#ixzz0geb5AcsH

[bulloney]

52. It seems that Mr. Bunning took a few too many line drives to the head during his baseball days.

He's an all-too-typical story of how Republicans get elected to office. Live off your glory days as a jock or Hollywood celebrity and get elected. Some examples:

Ronald Reagan
Arnold Schwarznegger
Sony Bono
Jack Kemp
Steve Largent
JC Watts
Tom Osborne
Jim Bunning

[laughingliberal]

73. "one of the more eccentric members of the Senate"=dementia nt

[bdamomma]

82. .................

:thumbsup:

[icee]

48. Too furious to type. We need to organize and call everyone in

this puke's home State. I'll do it myself if I have to. God, fate, whatever graced this dipwad with a decent life where he and his family could prosper and live in dignity, and he does this? Let's go get him.

[TwilightGardener]

51. Senile old ass, too bad we can't do the ice-floe thing anymore.

[Joanne98]

54. Here's his phone numbers

Contact: Office Locations
Washington, D.C.
316 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Main: 202.224.4343
Fax: [phone]
Map this | Directions To

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District 4 - Ft. Wright (Main State Office)
1717 Dixie Highway
Suite 220
Ft. Wright, KY 41011
Main: 859-341-2602
Fax: [phone]
Toll free: 1-800-283-8983
Map this | Directions To

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District 1 - Hopkinsville
1100 S. Main Street
Suite 12
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
Main: 270.885.1212
Fax: [phone]
Toll free: 1-800-283-8983
Map this | Directions To


Ask him if he wants his Toyota plants shut down!

[Gold Metal Flake]

57. Thank God we have the Liberal Media to get this message out!

Oh, wait...

[LibDemAlways]

59. I hear you. Anyone here waiting to hear Bunning's comments

on any media outlet other than Olbermann or Rachel will grow old in the process.

[LibDemAlways]

58. As much of a shithead as Bunning is, it's the morons who voted for him

who are ultimately to blame. My Congressional "representative" is an asshole named Elton Gallegly. He is where he is because I'm surrounded by idiots. Ultimately the minority of sensible, informed voting citizens in many areas has to put up with the choices made by the ignorant majority. In the case of Kentucky, Bunning got more votes.

[CLANG]

99. Gorsch! Hes'n such a gud baisbol plair

[era veteran]

131. We had NO HELP from the DNC

Almost beat him anyway. We will try and dethrone Mitchie next.

[LibDemAlways]

158. DNC doesn't bother in my Congressional district either. They figure it's

a lost cause. Too bad because if there's any chance that a turd like Bunning can be defeated, the DNC should be getting involved.

[FlyByNight]

65. An excellent example of psychopathy

Fuck. You. Jimmy.

:grr:

[mistertrickster]

66. Tough s--t. No . . . that's what voters will say to YOU next time you stand for re-election. nt

[RFKHumphreyObama]

72. Unfortunately the stupid fool isn't standing for re-election

I say unfortunately because nothing would give me more pleasure than seeing this hideous buffoon give a concession speech. He only won re-election in 2004 because Chimpy McSmirkFace was on top of the ticket -I think even in the current political climate he would have gone down

[Bolo Boffin]

67. He complained about missing a basketball game last night. n/t

[Tiberius]

77. Yup.

As the fight drew to a close, Mr. Bunning complained he had been ambushed by the Democrats and was forced to miss the Kentucky-South Carolina basketball game.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/bunning-objects-over-and-over/

[indy legend]

97. Well I hope he got out in time to see the game.

I would hate for this bastard to miss a ball game by having to do something as trivial as HIS FUCKING JOB , of representing the best interest of the people of his state. Their lives ar far less important than the game. Hey Jim as a hoosier who was born in Kentucky let me ad my sentiments to the others expressed here. FUCK YOU, YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

69. What a selfish, greedy, conniving, perverted old crook

I wish someone could strip this idiotic fool of all the benefits he enjoys as a Senator

[bdamomma]

74. what an arrogant POS he is!!!

[Guilded Lilly]

76. “Tough s—t,”

Short and sweet...this is what should be used in campaign ads against "Republican attitudes" in the future.

A direct quote on how one of their own feels about helping the hurting people of this country.

[cmg1963]

78. bunning

I HOPE NEXT ELECTION PEAPLE REMEMBER THIS........ITS TIME TO GET THESE PEAPLE OUT OF OFFICE

[Hawkeye-X]

81. Someone declare Bunning mentally insane!

Put him in a 72-hour psych hold!

[Faygo Kid]

85. Good pitcher. Rotten SOB.

Horrific "human being." Go away, Jim.

[barbiegeek]

87. It's fake PLOY to press to stop HCR summit coverage

It's all a ploy to take away the press for the Failure of the Republicans at the Health Summit. It's to trick the press to NOT Cover HCR so it doesn't gain momentum. He is safe for re-election in Kentucky so he can hold up the bill as long as he wants.

Instead of complaining here email the press on the ploy. Send money to the Kentucky democratic party. Call your senator.

[Raoul]

88. Take action now!

Instead of complaining and whining about the scumbag, why don't all of you do what I just did? I went over to his web site and sent him a 'love' letter which told him exactly what I feel about the subhuman he really is. The site is:
bunning.senate.gov

[True_Blue]

113. I just sent that Basturd an email in all caps

Why do the repubs love to screw the poor so much?

[RoccoR5955]

91. And people wonder why I so dislike The South! n/t

[CherokeeDem]

129. Excuse me...

Please, I am one of the unemployed who happens to live in KY...this had nothing to do with the location of the senator it has to do with the politics of the senator. Am I to assume that if Brown of MA had done this you would have been OK with it since he's in the Northeast? This affects everyone across the nation and to use your bias against the South to explain Bunning's actions is ridiculous.

[juajen]

151. Stop dissing the South, please. There are a lot of very good

people who live here, and we love the Southern state of mind. You know, politeness, for example? You might try to rub up against a southerner and get you some of the politeness, pal.

[Arkana]

156. Kentucky stayed loyal to the Union--technically, they're not part

of the South.

[patrice]

94. Tough Shit, Kentucky! Not only on this stuff, but in the future too, 'cause sen's Dem AND Rep will

remember who turned against them when they REALLY NEEDED something to show for what we are paying them.

[JohnWxy]

96. Here's Bunning's contact page. Maybe FEDEX him some 'tough shit'

why not give him a sweet message like: "You can't hide out in the Capitol forever!"

http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/263

email his contact page to everybody you know. THis jeopardizes everybody in America not just those counting on unemployment checks.

[caseymoz]

98. This could be a turning point . . .

To call for reigning in government spending and cutting taxes are good general principles for winning votes. To actually obstruct people getting their unemployment checks in this economy, though, where people will then face 3rd world hardship? It's a loser. Just like cutting Medicare is a political loser.

[katty]

100. old farts completely in their OWN greedy world-LEAVE already!

[xchrom]

102. And to think this Ass-hat will get retirement benefits

And healthcare.

[Divine Discontent]

118. exactly, HE GETS A MILLION in retirement/health benefits, while hundreds of thousands in KY suffer &

millions across America do the same.

He is a sick old man who should be yelled at with accurate statements of his cold-hearted actions and told what a miserable man he will be remembered for if he doesn't stop siding with the corporations, he's not a spring chicken!

[NOLALady]

104. So much anger!

Tsk Tsk Tsk

[True_Blue]

110. My unemployment expires on Sunday

I don't know what I'm going to do. I've never seen it so bad. I'm 52 and have never had a problem finding work in my entire life, but I can't find anything now. I'm not sure if it's my age or just a horrible job market or a combination of both. I don't know if I'll be any good at taking up a life of crime either.

I'll bet he wouldn't have a problem passing a tax cut for dead millionaires though.

[MrMickeysMom]

150. I replied on your behalf ...

Most of his phones (Friday night at dusk Eastern time) were "full". Well, I hope others joined me in asking the question, "What kind of a human being says that?"

Keep your wits, and good luck to your efforts. Do anything you can legally to stay afloat, True_Blue.

[patrice]

154. One foot in front of the other, True Blue AND stay in touch!!

:hug:

[SoapBox]

111. CONTACT him HERE

...here is his email page, but folks are saying it's been "down" most of the day.

http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

OR

Call...but, people are saying his lines have been jammed. I personally am gonna
try some of those smaller office/numbers!

http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OfficeLocations

Washington, D.C.
316 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Main: 202.224.4343
Fax: [phone]

BE SURE and check the link for all his other offices!

[Zoeisright]

122. Here are Kentucky zip codes to use:

40003 Bagdad
40004 Bardstown
40006 Bedford
40007 Bethlehem
40008 Bloomfield
40009 Bradfordsville
40009 Bradfordsvlle
40010 Buckner
40011 Campbellsburg
40012 Chaplin
40013 Coxs Creek
40013 Deatsville
40013 Highgrove
40013 Lenore
40013 Samuels
40014 Ballardsville
40014 Crestwood
40018 Eastwood
40019 Eminence
40020 Fairfield
40022 Finchville
40023 Fisherville
40023 Wilsonville
40025 Glenview
40026 Goshen
40027 Harrods Creek
40031 La Grange
40031 Lagrange
40032 Ky State Reformatory
40032 La Grange
40032 Lagrange
40033 Calvary
40033 Lebanon
40036 Lockport
40037 Loretto
40040 Mackville
40041 Masonic Home
40045 Locust
40045 Milton
40046 Mount Eden
40047 Mount Washington
40048 Nazareth
40049 Nerinx
40050 New Castle
40051 Howardstown
40051 New Haven
40051 Trappist
40052 New Hope
40055 Pendleton
40055 Sulphur
40056 Pewee Valley
40057 Cropper
40057 Defoe
40057 Franklinton
40057 Pleasureville
40058 Port Royal
40059 Prospect
40060 Raywick
40061 Saint Catharine
40062 Saint Francis
40063 Saint Mary

[valerief]

115. Someone oughta make an offer this asswipe can't refuse. nt

[panzerfaust]

117. At least the obstructionist bastard has the courage of his convictions -

- unlike our party's congress-critters.

[mifdsam]

125. Great idea

Let's revive Nixon, and retry him, and see what happens

[Zoeisright]

121. Here's his contact form:

http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

Here's some Kentucky zip codes:

41722 Ajax ( 606 )
42602 Albany ( 606 )
42501 Alcalde ( 606 )
41001 Alexandria ( 859 )
42220 Allegre ( 270 )
41601 Allen ( 606 )
42122 Allen Springs ( 270 )
42204 Allensville ( 270 )
41773 Allock ( 606 )
42020 Almo ( 270 )
42020 Almo Heights ( 270 )
42603 Alpha ( 606 )
42519 Alpine ( 606 )

[JerseygirlCT]

123. Give him points for honesty. This is the face of today's GOP - completely unmasked. nt

[No Elephants]

124. "I'll get you, Bunning." Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox (and veteran of two wars.)

http://www.goldenagebaseballcards.com/showcase/jim-bunning-pink-baseball-card.htm

[AngryAmish]

127. The President himself needs to come down to the floor of the Senate,

climb up on Bunning's desk, drop his pants ans take a huge, steaming dump. That will show him.

[juajen]

152. Oh, Good God, you must be from the North! NT

[dana_b]

128. sickening

how dare he.... I truly wish that he and others like him would be required to try and live on what people on unemployment have to live on and THEN have that little bit of $$ ripped out from under them.

[billyoc]

136. Awesome!! I'll be a size 5 in no time...

:eyes:

[SemperEadem]

138. what an asswipe... I guess he's showing them cause he's retiring...

I hope he can sleep well at night in his own home district after that performance.

[GreenTea]

143. Fuck republican slanted "Politico" use Huffington Post for stories....

at the very least Huffington Post has liberal progressive columnist & many liberal guest columnist....This story was also done on Huffington Post with help from progressive Daily Kos.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/26/jim-bunning-repeatedly-bl_n_477910.html

Politico sucks....it's a thinly disguised republican commentary rag.

BTW - FUCK republican Bunning- But he's truly no different than any other selfish, lying, greedy elitist, hateful republicans!!

[Tiberius]

145. will do.

Thanks for the tip, this article was the first to grab my attention in a fit of insomnia early this A.M. as I pondered what will happen when my unemployment runs out, as it will in March.

It looks like there will be action next week on it.

[Jkid]

146. And now, actual 4chan quotes from /new/

Source: http://boards.4chan.org/new/res/230318

Anonymous 02/26/10(Fri)18:20 No.230387

Oh boy now the crime rate can go up to compensate.

Anonymous 02/26/10(Fri)18:23 No.230402

>and the guy doing it's a fat-ass in an overpriced suit in his final term with a guaranteed huge pension on the way

Anonymous 02/26/10(Fri)19:02 No.230659

im from houston. and it took me nearly a full fuckin year to get a full time job man

Anonymous 02/26/10(Fri)19:05 No.230681

I recently quit my job because a coworker was threatening my life. Now I can't get another because no place is hiring because nobody will let go of their jobs because the news won't fuck off and shut up about the RASASHIN

Anonymous 02/26/10(Fri)19:10 No.230723

Apparently he is blocking it to get back at Harry Reid for the jobs bill

And when yelled at from Senate Democrats, he told them "Tough Shit" on the floor.

[deacon]

147. GOP to the unemployed - Tough shit! n/t

[tabasco]

155. WTF is wrong with people who vote for shitheels like Bunning?

Mind boggling.

[Optimistic]

159. Throw him out

I would be starting procedures to throw Bunning out of the Senate and look into Charging him Criminally for his allowing American citizens to die because of Lack of Health Care and lack of money.

Bunning may be the most evil man in the History of the World

How can one Bum stop what the rest of the country wants

[Kumbricia]

165. Tough Shit, America

The Corporatist Plan for Destroying America (abbreviated):

1. Conservatives (of both parties) support polices that ship middle class jobs overseas so that the financial sector can make more money

2. Conservatives cut taxes for the rich and shred the safety net that keeps people afloat in bad times

3. Conservatives stop regulating the financial sector

4. The Financial Sector f***ks up (and gets rich doing it) and takes the rest of the increasingly impoverished economy with it

5. The Government gives public money to private banks so that CEOs can have million dollar bonuses for their good work killing the economy

6. Millions who did NOT cause the recession are left unemployed or underemployed, living on crumbs

7. The Conservatives sweep away the crumbs

and I guess 8, 9 and so on are still to come - if the Corporatists get their way...excess labor either ends up homeless, forced to emigrate or dies from lack of access to medical care, or resorts to crime and is then incarcerated, or - and I'm sure this will be my own fate - falls back into permanent debt and poverty, ruins their credit and spends the rest of their life scraping by on bad jobs with no benefits and no rights, with no access to further education, borrowing money at double-digit interest if they even manage to qualify for loans, and dies prematurely. Meanwhile the lot of the bottom of the barrel is scaring the hell out of everyone else...who - with generous assistance from right-wing media propaganda and all the "free speech" money can buy - blame the situation on the incumbants and vote the oppressors back into power - who then continue their agenda to turn America into a 21st century feudal society.

I probably have no reason to hate Bunning more than any of the hundreds or thousands who are deliberately tearing down institutions that benefit the middle and working classes since the Great Depression, who hate the ideal of equality and equal access to opportunities or anything that threatens their own advantages. But like Cheney, he makes no pretenses about being anything other than a collection of the worst traits bred into humans from our inception as a species - beyond simple greed and avarice to an actual love of injustice and cruelty and delight at rewarding destructive and sociopathic behavior. I wish him a slow and painful death for all the pain he's causing millions of people - or at least wishes on millions of people - which may at least teach him some empathy that he utterly lacks at this point in time, and after his death, a slow and painful reconciliation of his poisoned soul with any benevolent force that may exist hereafter.