Bunning May Be Senile But He's Ready To Take His Revenge On Mitch McConnell In A Big Way

[FLAprogressive]

"Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn have been pushing Jim Bunning to retire. Bunning may be suffering from severe dementia but he's hardly the first senator afflicted with that and it hasn't, at least in his own opinion, hampered his performance for the last 6 years. He doesn't want to retire and he really doesn't want to be pushed around by McConnell, who he has an old fashioned idea is only "half a man" anyway. McConnell and Cornyn seemed to have cooked up a scheme to starve Bunning of institutional Republican funds, making it impossible for him to run. They've also been encouraging primary opponents-- namely Secretary of State Trey Grayson (who McConnell is rumored to have a thing for) and KY state Senate president David Williams-- to rattle Bunning's nerves.

Well, they have certainly succeeded in getting on Bunning's nerves and yesterday he struck back with a threat that probably caused Miss McConnell to ask David Vitter if he could borrow some diapers. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Bunning is ready to give the Democrats their 60th member!"

Already in conflict with his party’s leaders, Sen. Jim Bunning has reportedly said privately that if he is hindered in raising money for his re-election campaign he is ready with a response that would be politically devastating for Senate Republicans: his resignation.

READ MORE: http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/02/bunning-may-be-senile-but-hes-ready-to.html

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KY has a Dem governor....boy I would love to see the old coot stick it to McConnell by doing this.

[AnnieBW]

1. This should be fun to watch

:popcorn:

I love it when Repukes eat their own.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

2. Bunning took a few too many in the head

for the team in his MLB days, I think.

[spanone]

3. knr

[babylonsister]

4. fwiw, Bunning is denying this...

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/925404.html

Bunning denies reports he's considering resigning Senate seat
By HALIMAH ABDULLAH
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON -- Politically embattled Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., on Friday denied media reports that he will resign from the Senate if he continues to face obstacles in his 2010 re-election bid.

"It's not true. I intend to fulfill my obligation to the people of Kentucky. If you are going to write something like this, you'd better make your sources known because they are lying," Bunning said of the anonymous reports that peppered both the mainstream media and the blogosphere on Friday.

more...

[spanone]

5. must be true if he's denying it

[Fire1]

6. I got to get my popcorn ready for this!