Posted on 03/02/2010 5:39:02 PM PST by Kaslin
Deficits: Call him crazy, but the senator is revealing the hypocrisy of Congress' pay-as-you-go promises. It seems there's always an "emergency" to justify adding another $10 billion or so in red ink.
We'll say this about Kentucky's Jim Bunning: No one can accuse him of kowtowing to the polls. This week he has singlehandedly blocked his Senate colleagues from extending aid to the unemployed. His "hold" on a $10 billion stopgap spending bill has started a wave of furloughs among federal workers and threatens doctors with a deep cut in their payments under Medicare.
President Obama's press secretary Robert Gibbs calls Bunning "irrational." Fellow Republicans keep their distance. Democrats can't get enough of his antics, which they hope will feed the perception that Republicans are heartless and none too smart.
We'll grant that Bunning is not the most respected or persuasive advocate for fiscal responsibility. He'll probably go down in history as a great ballplayer (he's a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame) but a so-so, gaffe-prone senator. Critics think cutting off unemployment checks over a budget squabble is both inhumane and politically inept.
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But he voted against PAYGO last month.
I would like to hear the Democrats reason as to why this can’t be paid for out of unused stimulus funds. Why do they need YET ANOTHER $10 BILLION DOLLARS?
Not a stretch to see him vote against PAYGO but then when they passed it, says, "OK, now I'm going to see that you stick to it."
Bunning did good - the Repubs ran for cover.
The man is all alone on this.
Where are the attempts by the GOP for attaching across the board corporate and/or personal tax cuts to this bill on unemployment payment extensions?
I did see Jim Demint lend him support on the floor.
Where was Bunning when Bawny Fwank was raping Freddy Mac and Fanny May?
Right. Make the Dems pay for it out of their $787 billion reelection slush fund.
President Obama's press secretary Robert Gibbs calls Bunning "irrational."
Of course he's irrational. I mean, standing up for the law the senate JUST PASSED. Get that maniac outta here.
Critics think cutting off unemployment checks over a budget squabble is ... inhumane...
The people who would rob Peter to pay Paul will always have Paul's support. This whole mess is going to end very badly for America.
My first baseball game...I saw Bunning pitch for the Tigers. I think he earned a 1-0 win against either the Yanks or the Sox...I was probably 7 years old... we brought our own thermos full of hot dogs into Tiger Stadium! What a great memory!
Senator Jeff Sessions supported Sen. Bunning too.
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