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Bunning bids farewell

December 9, 2010 – 4:29 pm

In a farewell speech, outgoing U.S. Senator Jim Bunning delivered an emotional final address but not before slamming several pieces of legislation and showing the public his surly side once more. First elected to the Senate in 1998, the Hall of Fame pitcher gained national attention for blocking an extension of unemployment benefits for millions [...]

Rand Paul Win-watch, Episode I

August 20, 2010 – 1:57 pm

This (and this (not to mention this)) is probably why Democratic candidate Jack Conway is losing to Republican Rand Paul: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT5QWb0Vdmk[/youtube] How else can you explain the Commonwealth’s extremely positive response to Rand Paul, a man whose national palatability ranks him somewhere between a Klansmen and a viable candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1810 [...]

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Bunning opens mouth, words fall out, people faint (Part 451)

July 14, 2010 – 4:32 pm

Terrible human-reptilian hybrid Sen. James “Jim” Bunning has decided to speak about the death of cracker New York Yankees owner and African-American philanthropist George Steinbrenner by saying — egads — that Steinbrenner was wise to die this year because he avoided having to pay an estate tax. Via The Courier-Journal, w/r/t The Hill: “Because he [...]

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King debuts first mayoral TV ad

March 15, 2010 – 4:45 pm

Democratic mayoral candidate and Metro Councilman Jim King, D-10, will begin airing his first television commercial this Wednesday. Here it is: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGpMWatkwnU[/youtube] Have I made mistakes? Yes. But I’ve worked hard everyday to do the right thing for my family, my business and our city. — Jim King Besides the usual boring biography, the advertisement [...]

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Jack attacks

March 3, 2010 – 12:35 pm

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway was out of town during the heated nose-to-nose protests over U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning’s one-man crusade to block extension of unemployment benefits, but he did tape his first television campaign ad, which focuses on the recent fiasco. The advertisement also takes time to throw jabs [...]

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Bunning calls Bernanke’s B.S.

December 4, 2009 – 4:08 pm

Instead of taking that money and lending to consumers and cleaning up their balance sheets, the banks started to pocket record profits and pay out billions of dollars in bonuses. Because you bowed to pressure from the banks and refused to resolve them or force them to clean up their balance sheets and clean out [...]

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GOP Death Watch: Day 39,023

November 3, 2009 – 1:46 pm

So here we have Louisiana Senator David Vitter being asked by a consituent about Vitter’s “no” vote on an anti-rape clause in a defense appropriations bill that passed, 68-30, last month. The clause/rider — the first authored by Frosh Senator Al “I Can’t Believe I’m A Senator” Franken — would prohibit funding to military contractors [...]

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Gettin’ Drunky in Kentucky

August 25, 2009 – 1:03 pm

Gov. Steve Beshear has declared September to be “Bourbon Heritage Month” in the Commonwealth. What does this mean? A lot of things, actually. Aside from recycling one of Sen. Jim Bunning’s old ideas, it brings to the forefront one of the things this state does and does well: Distilling fermented corn-mash into an amber nectar [...]

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Out of Sight, Out of (His) Mind, & Out to Pasture

July 28, 2009 – 5:41 pm

The simple fact is that I have not raised the funds necessary to run an effective campaign for the U.S. Senate … I will continue to do everything in my power to ensure that the United States remains true to the principles that have made this country a beacon of freedom and economic opportunity for [...]

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Bunning Continues to Self-Implode

July 7, 2009 – 7:18 pm

Did you hear that Jim Bunning crawled out of his underground bunker/iron lung/padded cell long enough to say something hilarious earlier this fine day without setting a member of the press on fire with his telekinetic death-rays? He did! Re-election is imminent! Bunning told reporters Tuesday that he doesn’t expect his fundraising total for the [...]

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