Mean old bastard Sen. Jim Bunning (R, Ky.) is retiring at the end of the year and will not seek reelection. Lately Bunning has turned into such a heartless, close-minded curmudgeon that the prospect of his departure is pleasing even to other Republicans. But crazy Ol' Jim decided to go out with a bang anyway. Using a procedural tactic as a protest against the deficit, he has, all by himself, held up passage of a Senate bill to extend funding for a bunch of stuff. 'Cause Ol' Jim is smarter than everyone else and, by God, he's gonna teach us all a lesson.
Jim's lesson has so far resulted in unpaid layoffs of thousands of federal employees, suspension of highway construction projects, reductions in Medicare reimbursement, loss of COBRA benefits, and loss of unemployment benefits for up to 400,000 people. What a sweetheart of a guy!
Happily, it's all temporary. The Senate will find a procedural path around Bunning's bullshit, but it'll take a few days. Funding will be restored and Ol' Jim's tantrum will have gone for naught. They say it takes 60 votes to get anything done in the Senate, but it takes just one to really fuck things up for awhile!
Of course, Kentucky's other Senator is Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Mitch the Bitch is the drummer boy for the R's great anti-Obama, legislative sabotage campaign, "Just Say No (To Everything)".
Buster appeals to the people of the Commonwealth: Take a deep breath and a long, hard look at these two gentlemen. Surely Kentucky can do better than these douchebags!
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