Bunning makes ass of himself (again)

Ol' Jim Bunning's done it all.

He's been a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher. He's been a right-wing senator from Kentucky. And perhaps most notably, he was the inspiration for the Bunning Bomb.

The Bunning Bomb was something I invented in the '90s. I took one of Bunning's right-wing ego-boosting congressional newsletters and poked the wick of a smoke bomb through his photo - so it looked like the wick was a giant ciggie hangin' out of his lips. Then I lit the wick, causing the scatterbrained politician to shoot smoke out of his mouth.

When the smoke bomb was done emitting smoke, a flame usually emerged, which burned the photo of Bunning's face and the entire newsletter.

See, the Campbell County-based Republican really has done it all, hasn't he?

Including start stupid arguments with other lawmakers on the Senate floor.

Recently, during an important debate about Medicare, Bunning suddenly shouted out, "Regular order!"

Robert Byrd, an expert in Senate decorum, asked, "Who said that?"

Bunning: "I did."

Byrd: "Who are you?"

Bunning: "I'm a senator."

Byrd: "You're a great baseball man."

Bunning: "I'm a senator. I have the same rights as you."

Byrd closed with mock laughter, saying, "Yeah, man, you're a senator."

Also, Bunning this week blasted a proposal to reform presidential war powers. Now that it's been established that Bush's warmongering is out of control, some former Secretaries of State have gotten wary. They want Congress to be consulted the next time a President wants to start a war and for a House-Senate committee to review the war's rationale.

Bunning of course is throwing a shitfit about this proposal. He says the proponents need to just shut up and become senators like himself. That way, they get to rule over us all like Bunning does.

Uh, Jim? Senators are supposed to be working for the people, not for themselves. That's what a democratic republic means, Jim.

Damn, this guy's an embarrassment to my state!

(Source: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080710/OPINION01/807100363/1055/OPINION)