Radical Left Wants Sen. Bunning Ousted From Baseball Hall of Fame For Opposing Unemployment Benefits
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, February 26, 2010, 6:53 PM
More thug politics.
The radical left wants Senator Bunning ousted from the Baseball Hall of Fame for opposing the democrat’s plan to extend unemployment benefits and increase the national debt. Democrats passed a paygo rule just two weeks ago. They already violated that rule. Bunning wanted to hold them accountable.
(Forward liberally)
The Hill reported:
Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) should be ousted from the Baseball Hall of Fame because of his block on extending unemployment benefits, according to a group that advocates for the unemployed.
The benefits expire Sunday.
“The most obscene thing he can do is prevent jobless Americans from getting their $350 a week unemployment check,” Rick Sloan, acting executive director of Ur Union of Unemployed, a grass roots organization for unemployed Americans, told The Hill.
Sloan’s group is creating an online petition to remove Bunning from Baseball’s Hall of Fame. The list is expected to be operational by the weekend.
“His legacy as a great ball player is about to be surpassed by his reputation as an obstinate and uncaring ideologue,” Sloan said in a statement.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has tried for three days to extend the expiring employment provisions, only to be rebuffed by Bunning who demands the bill’s $10 billion cost be offset. Reid has argued the legislation is for emergency reasons and therefore offsets are not required.
Rick Sloan was the communications director for the International Association of Machinists as Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) and was a former Hillary supporter.
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jcf commented:
Why stop there, can’t they petition to have his birthday revoked too!
Militant Conservative commented:
Piss off, you don’t work you don’t eat.
have a nice day.
roscoe commented:
Sure just let them try, but first they should work on revoking the Al Goreacle’s Nobel Prize and the Oscar for his bs movie.
jonyjoe101 commented:
No offense but it’s time for some people to actually go get a job any job.
As long as the government keeps extending the unemployment checks, why get a job?
Senator Bunning doesn’t hate the unemployed Americans, he actually loves them. It’s call “tough love”.
Maybe they can strip the PBS and Acorn funds to pay for this “emergency” funding? No such thing as a free lunch, someone has to pay.
SSG_E commented:
Leftwing crybabies. Tell them to get a job. I got laid off thanks to the manufactured housing collapse and economic crisis. I didn’t cry about it. I picked up a couple part time jobs and went back to college. Personal responsibility people, hello?!
Dell commented:
Senator Bunning’s HOF credentials are quite secure and he is certainly in NO jeopardy of losing his plaque at Cooperstown. Baseball might be a simple game, but it’s nowhere near as corrupt or self-serving as political theater.
They past legislation for pay-as-you-go. Bunning is holding them to that legislation. Reid thinks he can simply change the rules mid-stream…and maybe he can, but at least ONE person is forcing his hand.
There IS an option open. Do as Bunning suggested; use Porkulus money which hasn’t been pi$$ed away yet and bankroll the unemployment payments.
Liz commented:
Hee hee GO BUNNING! He suddenly became my favorite baseball player ever.
Dell commented:
* and yes, I know it’s spelled “passed”.
sandy commented:
What happened to the live and let live Liberals? Gone the way of Peace, Love, Hope and Change. The control police rule now.
MissTammy commented:
I bet every last one of these nutroots think that OJ’s football career has nothing to do with his murdering his ex-wife, and that he should not have to give up any of his honors. ( A position I happen to agree with, for what it’s worth.)
DocScience commented:
Thank you Senator Bunning, it’s one step, but an important one.
As long as the government is sucking up all the available capital, and then printing more, there will be no jobs.
The circle must be broken.
jainphx commented:
Jim Bunning, at the time was the only pitcher to pitch a no hitter in both the American and National leagues. He was one of my heroes growing up as a Detroit Tiger fan. Ah so many memories of George Kell, Ray Boone, Harvey Kuehn, Al Kaline, Steve Gromak, Bill Tuttle, Jim Delsing, and so many others that were my idols.
Go ahead left, try to take his HOF membership away, just try it. I mean you all ready with your death panels want us all to just die and get out of the way. Now you want to take away our memories and our heroes also! What a bunch of screaming babies.
Callipygian1 commented:
That idiot made plenty of money to override any length of time off of work. What a total buffoon to think that The Hall of Fame would stoop to considering such a stupid idea.
Hey Rick… how about getting a job at a lesser salary?
Georg Felis commented:
Attention Lefties: When you use the phrase “I can’t be out of money, I still have checks left…” we all are going to laugh at you.
Strangely, most of these Senators can understand their own checkbook needs money before they can write checks, why can’t they understand the national checkbook has to be filled up like that too?
brucefdb commented:
Jim puts himself out there, doesn’t he? In this case he is right on the mark and it drives the commies crazy. A+ Jimbo!
BigJ commented:
They say a picture is worth 1000 words; this pic sums up what I have to say.
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/7/U/j/dem_party_seal.jpg
Jo commented:
This is a part of the Bozo control society, run amok!
AuntieMadder commented:
jcf
February 26th, 2010 | 6:58 pm | #1
Why stop there, can’t they petition to have his birthday revoked too!
No sh&t! Even if Bunning was the most crooked of Demonrats (think: Obamao, Reid, Pelosi, as examples) or just plain ineffective as a politician, it has no bearing on his baseball career achievements.
Thug politics, indeed.
Ladue Pundit commented:
A union for unemployed workers? This takes the cake.
And the problem is…taxpayers, including those who are self-employed and receive no unemployment checks, must keep paying so that these slackers can sit around.
justpassingthrough commented:
So what are the lefties going do if there demands aren’t met?
Not go to the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Boycott games?
Stop eating hot dogs?
What exactly are these whiners going to do?
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Maybe they’ll demand the return of Olympic medals after quizzing the winners on their political beliefs.
Why stop there? indeed. Freakin’ insane.
Buffalobob commented:
Great nothing like giving the dems. more ammo to perpetuate the myth that Reps. are against the working man. Brunning pick your battles. The Libs, the MSM and all of the hollywood libs will have a field day with your moronic move.
Chris Vehr commented:
If they are down to stripping his HOF achievements, then you know they’ve admitted defeat.
Nope, you can’t change what he did for baseball. His resume cannot be touched.
Pat the First commented:
Baseball HOF has nothing to do with any legislation coming out of DC. What kind of idiot even puts those two things together? Talk about making a fool out of yourself . . . good grief. If I was that guy, I would go hide until the laughter stopped.
Red commented:
Bunning is my new hero. What a guy.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Yes, by all means let’s hurry up and have him removed for the Leninist’s. Tell them to shove it up their communist……a$$.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Senator Bunning doesn’t hate the unemployed Americans, he actually loves them. It’s call “tough love”.
Excellent. Do we keep giving the alcoholic the drink, the drug addict the drugs, the leftist their yes? Hell no!
It’s responsible, patriotic, and moral to say NO, when needed. Our founders fought for us, we have to fight in honor of them! We’re coming for you SOROS, and the rest of the commies!
You helped caused the financial meltdown in 2008, didn’t you Georgie, you Nazi sympathizer. That’s why you were fined by Hungry, right? I can’t wait till that menace is six feet under, he’s pulling Obama’s strings.
Brooke commented:
I am totally embarrassed that Jim Bunning is from Kentucky. Anyone that has spent time around him knows that he has been suffering from alzheimers. He’s been “cracking up” for over a decade. I love how some of you paint this picture of him like he is some champion for our country when he wouldn’t pee on any of you if you were on fire. He’s a miserable, hateful man who was angry because this vote cut in on his UK basketball time. He doesn’t care about anyone but himself.
And as far as people going out and getting a job. WOW! I bet they never thought of that one! DOH! I don’t know if any of you have been in the job market lately but there aren’t any jobs to be had….even crappy ones. And most people would be better off remaining unemployed vs underemployed because at least when you are unemployed you can get food stamps and you can feed your family. You can’t take some dinky job making minimum wage when you have children to provide for. A paycheck from a fast food place doesn’t even cover childcare costs. I know that many of you don’t know how but I’d like for you to at least TRY to put yourself in someone elses shoes for once. What would you suggest these people do? Go ahead and die and decrease the surplus population? What would Jesus do? Let the poor rot? Who can republicans pretend to be the party of Jesus and have no hearts whatsoever when it comes to the poor in this country? They aren’t all a bunch of lazy welfare cases. They are people just like you and I who have fell on hard times. They are fellow Americans. Is this how we treat our fellow Americans? It’s just sad and Bunning is a heartless, hateful politician who is raising a stink because he knows he isn’t running for re-election. I think he should try being unemployed and give up his cushy lifestyle and “socialist” health care plan and see how he likes it.