Former U.S. Senator Jim Bunning has died

[alp227]

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

Former U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Kentucky, has died. He was 85.

A number of public officials, including Bunning’s son David, a U.S. district judge, posted statements about his passing on social media.

Bunning was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986 and then to the U.S. Senate in 1998, where he served until 2011. The former Major League Baseball pitcher also is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell released a statement of his condolences saying Bunning “rarely shied away from a new adventure.”

Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article153045079.html

[dalton99a]

1. The guy who wanted Ruth Bader Ginsburg to die from pancreatic cancer

[monmouth4]

3. And she goes on, she persists..n/t

[SMC22307]

10. ...and said his Italian-American Democratic opponent looked like one of Saddam Hussein's sons.

He was a nasty SOB. Good riddance.

[old guy]

2. .

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. Hm.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Big local story here in Philly

since he played for the Phillies at one point. Of course we also have this -

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A member of the Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, he became more stridently conservative with time. He once told reporters he didn't read the papers and got "all my information from Fox News." In 2002, he was the committee's only member to oppose the confirmation of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

His final Senate years were marked by bouts of bizarre behavior. In his 2004 reelection campaign, he accused members of his Democratic opponent's staff of assaulting his wife. He eventually lost the support of Mitch McConnell, Kentucky's senior senator, and did not seek a third term in 2010.

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http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/Phillies-Hall-of-Fame-Jim-Bunning-pitcher-Senator-Kentucky-dies.html ***]

[stuffmatters]

6. Bunning voted dfefiantly & proudly ag extending unemployment during Bush recession

His miserable, heartless determination to punish the victims of the GOP financial collapse was, back then, even for a Repub, shocking. Now it's Republican norm in Congress. Bunnings financial sadism,economic fundamentalism today's GOP orthodoxy.

[lastlib]

7. He was a helluva pitcher....!...

a RW-POS of a politician.

[Thor_MN]

8. I am sorry to hear

that he wasn't still in office.

[Still In Wisconsin]

9. Well, as a US Senator, um.....

he was a great pitcher!

[Demonaut]

11. Ailes is keeping a seat warm for him

[Hassin Bin Sober]

12. I hope it hurt.

[llmart]

13. Too bad, so sad...

One less right wing asshole in this country.

[joeybee12]

14. Vile man

Good news