Today is the day for Medicare

[guido911]

He's single-handedly branding the GOP as the party that refuses to help regular Americans.   I'll be interested to see at what point the Republican leadership decides that that is NOT a winning message.

What is a "regular American". First, it seems to me that by Bunning demanding that our government pay for things with money it has (and not just keep borrowing indefinitely) is just what "regular Americans" have to do every damned day. Second, those persons most affected by this action are how many? A few hundred thousand out of a nation of 300 million? Are those your idea of "regular Americans"? Oh I know what you mean, "regular Americans" are those that are unemployed right now and not paying taxes. It's not the small business owners, those working two-three part time jobs and refusing to take government hand outs, or those that do not live beyond their means. Makes sense.

[Hoss]

What is a "regular American". First, it seems to me that by Bunning demanding that our government pay for things with money it has (and not just keep borrowing indefinitely) is just what "regular Americans" have to do every damned day. Second, those persons most affected by this action are how many? A few hundred thousand out of a nation of 300 million? Are those your idea of "regular Americans"? Oh I know what you mean, "regular Americans" are those that are unemployed right now and not paying taxes. It's not the small business owners, those working two-three part time jobs and refusing to take government hand outs, or those that do not live beyond their means. Makes sense.

Looks like Bunning caved...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/02/jobless.benefits.bill/index.html?hpt=T3

[rwarn17588]

First, it seems to me that by Bunning demanding that our government pay for things with money it has (and not just keep borrowing indefinitely) is just what "regular Americans" have to do every damned day.

That's rich. Bunning was a member of the Republican-controlled Senate that let the pay-as-you-go spending law expire in 2002. That law helped President Clinton and the Congress get control of spending during the 1990s and led to a budget surplus.

Guess what current commander-in-chief wants the law reinstated?

[nathanm]

those that do not live beyond their means.

I may live well within my means at the moment, but if I were to lose my job, there would be a nice divide by zero error that would result in your statement becoming meaningless. I guess I could live within my means if that happened. I could always put a bullet in my brain.

Wait, no. Bullets cost money. OK, I guess I could repeatedly bash myself in the skull with a rock until I expired. Surely that wouldn't cost anything. 

[guido911]

That's rich. Bunning was a member of the Republican-controlled Senate that let the pay-as-you-go spending law expire in 2002. That law helped President Clinton and the Congress get control of spending during the 1990s and led to a budget surplus.

Guess what current commander-in-chief wants the law reinstated?

No, this is rich. I thought "pay as you go" passed very recently.

Here is a humorous take on folks like you going after Bunning.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/01/EDEV1C930S.DTL

Another rw epic FAIL!

[Hoss]

Ha, this is funny.  And before you tightie-righties get your panties in a bunch about my source, I got it before this from Wolf Blitzer on CNN yesterday.

Bunning flips the bird at ABC's Jonathan Karl.  This happened right before his tirade about the elevator he was on being a 'senators only' elevator.

http://www.politicususa.com/en/jim-bunning-bird-ab

[Red Arrow]

From the clips I saw of the press badgering Bunning, JK is probably lucky the bird is all he got.

[Hoss]

From the clips I saw of the press badgering Bunning, JK is probably lucky the bird is all he got.

Yeah, because anything more would be 'unprofessional'?  Wow.

Let's keep in mind here about the fact that the republicans during the ramp up to the Iraq war didn't give a squat about this pay-as-you-go scheme.  Smacks of double-standard here.  And somehow they found a way to keep the war off the budget.

[rwarn17588]

Yeah, because anything more would be 'unprofessional'?  Wow.

Probably learned his manners from "FU, you POS" guido. 

[Gaspar]

Probably learned his manners from "FU, you POS" guido. 

or FU Rahm.


More itsy-bitsy-spider.  Seems to be a theme in the admin.

[Hoss]

Wow, for all the hand-wringing Bunning and his party was doing regarding this, the last time the PAYGO bill was brought to a vote, guess what his was?

NO.

What a friggin' hypocrite.  And even more so than the average politician.  Granted there were several Dems that did vote for this, but to hold up a bill and demand it be paid for first after voting no the Pay As You Go previously.  Can some republicans be so damned stupid?