Jim Bunning's Middle Finger To The Jobless

What a hateful bastard:

Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky, is single-handedly blocking Senate action needed to prevent an estimated 1.2 million American workers from prematurely losing their unemployment benefits next month.

As Democratic senators asked again and again for unanimous consent for a vote on a 30-day extension Thursday night, Bunning refused to go along.

And when Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) begged him to drop his objection, Politico reports, Bunning replied: "Tough shit."

Bunning says he doesn't oppose extending benefits -- he just doesn't want the money that's required added to the deficit. He proposes paying for the 30-day extension with stimulus funds. The Senate's GOP leadership did not support him in his objections.

Oh, but it gets better

And at one point during the debate, which dragged on till nearly midnight, Bunning complained of missing a basketball game.

"I have missed the Kentucky-South Carolina game that started at 9:00," he said,
"and it's the only redeeming chance we had to beat South Carolina since they're the only team that has beat Kentucky this year.

All for a meaningless college basketball. You know, despite Wildcat basketball being a massive part of "Blue Grass Life", I would think the unemployed Wildcat fans would rather their Senator focus on giving them benefits they direly need instead of watching John Wall and DeMarcus Collins be Top 3 NBA Draft picks.

But that's okay for this former pitcher. And that's okay in general for the party he is apart of.

Holding the nation at hostage again with no shame. How sick are these people?