Whoopsie of the Week

Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky. Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher. Two-term senator. Serious dipshit and asshole.

Bunning told some local Republicans over the weekend that he suports conservative judges "and that's going to be in place very shortly because Ruth Bader Ginsburg...has cancer." Um, sir, did you just tell a room full of people that you were eagerly anticipating the death of a Supreme Court Justice for your own ideological gain? "Bad cancer," he continued, apparently an unsung medical expert, well-versed in Ginsburg's files. "The kind that you don't get better from."

WHOA. I guess Bunning failed to read that little news story about how Ginsburg's prognosis is excellent. Here is an AP refresher.

Normally, a Republican in Kentucky could say things like that and get away with it, but Bunning has already been singled out by his OWN PARTY as a pariah that needs to go away, with good reason.

You see, Bunning is the type of loser that narrowly wins his 2004 reelection (51-49%, or 23,000 votes) over a little-known Democrat challenger in an overwhelmingly conservative state. He followed up that stellar performance with an obvious aparthy toward his duties that resulted in his being named the "Most Clueless Senator" by Hill aides. He has the same lazy attitude towards campaign fundraising; though he claims he needs $10 million for the 2010 race, he only has a few hundred thousand on hand and lacks the capacity (or zeal) to catch up. Oh, and that little-known Dem challenger has moved up in the world. Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo has already announced his intention to run.

Party compatriots have privately been pushing him to retire, but Bunning has the kind of five-year-old mentality that gives him license to become more stubbornly foolish with increased appeals to reason. So, we have a situation where his own Kentucky GOP twin Mitch McConnell and NRSC Chair Cornyn are hilariously and publicly dismissing his declaration of candidacy, instead professing "ignorance" over his intentions.

Wake up, dick. Retire and save your party the embarrassment of losing a Republican seat in Kentucky, of all godforsaken places.

- Slim