Bunning threatens to sue NRSC

[rpannier]

Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) is clearly not taking the olive branch from NRSC chairman John Cornyn.

In a conference call with Kentucky reporters, Bunning threatened to sue the National Republican Senatorial Committee if they recruit a primary challenge against him and added that he can’t trust anything Cornyn says.

“I don’t believe anything John Cornyn says. I’ve had miscommunications with John Cornyn from, I guess, the first week of this current session of the Senate,” Bunning said, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.

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“If they recruited someone to run in a primary against me, I would sue them because they are not following their bylaws,” Bunning said.

link:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0209/Bunning_threatens_to_sue_NRSC.html

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Given what this clown has said (re: Ginsburg) recently I'd guess he's....

...got a brain tumor in the making.

Something is wrong with this guy.

[KamaAina]

8. He's been "round the twist" at least since his last election campaign.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bunning#2004_Senate_race

However, due to a number of controversial incidents involving Bunning, the Democrats began increasing financial support to Mongiardo when it became apparent that Bunning's bizarre behavior was costing him votes, purchasing more than $800,000 worth of additional television airtime on his behalf.

During his reelection bid, controversy erupted when Bunning described Mongiardo as looking "like one of Saddam Hussein's sons." Public pressure compelled him to apologize. Bunning was also criticized for his use of a teleprompter during a televised debate with Mongiardo where Bunning participated via satellite link instead of in person. Bunning was further criticized for making an unsubstantiated claim that his wife had been attacked by Mongiardo's supporters, and called Mongiardo "limp wristed".

In October, 2004 Bunning told reporters "Let me explain something: I don't watch the national news, and I don't read the paper. I haven't done that for the last six weeks. I watch Fox News to get my information."

:eyes:

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Someone must've used his head for batting practice.

Wow.

[Catshrink]

2. They are eating their own.

:popcorn:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

3. Infighting among the GOP.

Why doesn't ESPN have the rights to this yet?

Or Spike, if you want it done tastelessly. :rofl:

[malaise]

7. I've been waiting for this

Please I want live coverage. :rofl:

[stevedeshazer]

4. Bunning bringing the heat, awesome

Bring it on, guys.

Love to see those two in a Texas cage match.

[Jim Sagle]

9. Varner vs Cerrone, the rematch.

;)

[Mz Pip]

5. Cool

I'd pay to watch that show.

:popcorn:

[muntrv]

6. All right! A repuke circular firing squad! Fire at will!

[spanone]

10. the pubs are imploding.....i fucking love every second of it

[TheDebbieDee]

11. If the world is REALLY lucky, these repukes

will split up into about 6 different factions, meet up in one place and have a shootout. We ALL know they have weapons.

[Staph]

12. Bunning is a known looney-tune.

From SourceWatch ( http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jim_Bunning ):

Erratic behavior during 2004 election

During Bunning's reelection bid in 2004, controversy erupted when Bunning described Mongiardo as looking "like one of Saddam Hussein's sons." Public distaste compelled him to apologize. Other behavior, including accusing Mongiardo of physically assaulting Bunning's wife—claiming that his wife was left "black and blue"—and the use of a teleprompter during a televised debate, caused several media analysts to question Bunning's mental state.

Bunning set unprecedented conditions on the debate in question: he could not appear in person due to an important vote held just few hours before the debate and instead was televised from the Republican national headquarters; he refused to allow an independent observer in the room with him; he insisted that no portion of any recording of his performance could be rebroadcast; he insisted that the debate be broadcast live in the afternoon instead of the customary prime time hours; and other conditions. After the debate, the state's two largest newspapers, the Louisville Courier-Journal and Lexington Herald-Leader, both called for Bunning to step down, however both papers had previously been critical of Bunning.

In yet another instance of questionable behavior, Bunning told reporters, in October of 2004, that he had not heard about protests by American soldiers in Iraq who refused to ride in insufficiently armored vehicles. His explanation: "Let me explain something: I don't watch the national news, and I don't read the paper. I haven't done that for the last six weeks. I watch Fox News to get my information."