By Tom Siebert
When Jim Bunning was pitching a perfect game
for the Philadelphia Phillies on Father's Day, 1964, he called his
catcher Gus Triandos out to the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Just wanting a breather, the pitcher said to the catcher: "Tell me a
joke."
Well, the senator
from Kentucky may now be a national joke himself, but his pitch was
still perfect when he filibustered the extension of unemployment
benefits. Yes, Bunning would have more credibility if he had similarly
blocked the off-the-books Bush tax cuts as well as the unfunded wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan. But Bunning's talk today is as straight as a low
line drive: The United States is going bankrupt because of staggering
spending. I may be a lefty, but I have to admit that old right-hander
was right this time. And by the way, did you know that you can collect
99 weeks of unemployment benefits? It almost makes me want to get fired
from my two jobs.
March 12, 2010 South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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