Always classy Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning (R-Batshitcrazyville) told a crowd over the weekend that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would most likely be dead in 9 months.
Courier-Journal
U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning predicted over the weekend that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would likely be dead from pancreatic cancer within nine months.
During a wide-ranging 30-minute speech on Saturday at the Hardin County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner, Bunning said he supports conservative judges "and that's going to be in place [play] very shortly because Ruth Bader Ginsburg ... has cancer."
"Bad cancer. The kind that you don't get better from," he told a crowd of about 100 at the old State Theater.
"Even though she was operated on, usually, nine months is the longest that anybody would live after (being diagnosed) with pancreatic cancer," he said.
Leaving aside the veracity of such a claim, which Bunning isn't entitled to make as he's not an oncologist, why would he display such bad taste at a time when Ginsburg is struggling for her life? Is this more of the craziness we've seen from him in the past or does he seriously believe what he said?
And he didn't say it because he's upset, he said it because he's openly speculating on what many Republicans are thinking and saying behind closed doors as they ghoulishly plan for when the next Supreme Court Justice dies or resigns, according to Politico:
The paper reports that Bunning reiterated his support of conservative judges, saying "that’s going to be in place very shortly because Ruth Bader Ginsburg...has cancer."
Besides his musings on the future of Justice Ginsburg he also said the following, which fills me with excitement:
Bunning also reiterated that he would run for re-election in 2010. But he said he doesn't have the ability to raise money like U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who spent more than $20 million in last year's election.
Bunning, who only has about $150,000 in his campaign account, has been criticized because of his inability to raise money.
"I'm not only asking for your support, but if you have a $25 check somewhere, or whatever, you can send it, I'll cash it," he told the group.
$150,000? This man is a goner.