Get 'im, Jimbo! Kill Mitch!

The proof that Jim Bunning doesn't have a friend left in the world is that no one is stopping him from holding conference calls with reporters.

Bunning, 77, went on to call McConnell a “control freak” and said he’ll fare well in Kentucky without McConnell’s endorsement in the GOP primary election. “If Mitch McConnell doesn’t endorse me that may be the best thing that could happen to me in Kentucky,” he told reporters during a weekly conference call.

Bunning, R-Southgate, said it would be kind to call his relationship with McConnell strained. “I said no to him and he doesn’t like people who say no to him,” Bunning said.

Media Czech calls this Bunning's "grumpy old man schtick," but I think Bunning's missing a huge opportunity here.

Hey, Jimbo: You wanna really piss Mitch off? Vote with the dems! No, seriously, I mean it. Mitch has bet the republican farm on his ability to maintain the filibuster against everything Obama and Harry Reid want. He's one vote away from losing it all - votes on health care, EFCA, cap-and-trade, the Supreme Court, Guantanamo, maybe even prosecuting Bush and Cheney for war crimes. You can bring him down, Jimbo. You can make him pay for all those snubs and insults and back-stabbing and sabotaging, not to mention the snickering in the Senate cloakroom about your lack of smarts.

Do it, Jimbo. Make that smarmy nerd pay. Wipe that smirk off his face. You've got nothing to lose.

Cross-posted at They Gave Us A Republic ....