Jim Bunning Quotes


Bill Clinton is the most corrupt, the most amoral, the most despicable person I've ever seen in the presidency.


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Jim Bunning, U. S. Congressman (Republican, KY), Professional Baseball Player, Speech to Republican Rally in Kentucky, Quoted in The Washington Post, September 26, 1993

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Jim Bunning
Jim Bunning
  • Born: October 23, 1931
  • Died: May 26, 2017
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

James Paul David Bunning was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician who represented Kentucky in both chambers of the United States Congress. He was the sole Major League Baseball athlete to have been elected to both the United States Senate and the National Baseball Hall of Fame.