So sometimes in the background I put on audio snippets, music, conversations, whatnot. Last week, I was listening to Senator Jim Bunning's conference call with reporters from his website, and I suddenly heard this crazy rant. A reporter asked him if he would be at Fancy Farm, which is a large and raucus political festival in Kentucky, and he complained about security. Here's what the reporter wrote.
Bunning said Tuesday that he might never again attend the annual political event at the Saint Jerome Catholic parish picnic in Fancy Farm, which signals the traditional start of the fall campaign in Kentucky.
The Fort Thomas Republican told reporters during his weekly teleconference that the event, scheduled for Aug. 4, is totally out of control...
But Bunning complained about a lack of security and heckling endured by politicians, echoing concerns he voiced during his 2004 re-election campaign against Democrat Daniel Mongiardo.
Bunning's campaign accused Mongiardo of sending supporters carrying video cameras to provoke a reaction from the senator.
Bunning recalled that while trying to give an interview to a Bowling Green TV station, he and his wife, Mary, were roughed up by people dressed as doctors. His opponent in that race - state Sen. Dan Mongiardo - is a physician.
"I had little green doctors pounding on my back," Bunning said. "It is not a question of being safe. I can defend myself.
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