The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if you really are a libertarian, if you really are a deficit hawk, if you really care about spending and responsibility.
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The quote suggests that people who support Jim Bunning are seeing him as someone who is against the government and spending. However, if you really believe in libertarian ideas, are focused on reducing the government's debt, or care about spending and being responsible with money, then Bunning's actual record is quite strange and may not match those beliefs.
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The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if you really are a libertarian, if you really are a deficit hawk, if you really care about spending and responsibility.
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