Unemployment group wants Bunning ousted from Baseball Hall of Fame
By Jay Heflin         - 02/26/10 05:49 PM ET

Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) should be ousted from the Baseball Hall of Fame because of his block on extending unemployment benefits, according to a group that advocates for the unemployed.

The benefits expire Sunday.


ÒThe most obscene thing he can do is prevent jobless Americans from getting their $350 a week unemployment check,Ó Rick Sloan, acting executive director of Ur Union of Unemployed, a grass roots organization for unemployed Americans, told The Hill.

SloanÕs group is creating an online petition to remove Bunning from BaseballÕs Hall of Fame. The list is expected to be operational by the weekend.

ÒHis legacy as a great ball player is about to be surpassed by his reputation as an obstinate and uncaring ideologue,Ó Sloan said in a statement.

Efforts to reach BunningÕs office were unsuccessful.