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Selling Out the Constitution
American Spectator ^ | 08 may 07 | Doug Bandow

Posted on 05/08/2007 3:44:24 AM PDT by rellimpank

The Republican Party, having squandered its electoral authority by succumbing to the dissolute wiles of Washington, appears to have learned nothing from its defeat last November. Faced with a clear challenge to the unambiguous language of the Constitution, many GOP leaders have abandoned their principles. Particularly shocking is the defection of Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).

As a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Hatch should view himself as a guardian of the Constitution. Instead, he set a low price for violating the document, a price that the Democratic majority says it will eagerly pay: one congressional seat.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dhimmicrats; elections

1 posted on 05/08/2007 3:44:26 AM PDT by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

Republicans for the most part are Dumbocrats.

we really need a new party for conservatives...period.


2 posted on 05/08/2007 3:52:14 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: rellimpank

Hatch Cosponsored the unconstitutional DC voting rights bill. Author suggests alternate solution of returning city of washington back to Maryland like they did for virginia side.


3 posted on 05/08/2007 3:52:24 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (ride out and confront the evil!)
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To: rellimpank

"Arlen Spector and I have a 'single bullet' theory to end BOTH the GOP and the US Constitution."

4 posted on 05/08/2007 3:52:35 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: rellimpank
Is Sen. Hatch a Mormon?
5 posted on 05/08/2007 4:04:01 AM PDT by tiger-one (The night has a thousand eyes)
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To: tiger-one
Is Sen. Hatch a Mormon?

Not sure about Mormon, but he's definitely a moron.

6 posted on 05/08/2007 4:06:35 AM PDT by Terabitten (Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets - E-Frat '94. Unity and Pride!)
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To: Vaquero
we really need a new party for conservatives...period.

If we'd had term limits for the last 40 years that probably wouldn't be necessary.

That the Senate is referred to as an "exclusive club" says volumes about this problem.

7 posted on 05/08/2007 4:11:17 AM PDT by upchuck (Who will support Fred Thompson? Anyone who enjoys a dose of common sense not wrapped in doublespeak.)
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To: tiger-one
Is Sen. Hatch a Mormon?

Yes.

8 posted on 05/08/2007 4:19:00 AM PDT by bcsco
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To: rellimpank

You can’t have a republic without a constitution, support The Constitution, or stop calling yourself a Republican.
I wonder what these guys were thinking when they took the oath of office?


9 posted on 05/08/2007 4:19:43 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: Terabitten

Old Orin is a Mormon.


10 posted on 05/08/2007 4:20:51 AM PDT by auntdot
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
I wonder what these guys were thinking when they took the oath of office?

"Pay no attention to your lying eyes"?

"Do as I say, not as I do"?

"The end justifies the means"?

Just a few possibilities.

11 posted on 05/08/2007 4:24:50 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: rellimpank

We will sacrifice your liberty and your money for our power and comfort. And a little less sugar in the next mint julip, slave.


12 posted on 05/08/2007 4:42:58 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Give Hillary a 50ยข coupon for Betty Crocker's devils food mix & tell her to go home and bake a cake)
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To: tiger-one

Yes he is a moron


13 posted on 05/08/2007 4:47:25 AM PDT by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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To: expatguy; bcsco

So can we draw the conclusion, he and MITT are from the same school?


14 posted on 05/08/2007 5:28:01 AM PDT by tiger-one (The night has a thousand eyes)
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To: rellimpank
It is essential that the Democrats, who want to trample the Constitution on yet another subject, buy off Orrin Hatch. He is one of the leading "defenders of the Constitution" in the Senate, and the proposed "law" on members of Congress would have to pass the Senate. Without Hatch on board, the law would die of a filibuster in the Senate.

With Hatch on board, the law still might die there. But buying him off with a new seat in Congress for Utah, gives this constitutional abomination a chance to pass the Senate. Then it will be up to President Bush to show some backbone (unlike his signing of McCain-Feingold) and veto this atrocity.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article: "Paula McClain, Professional Black Person: An Open Letter to Dr. McClain of Duke"

15 posted on 05/08/2007 5:43:41 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Please visit www.ArmorforCongress.com)
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To: Types_with_Fist

Bump


16 posted on 05/08/2007 6:38:45 AM PDT by Zon (Honesty outlives the lie, spin and deception -- It always has -- It always will.)
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To: Vaquero
we really need a new party for conservatives...period.

*************

It's an option I never would have considered previously, but I confess I am growing impatient with the RINOs that have infiltrated the GOP.

17 posted on 05/08/2007 8:00:26 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
I wonder what these guys were thinking when they took the oath of office?

"How can I get to do this again?"

18 posted on 05/08/2007 8:12:36 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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