If I were Hatch's fan, I wouldn't tell anyone either.
Posted on 05/24/2012 11:36:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On the other hand, her endorsement of Cruz in Texas might be quite beneficial to Cruz. Dewhurst isn't going to get a majority on May 29, so the TX senate race will be determined in a runoff July 31.
I might be unusual in my thinkin, but I could care less how Conservative a politician is, because once they have been there 8+ years, I feel they are corrupt, period.
Out with the old, in with the new....
Orrin Hatch was Ruth Badermeinhoffgang Ginsberg's biggest cheerleader during confirmation hearings.
I don't see Palin's opinion on this in quotes. Seems this author is taking considerable license as to Palin's reasoning.
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I still like Palin but I am against hatch and want his butt out. I realize that no one is going to agree with me on every issue.
I think it was a bad tactical move by Palin. Pissed off about a 1/3 to 1/2 of Freepers here. I really think she is trending mainstream RINO, and forgetting her rogue roots. Too bad.
Not sure if it was a bad tactical move or not. Time will only tell. For the life of me, Why did I not make notes that could be called upon later to the number of times Hatch has done that “reaching” thing or maybe all the times he has to slip in that “my friends on the other side of the aisle” crap.
Maybe what we are seeing here is a fossil in DC who went there with the “right” ideas, who became seduced by the power and status, now has his wake-up call in that he was challenged for the first time. He saw the tea leaves when Bennett was “Primaried” and how his wavering from his ideological roots has come home to roost. He knows this and has been as of late been shy from using his “friends” comments and by comparison is not seen as much on the news channels as he once was.
His biggest problem with me is that through his recognition of the reasons he finds himself in this fight, he has not come out and asked for forgiveness for forgetting why he was sent there in the first place.
When I hear Levin, Hannity and the rest defending his record by bringing up all the good things he has done, it reminds me of a saying I learned while in the Army. It only takes one “Oh Sh!t!” to erase a boatload of Atta-boys. Maybe if Hatch had learned that one early in his life, he could be the standard bearer for the conservative movement even today. Instead, people like Rand Paul, Jim DeMint and to some degree Marco Rubio at least had the courage to pick up the flag and run with it while Hatch just stood there and watched it being trampled.
As far as Freedom Works goes, I have held a dubious viewpoint ever since Dick Armey globed onto it right as their buses reached DC for the first Tea Party March. Lindquist (sp) just doesn’t come across as one to join those who picked up the flag, but one thing for sure Ted Cruz certainly seems to fill the bill.
I’m done with Sarah.
Strike One: supporting John McCain
Strike Two: The year long tease - and then not running.
Strike Three: Orin Hatch.
The deeds aren’t matching the words with Sarah. i don’t trust her anymore.
Strip away the extraneous and we have in this article, two pluses for Hatch—his support for Thomas on the Supreme Court, and his chairmanship on the Finance Committee.
The rest is a negative attack on his competition and other conservative groups working for his opponent.
Is this all there is? Not much “there” there that favors Hatch.
Liljinquist may have a counter to these charges, if he has the money to answer it.
Any Congresscritter who has been in the House more than a decade and/or the Senate for more than 2 terms has been there too long.
They become part of the problem.
Sorry, Sarah, but you are wrong on this one, just like you were wrong on endorsing the old fossil from AZ.
Hatch is what he is, but this time, with his race, "new" smells familiar and much worse.
I understand her McCain endorsement; honor and integrity means you repay your debts and McCain helper her.
These days, she's the one who helps.
“Senator Hatch has also been one of the few voices of reasons in the Senate, when it comes to reigning in spending.”
That statement doesn’t seem to square with:
1. Voted 16 times to raise the debt ceiling a total of $7.5 trillion.
2. Voted for TARP.
3. Ranked in the middle of the earmarking pack from 2008 to 2010, and in 2010 was 28th highest among the nation’s 100 senators.
Check with Liljenquist’s website to see where he stands on spending and taxes: http://www.danforutah.com/issues/
The article may be right that Liljenquist is weak on immigration. If so, I agree that that is troubling. However, as far as I know, unlike Hatch, he hasn’t been pushing a Dream/Nightmare Amnesty.
36 years is plenty of time to fight to reduce the size of government. How well has Orville done in that respect?
I donated to Lilenquist..
No she wasn’t.
Nope.
Comments?
Nope.
The ACU (American Conservative Union) ratings for 2011 can be found on the internet.
This venerable, trustworthy vetting organization posts a section where it lists "Senate Winners and Losers".
"Winners" listed having a 100% conservative voting record are:
Coburn, DeMint, HATCH, Inhofe, R. Johnson, Lee, Rand Paul, Rubio and Vitter.
Like Sarah, I'll take Hatch, warts and all, over an untried noobie who does not have the long-time, established conservative credentials I look for in a candidate. Mrs. Palin obviously felt the same way as I when she endorsed Orrin Hatch.
Senatorial voting records etched into the Congressional Record tell the tale.
Leni
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