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Sarah Palin Was Right to Endorse Orrin Hatch for Many Reasons
A Time For Choosing ^ | May 24, 2012 | Gary P. Jackson

Posted on 05/24/2012 11:36:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

I’m not going to tell readers that I’m Senator Orrin Hatch’s biggest fan, but I can tell you, I certainly understand why Sarah Palin has endorsed him, and agree with her 100%.

After breaking the news on Greta’s show, Governor Palin eloquently laid out her reasons for backing Senator Hatch on Facebook. Watch the video and read her note here.

As Sarah notes, Orrin Hatch has consistently been the strongest, loudest voice, championing Conservative nominees to the Supreme Court. This is a big deal, as the next president will likely appoint two or as many as three new Justices to the Court.

That he was a strong ally of Ronald Reagan’s is definitely a plus in Sarah’s eye, mine too.

Senator Hatch has also been one of the few voices of reasons in the Senate, when it comes to reigning in spending.

Budget issues are just as important to Sarah, as the rest of America.

Not long after the endorsement, Dave Montero tweeted this about Hatch’s opponent in Utah:

Dan Liljenquist just introduced as “a Bain Capital, Mitt Romney Republican.” Not sure I’ve heard that kind of intro before. ‪#utpol‬ ‪#utgop

I shared this with Stacy Drake, noting anyone who would allow themselves to be introduced as a “Mitt Romney Republican” is not a real deal Tea Party guy.

Stacy did some digging and found that Liljenquist is backed by Dick Armey’s phony Tea Party group Freedom Works. And Liljenquist has never been a Tea Party kind of guy.

Liljenquist has enjoyed unofficial support from the monied tea party group FreedomWorks but doesn’t himself identify as a tea partier. “He’s never labeled himself a tea party [candidate],” Holly Richardson, his campaign chairwoman who resigned her own position in the Utah state house to run his campaign, told TPM. “He has been labeled a tea party candidate, but in fact, he’s a reality-based candidate. He feels like the reality is: We’re out of money.”

Liljenquist has never fully embraced the tea party — he told the Washington Post more than a year ago that the “froth and bubble” of the movement would die down long before concern over the economy goes away.

Stacy has a lot more here.

Mark Levin, spent almost 30 minutes on his show defending not only Sarah, but Orrin Hatch. He says he’s proud of Sarah Palin.

This is a long tape, but please listen.

Levin has old audio of Senator Hatch fighting Senator Joe Biden as the democrat party conducted what has been called a “high tech lynching” of now Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. You’ll hear other Republicans on the tape, but it was Orrin Hatch who forcefully stood up for Thomas.

As Levin points out, Senator Hatch has been a leading voice for Liberty and Freedom.

(VIDEO AT LINK)

It should also be noted Senator hatch was one of the few who said they would “fight to the end” for Robert Bork as the nominee for the Court, when other Republicans ran and hid. We know how that ended.

Levin calls out Dick Armey, a big open borders, amnesty guy, as is Hatch’s opponent, Dan Liljenquist.

It goes without saying that I’ve never trusted Armey, who pretends to be a Tea Party guy, while shilling for the Republican establishment and their agenda.

There’s more to all of this though. Sarah has called out Hatch before, noting he’s one of the few in the Senate looking to do what is right on fiscal matters. Robert Costa over at National Review Online has, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story.

It seems over the years, Sarah and Hatch have developed a deep respect for each other. They’ve developed a solid relationship and trust.

The two people least surprised by Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Senator Orrin Hatch this week are Palin and Hatch. In the Twitter and Facebook era, they became political allies the old-fashioned way: through handwritten letters and personal phone calls.

It’s an unlikely, politics-fueled friendship that’s fit for a Robert Caro book. Hatch, a soft-spoken grandfather, is one of Palin’s top outside mentors. He encourages her and cheers her. They share family stories, they discuss history, and they talk about legislation.

“It’s true,” Palin tells National Review Online. “He’s a warrior.” She respects his record, especially his work on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Hatch has frequently been an influential figure during contentious Supreme Court confirmations.

Even though she is 30 years his junior, Palin has grown to appreciate Hatch’s historical perspective on Congress, the presidency, and the conservative movement. “I respect public servants who benefited from and grew under the tutelage of Ronald Reagan,” she says.

The warmth is mutual. “She and her husband are the handsomest couple that I’ve ever met,” Hatch says, smiling, as we chat in his spacious Senate office. “They’re both top-flight people and I got angry with the mainstream media constantly running her down.”

Hatch openly acknowledges that he has long and doggedly sought Palin’s support. For him, strong personal relationships are an elemental part of politics. They do not trump his principles, he says, but they have enabled him to become a force on Capitol Hill.

Read more here.

I know most of us are in a “throw em all out” mood. I know I am! And it was Orrin Hatch who, said famously years ago of his opponent who had been in the Senate too long, when asked what do you call someone like that, “you call them home.”

But lets look at this election in Utah, and lets be pragmatic.

First, we are learning that while Hatch may not be perfect, he’s been damned consistent over the years, consistently on our side.

Hatch is also the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, a very powerful committee. If Republicans can take back the Senate, Hatch will be running that committee. It would be nice to have someone who thinks like Sarah Palin when it comes to slashing spending and balancing budgets.

On the other hand, Dan Liljenquist is not of the Tea Party mindset. He’s made a point of saying so on more than one occasion. As a new member, he would have no rank, no real standing.

Again, I want to see new blood. If I had my way no one in Congress would serve more than 12 years, the equivalence of two Senate terms. That said, we don’t have those rules in place, yet, so we have to work with what we have.

Throwing someone out for the sake of throwing them out is not always the best plan.

Let’s not forget, besides Sarah Palin and Mark Levin, Senator hatch has the backing of the Tea Party Express, the NRA, and Steve Forbes, just to name a few. That’s a impressive group of people.

In endorsing Senator Hatch Sarah ended by saying:

I join other conservatives like Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, and Tea Party leaders like Sal Russo in encouraging Utah voters to return Orrin Hatch to the U.S. Senate. Since Mark Levin has always got a way with words, read what he recently told Senator Hatch: “I feel that you would be… a terrific elder statesman to a lot of these other young guys who I’m going to be pushing in these other states.” I’m with Mark. That’s spot on.

We need Orrin’s conservative Reagan-like leadership – and our new crop of conservative senators Richard Mourdock, Deb Fischer, and Ted Cruz might need some friendly advice finding their way around the Senate.

It’s not a bad idea to have an elder statesman, especially when that elder has proven to be on our side, and his replacement has an iffy record, at best.


TOPICS: Utah; Campaign News; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: garyp; garypjackson; hatch; palin; rinoclub; sarahpalin; scotus; usefulidiot; utah; whatatool
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To: mazda77

Real key will be being able to hold Dewhurst under 50% and force a run off. Right now that it looking dicey. Here’s hoping.


21 posted on 05/26/2012 5:47:57 AM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: MinuteGal

BTTP


22 posted on 05/26/2012 6:00:14 AM PDT by MinuteGal (OMG !!!.....Obama Must Go !!!)
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To: Clintonfatigued; Morgana

every once in a while Sarah Palin does something that is politically expediant instead of on conservative principles and you can tell when that happens. Conservatives who like Sarah Palin will disagree with her and those who dislike her will agree with her.


23 posted on 05/26/2012 8:32:37 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: catfish1957

Why is going rogue good? The way she went Rogue on McCain was very arrogant. She didn’t win the nomination to be President, he did. Going against McCain was a backstabbing move. Calling it rougue is just a whitewash. It made McCain look incompetent that he would chose someone who would turn around and stab him in the back by going against him. That was pure ego on Palin’s part. It cost McCain the elction, it made him look like an old fool, and Palin like someone without a moral compass, just out for herself.


24 posted on 05/26/2012 3:06:57 PM PDT by rodeo-mamma (The ends don't justify the means.)
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To: rodeo-mamma
I don't know about you, but I think going rogue against the RINO establishment is a good thing. While I am not a proponent of back stabbing, I think McCain had it coming. The GOP has taken the conservative base for granted for too damn long. If it means having people like Palin and DeMint slap a few raging RINOs silly, I am all for it.

I will love it, when Ms. Palin fails to mention Romney's name during the whole campaign. As far as I am concerned he is an unnamed GOP candidate. Nothing more.

25 posted on 05/27/2012 4:25:17 AM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: MinuteGal
Palin is absolutely correct in her endorsement.

No. Add this one to her mistakes list along with John McCain and Sharron Angle.

26 posted on 05/29/2012 3:44:03 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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