[rrrod]

Well that settles it...Im for Romny now.....

[Nextrush]

Romney is a RINO like Hatch and shares Hatch’s religious faith.

Of course does that mean Harry Reid will be endorsing Willard for president, too??????

[ari-freedom]

He’s probably not the only Republican in Utah who will support Romney...

[kbennkc]

Hatch has failed to get anybody else to put him on the Supremos. Harriet Meyers gets nominated, but no Orrin “Porter Rockwell” Hatch. W, that was mean.

[Carley]

And we ridicule blacks for supporting Obamao.

Hatch supports Romney because they share a religious belief.

Blech.

[J Edgar]

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is my enemy just as much as The Usurper and his fellow travelers!

[stilloftyhenight]

Wasn’t it Hatch who called for amending the Constitution to allow Schwartzenegger to run? Get rid of the bum in ‘12.

[November 2010]

Go Romney! Do for America what you did for Massachusetts. Socialized medical care and gay marriages for all!

[Leisler]

Mormon RINO chooses Mormon RINO.

Shocked, shocked I tell you. ( Ever since Teddy died, old hair shirt has been singing the blues. )

[Pomosapien]

Ummm...

Mormon spelled backward is...

NomRom(ney)

It figures.

[Diogenesis]

Romney, Reid, Hatch and Obama march in line ... for each other.

MITT ROMNEY - THE PROVEN BAD GOVERNOR

"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.
* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.
"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.
In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."
[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]

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“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006

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"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
“Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,”
[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006

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"Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans,
has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced,
instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who
have supported expanded same-sex rights, a Globe review of the nominations has found.
Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats
or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians
or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show.
In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters,
and 14 registered Democrats."
- Boston Globe 7/25/2005

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Romney Rewards one of the State's Leading Anti-Marriage Attorneys by Making him a Judge
Romney told the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2004, that the "real threat to the States is not the
constitutional amendment process, in which the states participate,
but activist judges who disregard the law and redefine marriage . . ."
Romney sounds tough but yet he had no qualms advancing the legal career of one
of the leading anti-marriage attorneys. He nominated Stephen Abany to a District Court.
Abany has been a key player in the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association which,
in its own words, is "dedicated to ensuring that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision
on marriage equality is upheld, and that any anti-gay amendment or legislation is defeated."
- U.S. Senate testimony by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004 P>

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"Romney announces he won't fill judicial vacancies before term ends
Despite his rhetoric about judicial activism, Romney announced that
he won't fill all the remaining vacancies during his term - but instead
leave them for his liberal Democrat successor!
Governor Mitt Romney pledged yesterday not to make a flurry of lame-duck
judicial appointments in the final days of his administration . . . David Yas,
editor of Lawyers Weekly, said Romney is "bucking tradition" by resisting the urge to
fill all remaining judgeships. "It is a tradition for governors to use that power to appoint judges
aggressively in the waning moments of their administration," Yas said.
He added that Romney has been criticized for failing to make judicial appointments.
"The legal community has consistently criticized him for not filling open seats quickly enough
and being a little too painstaking in the process and being dismissive of the input of the
Judicial Nominating Commission," Yas said.
- Boston Globe 11/2/2006

[Caipirabob]

The elitists truly don’t “get it” even though the shout of the people was loud and clear November 2nd. I believe we will have to circumvent the GOP altogether to get an even remotely acceptable presidential candidate in 2008. These inbred freaks are climbing over themselves to stick us with the likes of Romney(care) or McLame again...

[LibLieSlayer]

orin... we are going to kick the sh!t out of you in 2012... right into the unemployment line... I wish we could strip you of your retirement.

LLS

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

The Mormon endorses the Mormon - color me “stuned”.

[WalterSkinner]

..identity politics...

[Utah Binger]

Can’t wait to dump this lightweight crossing the aisle ass kissing RINO in 2012.

Hey Hatch, ever hear of the name Bennett?

[xzins]

That’s a lot like Ayatollah al Farhzi saying he supports Ayatollah al Starzhi for president of Iran.

It’s the Mormon connection, people.

Although, their being 2 peas in the same pod makes me wonder if all Mormon politicians are Rinos.

[Condor51]

Sen. Hatch calls Romney 'his preference' in 2012

Hmm. Let's see....

• Sen. Hatch is a Mormon.
  
• Romney is a Mormon.
  

Nah.... nothing there. Gotta be 'a coincidence'.

Gibbs' Rule: 'I don't believe in coincidences'

[CharlesWayneCT]

RINO Orrin Hatch:

2009 - ACU Rating 88
2009 - Lifetime ACU Rating 89
On the issues: Hard-Core Conservative
2009 - Heritage Alliance -- 84%
2009 - Club for Growth - 88%
2007-2008 - Christian Coalition of America - 90%

NRA Rating - A+
National Right-to-Life Center -- 100
Family Research Council - 88


NARAL - 5
ACLU - 0

He's not my favorite senator, and he occasionally goes way off the reservation. But the word "RINO" has no meaning if you are going to apply it to a person with those ratings, just because you don't like who he supports for President.

[Grunthor]

If Romney were not a mormon, would RINO Orrin feel the same?

Doubtful.