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Dems' thuggery knows no bounds
The NY Post ^
| May 15, 2011
| Michael A. Walsh
Posted on 05/16/2011 3:34:42 AM PDT by Scanian
Orrin Hatch, the senior senator from Utah, didn't mince words the other day on Hugh Hewitt's national radio show. The Democrats, he said, "play politics very, very tough, they play it well, and they don't give a damn about what's right and what's wrong."
He was speaking about battles in Washington, but an even more vivid example can be found in Wisconsin, where the Democrats are still trying to overturn the 2010 elections.
Blindsided last fall by the election of Gov. Scott Walker, the loss of both houses of the legislature and the US Senate seat held by ultraliberal Russ Feingold, the Democrats have simply refused to accept defeat and instead are continuing the fight by any means necessary.
Lawmakers' weeks-long flight from the state to prevent a vote on Walker's reformist budget made national news; less well-covered tactics have included recounts and recall petitions as well as threats and intimidation.
Never mind that Walker's limits on the public-employees unions' collective-bargaining privileges were rather modest. Federal unions have never had rights like Wisconsin's; other states, including Indiana, have adopted similar limits without a hint of the sky then falling.
Even Massachusetts is considering restricting municipal unions' collective-bargaining rights on health benefits to save cash-strapped cities and towns an estimated $100 million in the coming fiscal year.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: orrinhatch; rightandwrong; unions; unionthugs; walker; wisconsinshowdown
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posted on
05/16/2011 3:34:46 AM PDT
by
Scanian
To: Scanian
Orrin Hatch, the senior senator from Utah, didn't mince words the other day on Hugh Hewitt's national radio show. The Democrats, he said, "play politics very, very tough, they play it well, and they don't give a damn about what's right and what's wrong."
Maybe we need a stronger person instead of a weakling like you Orrin.
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posted on
05/16/2011 3:40:26 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(It is Satan's fault)
To: Scanian
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posted on
05/16/2011 3:46:58 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
To: bmwcyle
Orrin Hatch, the senior senator from Utah, didn't mince words the other day on Hugh Hewitt's national radio show. The Democrats, he said, "play politics very, very tough, they play it well, and they don't give a damn about what's right and what's wrong."
I saw Tony Coelho (sp?) on an NPR interview during the campaign for Reagan's second term. The interviewer asked him what the Democrat strategy would be. He said, "We're gonna find the fear button and lean on it as hard as we can."
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posted on
05/16/2011 3:48:31 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: bmwcyle
The Dems understand smash-mouth politics; Pubbies understand compromise. Time for a change.
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posted on
05/16/2011 3:49:23 AM PDT
by
tgusa
(Investment plan: blued steel, brass, lead, copper)
To: aruanan; tgusa
We are at war with Islam and the DNC.
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posted on
05/16/2011 3:50:58 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(It is Satan's fault)
To: bmwcyle
Orin Hatch says this stuff, but is totally punked by them. He’s like a prison bitch who complains his man is too tough on him.
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posted on
05/16/2011 3:53:03 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
To: Scanian
Well Orrin, it looks like you and the other Republicans have a choice, fight back or become a permanent minority.
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posted on
05/16/2011 3:58:51 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: Lazamataz
We don’t need someones B%$#h.
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posted on
05/16/2011 4:02:04 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(It is Satan's fault)
To: Scanian
Like the blind squirrel...Hatch finds an occasional acorn.
but like most RINOs...he just complains and just throws up his hands.
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posted on
05/16/2011 4:02:27 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Lazamataz
Orrin Hatch, the senior senator from Utah, didn’t mince words.....
Hatch sees and hears the TEA Party and is more scared of it.
Normally Hatch has three answers to every question asked him, just to cover his ass, but it won’t work anymore.
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posted on
05/16/2011 4:15:23 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
(Herman Cain is the man in 2012)
To: bmwcyle
We are at war with Islam and the DNC.
Be interesting to see how much they overlap in a Venn Diagram sort of way.
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posted on
05/16/2011 4:21:04 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: aruanan
Diagram Osama’s speaches to ALGORE’s.
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posted on
05/16/2011 4:23:27 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(It is Satan's fault)
To: BladeBryan
The Democrats, he said, "play politics very, very tough, they play it well, and they don't give a damn about what's right and what's wrong."
And I'd be willing to bet that Hatch still doesn't understand why folks are upset with the "roll over" GOP.
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posted on
05/16/2011 4:25:30 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: FReepers
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posted on
05/16/2011 6:02:22 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
To: Scanian
Yet the Battle of Wisconsin's likely to look like a game of beanbag compared with what's coming nationally, ........ Expect the Democrats to grab any tool in their kit and use it early and often ..... this is the real reason why huckabee dropped out.
we need someone who can fight thugs, not a guitar playing sunday school teacher.
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posted on
05/16/2011 7:12:15 AM PDT
by
Donald Rumsfeld Fan
("Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." Richard Feynman father of Quantum Physics)
To: Scanian
..............and they don't give a damn about what's right and what's wrong." Because they are political terrorists!!!
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posted on
05/16/2011 7:19:10 AM PDT
by
varon
(Allegiance to the Constitution, always. Allegiance to a party, never!)
To: Scanian
these guys ain't going to cut it.....we need pols who know how to play smash mouth politics.
click on image
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posted on
05/16/2011 7:19:34 AM PDT
by
Donald Rumsfeld Fan
("Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." Richard Feynman father of Quantum Physics)
To: tobyhill
Well Orrin, it looks like you and the other Republicans have a choice, fight back or become a permanent minority.Just exactly what is it that makes you think he doesn't want to be in the minority? As long as he's in the minority his RINO behavior is masked with the built-in excuses of "those mean old democrats did it, not me! I didn't have a choice." Unfortunately, the republican party has always been more comfortable in the minority, because they simply don't believe their own rhetoric, and they are put off by having to defend or act on it. These guys don't really stand for anything you and I believe in. It's all about playing the game and milking it for all it's worth.
Even when they "leave" office, they never really do. As an example, Newt hasn't been in office for more than a decade. To the best of my knowledge, he hasn't had a job outside of government or think tanks/lobbying orgs since leaving congress. I'm not really picking on Newt with this comment. Look at almost any politician. They simply do not live in the same world as you and I.
Once you realise that, it all is a lot easier to understand.
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posted on
05/16/2011 9:02:29 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(The only thing in the social security trust fund is your children and grandchildren's sweat.)
To: Scanian
Kloppenburg is like the Wicked Witch of the West demanding that the water Dorothy threw on her not have been thrown. Too bad, she’s already shrunk. Prosser has her broomstick.
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