Freepers in general are people who are aware of what is going on, so they assume other Freepers are too, and should not have to waste their time recounting all the info that is common knowledge as to why any conservative would want some other conservative to replace Hatch.
Since you asked for some specific issues, Hatch voted for TARP and is a big Dream Act supporter. That’s not all, but it enough right there.
In his first race for elective off Hatch criticized his incumbent opponent Moss’s 18-year tenure in the Senate, saying “What do you call a Senator who’s served in office for 18 years? You call him home.” [6] Hatch argued that many Senators, including Moss, had lost touch with their constituents. So, Hatch who has been in the Senate for twice as long a the guy he replaced made the case against himself in this election rather well 36 years ago!
As far as being part of the D.C. Establishment, it does not get more establishment and stickier than this - Hatch’s son Scott is a partner and registered lobbyist at Walker, Martin & Hatch LLC, a Washington lobbying firm. The firm was formed in 2001 with Jack Martin, a staff aide to Senator Hatch for six years, and H. Laird Walker, described as a close associate of the senator. In March 2003, the Los Angeles Times reported that the firm was formed with Hatch’s personal encouragement and that he saw no conflict of interest in working on issues that involved his son’s clients.
How many times over 36 years has Hatch voted to raise the debt limit to get this country to whatever portion of the 15 trillion dollar debt he is presonally responsible for? I’m not gonna count them up for you. Just say, most people instinctively understand the guys that got us into this debt disater are not the ones we trust to get us out of it.
This is all the information I have time to give you, but now that you have learned what you have been missing here that should make you want to see him retired, perhaps you will count yourself as a supporter of Dan Liljenquist.
Have a nice weekend!
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Freepers in general are people who are aware of what is going on, so they assume other Freepers are too, and should not have to waste their time recounting all the info that is common knowledge as to why any conservative would want some other conservative to replace Hatch.
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While I appreciate your eventual explanation as to why you think Hatch should be replaced, I take exception to the snarky and condescending tone of your opening remark, especially when I was very respectful in posing my question.
I consider myself quite highly informed politically and anybody who knows me at all would never accuse me otherwise. That said, I also don’t just blindly follow the pack and pile on somebody just because others label them a “RINO”. Lately on FR, I’ve seen the RINO term get slapped at one point or another on literally everyone from Jim DeMint to Marco Rubio to Tom Coburn to Paul Ryan to Nikki Haley to Bob McDonnell to Rick Santorum to Newt Gingrich to Sean Hannity to Laura Ingraham, etc. etc. etc. It’s a term too frivolously bandied about here and in some cases has been used to smear otherwise good and decent conservatives whenever honest principled disagreements may exist.
I still find it curious that a widely respected conservative organization like The Heritage Foundation gives Orrin Hatch such a high rating for conservative principled legislation and am simply wondering why that’s the case? I also realize he’s 80-years-old, been a U.S. Senator now for 36 years now, and that a good argument can certainly be made for him to call it a career and turn his seat over to a younger, more ambitious and committed Tea Party successor.