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1. #1
   On January 12th, 2009 at 3:01 pm, JHSII said:

   Orrin Hatch is still alive?

   I thought he died years ago.

   Well, he’s dead to me.

2. #2
   On January 12th, 2009 at 3:01 pm, drivingjack said:

   “I start with the premise that the president deserves the benefit of the doubt. I don’t think politics should be played with the attorney general,” he said.

   “I like Barack Obama and want to help him if I can.”

   If politics don’t play into anything to do with the AG why was Gonzales railroaded out? And you can see the Kool Aid affected old Orin. He “likes” Obama so let’s just be blind and support him. After all, as Michelle has pointed out, you would be racist not to.

3. #3
   On January 12th, 2009 at 3:05 pm, Tacitus said:

   Orrin Hatch, living example of the need for term limits.

4. #4
   On January 12th, 2009 at 3:05 pm, letget said:

   I am trying realllllly hard to be positive, but it is almost getting to the point I can’t anymore. Our Republic is is cratered!
   L

5. #5
   On January 12th, 2009 at 3:15 pm, happyscrapper said:

   For a little while, I was actually proud to claim that I am related to Orrin Hatch (although distantly!), but he is no longer welcome in my home and I have taken him out of my Will (ha)! Off topic a bit…I thought GW did a good job today in his final press conference. He said things that he should have said years ago. He defended the government response to Katrina…finally!!! Of course he had to go and ruin it all by mentioning “immigration”, all the while pretending he thinks all the complaining is being done about the LEGAL immigrants. That big elephant in the room is still there!

6. #6
   On January 12th, 2009 at 3:16 pm, PBoilermaker said:

   Mmmmmm…they must be serving that delicious Kool-Aid on the Hill.

7. #7
   On January 12th, 2009 at 3:18 pm, SparkyMcMuffin said:

   Hatch is my senator. I tried to vote him out of office, but Pete Ashdown didn’t get backing from his own party to take Hatch on effectively.

   I fax Hatch and email him and call him to encourage him to make conservative decisions, but it’s just not in his makeup. You should read the letters he sends back in reply. He’s too much of a Washington insider now. I don’t think he sees things from his constituents’ perspective anymore.

8. #8
   On January 12th, 2009 at 3:24 pm, madchef said:

   So what else is new. There is no difference between the two parties anymore. Neither answers to the people, only to the money that finances their campaigns. Bush likes Obama, Hatch likes Holder, McCain likes Kennedy,ect,ect ect…Heck, even the Bloods and Crips are buds these days, they are all partners in crime!!

9. #9
   On January 12th, 2009 at 3:25 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

   No cooperative tone with Democrats ever again, dumbbells. Do you think for one second that democrats AREN’T playing politics? We have to fight them at anytime,. anywhere this session. Good Lord…. a pox on these weak willed pieces of refuse.

10. #10
    On January 12th, 2009 at 3:26 pm, jencab said:

    Whomever is the RNC chair needs to get rid of these RINOS fast and play hard to get with funding for re-election.

11. #11
    On January 12th, 2009 at 3:29 pm, RedDog said:

    I’m reminded of the 19th century British soldier’s admonition when fighting in the middle east: “Save a bullet for yourself.”

    All that remains now is for the RNC to issue a formal notice of surrender.

12. #12
    On January 12th, 2009 at 3:30 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Who is next for Secretary of the Treasury? Willie Sutton?

    If there was ever solid evidence that it is one big inside the Beltway fraternity in the eyes of the RINOs this is it.

13. #13
    On January 12th, 2009 at 3:31 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Hatch didn’t use to be a RINO.

    I think all this talk about “The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body”, and time spent with the DWI Killer wrapped only in a too small towel in the sauna in the Senate gymnasium, makes people forget that they are there to carry out the people’s business, and all this crap about a gentlemen’s club goes to their heads.

14. #14
    On January 12th, 2009 at 3:36 pm, granite said:

    On January 12th, 2009 at 3:29 pm, RedDog said:

    All that remains now is for the RNC to issue a formal notice of surrender.

    These RINOs (those with a y-chromosome, that is), seem to be nothing more than eunuchs.

15. #15
    On January 12th, 2009 at 3:41 pm, L.N. Smithee said:

    I don’t know if it was here at MM.com or HotAir that I saw Hatch’s amazing grilling of Holder in a 2001 SJC hearing regarding the Rich pardon as Slick slid out of office and earlier FALN commutations. Clinton and Holder had their stories straight; if Clinton was asked why, he would say Holder endorsed the moves, and if Holder was asked, he would say the Constitution says the final decision belongs to the President. Hatch was annoyed and frustrated, and I figured that would translate into even greater skepticism and tougher questions now that he is up for the top cop spot.

    I forgot I was thinking Hatch was reliable. Silly me.

    It reminds me of the final episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. The new boss at WJM-TV (David Ogden Stiers) is rumored to be firing everyone in the newsroom, with bombastic buffoon anchorman Ted Baxter (played by the vastly underrated Ted Knight) being first on the chopping block. As the entire staff is led into the chief’s office, Baxter is almost blubbering. But they are all stunned as the boss singles out Ted, and says, “You’re staying. Everybody else is fired.”

    Ted is relieved to say the least, but then he sees the fallen faces of his friends. He summons up some courage and a stern face, and tells the boss that if they are fired, he’ll quit in solidarity.

    The new honcho walks up to Baxter and says, “I wish you would reconsider.” Two seconds later, he whispers, “OK, OK, I’ll stay.”

    Ted later gives a half-hearted apology for caving, saying that he is really happy about keeping his job. Writer Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod) responds the way I feel about Hatch at this point:

    That’s OK … when a donkey flies, you don’t expect it to stay in the air too long.”

    I guess we should amend that to “when an elephant flies” — or maybe, when a RINO flies.

16. #16
    On January 12th, 2009 at 4:17 pm, zeppelin said:

    I feel like I’m in a recovering Republican anonymous club…

    Hi, I’m Mark, and… Orrin Hatch is my senator…

    Unfortunately both Hatch and Bob Bennett have succumbed to the “Old Boys” group of RINOs. Neither is listening to their constituents, and both have made major errors in caving to ideas of bipartisanship and surrendering conservative ideals. Each has been too secure in their belief that they are omnipotent incumbents.

    Well, here in our 3rd District we have thrown out RINO Chris Cannon and sent conservative Jason Chaffetz to the House. Next in our sights will be the two senators. Their liberal votes will be remembered and come back to haunt them next election.

17. #17
    On January 12th, 2009 at 4:18 pm, nail49 said:

    Here we go again with bi-partisanship which means the Dems-way or the highway. Too bad we can’t send the RINOs down the highway to retirement now and get some fresh thinking in there!

18. #18
    On January 12th, 2009 at 4:24 pm, Fat Jolly Penguin said:

    Hatch has been pissing us off in Utah for years. I think it’s high time he left the Senate.

19. #19
    On January 12th, 2009 at 4:28 pm, 24Klady said:

    I received in a letter from the RNC on Saturday – with a pre-approved pre-printed plastic membership card – with the request to send $$ for membership. They enclosed a postage paid envelope and y’all know what they’re going to get back….a cut up pre-approved pre-printed plastic membership card.

    Orrin Hatch has slid down the long travelled road that John McCain slid and they’ve both got big ol’ holes in the seats of their pants. I refuse to fund another fiasco, and pay for the deadwood executives that now inhabits the RNCC…I’ll be very choosey who I donate to in the future.

20. #20
    On January 12th, 2009 at 4:28 pm, ChicagoRobb said:

    I would Hatch would see the “wonderful” way the Left treated his LDS church that he would get some backbone. Guess not.

21. #21
    On January 12th, 2009 at 4:36 pm, usa_usa said:

    God! he makes me so mad. Maybe Obama will let him have multiple wives.

22. #22
    On January 12th, 2009 at 4:52 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    Orrin’s.Gonna.Get.A.Letter.

    ECS

23. #23
    On January 12th, 2009 at 4:53 pm, walterc said:

    Tacitus said:

    Orrin Hatch, living example of the need for term limits.

    Interesting that you would say that. When Orrin first ran for the Senate, the incumbent (I think it was a previous Bennett)was just finishing his third term, and so he ran his campaign on the premise that “three terms is enough for anyone”. And “If elected I will only be there for three terms.” (or something along those lines).

    According to his web site, he was first elected to the Senate in Nov 1976. I’m not the best at math, but I calculate three terms in the U.S. Senate as ending in 1994.

    Living example for term limits indeed.

    And he’s a big reaching across the aisle to “my good friend” Teddy kind of Senator besides.

24. #24
    On January 12th, 2009 at 5:23 pm, MU78 said:

    Has Hatch been paying attention to the Democrats and their allegations of the politicization of the Justice Dept under Bush? And he supports a guy like Holder that has done just that and will do it again?

25. #25
    On January 12th, 2009 at 5:32 pm, redpeach said:

    Orrin Hatch is a tool-and-a-half.

26. #26
    On January 12th, 2009 at 6:06 pm, zorro said:

    I say it again, the republicans are hopeless (and at this point, useless too).

    Long live Conservatives!

27. #27
    On January 12th, 2009 at 8:12 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    What the hell is wrong with the GOP?

    Have they all lost their minds?

    The retiring senators are RINOs, so I won’t miss them. But in the meantime, they seem to be taking Bush’s lead in dismantling the GOP, brick by brick.

28. #28
    On January 12th, 2009 at 10:30 pm, rightisright said:

    I’m dizzy from shacking my head over the dumb ass, lame actions of all the Rino’s and the GoObama’sParty(GOP)leaders. Gots to go, getting ill to my tummy now.

29. #29
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:09 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Foolish me but there was a time I liked Hatch.

30. #30
    On January 13th, 2009 at 1:21 am, torabora said:

    The twelve of ‘em that voted with the DemocRATS need to change parties.

31. #31
    On January 13th, 2009 at 9:06 am, misterbee241 said:

    Is anybody here besides me surprised at this?
    I’d never have thought in a million years good ol’ Orrin would support a corrupt democrat.
    Ok, I’m kidding.

32. #32
    On January 13th, 2009 at 9:10 am, misterbee241 said:

    Term Limits! Term Limits! Term Limits!

    But people in Hades want ice water too, and their chances of getting that are much better than ours are of getting term limits.