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madaboutharry

(40,208 posts)
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 04:03 PM Sep 2018

Orrin Hatch just called the allegations "frivolous"

I hope with every fiber in my being that the blowback suffered by the republican party does them in once and for all.

They do not see sexual assault as a crime. That is what must change and the only way that will happen is if every single one of them up for election is voted out of office.


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Orrin Hatch just called the allegations "frivolous" (Original Post) madaboutharry Sep 2018 OP
He more or less did the same thing when news came out that his former assistant beat on his ex-wives Princess Turandot Sep 2018 #1
Orrin's shelf life expired about 2 decades ago. BadgerMom Sep 2018 #17
Orrin Hatch: proof that not all dinosaurs were killed by the meteorite--eom lastlib Sep 2018 #18
Some folks never change. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2018 #2
What if it was YOUR daughter, Orrin? gratuitous Sep 2018 #3
Planet Kolob exploded millenia ago idcdu Sep 2018 #4
Oh my,so agree. Wellstone ruled Sep 2018 #5
Well, it seems the uber rich treat their own female off spring as badly as they treat Farmer-Rick Sep 2018 #22
He also sees things that aren't there Donkees Sep 2018 #6
Haha ZeroSomeBrains Sep 2018 #7
I have never seen this!!! leftieNanner Sep 2018 #11
You can't make this shit up. njhoneybadger Sep 2018 #28
It's kinda too bad he's retiring leftieNanner Sep 2018 #8
I doubt this would get him voted out anyway. mythology Sep 2018 #9
You are probably right. leftieNanner Sep 2018 #10
It's Utah lastlib Sep 2018 #20
Orrin, time to stop the bullshit Cyrano Sep 2018 #12
He is amazing -- dignified acting while being thoroughly despicable at the same time. TryLogic Sep 2018 #13
What are you talking about? He's never had any dignity. rockfordfile Sep 2018 #14
For anyone who want to channel their disgust at Whorin' Orrin into positive action... malchickiwick Sep 2018 #15
orin HATCH is frivolous ailsagirl Sep 2018 #16
frivolous!? barbtries Sep 2018 #19
Hatch voters don't have the brain power to vote for anyone who is not a Republican. world wide wally Sep 2018 #21
Poor baby snowflake. lpbk2713 Sep 2018 #23
There goes the midterm, boys. Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #24
there is not an 'open mind' on the right. they have made up their minds. spanone Sep 2018 #25
This political cartoon from October 1991 is just as relevant today. Hatch is even in it. catbyte Sep 2018 #26
Wait...You Mean Orrin Hack? He's a Dick. The_Counsel Sep 2018 #27
I really want Orrin Hatch in prison, but sadly I doubt I'll get my wish. OliverQ Sep 2018 #29
There will be no Blowback. Hatch will serve until he chooses to retire. maxsolomon Sep 2018 #30
Hatch has to get Kavanaugh on the bench so he can rule on ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #31

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
1. He more or less did the same thing when news came out that his former assistant beat on his ex-wives
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 04:19 PM
Sep 2018

Hatch was completely dismissive of them. Then one of the women released a photo of her bruised/swollen face, and he quickly back-tracked.

Disgusting.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. What if it was YOUR daughter, Orrin?
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 04:24 PM
Sep 2018

I realize how tough the wealthy and the privileged have it when anyone, anywhere, that survives an encounter with them can then accuse them of the wrongdoing they perpetrated, Sen. Hatch. Tell you what: When you get your own planet for being a good Mormon,* you can institute any unaccountable patriarchy you want there.

Until then, on Earth, every now and then well-connected white guys occasionally have to answer for their crimes.

*Yes, Mormons believe that.

 

idcdu

(170 posts)
4. Planet Kolob exploded millenia ago
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 04:43 PM
Sep 2018

when they couldn't sustain the concentration of right-wing nuttery like Hatch.

So....

Farmer-Rick

(10,154 posts)
22. Well, it seems the uber rich treat their own female off spring as badly as they treat
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 07:20 PM
Sep 2018

All females. The girls who visited with that boys prep school weren't poor or even middle class. Yet they are treated like replaceable receptacles, abused and humiliated. Just like the uber rich treat all women.

Trump treats his own daughters like sex objects and you got to wonder how Kavanaugh treats his girls.

The more I learn about the American uber rich, the more I'm glad I'm just plain old middle class and that my daughters had very little to do with them.


leftieNanner

(15,082 posts)
11. I have never seen this!!!
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 05:35 PM
Sep 2018

He pretend took off his nonexistent glasses, and didn't even pause when he put the imaginary things down on the desk!

These old idiots are a good reason for term limits!

leftieNanner

(15,082 posts)
8. It's kinda too bad he's retiring
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 05:20 PM
Sep 2018

I would have liked for him to have been voted out!

Guess we will have Ol' Uncle Mitt instead.

Cyrano

(15,035 posts)
12. Orrin, time to stop the bullshit
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 05:43 PM
Sep 2018

Time to stop while you still have a remnant of dignity.

Time to go home and reminisce over your past "victories."

Time to quit flinging shit in the face of the American people.

Orrin, I know you're retiring, but in the meantime, stop making a fool of yourself.

TryLogic

(1,722 posts)
13. He is amazing -- dignified acting while being thoroughly despicable at the same time.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 05:57 PM
Sep 2018

He makes me sick sick sick.

malchickiwick

(1,474 posts)
15. For anyone who want to channel their disgust at Whorin' Orrin into positive action...
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 06:01 PM
Sep 2018

... Here is a link to Jenny Wilson's camp; not that this seat is even remotely in play in deep red Utar, but she needs all the help she can get:

https://wilsonforsenate.com/

lpbk2713

(42,753 posts)
23. Poor baby snowflake.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 07:35 PM
Sep 2018


Enogh of his partisan biased bullshit opinions.

Or as the lovely and demure Ann Coulter said last evening ...

"‘BULLSH*T, BULLSH*T, BULLSH*T, BULLSH*T, BULLSH*T, BULLSH*T, BULLSH*T, BULLSH*T’"

Link: https://secondnexus.com/news/ann-coulter-tweets-bullshit-kavanaugh/


Grasswire2

(13,568 posts)
24. There goes the midterm, boys.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 11:30 AM
Sep 2018

We must make sure that every woman in America knows what Hatch has said.

Hell. He's third in line for the presidency, too.

catbyte

(34,373 posts)
26. This political cartoon from October 1991 is just as relevant today. Hatch is even in it.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 11:37 AM
Sep 2018

If anything, the GropingOldPervs have only gotten worse.

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The_Counsel

(1,660 posts)
27. Wait...You Mean Orrin Hack? He's a Dick.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 11:47 AM
Sep 2018

I'll never forget he was interviewed on CNN the day the video where Bill Clinton admitted to an "inappropriate relationship" with Monica Lewinsky was released. Before it was played Hatch was all "it'll be okay if the President just admitted what he's done." AFTER the video, Hatch was all red in the face talking about how outraged he was and that Clinton had to go.

Whatever, Orrin. Clearly you were lying through your ass before you saw the video. Two-faced bastard...

maxsolomon

(33,310 posts)
30. There will be no Blowback. Hatch will serve until he chooses to retire.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 12:25 PM
Sep 2018

He'll die comfortable and rich in his bed, and be lauded by blood red Utah for his decades of service. He'll never suffer a moment of doubt or regret. He has Upstate Jesus and the Angel Moroni on his side.

When he's gone, Utah will send another sanctimonious Mormon asshole to do the exact same thing he did.

Such is our division, and such is the nature of Conservatism.

ProfessorPlum

(11,256 posts)
31. Hatch has to get Kavanaugh on the bench so he can rule on
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:49 PM
Sep 2018

Gamble v. United States. Right, Mr. Senator and friend-of-the-court Hatch?

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