Right-Wing Dogfight: Utah Republicans give Orrin Hatch the cold shoulder

[marmar]

:scared:



Hatch bristles over criticisms that he’s at fault for problems of the Bush years: ‘Don’t you believe that B.S.’

Yesterday at Utah’s GOP convention, the state’s two U.S. senators — Orrin Hatch (R) and Bob Bennett (R) received only “polite receptions,” compared to the boisterous applause received by some of the state’s representatives. From the Deseret News:

Hatch, at one point in his speech, appeared upset when some delegates applauded as a way of blaming national Republicans, himself included, for the deficit and other problems of the Bush years.

“Don’t you believe that B.S.,” Hatch said loudly. But some of the 1,800 delegates clearly did.

While many delegates stood and applauded the longtime incumbents (Hatch 33 years, Bennett 15 years), others sat on their hands — not booing, but showing their disapproval through silence.

Many attendees also expressed displeasure with Gov. John Huntsman (R), who has agreed to become President Obama’s ambassador to China. GOP party chair Jude Law said that Huntman’s endorsement of civil unions “mocks God.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/14/hatch-bs/

[old mark]

1. Shit! They are starting to act like

Democrats!!!11!!

:wow:

mark

[babylonsister]

2. Ha! Take that! Oh, to be a fly on the wall.... But will Hatch or Bennett

take the criticism to heart? Nah!

[tanyev]

3. The Nevada GOP chair is named Jude Law?

I bet he looks nothing like this:

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzY2MjQ4MDA5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDcxNjQxMQ@@._V1._SX100_SY129_.jpg

[Kitty Herder]

4. Nobody deserves the cold shoulder more than Hatch and Bennett.

Maybe they won't be re-elected and Democrats will take their places.

Eh, who am I kidding?

[sutz12]

5. "Mocks God?"

My god can take a joke.

;)

[DCKit]

6. And their's made Republicans, NeoCons, FReepers and the Platypus. What's your point? n/t