Conservatives Heckle Orrin Hatch at CPAC for TARP Vote
- Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:53am by
Meredith Jessup
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It was a good bet that speaking kindly about the federal government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) would garner boos from the conservative crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). But that didn’t stop Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch from staunchly defending his vote for the measure Friday as he address conference goers.
Following a speech from his new Utah colleague Sen. Mike Lee, Hatch took to the podium to try and gain favor from the conservative group as he faces a potential GOP primary challenge in 2012.
At one point, Hatch pledged his willingness to become the “most hated man in this Godforsaken city to save this country”:
But when the audience peppered the Senator with questions, the subject of his vote in support of TARP bailouts could not be avoided. When pressed, Hatch offered an apology, but also defended his vote, claiming it was the right thing to do. “All I can say is, there aren’t many people who will say I’m sorry. I’m one who will,” he said.
“You may disagree, but you’re not sitting there having to make these decisions. I probably made a mistake voting for it,” Hatch said, emphasizing that he did not support every provision included in the bill. “At the time, we were in real trouble and it looked like we were ready for a depression,” he continued. “I believe we would have gone into a depression.”
Hatch’s response was met by loud heckling and boos as he pleaded with the crowd to let him continue. A conference moderator was forced to scold the audience for the lack of civility. After he offered his complete defense, some supporters vigorously applauded him.
“I need your help,” Hatch told the audience. The Utah Senator has pitched a balanced budget amendment and promised to shepherd it through the legislative process, but admitted he could not do it alone.
“I intend to get reelected in 2012,” Hatch said. “I guarantee to you that I’ll do everything under my power to get this mess under control.”
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Comments (173)
sbenard
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 7:16amAs a Utahn, I have voted for Senator Hatch in the past — the distant past. I voted for him when his campaign slogan was that Senator Frank Moss, whom he replaced, had been in office too long. I haven’t voted for Sen. Hatch in recent elections. That said, I think his remorse for his TARP vote is real. I tend to think now that Senator Hatch has also been in Washington too long. I‘d like to see him step aside so that Jason Chaffetz can be Utah’s next Senator. I would eagerly vote for him!
I voted for Senator Mike Lee. He spoke to us at a Tea Party rally at the Utah State Capitol, and he promised us that he would filter everything through the Constitution. I doubt Senator Hatch could say that he had done that, and I expect Sen. Lee to keep his word. Sen. Lee has since also promised to file a Constitutional Amendment to balance the budget, and he is doing that.
It may be too late, however. We have created a black hole of debt that is very close to reaching the tipping point that history has demonstrated as the point to no return. I hold Sen. Hatch and his colleagues of the past responsible for that “too late” part.
I believe that without substantial budget cuts soon, a true calamity of biblical proportions is coming. So far the GOP has only proposed $75-$100 billion in budget cuts, which represents only about 2% of the federal budget. We’re BORRROWING about 40% of the budget. So far, even the GOP is using a scalpel where they need to use a chain saw!
I don’t see that there exists the political will to cut as much as will be needed to save us from a catastrophe. Thus, I am planning and preparing accordingly, for that biblical calamity that we’re bringing upon ourselves. I suggest you all do the same!
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:48pmHis remorse probably is real, but who cares? Like you said not only “may” it be too late–it IS too late for him. And for anyone who sticks to Republican and Democrat party politics as usual.
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 9:46pm@ ANTI- REPUBLICRAT Exactly how many times are you going to say the same thing??OVER AND OVER AND OVER..We get it already…You are a libertarian and you want the Dems and REpubs to go away..Ain’t gonna happen..BUT we can certainly clean out the nest of vipers that are in DC now and we will…
Report Post »Confederate
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 7:03amIt doesn’t matter if a politician is a National Socialist or a RINO, they are all liars and thiefs, re-elect no one in 2012. http://www.confederatepowflag.com
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:46pmImpossible to re-elect no one in 2012–possible to vote for a different party than R or D and actually open our country up to a possibility of moving back to our foundational roots.
Report Post »80mesh
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 6:57amsee ya….. wouldnt wanna be ya
in a german accent he answers ……. i vas just following orders
Report Post »apotlicker
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 6:30amIf one guy “makes a mistake and has to rob a bank in order to keep going” he’s thrown in jail.
Report Post »It’s just a mistake if our congress has to rob us and our children……oopsy
BreeZee
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 6:20amPeople are sick and tired of these politics as usual types. T-partys, The Blaze, Freedom Works and other right wing groups need to start national petition drives to get term limits on a national ballet. Just a straight up and down no vote without any added amendments. Write your Congress Reps and get rid of Dept. like FCC, HHS EPA etc.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 7:17amBe careful what you wish for. On first glance, I would agree with you about term limits, but on second, I think that is because we have developed a system of career politicians (hence their mind is always on the next election 24/7/365) that are not doing a job as representative. What are you going to do if you force out a rep that IS doing their job as per definition of representing the “people” but the majority of people want to elect reps that pander to their own “special interests” (union benefits, public employees overpaid, bloated/unnecessary govt. agencies, etc.)? That is the situation we have right now. Are the massive numbers of public employees going to sit back and let you get rid of all these government agencies (and I agree with you here) while you put them out of work? I think not. We have a bigger problem here than at first glance… why do you think Progressives want big government in the first place if it’s not to guarantee the next vote? How much of this massive “unemployment” is actually being suffered by the SEIU and others and how much is being borne by the private sector? When all they need to do is create more agencies to give the unemployed jobs, they make for a self-perpetuating voting block that is unbeatable. Conversely, if you start cleaning up the unsustainable mess of agencies, you don’t have the votes you need to continue, unless people are willing to sacrifice… and when it’s “their” job you’re talking about, you run into problems.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:19amchickenlittle;
You are right! The problem is that politicians become political – that is: instead of being statesmen, they become professional fund raisers. The answer is in limiting their ‘goodies’. If they had the same health care, retirement, and every other benefit that separates them from us; they would self-limit their stays. We would get people who are interested in their states, and our country – not their own interests.
Report Post »alienguns
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:02pmthey shouldn’t get paid any more than a Soldier that is ACTUALLY fighting and defending our country…..that way maybe you would get people in office that really want to save the country and help the citizens instead of these greedy little worms that want to line their pockets at taxpayers expense..the Soldier is worth more money than ALL the politicians…
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:34pmI liked Vince Flynn’s book “Term Limits”, must read.
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 9:25pm@ BREEZEE One way to get their attention would be to cut the public sectors pay back to the level of the private sector for that same type of job..ie: clerk=officeworker that files& does mail. Supervisor= office manager, etc..I was a line supervisor and I sure didn’t get what the clerks in the Senators and Reps staff get.. My top pay (when I retired) was $33,000 a year…They were making 3x’s that even then..
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 9:38pm@ DALE I sent a letter to that effect to the Majority leaders of both the Senate and The House and to Michelle Bauchmann and my senator, my Rep, and the head of the Budget committee.. I don‘t know how to cut and paste or I’d send you a copy of that letter..It basically outlined the wishes of the Tea Party..It included Term limits, rolling their pensions over into the Social Security funds. Eliminating their health care plan and putting those that are over 65 on Medicare like the other seniors..(If you are 65 you are required to sign up for Medicare, did you know that?) And several other very good things that would cut expenses for just running the gov’t day to day..I haven’t gotten a response from any of them and that tells me that even those that are tauting(sp) those very things are not in the least serious about actually doing them…
Report Post »Harvey
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 5:54amYou should have voted as the people in the State of Utah directed you to,you work for them and i know they did not want you to vote for t.a.r.p..You are an employee of the people .
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 9:15pm@ HARVEY I truely believe that the people that have been in DC for a lot of years really forget that and if they keep being sent back they feel that it doesn’t matter anyhow..
Report Post »Paul G
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 5:46amIs this Beck TRYING to breath life back in a Morman Ute senator? just askin?
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 7:26amI seriously doubt that! Glenn has not shown any enthusiasm for Sen. Hatch in all the time I’ve watched and listened to his show. Sen. Hatch came to Glenn’s educational event in Salt Lake last summer, but that‘s the only time I’ve even seen them together. All of Utah’s current congressional delegation are Mormons, including Rob Bishop (R), Jason Chaffetz (R), Jim Matheson (D), and Sen. Mike Lee (R). Thus, Glenn has no reason to favor Sen. Hatch over one of the others who are most likely to replace him.
Glenn has done some fundraisers in Utah, but never for Sen. Hatch. The fundraisers weren’t for politicians, either. I think Glenn would much rather see Jason Chaffetz become Utah’s next senator rather than see Orrin Hatch run again. I would too! Chaffetz would be a GREAT Senator!
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:51pmI think Beck knows better than to try something like that. The fact that Hatch is a Mormon is irrelevant to the fact that he has lost the trust of his constituents, stopped thinking for himself and decided to be a BIG SPENDER like the rest of the Republicans and Democrats.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 3:44pmPaul G, come on if you have listened to Glenn any amount of time at all you should know he don’t play that game. Glenn Beck is about people of strong principles and faith and I guarantee that which church the individual belongs to is not one of his litmus tests, its about constitutional and moral principles.
Report Post »nocomment
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 4:06amGET YOUR STINKING RINO BUTT OUT!
Bring in the new blood … out with these old ‘wet noodles’. Support the freshmen representatives.
Report Post »SIXFRIGATES
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 3:55amOrrin, as a Utahn, let me speak for all of us when I say “Please exit stage left…”
If you don’t leave on your own, you will go down in flames just like your RINO pal Bobby Bennett. You are done. :)
Either way, it’s bye bye for you.
Report Post »entropy
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 3:45amGet rid of the RINO Hatch. Like previous posters have said, we need a real patriot to safeguard our kid’s future. Not some sellout liar.
Report Post »Logic77
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 3:42amI meant traitor.
Report Post »Logic77
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 3:40amHe has a lot of nerve talking that stuff to that crowd. No more Rino’s, run a Tea Party candidate against him and get rid of this trader.
Report Post »sodizzy
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 3:37amToast!
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:39amOrrin, no one cares if you’re the most hated man trying to save your country–what they‘d really be impressed to hear is that you’re motivated by principle instead of the R next to your name.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:49pmOK we get it you don’t like Repubs or Dems. So, just who or which party are you selling?
Report Post »Socialist, Communist, Libertarian, The Rent Is Too Damn High? What is your real message?
You know there are only so many folks on the ballot.
No vote is no vote and represents nothing.
Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:37pm@MacPappy:
I am not advocating one party to rule them all as the status quo does. I am definitely advocating alternative parties to Republicans and Democrats. My preference is Liberarian, but I’m not saying to everyone, vote Libertarian.
Just stop voting bozos in with Ds and Rs next to their name. Hasn‘t the last 100 years of history taught us that the two party ’system‘ we’ve got is ruining us??
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:47pmI agree with what you are saying, but I AM trying to get everyone to vote Ron Paul. No shame in my game either.
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 3:36pmFair enough!
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:05amI heard him the other day saying “I’m important, I’m this and that, blah blah blah” FU Orin you rode the wave and the people woke up, be man enough to pass the baton.
Report Post »RINO’s like him make me sick.
Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:37amRINOs and DINOs, there’s no difference. As long as they have the D or R next to their name they will always be a part of the problem.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:04amOrrin;
Preserve what little dignity you have left, announce you are retiring after this term. Remember what happened to Bob Bennett!
Report Post »RogP
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:53amDo not forget those that voted for TARP.
They were told to vote for it.
Those that voted for have no back bone. Vote them out.
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:43amPeople who vote what their party tells them to are spineless. Yet that’s the behavior of both Republicans and Democrats.
Aren’t you sick of that yet?
Report Post »ANewActivist
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 4:51amSenators and representatives who vote how their party leadership tells them to vote are NOT representing their votors… thus the voters are being taxed without representation.
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:52amYep.find a Tea Party person who can take over his seat…one who will not bend to the will of the Elite, and let’s get them in office.
Report Post »alienguns
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:45amHatch has got to go….he thinks he is conservative but he wouldn’t make a pimple on a conservatives ARSE—————-he is a phony POS
Report Post »alienguns
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:44amHatch has got to go….he thinks he is conservative but he wouldn’t make a pimple on a conservatives a$$—————–he is a phony POS
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:43amLooks like the Hatch is tarped no escaping a voting record.
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:41amThe Republicans are a party of TARP.
The Democrats are a party of TARP.
Why would you vote for a party of TARP? Because you want to vote for the ‘lesser of two evils’? And how has that thinking helped our country at all?
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 5:16pmYou’re preaching to the choir ,The republicans have a better chance of being able to purify their party because the dem‘s don’t believe in the constitution.So i do agree with you .
Report Post »Dale
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:41amDear Orrin;
“I guarantee to you that I’ll do everything under my power to get this mess under control.” You had 34 years, that’s 34 YEARS, and you didn’t control the mess, why should we believe you now?
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:36amThat is a perfect testament of why neither Democrats nor Republican parties hold the answers for the huge problems this country is facing…in fact, the Ds and Rs party politic games have caused a large portion of the problem and mess we’re in today.
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 9:05pm@ REPUBLICRAT Just exactly who do you propose that we vote for?? Independents like Joe leiberman? He’s just a democrap in independent clothing..OR haven’t you been keeping track of the votes and by whom? We don’t need to destroy the system that our forefathers set up, which was a two party system..What you are proposing is the destruction of our political system which would result in what we are seeing in the European and middle east countries..Of course if you are a libertarian then what you are saying makes perfect sense to you..
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:37amModerate republicans need their pink slips along with the dems. What difference between a democrat or a republican voting for the progressive agenda…none .VOTE the bums out in 2012.
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:34amAmen to that…do this country a favor and don’t vote Republican or Democrat.
Report Post »Gita
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:22amIt’s time for the old guard to go! And the time is NOW for Barack Insane Obama to go. Senator Hatch accomplish that before you go please.
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:33amAs willing as that dufus Hatch is to apologize for voting for TARP, he is still unwilling to apologize and repent from being a member of the Republican party, and let the people vote on the principles he believes in INSTEAD of the mistaken trust placed on the letter “R” next to his name. That would be the best thing he could do, and the only way I‘d see that he were serious enough about this country’s state to really do anything important or meaningful…WAKE UP, AMERICA! When will you see that Republican and Democrat party politics is the source of our country’s being in the pathetic mess we are???
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 6:11am.
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat?? Does that make you a Demolican?
(Just kidding w/ ya)
Enuff Zenuff
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 6:55am.
@Anti-Republicrat
You make good points about the two party system being a source of a lot of our problems when RINOs are effectively indistinguishable from Democrats – both being in favor of greater government power…
but I’m not convinced that a third party is the answer either… There are a lot of advantages to having only a two-party system for protecting our rights and freedoms if everything else is working as it should (which it obviously isn’t)
Before encouraging a third party, I think we should make more effort in these three areas:
1) First, the Supreme Court went astray under pressure from the Progressive movement as Glen Beck has been educating his audience… Had the Supreme Court done it’s job of upholding the Constitution, the Progressives in both parties would never have been able to get away with so much corruption and abuse of power…
2) The solution to the Supreme Court’s weakness and poor choices is for the states to do what the Supreme Court failed to do and that is to reign in the abuses of Federal power. We should be less concerned with ever (EVER) getting the right people in Congress to do the Right thing… There simply are not enough Sarah Palins, Michelle Bachmanns, and Ron Pauls willing to hold high office and resist all the corruption that comes with power. The people are too corrupt (yes – we’ve got the government we deserve) to continuously throw out the corrupt bums… as experience has shown… so the voters who ‘get it’, the conservatives like yourself, should focus more on working with your state legislatures to pull back from the Federal Government – tell them (as some states are doing) that Federal employees must have the state’s permission to come into the state to do anything. Imagine a state telling the IRS they cannot arrest any state resident who fails to pay his/her income taxes until the Federal Government first balances their budget (using the REAL numbers) and revises the tax codes to fit on a maximum of 5 pages. Imagine the states telling the Feds to go to hell every time they attempt to enforce any legislation (past or future) that violated the Constitution‘s limits on the Federal gov’t!
3) The “Fourth” branch of government is (or should be) the press… They have been granted incredible protections, freedoms, and powers in exchange for which their job was to keep the other three branches of government honest. ALL they have to do is tell the truth about what is happening – without interpreting it or slanting it, and the American people will make the right decisions on their own. Instead, the leftist Progressives have so infiltrated the press that the MSM is actually to the left of Obama on many issues and that is VERY very left! It’s not only how they report the news that is biased, it is also what they refuse to investigate or report that biases the news… For example, when Sarah Palin first appeared on the national stage, literally dozens of reporters were sent to Wasilla to uncover every scrap of history that might be used against her – to no avail, yet not one MSM reporter bothered to investigate & report truthfully on Obama’s 20-year relationship with the race-baiting America-hater Reverend Wright, avowed terrorist Bill Ayers, or convicted criminal Tony Rezko for starters… Hell they didn’t even look for a real birth certificate or passport or college transcripts etc, etc..
So, the third area we must work on (before we consider starting a third party) is to insist that the MSM be allowed to go bankrupt when their business models fail – NO federal bailouts of the NYTimes, LA Examiner, etc, and no CRONY relationships with GE’s Jeffrey Immelt since GE owns NBC! – That is a blatant case where “separation of powers” rules should apply since the media’s special privileges only make sense if there is separation.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 9:11amWow, that’s an excellent post. I agree totally. Thank you.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:09pmENUFF ZENUFF, I agree with what you are saying, but lets continue to throw the old guard out and concentrate on both areas the state and the federal government. Floridians did a pretty good job in this last election on the state level, and the voters are off to a good start on the federal as well. If we continue on being vigilant on both levels within 2 more 4 year election cycles we should have a great foundation in place to really get our entire country back onto conservative constitutional principles. I do not hold a lot of hope for some of the states, but at least get enough on board to really accomplish what I believe you are saying.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:37pmEnuff
Report Post »Great post.-Totally agree – we cannot stop the Socialist MSM with legislation – Unconstitutional but we can bankrupt them by Boycotting their advertisers. Let the market do the job. They will either start doing their job or bye bye
Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:42pmEnuff Zenuff, one huge problem with the Supreme Court, as misguided or persuaded as they have been, is that we didn‘t elect them and we can’t vote them in. The system is such that we don’t have direct voting power there. But we the people can vote the people in who choose Supreme Court members. We need to influence with our vote the people into public service that are actually people the system allows us to vote in, such as state reps, senators, etc. And in my opinion, voting for a Republican or Democrat is a straight-shot prediction into the future of EXACTLY how things have been. Aren’t you tired of that??
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:16amBye….no more chances. We need new blood, guys and gals who get it.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:25amOrin you glad you Hatched your plan.
Report Post »Go away, use a lot of lotion for your RINO skin.
Stay away from the hunters, they collect Ivory.
bbquizzle
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:57amWe don’t necessarily need Orrin. However, his budget amendment is crucial to the financial wellbeing of our country. Support it.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:08amAnother “sorry” RINO .. we are sorry too .. sorry you guys ever got near our liberties.
Report Post »Anti-Republicrat
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:27amYep, that’s right…out with the old-hat thought process of the party-liner Republicans and Democrats and in with people who can become popular because of the principles they stand for and live by, and NOT because of the ridiculous D or R next to their name…WAKE UP, AMERICA!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:27amThe only good RINO is an unemployed one.
Report Post »DonaldH
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 5:51amDave, don’t tell us,,, tell the good people of Utah
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 5:56amOut with this RINO incumbent! We need true Conservatives if we have any chance of taking back our government and our country…
Report Post »I CHOOSE THE RED PILL MR PRESIDENT
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 6:03amNow correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought the Conservative/Tea Party movement was astroturf and the arm of the Republican Party. What’s up with this??? Lol.
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 6:05am.
Orrin Hatch saying he’s “Sorry” won‘t put the food back on my children’s & grandchildren‘s tables when they’re crushed by the debt Washington DC is leaving them. I won‘t really believe he’s sorry until he starts outrunning Ron Paul for who can cut the most from the budget and the entitlement programs.
It’s hard to describe (to someone who’s been living in the sewers of congressional politics for so long) that it is possible for someone who lives their life by a set of principles to have just ‘known’ in their gut that TARP was a terrible idea. I don‘t care how many people were saying that we’re going into a depression if we didn’t sign that bill immediately… it was patently obvious on the surface that the bill was flawed to it’s core because it was asking us to do more of what got us into trouble in the first place. It was like an alcoholic needing another drink so he could think straight enough to get sober… Wrong! Anyone who votes to raise the debt ceiling is making the same mistake.
Capitalism works because it is based on simple principles of rewarding the honest winners and not rewarding the losers and the cheaters. TARP forced the honest winners to pay for the losers and cheaters. It was immediately followed by a stimulus bill that poured the better part of another Trillion dollars down a rathole with nothing to show for it! God Help Us! Anyone who voted for TARP or the Stimulus bill, or who supports raising the debt ceiling has no common sense and the sooner we vote them out the better.
Report Post »stevefim5
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 7:47amI’m with you DAVECOOLWORLD – Mr Hatch’s time has come and gone. It’s time to get some new blood in Washington and last November was only a start.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 8:07ammuch like the people in nevada the people in utah continue to support their fool.
Report Post »jbh
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 8:22amI did say before our past election all must go. But I also think the Tea Party needs to become the third party.
I think it will be the only way to get DC under control for the people and by the people.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 8:54amOrrin is no RINO. Bush was not a RINO either. We should keep the original meaning of that term for those Republicans who really are little different from Democrats and who can’t be depended upon to stand with the Republicans in political battles. I think he needs to go though. He’s been in Washington too long and it has affected his thinking. He may be starting to come around now but we need someone who isn’t distracted by wrestling with his past votes.
Report Post »koyettsu
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 9:53amAgreed, he voted against us once and that is enough for me, we can get someone better that shares out beliefs in saving America.
Report Post »jerry1945
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 9:58amWe should not support anyone who will not offer and work for TERM LIMITS………
Report Post »HopeFool
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 9:59amI see Huntsman Jr., the most Liberal Conservative ever, gunning (can I say “gunning”), I meant running for Hatch’s seat in 2012, not Obama’s.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 10:11amRetire. Go enjoy your golden years. Leave us alone. You’ve done enough already. Go away. Damn you!
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 10:58amToo ingrained in the Washington DC way of doing things, time for new blood. Senator Hatch you used to stand strong for conservative principles but unfortunately you have been in Washington DC too long and whether you realize it or not you have changed, thanks for your past service but it is time to retire.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:00pmIs there any doubt if reelected that this man would again shake hands with the leftists and sell us out? Not in my mind. Just take a look at McCain. He couldn’t wait to get back out there and stab us in the back. No I am sorry Mr Hatch this is one Utah resident that will fight you with everything I have to prevent you from screwing us again.
Report Post »WhatTheHuh
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:42pmIsn’t it funny how these guys seem to “get it” every time an election rolls around? Senators are the worst because their terms are six years and once they get back in they can go back to whatever they were doing because the probably think most voters will forget in another six years. I don’t think that will be the case this time. Voters are no longer giving these career politicos the benefit of the doubt in the name of ensuring a winner with a name. They are willing to throw them out in the primaries and start anew.
That being said, Hatch has enough years and connections to leave the Senate and become a high-paid lobbyist. Isn’t that what they all do (see Chris Dodd)? Makes you wonder how appealing the power must be to fight so hard to keep it. Maybe it has something to do with putting in all those years and finally getting the power that comes with having tenure in Congress.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:46pmYou’ve had your chance. Enough is enough. Adios Amigo. Don’t let the screen door hit you on the way out.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:51pmLet’s see! You now guarantee to get the mess you helped create under control. The People didn’t want you to vote for TARP the first time. Did you listen then? No! Why should the People listen to you now. Fact is your butt is on the line in 2012. You will say or do almost anything to stay in office. Even lie about doing the will of the people again. Its a bitch trying to regain any credibility ain’t it. There’s the DOOR.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:21pmGuess American’s DO have the memory of a gnat..LOL.. SURPRISE Politicians.. NOT only is your CURRENT past coming back to haunt you WE can now find out how you’ve screwed us your entire career.. DON’T let the door hit you on the way out.. more than ONE way to protest and change a government who is full of tyrants..
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on February 13, 2011 at 7:35amgood we need to get rid of everyone that supported TARP
Report Post »and the corrupt wall st GS,AIG,JPM,and Moodys crime syndicates.
Just remember when the economy really blows up these
Bankers were the reason, as they got rich by destroying
America.
tower7femacamp
Posted on February 13, 2011 at 7:40amSix Republicans joined with 45 Democrats and one Joe Lieberman to defeat a resolution that would have blocked the release of $350 billion in financial-industry bailout funds Thursday. The Senate action — or lack of it — paves the way for the dispersal of the money regardless of any action taken by the House of Representatives.
The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is structured so that the president has access to the money unless Congress actively prevents its release. Only 42 senators — seven Democrats, 34 Republicans and one Bernie Sanders — voted to block the money.
In practical terms, Obama only needed enough votes to sustain a veto of the resolution, which he had promised when he met with Democrats on Tuesday. The vote today frees Obama of the politically costly task of vetoing a disapproval resolution, allowing him to spend that political capital elsewhere.
Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, voted against the original TARP legislation in October while locked in a tight reelection race. With the election behind her and the next contest not for another six years, Landrieu voted with Obama to release the funds. Landrieu’s vote sends a signal that she is likely to vote with Obama often during the first year of his administration, a helpful sign for the incoming president, who needs every Democratic vote from a red state that he can get. Democrat Bill Nelson of Florida also opposed the original TARP plan but voted with Obama this time around.
Obama also won six Republican votes: Sens. Lamar Alexander (TN), Jon Kyl (AZ.), Judd Gregg (NH), Richard Lugar (IN), Olympia Snowe (ME) and George Voinovich (OH).
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont voted to block the bailout funds, as did seven Democrats: Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Ron Wyden (OR), Ben Nelson (NE), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Maria Cantwell (WA) and Evan Bayh (IN).
In what will likely be their final Senate votes, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton both voted against the resolution and with the president. In his first Senate vote, Roland Burris voted with his leadership, Harry Reid and Dick Durbin, who had just last week been blocking him from taking his seat. Burris, Reid and Durbin chatted amiably on the floor and Durbin even polished Burris’ senatorial pin for him.
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