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‘Historic Upset’: Orrin Hatch Forced Into Primary Fight After Failing to Secure GOP Nomination

Orrin Hatch Forced Into Primary Fight After Failing to Secure GOP Nomination

Utah Republicans denied U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch a clear path to a seventh and final term Saturday, forcing the 78-year-old lawmaker into a June primary with 37-year-old former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist.

Hatch fell short of the outright nomination by fewer than three dozen votes from the nearly 4,000 delegates at the party convention.

In a matter of weeks, Hatch turned the question of whether he would survive the convention into a question of whether he would reach the 60 percent threshold to earn the nomination.  Despite the setback, Hatch holds a significant fundraising edge in what has become the stiffest challenge since his election to the Senate in 1976.

“It is time for a new generation of leaders…We know it to our bones,” his competitor Dan Liljenquist remarked.

“No one senator is too big to fail…No one senator is too important to lose.”

Orrin Hatch Forced Into Primary Fight After Failing to Secure GOP Nomination

Dan Liljenquist, right, poses the greatest threat to Orrin Hatch

This year’s race essentially began in 2010, when former Utah Sen. Bob Bennett was ousted by delegates fueled by tea party politics.

Hatch reportedly remarked: “These people are not conservatives. They’re not Republicans…They’re radical libertarians and I’m doggone offended by it.”

“I despise these people, and I’m not the guy you come in and dump on without getting punched in the mouth,” he continued.

Immediately recognizing the challenge he would likely face from such groups, Hatch launched one of the most well-organized and expensive campaigns in the state’s history. Since the beginning of 2011, he has spent more than $5 million – and he still has $3 million to spend on a primary.

Hatch has also shifted his rhetoric to the right over the past two years to address the claims that he was not conservative enough (probably not a good strategy to admit you “despise” your constituents).

FreedomWorks has called the outcome “a historic upset,“ describing Liljenquist as ”an energetic, conservative underdog.”

“Utahns have spoken today, and their message is clear: it’s time for a change,” Russ Walker, national political director for FreedomWorks for America, declared.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:41pm

    I’m so sick of these career politicians. 36 years in the Senate, and this guy wants to be there for 42 years? WTF!?

    No more Hatch! No More Lugar!

    Please folks, do what you can to help support Hatch’s opponent, Dan Liljenquist.

    Even small donations help:

    http://www.danforutah.com/

     
    • brntout
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:49pm

      He was referred to “Foreskin Thatch‘ when I wasout there in the 80’s.Now I know why.

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    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:52pm

      “Hatch reportedly remarked: ‘These people are not conservatives. They’re not Republicans…They‘re radical libertarians and I’m doggone offended by it.’”
      “‘I despise these people, and I’m not the guy you come in and dump on without getting punched in the mouth,’ he continued.”

      Judging from this grudging statement, it seems that Orrin Hatch mustn’t like the concepts of liberty all that well. It looks as if the old Senator has gotten quite comfortable with the status quo the crooked GOP and DNC establishments has been maintaining for decades. After having spent 36 years in the Senate, I think it’s way past time for Orrin to retire from office…PERMANENTLY.

      Mr. Oshawott  
    • voodoolife
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 10:17pm

      Done! That SOB wants to come try and punch me in the mouth for being a Libertarian, so be it old man… better bring a lunch!

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    • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:27pm

      I’ll see about doing my part in ousting Lugar if you folks out Utah way will do your part to oust Hatch.

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:45pm

      He’s a RINO. Kick him out.

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:24am

      Orrin Hatch?
      More like “Borrin Hatch.”

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    • Cymry
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 1:23am

      as they say……………..you ain’t seen nothing yet.

      there is a word of mouth movement among us birthers to not vote for romney unless action is taken on barry’s ineligibility.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 2:44am

      There is another Libertarian thinker that will be a surprise in Tampa.
      Today, Ron Paul swept the entire Oklahoma District 4 convention! The Ron Paul R3volution continues in the Sooner State.
      There was nothing the establishment could do to stop the surgical precision of the Ron Paul movement, as we swept the entire District 4 convention. Shock and awe was the order of the day and Ron Paul now dominates Oklahoma. The spirit of Ron Paul from Oklahoma District 3, 4 and 5 is going to Tampa. Next, we will fight to fill the slate in the upcoming election of the at-large Oklahoma delegates.

      http://www.texasmonthly.com/blogs/burkablog/?p=13319

      http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/reawakening-liberty/2012/apr/15/colorado-further-evidence-ron-paul-will-challenge-/

      It keeps getting better and better.

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    • mickie4
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 7:27am

      Do you know what his mailing address is?

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    • TAXEVERYONE
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 7:49am

      Pack your bags RINO!

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 7:58am

      Two Words:

      Tea Party!

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    • dissentnow
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 8:24am

      I hope that the Utah voters give hatch the boot, but republicans tend to talk a big game about libertarian/small government values but then once they get to the voting booth they tend to vote for the establishment RINO……::cough cough Romney cough cough……..
      Let’s hope that Utah does the right thing.

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    • BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 8:56am

      It’s funny to watch adult babies scream and throw a fit. Careful, Mr. Hatch, you might get your toys taken away. Be very careful how you talk to your employer. Or maybe….by chance, you have forgotten who’s your daddy. Because I can’t ever remember one of my employees telling me the things you just said about your constituency. WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE???? Jumping on Libertarians….Seriously…..and calling them radicals?? Why don’t you just jump on over to the Democrat bandwagon and start exploiting the word racist too.

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    • lordjosh
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 9:24am

      He is of the dame cloth Romney is cut from. The establishment cloth. All leftist.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 9:34am

      “Power corrupts. But it does more than that. Power attracts the corrupt, then corrupts them further.” Don Matthews

      Here in Oklahoma we will lose Tom Colburn to term limits – Republicans and Democrats can‘t wait long enough since he’s a thorn in both sides. We would like to almost change the law for one execption but that won’t work. Remember they almost did it for Rudi after 9/11. Timmy was the only man that could save us in 2009, we had to overlook the fact that he cheated on his taxes – yet he’s over us at Treasury. Holler TERM LIMITS as loud as you can to your Congress Persons.

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    • nobama4ever
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 9:41am

      I agree. This guy is a despicable career RINO. Utah people should reject him and elect a conservative republicans who are fiscally responsible.

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    • Viper1
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 10:37am

      Anybody there over twelve years needs to go home. If you haven’t done enough damage in twelve years you never will.

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    • realmoderate
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 11:23am

      Looks like the establishment counted their Hatchs before they chickened.

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    • Benbit
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 11:41am

      Just gave and it feels good to go RINO on a Sunday morning !!!!!!

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    • justangry
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:01pm

      Thanks for the morale boost, West Coast

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    • LaBelle
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:32pm

      Oh yea I agree..I always have to wonder why they spend so much money to stay where they’re not wanted. It’s all about power and control. They’re worried about becoming irrelevant I guess but that ships done sailed.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 1:39pm

      Hatch reportedly remarked: “These people are not conservatives. They’re not Republicans…They’re radical libertarians and I’m doggone offended by it.”
      Yeah, God forbid somebody wants to scale down the size of GOVT and give the power back to the people. Yep, anybody that advocates anything other than total and complete control over every single aspect of Ameican life is an enemy of the state right? I have always known that Hatch was a phoney RINO. Get the hell out of here Hatch. Good riddence.

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    • Sargint Rock
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 2:06pm

      So pathetic. Stand down, Sir, Retire with some semblance of dignity and quit grasping for political power like some aging Duke who has fallen out of favor. And that goes for you, McCain!

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    • Zorro6821
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 2:36pm

      Great news to see these Over Paid Welfare Recipient Career Politicians go. Good Riddance to bad rubbish. Maybe Orin Hatch will join the commoners to see what life is like beyond the ivory towers. But of course he is a multi millionaire by now from feeding at the public trough for 40 years.

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    • American Cherokee
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 3:07pm

      Either during or after the confirmation hearings it was reported said by Kagan herself that Orrin Hatch walked her to the hearing and told her that if she didn‘t answer many questions and didn’t say much, she would be confirmed just fine.
      What Is That?!
      A “republican” senator who is supposed to be about protecting The US Constitution, Freedom, And Complete Respect For The American People, said that to a reportedly very left leaning candidate who was appointed by socialists who are against freedom, obedience to and respect about The American People?!
      Was he trying to generate good will? She’s more moderate and protective of freedom than people think? Or he just doesn’t care?
      They get up there and they don’t care about the freedom, goodness or people’s loving happy good lives that they hurt. A shame!
      And was it him or another senator was reported the other day that helped get Ginsberg approved; Who swore to protect The Constitution and The American People’s Rights; Who now goes around telling new fragile “democracies” asking for advise that the US Constitution is bad they should copy communist dictatorship ones?!
      Again They get up there and they don’t care about the freedom, goodness or people’s loving happy good lives that they hurt. A shame! Disgraceful!!

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 3:49pm

      Well said, Gingerbread….Good Post.. I think The People are
      starting to see what damage these Power Hungry LIFERS are
      doing to this Great Country..ie: Pelosi, Boxer, Reid, Rangel,Lee
      Waters and the list goes on and on and on…TERM LIMITS !!!
      These Leeches are sucking AMERICAN’S dry……..

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 4:00pm

      We need to Get a Handle on this Political Corruption by voting
      out Career Politicians, To important to fail, is BULLSHI**…….
      ie: Pelosi,Boxer,Rangel,Reid,etc.etc. these self serving POS
      are what’s wrong with this Country….Let’s start with Obama
      and go down the List.. They are NOT WORKING FOR US….
      Government gone amuck !!!! Google, Pelosi, she has made
      MILLIONS $$$$$ working for us…while we are paying
      more for FOOD and GAS….WTF ?? This WITCH has been
      sucking us dry for over four Decades..

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    • SELECT
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 6:03pm

      @Cymry – NOW YOUR SOLUTION TO OUTING OBOZO IS NOT REAL SMART. I JUST DON’T BELIEVE THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS BESIDES YOURSELF WHO WILL VOTE AS YOU STATE IN THIS UP COMING ELECTION.

      RE THINK YOUR POSITION, PLEASE AND VOTE OBOZO OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

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    • SELECT
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 6:55pm

      @encinom -don’t reply to this person. He/she is only trying to stir up the conservatives. He/she/it is from the left coast or the other left coast so you have to consider the source.

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 10:36pm

      My wife and I were at the Utah GOP convention working as volunteers for FreedomWorks. The Orin Hatch folks surrounded the FreedomWorks booth and attempted to prevent us from speaking with State Delegates. Maybe I am naive but I found that behavior kind of thugish.

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    • CelticGyrl
      Posted on April 23, 2012 at 2:42am

      @ Cymry & others who plan to protest individual issues by NOT voting or voting 3rd party- I’m not a Romney supporter, I don’t believe Obama is a legal US citizen who was eligible to run for President. But PLEASE! don’t hand Obama a second, and more destructive, term as President by not voting for the GOP nominee, who appears to be Romney. Vote to remove Obama in Nov. then we can work toward a more conservative candidate for 2016. But we can’t afford to take a moral or philosophical stand which will, in effect, re-elect Obama. Please, please, please, support the GOP nominee and get rid of the worst President in the history of America. If we don’t do this now, we’ll never have the chance again. America as we know it will be gone.

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    • pops289
      Posted on April 23, 2012 at 6:54am

      There are a lot of uninformed accusations and smears of Hatch here. He’s a good and decent man and has served well. There are things he could have done differently, but a Republican Senator in a Democratic Senate has to walk a difficult tightrope between being in a position to influence the outcome for better and not being in a position to do anything at all. The guy who votes a knee-jerk “no” to everything that comes up is never going to be in a position to change anything. I don’t agree with everything he did, but I most certainly don’t attribute it to him being evil or stupid or a RINO.

      Having said that, I voted for Dan Liljenquist at the convention. I think Hatch is tired, his brain has been fogged by the toxic DC environment, and Dan is a potential rock star of change – he is unbelievably talented and focused.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on May 14, 2012 at 12:43pm

      MR. OSHAWOTT agree and that goes for 30yr Ron Bin Paul……. just an old kook

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  • momprayn
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:40pm

    This is a good sign and hopefully will help the Tea Party get more noticed and heeded — hearing too many Repubs. saying how the Tea Party isn’t as influential this time…..that’s what they hope anyway. Another reason so many were shocked. All of us need to get busy and help against voter fraud (get voter I.D. passed), help support Scott Walker in Wis. against the unions, support all real Consv. candidates, etc. and get as many in the Senate and House as possible.

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    • encinom
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:16pm

      Looks like the Tea Baggers are doing it again knocking out winners to be replaced with candidates like Angels and Ms. I;’m Not a Witch. The Tea Baggers are the best thing to happen to the DNC. Looks like Der Furher Walker, may be wearing handcuffs soon, the corruption investigation isn’t going his way.

       
    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:00am

      agree momrayn so absolutely ready for the real honest conservatives to win an clean house in dc. aren’t the lefties comments so classy? so educated just listen to ^^^^that guy

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    • Cosmos102
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:45am

      Encinom, are you a thawed out cave man?

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    • burnteye86
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 5:11am

      ENCINOM, you kill me LOL. The TEA Party really gets under your skin doesn’t it. LOL. Well babe, it’s TEA time again, so pay close attention. I don’t want you to miss this. We’re gonna hit you right between your Commy eyes. LOL

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    • justneedaname
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 7:58am

      encinom, I want to encourage you to keep posting as often as possible. Every time I read one of you blatherings demeaning the type of Americans that made this country the envy of the world, I become even more resolute in my efforts to take our country back from you and all of the other losers of your ilk. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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    • Listen_then_think
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 11:43am

      encino you need to keep talking along with deb wass shultz as you 2 do more to destroy the DNC than anyone else. Thank you for all you do.

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 2:20pm

      OORAH !!!! The Tea Party is Alive and Well !!!!!

      All the Talking Heads in the O’MEDIA keep saying the
      TEA PARTY is DEAD….wishful thinking or HOPEY
      on their part ?? gotta’ love it…

      WE WILL BACK ROMNEY !!!!!!!

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 2:41pm

      WE WILL BACK ROMNEY !!!!!!!
      @Listen_then_think
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 11:43am
      encino you need to keep talking along with deb wass shultz as you 2 do more to destroy the DNC than anyone else. Thank you for all you do.

      I agree with You !! He/she/it keeps posting, gives this site comedy relief as
      does Debbie..shows us how enlightened they are…Love to read them, but will not
      respond to this idiot’s post….. Go Tea Party !!! I believe American’s are waking up..

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    • encinom
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 5:24pm

      The Tea Bagging party is not what made america great, it is made up of the in-bred, ignorant, bigots that seek to turn this nation into a facist theocracy. The funny thing is you guys pat yourselves on the back for supporting those that are against your interests.

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    • ezekiel22
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 6:00pm

      Enicom it looks as if the Tea Party really gets under your skin. Then again free speech is a real thorn for liberals to deal with. I have never really cared for their version of an Imperial democracy. They and the RINO’s have been trying for years to shove it down our throats and enablers such as yourself just encourage them. I hope Hatch goes.

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 8:15pm

      @ 1776 You Got it Right , Sir
      2012 – Clean out the House, the Senate AND the White House! Clean sweep!
      Get someone that will work for Us, and Not worry about their re-election..like
      someone I will leave nameless…but has been in campaign mode since 2006….

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 8:59pm

      If you are wanting Romney in the White House, you do npt really care about conservatism. He is not conservative, and he will take us down the same path, but will slow it up for the establishment so they can pull that wool over your eyes and cause you to become sleepy again. Their propoganda machine is showing it still works to their advantage. It is going to take the collapse for a lot of people to wake up.

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 10:52pm

      We the tea party are not going to stop with beating those on the left as we did in 2010. We are getting rid of their friends in the GOP as well.

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    • Smoovious
      Posted on April 23, 2012 at 6:07am

      I actually like having ENCINOM around here :)

      For quite some time now, as I go through the comments, many are just, meh… some make me angry, other can be interesting sometimes, then all of a sudden, there is ENCINOM with his usual dry, over-the-top, (and that is NOT an easy combination to put together, but he does so brilliantly), postings pretending to be anti-rep/anti-con/anti-lib, and they just crack me up every time.

      Kudos to ENCINOM for the way he consistently makes me laugh!

      Well done :)

      – Smoov

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 23, 2012 at 1:07pm

      @cosmos102

      Encinom’s fire went out & he is wandering around looking for 2 sticks to rub together. He is getting desperate & will be coming after our hard-earned-sticks.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on May 14, 2012 at 12:47pm

      WEST COAST PATRIOT so we should vote for a NeoLib…….. pretty dumb I would say

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  • cjherin
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:37pm

    I saw this coming 2 years ago, when I attended Glenn’s American Revival event in Salt Lake City. I was a Californian among the Utahans. Hatch was there to lead the Pledge of Allegiance, and Jason Chaffetz led an opening prayer. Chaffetz received a far larger round of applause than Hatch did, and those around me were saying that Hatch had been in the Senate too long and needed to go.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 8:14am

      The sense of entitlement of these old timers never ceases to amaze me. They are so entrenched and out of touch that they don’t know what is happening in the real world. Most of them don’t live in the states they are supposed to represent, they live in Geogetown or in Fairfax Co VA or Montgomery Co MD. They spend 90% of their time in the DC area and are surrounded by other politicians and the Yes Men that the tax payers pay as office staff.
      We let them vote on their own salary increases and benefits, they pass laws for us that they do not have to comply with.
      TERM LIMITS – TERM LIMITS – TERM LIMITS

      OMG 2012

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    • dumbgrunt33
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 1:31pm

      Agreed, term limits are a good thing. They don’t get to become the “ruling elite” if they can’t stay too long. And he doesn’t give a crap about conservatism, he just wants his job. Time to let someone with more energy into office, Mister Senator.

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    • mcsledge
      Posted on April 23, 2012 at 1:49pm

      Jason Chaffetz has his head on straight. He is a great young politician that doesn’t seem to be tainted by the establishment yet. I hope he never is.

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  • KangarooJack
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:35pm

    For those who think the TeaParty is just for kicks-n-giggles…they might want to reconsider. Just because one has an “R” after their name on the news-does NOT make it a “given” for re-election from Conservatives.

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    • db321
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:00pm

      Agree – you gust coined the Tea Party Motto

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 8:44am

      Every time I hear a story like this… I get excited… I want to get out the American Flag and Parade it.. then, some days later, the Bad News comes… and I realize that anyone who Wants to be in Government is an A$$!

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    • Nuncle
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:16pm

      Tea Partiers themselves need to wise up and realize that the R party is not doing them justice and feels safe that they have been co-opted into voting R now matter what.

      Remember, the best that can be said of the R prsidential candidate is at least he not a commie.. What a great thing.

      Think outside the box…

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    • beksma
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 5:47pm

      So very true!

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 7:50pm

      The O‘MEDIA BOZO’s and Talking Heads say the Tea Party is Dead..
      Let‘s get off our Dead AZZ’s..and like the HERO’s of FLIGHT 93 said,
      “LET’S ROLL”………..We got some Liberal AZZ to kick !!

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  • llotus
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:34pm

    Senator Hatch……..it is long over do. Pass on the baton and take a little dignity with you as you go. Lotus.

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:44pm

      The great RINO Purge of 2012!!!

      Go Dan Liljenquist! No more Hatch!

      Go Richard Mourdock! No more Lugar!

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:54pm

      Go Cruz in Texas. No Dewhurst.

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  • cassandra
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:34pm

    It‘s time these RINO’S Go !!!!

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  • Wigidy
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:27pm

    The founding fathers believed that “the most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally stable people is to elect virtuous leaders.
    Following Hatch’s career, he does not seem to understand this precious principle. I recall him fighting for tax cheat Tim Geithner to be posted in his present position trumping Geithner’s expertise over his morality.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNjTy88-dRg&feature=related

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    • Benbit
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 11:01am

      Thanks for the link, I forgot what a As$ this man is.
      Time for him to take up fishing.

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    • RevDev
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 1:21pm

      WIGIDY, You Rule! What an AWSOME LINK! This is what we need more of. Proves beyond a doubt Hatch is a tool of the Progressives.

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  • The Gooch
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:26pm

    Wouldn‘t it be great if both sides turned no big gub’ment partisans and whores? A man can dream….

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:12pm

    If we had a part time congress and they didn’t become rich after getting into office and wanting to stay in office being wheeled around with oxygen tanks we might get back to some sanity in government.I say term limits for congress is needed here,these old people who think they’re conservative must be fired.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:24pm

      Absolutly, the people need to get back to where the government works for us, and at our sufference; not the other way around, hopefully this Nov we can reproduce and expand on the shock given to them in ‘10. We The People need to do our part as well, and deny the ‘Professional Politician’ their Profession at all.

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  • drattastic
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:12pm

    Ya see there RINOs we aren’t just after democrats ,so start packing. BTW if you survive this challenge Hatch ,maybe you better start listening to your constituents. We are finished with big government politicians no matter what party you belong to.

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    • Dale
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:30pm

      Unfortunately, if he survives there will be little reason for this leopard to change his spots.

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    • jespasinthru
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 2:03am

      So true. Just look at what happened in Arizona. They re-elected John McCain. And as soon as that old RINO fossil was safely back in his senate seat, he started pandering to Hispanics and babbling about amnesty.

      jespasinthru  
  • soybomb315
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:09pm

    wow good for utah. i had thought all incombent senators automattically get the party nomination. is this just a Utah thing or is this the case for all the states?

    its strange that utah is such a hotbed for tea party but yet they will go 70% romney in the primary.

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    • stopspendingourmoney
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:43pm

      Not me, I am a Utahn and I am pushing for Ron Paul all the way, especially when Romney said he was for the bill that could imprison US citizens without a trial on a fox public debate, he is freaking nuts, that is way against the constitution. Look it up, or you tube it, my mouth just about hit the ground when he said that.

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    • Smart
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 1:35am

      This is what is great about the Utah caucus; it mimics how a republic SHOULD work… that is, those who are involved in the political process choose delegates who go to convention super educated about the issues. If it were just a democracy involving the votes of the general (and not educated on the issues) public, Hatch would be Utah’s senator forever. PS – Hatch has to go. He‘s been a big government disaster and we don’t need more of him on Sen. Finance

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    • okok
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 1:09pm

      I’m a Tea Party member AND a supporter of Mitt Romney. At first, I opposed Romney. But after a more through investigation-I changed my mind about him. His past is so clean that I heard one Dem say about Romney, “No body is that good.” He is a good man. Yes. To get elected, he has sometimes “said” things that cause me to wonder but his ACTIONS speak louder than his WORDS.
      And that‘s why I’m supporting Romney.

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    • pops289
      Posted on April 23, 2012 at 7:09am

      I wouldn’t give the Tea Party that much credit. The delegates here got a ton of literature from Freedom Works, for example, but it contained a lot of obvious crap. It wasn’t worth reading because it had way too much spin. My experience is that none of the material disseminated by out-of-state organizations, whether anti-Hatch, pro-Hatch, anti-Liljenquist, or pro-Liljenquist, was fully truthful or factual, and that was obvious to those who took the time to do some research and who talked face-to-face with the candidates.

      A lot of us, as delegates, went into the process with an open mind. Many of us concluded that Dan Liljenquist will be a more effective agent for change than would be Orrin Hatch.
      As a previous commenter noted, the Utah caucus system puts a small number of delegates in a position where we can get beyond the sound bites and spin. That’s what we did. Now that it’s going to a primary, Hatch is in the driver’s seat. It will take a heck of a campaign by Liljenquist to win.

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  • Look4DBigPicture
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:04pm

    Bye Bye RINO Hatch.

    Next …

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  • Constructionist
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:00pm

    Two words: Term limits

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  • Got2bRoni
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:58pm

    Its time for change. All must be uprooted.

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  • sndrman
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:50pm

    wonder if orrin can still hide under his desk like he did the last 3 years…when O’kebyan was running this great nation into the ground and bad mouthing AMERICA here and overseas….where were these rino’s running to go work with the socilaists demos

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  • Pro-Palin
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:49pm

    good bye good luck and good ridance……………. we have a ton more purging to do to get things right !! Lindsey , john mcain and others please line up…..

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:56pm

      Amen .. 2010 was a “good start” … but they didn’t seem to get it!

      LIBERTY 2012!

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:58pm

      There’s two reasons why they stay in office until they die,power and money they get drunk on power and money.Those politicians you listed are RINOS and must be driven from office.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:11pm

      we have a two party system – one of which is evil and the other is stupid…at least we can fix the stupid one

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:17pm

      SOYBOMB315 I usually agree with you but on this one I have to disagree,I believe we have one party in this country,the big government party and it’s about to get a rude awakening.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:21pm

      yea that too – i have said the same thing in the past.

      a guy can dream cant he

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  • VoteRightDammit
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:47pm

    Not commenting specifically on Hatch ……….

    BUT …………

    The old guard GOP has shown itself as capable of fighting the socialists as a kitten, and as impotent at leading the country as is Pelosi.

    Worse – they were handed a huge gift in ‘10 via the energized Tea Party GOPers, but warned: “You have not received a mandate and you are still ON PROBATION!” They didn’t listen and squandered the gift.

    I agree: TIME FOR A GENERATIONAL CHANGE.

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    • Bandofthehawk
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:14pm

      I don’t know a lot about Hatch, but we need to get more guys like Mike Lee standing up. I can‘t say I’ve ever seen Hatch standing up unless he is up for reelection. I don’t see that changing and I like what freedomworks is doing so I will side with them.

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    • countryfirst
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 6:35am

      No elected official is a leader, they are the representation of WE THE PEOPLE. And until the leader mentality is removed things will not change.

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  • Magyar
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:47pm

    If anyone thinks this jacka$$ is a conservative, they need their head examined.

    TIME TO GO ORRIN

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  • godlovinmom
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:43pm

    I hope Lindsay Graham is taking notice!

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:33pm

      lindsay graham is clinging to moderates like mitt romney – graham’s only hope of surviving in the republican party

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  • GaryInTheMiddle
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:40pm

    Do you hear us now? RINO!

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  • cuinsong
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:37pm

    Good bye Orrin your run is over! RINO!

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  • bhelmet
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:36pm

    Great news. I do not live there and have no say/influence, but it serves as a model for my state (AR). We will have to overcome Little Rock, but I gain confidence each day.

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  • aChameleon
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:35pm

    Denial is the first phase. Acceptance is the final phase. Orrin you better RECOGNIZE. People are PISSED.

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  • vtxphantom
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:33pm

    A moderate republican willing to make deals with democrats. Time to pass the baton sir. You served well during your time, but the times have changed. We need conservatism.

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:25pm

    Orrey Baby

    Time to fade into the sunset, thanks for your service. We need fresh Conservative blood to fight the Communist in the Whitehouse. And we aren’t Radical Libertarians, we are the TEA Party, and other Conservative’s.

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    • TulsaYeeHaw
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:28pm

      I’m a radical libertarian, and “conservatives” like him constantly insulting me and then “demanding” my vote, telling me abstaining is like voting for the other guy is rather old.

      Anyone know how we can donate to his opponent?

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    • AJAYW
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:31pm

      Well said

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    • Teufel Hunden
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 7:54pm

      TULSAYEEHAW, here: http://www.freedomworksforamerica.org/candidate/dan-liljenquist

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 8:20pm

      Tulsa\
      Youse and us’es are pretty much on the same team. And we are not Communists. So we much work together to keep Mitt on the Conservative Path. Hey UTAH, send Orrin packing with a thanks and a requst for him to help elect the cur nominee. That will be Orrey’s true test of his loyalty. Even to us Radical Tea Partiers.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 9:41pm

      Libertarians today, compared to those when the movement was gaining momentum as a respite to the Liberal party circa 1975 ~ thereby garnering Reagan’s attention briefly ~ are as crooked as they come. They are routinely bought and sold across party lines (favoring Clinton one cycle, hugs and kisses to Bush the next); degrading of the Constitution to suit their flights of fancy (claiming Americans must advocate isolationism as if Washington’s farewell speech somehow penned such “hands-off” rhetoric in invisible ink through an amendment no one can find); and routinely racist, bigoted morons who believe their millions banked off-shore somehow preclude them from practicing moral behaviors.

      Today’s (Ron Paul) Libertarians are not the “Libertarian-Conservatives” Reagan once praised.

      Through the 60s, as the Liberal Party gained one black eye after another, another name came up for debate… Libertarians. ‘We can do as we wish, vote how we want, love the left, hate the right; change gears as the winds blow, hell we can even sell ourselves as socially liberal, politically conservative.

      One should always remember and recognize that Reagan held fault with many in the Libertarian party due to their socialist tendancies.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 9:49pm

      it is these new Libertarians whom require a great deal of exposure. We now ~again~ we have Ron Paul who stands in the town square and preaches to the masses from atop his soap-box. One who rails against the government, preaching for absolutely zero tolerance of any governmental bodies ~ be those in the arenas of taxation, the military, foreign relations, energy ~ even to the most basic levels as required for national security or the stability of health and human services. The Libertarians of today advocate near-anarchy-like conditions between populace and government ~ a condition precisely as those promoted by the likes of Lenin, and Stalin his successor.

      As the Left has pulled further left, and some on the Right further right, we’ve all come to realize that Moderate is a misnomer. And it’s time to understand, too, that Libertarians, lost in a sea of “nearly-theres” and “could-have-beens” have become dangerously radical towards a goal of recognition. Their hands are every bit as open as any other Abramoff sell-out. Their records prove it. It’s time we focus on a candidate Reagan would have us to and it ain’t Ron Paul.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:00pm

      and then comes time2 to rain on everyone’s parade

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    • cous1933
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:08pm

      You’re right Soybomb, just like Orrin Hatch, Time_2_Troll despises libertarians and, doggone it, he’s offended by all of this liberty, prosperity, and peace garbage.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:23pm

      Just Ron Paul, the Mises/Rothbard/Rockwell Libertarians, and those that sympathize with them due to ignorance and lack of research SOY. If that’s raining on a parade… I’m all for that.

      Libertarians, especially Ron Paul Libertarians are not on the side of the Republican Party at this moment in dangerous times (if they ever were), so why would I ever speak highly of them? Their history and ideolgy are NOT in keeping with the finest traditions of Patriotic and Proud Conservative America no matter what BS they try to pass along. Subversives nothing more…

      Orren Hatch should go, and so should Ron Paul and “new” Libertarianism. Hatch was partly right in a sense.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:29pm

      COUS. Researched the Colonel. Makes some good points (via your link), but so does Ron Paul. BUT… he’s aligned himself with some rabble within the Veterans for Paul brigade, like Ron Paul aligns himself with, and panders to rabble… and that gives me pause to take much of what he says too seriously in the long run. You are who you align yourself with. He should stay off RT Television and stay away from Adam Kokesh and a few others in that realm if he has any self respect as a Retired Officer and Gentleman.

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    • KeystoneState
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:46pm

      Hittin the bottle Time-2?

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    • cous1933
      Posted on April 21, 2012 at 11:51pm

      Time,

      Considering Colonel Macgregors credentials and all I’ve heard and read from him, (in addition to the fact that he would never stoop to posting hateful, often childish, and usually untrue comments on a web blog), I find it hilariously ironic that YOU can’t take HIM seriously.

      And since, according to you, “you are who you align yourself with”, (and you consider Ron Paul a racist because of some mildly offensive comments – by others – in old newsletters), then you must also be a racist, because you have aligned yourself (by your own logic) with many other Ron Paul haters on The Blaze, and I’ve seen some incredibly racist posts from some of the Ron Paul haters here.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:11am

      I don’t align myself with anyone on here COUS. I speak for myself and have no cheering section, nor do I want one. I don’t do any glad handing on here like Paul supporters and their cheering section.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:21am

      As far as the Colonel’s credentials? He certainly has some, and I’m satisfied with mine and so is my country as they still rely upon them from time to time. I have no need to drop trou in that manner to prove any points…

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:38am

      Getting back to the point…

      Libertarians destroy the Constitution to suit their agendas. For example, read Ron Paul’s “The Revolution”. He uses Washington’s Farewell Address to lay claim our Founding Father’s demanded isolationism and that to ignore such a claim Americans may as well just flush the entire Constitution down the toilet. Washington’s address was 20 years removed from the Constitution’s signing and 5 years removed from the Barbary Wars. Read his positions on the issues; another strange and convoluted attempt to marry the Constitution and his demands for compassion for Jihadists. The man wants America to return land to the very people who blew up the towers on 9/11… claiming it’s the fault of the United States we were attacked. And he’s not the only Libertarian espousing these views.

      In short, the links between Socialists and modern day Libertarians are many and frightening. Reagan saw it 35 years ago.

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    • Saywhatonemoretime
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 12:06pm

      Obama Lawyer Admits Forgery but disregards “image”avi
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ktsrcZC5Y

      Obama attorney admits birth certificate is fake
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf2vxViMyTE&feature=related

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 1:48pm

      @cous1933
      “Ron Paul a racist because of some mildly offensive comments – by others – in old newsletters), then you must also be a racist,” ….. to Time_to_end aka “Yepimaconservative”
      Ask Time about his racist comments about “brown” people shopping at Walmart when he used to go by the name Yepimaracist.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 5:33pm

      Reagan
      “Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country.” – Ronald Reagan

      Has Ron Paul Changed over the years or has the Party changed?

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    • cous1933
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 7:27pm

      Time,

      By your own logic, you are aligned with those who share your political views. These are your rules, not mine. So – using your rules, you must be a racist like some of your fellow haters on The Blaze. You can‘t get away with using this type of logic to indict Ron Paul and all those who support his candidacy and then say that the alignment rule doesn’t apply to yourself.
      While we’re playing your alignment game, the fact that you so adamantly oppose Austrian Economists like Mises, Rothbard, and Paul, it seems that you are aligning yourself with the Keynesian Economists (including Obama) and of course that must also mean that you are just like John Maynard Keynes. Talk about skeletons in the closet.
      If these examples seem silly to you, it shows just how ridiculous you look when you make the same type of associations.

      You are so full of distortions and nonsense, I think that your strategy is to try to overwhelm with too many lies to address. Socialism and libertarianism have so many links? Really? These ideologies are polar opposites. You are either ignorant or lying. Isolationism? There is a big difference between isolationism and non-intervention, and it has been clearly explained ad nauseum. If you still call Paul an isolationist, you are either ignorant or lying. Calling Murray Rothbard a racist is either ignorant or lying. Anyone who has read and/or listened to Rothbard knows where these accusations come from and also knows that they are not true.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 9:18pm

      Time_2 is a liberal in disguise here, have you ever followed his posts? He must hate Ronald Reagan also:

      “I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals – if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.”
      - Ronald Reagan

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    • cous1933
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 9:33pm

      West Coast Patriot,

      You know, the more I read his posts, the more convincing it is that “Time_2″ is really a left winger pulling their old trick of posing as a conservative and being purposely obnoxious in order to discredit true conservatives. After all, his bogus criticisms of Ron Paul and libertarian-leaning conservatives in general, are the same red-herrings and distortions the left uses, so the evidence is mounting.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on April 22, 2012 at 9:41pm

      Exactly right Cous.

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    • TulsaYeeHaw
      Posted on April 23, 2012 at 4:18am

      @Teufel Hunden

      A German Dog? Seriously? A dog from hell, a name the Germans never really used anyway?
      Do tell…..

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