The GOP's Orrin Hatch Problem

Townhall.com ^ | 2/4/2015 | Michelle Malkin

[Servant of the Cross]

Michelle succinctly calls out Orrin "don't count out your" Hatch "until he chickens".

Let's face it: Seven-term incumbent Hatch embodies everything that's wrong with the GOP brand. He's a mascot for the Big Government Republican parade and masquerade of career politicians who stand for nothing and roll over for everything.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

How old is Hatch and when is his current term up?

[jsanders2001]

He’s also been investigated for corruption more times than most which is probably attributed to his tenure.

[cotton1706]

“How old is Hatch and when is his current term up?”

He was first elected in 1978 and was just reelected in 2012.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

More proof that we need a national dose of Scott Walker.

[Servant of the Cross]

Seven-term Orrin Hatch is 81 next month. He was most recently re-elected to the Senate in November, 2012 and has said he'll retire at the end of this term (2018).

[Servant of the Cross]

or Ted Cruz ... or both on the same ticket.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Orrin ran out of testosterone many years ago....he’s a eunuch now - in every possible way.

[lurk]

Something about the combination of mostly dead and having power that makes an old guy dangerous. Sorta like an 80 year old driving a car.

[Theodore R.]

It doesn’t matter that Hatch turns 81 this year; people in UT think he is the greatest and will do so for eternity.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Wasn’t one of his best buddy’s Ted Kennedy?

[Theodore R.]

Hatch first won in 1976 on the Ford-Dole ticket.

[Theodore R.]

EMK probably ridiculed Orrin behind his back, but Orrin though EMK was “swell”.

[JayAr36]

AND THE CORRUPTION OF OUR GOVERNMENT GOES ON AND ON WITH NO END IN SIGHT.

[Texas Eagle]

Orrin Hatch is still alive???

[Texas Eagle]

My God. Why do these people refuse to go out and live in the world they helped create?

Heaven knows they exempted themselves from whatever legislation they inflicted upon us.

Get out, Orrin. Enjoy whatever life you have left.

And let us enjoy ours.

[Servant of the Cross]

He looks embalmed already ...

[Servant of the Cross]

Wasn’t one of his best buddy’s Ted Kennedy?

Hatch co-sponsored the $6 billion national service boondoggle and dedicated it to his good friend Teddy Kennedy, with whom he also joined hands to create the ever-expanding SCHIP entitlement. That program is now an $8-billion-a-year entitlement and growing.

[Stayfree]

The man has no soul.............

[Rummyfan]

Last week, senior GOP supplicant Sen. Orrin Hatch announced that he will support the confirmation of President Obama's attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch.

Hatch is a pusillanimous puke. I loved it when Mark Levin absolutely excoriated him on his show Monday evening. The Great One invited Hatch to call in ... to no avail.