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To: Coleus; AuntB
Whoa, that was a trip down memory lane. I counted about six freepers that have since been banned. Part of the Ron Paul purge?

Anyway, here's a readable summary.

Here's a summary of the end result:

Senator Orrin Hatch appears to have played a decisive role in torpedoing the resolution. Senator Michael Waddoups, the majority leader of the Utah Senate, told Get US out! Committee member Deanna Arnason that he had conferred with Hatch on the matter and Hatch had dismissed the resolution as a "joke." Following Hatch's lead. Waddoups turned thumbs down on the resolution.

Another activist, who works closely with the legislature and asked not to be named, told THE NEW AMERICAN: "Majority Leader Waddoups has been good on many issues, but his running to Senator Hatch on the UN resolution is a bad sign; it shows the harmful influence that Hatch has on the legislature and state politics in general. The real joke is Hatch's unwarranted image as a conservative. He supports many unconstitutional, Big Government programs and has been praised by UN officials for his support of UN programs.

But the Get US out! campaign is gaining steam and next time around it will take more than Hatch and Leavitt to stop it." Senator Hatch reportedly also spoke to members of the House to dissuade them from supporting the measure. Governor Leavitt, a strong UN supporter was quoted in the Deseret News, one of the Beehive State's leading newspapers, as opposing the resolution.

45 posted on 01/25/2009 10:07:31 AM PST by Nephi (Like the failed promise of Fascism, masquerading as Capitalism? You're gonna love Marxism.)
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To: Nephi

But the Get US out! campaign is gaining steam >>

It’s dead here.

http://www.getusout.org/


46 posted on 01/25/2009 11:02:37 AM PST by Coleus (Abortion and Euthanasia, don't Obama and the Democrats just kill ya!)
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