Posted on 06/25/2008 6:40:59 PM PDT by Baron OBeef Dip
Rep. Chris Cannon -- who lost in a 60%-40% Primary election landslide yesterday -- had survived several previous Primary challenges by fooling enough people into believing that he was not really an amnesty champion.
The seven-term incumbent lost to Jason Chaffetz, 41, a former chief of staff for Utah's governor who was running for public office for the first time and who was outspent 7-1. Chaffetz ran as a True Immigration Reformer, favoring deep cuts in legal immigration and vigorous Attrition Through Enforcement measures.
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Let’s call it two OBL traitors down:
Spence Abraham and Chris Cannon.
Any ideas for an encore?
Several Utah media outlets were saying that Chris Cannon was “one of the most conservative” congressmen. Oh really? So high taxes and looking the other way at illegal immigration are conservative values now? Gosh, where have I been?
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