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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:20 AM Dec 2017

Hatch tweets praise for editorial criticizing him for 'utter lack of integrity'

Source: The Hill

BY AVERY ANAPOL - 12/26/17 10:05 AM EST

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Monday tweeted praise for a newspaper editorial that harshly criticized him and called for him to retire.

Link to tweet

The Salt Lake Tribune named Hatch their “Utahn of the Year,” an honor the paper said is given to an impactful Utahn, whether their contributions were “for good or for ill.”

The editorial said that Hatch was given the designation based on “his utter lack of integrity that rises from his unquenchable thirst for power,” and told the longtime senator to “call it a career.”

“It would be good for Utah if Hatch, having finally caught the Great White Whale of tax reform, were to call it a career,” the piece read. “If he doesn’t, the voters should end it for him.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/366472-hatch-tweets-praise-for-newspaper-editorial-criticizing-him-for-utter-lack-of

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Hatch tweets praise for editorial criticizing him for 'utter lack of integrity' (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2017 OP

Jake Tapper Retweeted Orrin Hatch Um ... did you read it, sir? riversedge Dec 2017 #1

Hatch saw. Hatch orgasmed. Hatch did not read. Hatch tweeted. Hatch mocked! Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #11

Reminds me of someone else. NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #18

There is more than one dotard in the GOP. Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #2

When and if he does read it, Scarsdale Dec 2017 #3

Yeah, we ask the same about Grassley here in Iowa. 47of74 Dec 2017 #9

American politicians are surely, in terms of total dollars pillaged, the most corrupt in the world? Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #12

They "stay on" because no one is willing to challenge them disalitervisum Dec 2017 #21

No kidding. volstork Dec 2017 #4

Yep, the GOP is filled with them, and many caught in a prehistoric age. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #5

Of course he didnt read the editorial... BlueIdaho Dec 2017 #6

Lazy idiot dalton99a Dec 2017 #7

Confirms that Orrin Hatch may be a few eggs short of reaching maximum peak in that Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #8

My mama always said, "stupid is as stupid does." marble falls Dec 2017 #10

Oh, he read it. Its his smarmy way to reply tavernier Dec 2017 #13

Who's wiping his mouth when he drools ???? Cryptoad Dec 2017 #14

Who in the world names their offspring ORRIN ? pangaia Dec 2017 #15

My father was named Orrin after his grandfather csziggy Dec 2017 #19

Ooppss.. well then, except your dad and grand dad.... pangaia Dec 2017 #20

This Brain Addled Old Fart Just Varified .... DoctorJoJo Dec 2017 #16

FUCK YOU HATCH turbinetree Dec 2017 #17

And Hatch just proved their point... paleotn Dec 2017 #22

riversedge

(70,267 posts)

1. Jake Tapper Retweeted Orrin Hatch Um ... did you read it, sir?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:26 AM

Dec 2017

He is taking on Trumps stupidity!

Jake Tapper
?Verified account @jaketapper
44m44 minutes ago

Jake Tapper Retweeted Orrin Hatch

Um ... did you read it, sir?

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/editorial/2017/12/25/tribune-editorial-why-orrin-hatch-is-utahn-of-the-year/ …

Link to tweet

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

11. Hatch saw. Hatch orgasmed. Hatch did not read. Hatch tweeted. Hatch mocked!

Reply to riversedge (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:18 PM

Dec 2017

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

18. Reminds me of someone else.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #11)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 02:41 PM

Dec 2017

Sneederbunk

(14,297 posts)

2. There is more than one dotard in the GOP.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:28 AM

Dec 2017

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

3. When and if he does read it,

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:35 AM

Dec 2017

he will feel stupid! Poor Orrin was born in abject poverty in a tar paper shack. (yeah, right) Clawed his way to the top, with lots of wealth. He is a phony. Some of these politicians claim religion just as a crutch, to fool followers. Orrin looks like death warmed over. Why are these people willing to stay on, long past their "sell by" date? What difference would a few more millions do them? His praise of tRump was so over the top, I wondered if he is afflicted with something?

47of74

(18,470 posts)

9. Yeah, we ask the same about Grassley here in Iowa.

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:38 PM

Dec 2017

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

12. American politicians are surely, in terms of total dollars pillaged, the most corrupt in the world?

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:20 PM

Dec 2017

disalitervisum

(470 posts)

21. They "stay on" because no one is willing to challenge them

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 05:56 PM

Dec 2017

and also, under the current way things work in Washington, as an elected official you have to be constantly raising money at receptions and dinners and events held for you or you don't get access to committee chairmanships, further funding, or even the congressional dining room. They spend several hours of every working day raising money on our dime instead of actually working for their constituents, the only people they work for and pay attention to are the ones who sponsor their fundraising efforts. They have a dollar quota they have to meet.

volstork

(5,403 posts)

4. No kidding.

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:37 AM

Dec 2017

How high can you count?

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

5. Yep, the GOP is filled with them, and many caught in a prehistoric age. n/t

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:48 AM

Dec 2017

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)

6. Of course he didnt read the editorial...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:51 AM

Dec 2017

He doesn’t read anything - including the fucked up tax bill he helped pass.

dalton99a

(81,561 posts)

7. Lazy idiot

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:01 PM

Dec 2017

Baitball Blogger

(46,753 posts)

8. Confirms that Orrin Hatch may be a few eggs short of reaching maximum peak in that

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:07 PM

Dec 2017

meringue cranium of his.

marble falls

(57,140 posts)

10. My mama always said, "stupid is as stupid does."

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:53 PM

Dec 2017

tavernier

(12,395 posts)

13. Oh, he read it. Its his smarmy way to reply

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:42 PM

Dec 2017

that he has no time or respect for any news that doesn’t fit into his bank account.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)

14. Who's wiping his mouth when he drools ????

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:44 PM

Dec 2017

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

15. Who in the world names their offspring ORRIN ?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:46 PM

Dec 2017

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

19. My father was named Orrin after his grandfather

Reply to pangaia (Reply #15)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 02:50 PM

Dec 2017

It's an old family name in my grandmother's family going back many generations.

It could have been a tradition in Orrin Hatch's family, too.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

20. Ooppss.. well then, except your dad and grand dad....

Reply to csziggy (Reply #19)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 02:51 PM

Dec 2017

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)

16. This Brain Addled Old Fart Just Varified ....

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 01:53 PM

Dec 2017

... that he is no longer mentally fit for office (but PERFECTLY fit to be a Trump sycophant). I saw him at a recent Senate hearing when an aide was whispering responses in his ear, just like Nancy Reagan used to do for Ronnie, when HIS Alzheimer's was taking over.

turbinetree

(24,710 posts)

17. FUCK YOU HATCH

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 02:24 PM

Dec 2017

And has for the Salt Lake Tribune, your organization has endorsed this asshole 7 times over 42 years, your a little late with your remarks:

"The editorial said that Hatch was given the designation based on “his utter lack of integrity that rises from his unquenchable thirst for power,” and told the longtime senator to “call it a career.”

So Fuck You Too...............

paleotn

(17,937 posts)

22. And Hatch just proved their point...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Dec 26, 2017, 06:19 PM

Dec 2017

time to "call it a career." What an idiot.

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