Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) came out swinging against Democrats Friday, telling a room of conservative lawyers that Republicans were ready to give the other party "a taste of their own medicine."
"Frankly, I intend to win with our candidate for the presidency in 2016, and we will give them a taste of their own medicine," said Hatch. "And we're going to win. We're going to win. These next two years are extremely important. Maybe the most important two years in our history."
Hatch also drew laughs from the crowd when he made fun of the left for using the term "progressive."
"I get a big kick out of them using the word 'progressive,'" he said. "My gosh, they're just straight old dumbass liberals anyway."
Well he seems nice.
By the way Orrin Hatch is the guy who once said, "Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life."
A quote which I must be too much of a dumbass to understand.
I am not sure which "taste of our own medicine" Hatch is planning to give Democrats, but if it means Republicans are going to lay down and allow the Democrats to roll over them, like our people have done for the last six years, well then that seems fair.
As for being progressives, I think I'll take it. After all it sure beats being a warmongering, anti-science, anti-women's rights, old dried up fossil any fucking day of the week.
But what do I know? After all I'm just a liberal, and all we have are logic and facts on our side.
The best description/defense of the word liberal comes (of course) from the TV series The West Wing. It is from a debate scene, where Jimmy Smits' character, Santos, is running for President.
ReplyDelete"Santos: It's true, Republicans have tried to turn 'liberal' into a bad word. Well, liberals ended slavery in this country.
Vinick: A Republican president ended slavery.
Santos: Yes, a liberal Republican. What happened to them? They got run out of your party. What did liberals do that was so offensive to the Republican party? I'll tell you what they did. Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created social security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act.
What did Conservatives do? They opposed every one of those programs.
Every one.
So when you try to hurl the word 'liberal' at my feet, as if it were dirty, something to run away from, something that I should be ashamed of, it won't work, Senator, because I will pick up that label and wear it as a badge of honor."
I'd love to shove those words down Hatch's throat. Any member of the Republican party; party of Palin, Goemert, Jindal, Ernst, Bachmann, Steve King, Inhofe, has the f*cking GALL to call liberals "dumb". Just boggles the mind.
Senator Hatch? Stupid is as stupid does. Your party DEFINES stupid. You don't believe in evolution, science, reality. And on top of that, you are mean-spirited, small, petty human beings. May the karma you are earning bite you in the ass.
I believe Lawrence O'Donnell wrote those words.
DeleteYes, he was a head writer on the show!
JJ
I tweeted this out yesterday to Nancy & one other Senator, we all need to call our Senators tomorrow and DEMAND he STEPDOWN!!!! Don't even ask for a apology, we have to get all "Wee-Wee'd up and poutrage and do like they do, can you imagine if one of OURS said that?
DeleteLets give the old fucker a taste of what kind of assholes progressive, liberals are! FUCK YOU ORIN HATCH!
Perhaps his words will be remembered as well as iRomney's 47-percent gaffe.
ReplyDelete"Dumbass liberals." We'll see what the next two years bring, sir.
Hatch is part of a dying species and he knows it, hence his last-ditch efforts at longevity via notoriety.
ReplyDeleteHe would leave a much better lasting memory if he took the high road. As it is he, like the few remaining "moderate" or "moderate-ish" Republicans in Congress have all sold their souls to the far right and to their pay masters, Charles and David Koch.
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This coming from the dumbass who wears Malik underwear, and believes he will spend eternity on a bogus planet Kolob with multiple wives smoking cigars with Jesus. He's a friggin troll
ReplyDeleteI must admit that, after the mid-terms, I utterly dread 2016. It just never stops, the nastiness. The one hing I DO look forward to is when the 4pees once AGAIN realize that no way in double hockeys is queenie running.
ReplyDeleteThe GOP only won this last election because only 36% or 38% of voters cast votes. No matter whether the reason was because of Diebold, purging 7,000,000 or so Democrats from the polls or whatever caused the low turnout, the GOP won slightly more than half of that 36% to 38% of the vote. Big damn deal! The right won't ever admit it but that's the only reason they won.
ReplyDeleteRage on righties, do your thing, tell us about your mandate and show us how crazy you are.
The opposite of progress? Congress. Being a dick just comes naturally for these idiots.
ReplyDeleteHi gang, is it just me or are you having your comments dropped after entering the secret number code?
ReplyDeleteMe, too.
DeleteGreat. The name-calling continues.
ReplyDeleteCalling the insane asylum, if you count your clients, two are missing. Sarah and Senator "Down the" Hatch. He reminds me of the two curmudgeon muppets who go to the opera and talk real loud. I'd rather be a progressive and stand for something than the opposite who kneel for anything. I wouldn't go around being a pissy bitch all the time just because my parents named me "Orrin", you're old enough to get your name changed. Hurry before "booby hatch" gets taken, Run, Orrin, Run!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHatch and Ted Kennedy were close friends. Hatch even wrote a song for Kennedy's wedding, and Kennedy later remarked he would like Jewel to sing it. I wonder if Hatch remembers this. He is getting old, and he got Teabagged in the primary, so...
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Hatch also wrote a song when he learned of Kennedy's cancer diagnosis.
Sen. HATCH: Oh, he loved it. The inspiration came - to call the song, "Headed Home," meaning headed home to the Senate, hoping he'd get back, you know. He called me and said oh, this is great. This is just wonderful, I really appreciate. I said, hope you didn't misconstrue it. He said, no, no. He said, I got the whole picture. He said it was just wonderful. I just hope it's a good enough tribute to my friend because I loved Ted Kennedy and I love Vicki Kennedy, and I love that whole family. That family has given so much to this country, and I just want everybody to know that they need to be revered. That family has gone through all kinds of travail and difficulties. Ted went through all kinds of travail and difficulties, but we've got to look at the good things. And I can tell you right now, that's a family that's given a great deal to this country, and they deserve a lot of credit.