Orrin Hatch. Dead

[heyabbott]

He was a nasty man with a syrupy delivery.

Former Sen. Orrin Hatch dies at 88

 

[goalmouth]

One less asshole to share the air with.

 

[DanOregon]

When I first became aware of him, I figured he was the most conservative Senator in DC. By the time he retired, I don't think he softened at all, but he would qualify as being in the middle of the GOP Senate caucus, because those after him realized you could stretch the caucus further right as the likes of Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Tom Cotton have shown. Hatch actually worked with the Dems, didn't usually agree, but he did the work a Senator must do. Actually was the person who told Clinton he should nominate Ginsburg if he wanted a no-hassle confirmation process. Clinton hadn't considered her up to then.

 

[DanOregon]

It should also be noted that when ran for the first time, his argument against the Dem he was seeking to replace was that he'd been in DC too long and was "out of touch" with Utah after three terms and advocated term limits. Hatch ended up serving SEVEN terms, the longest serving Republican in Senate history.

 

[goalmouth]

A good start.

 

[heyabbott]

A good start.

He lived too long

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Actually was the person who told Clinton he should nominate Ginsburg if he wanted a no-hassle confirmation process. Clinton hadn't considered her up to then.

See? Ginsburg was eventually replaced by Barrett anyway, Hatch was just playing the long game.

 

[heyabbott]

See? Ginsburg was eventually replaced by Barrett anyway, Hatch was just playing the long game.

His treatment of Anita Hill and love of Long Dong Thomas shows that he was just a piece of **** and I hope he burns in hell with his entire family

 

[heyabbott]

 

[OscarMadison]

Um.


No.


Just. No.

He may have been possessed of the faux gentility we see in Mitch McConnell, but he was no gentleman.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Cross him off then.