Comments on: Hatch distances himself from right-wing attack ad on Sotomayor. http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:54:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: panther47 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726667 panther47 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:32:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726667 Maybe even a Texas senate seat if it does become vacant. Maybe even a Texas senate seat if it does become vacant.

]]> By: panther47 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726666 panther47 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:31:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726666 More cannon fodder for the 2010 election. The Latino vote might get up near the African American vote. That will put some very conservative southern seats in the firing line. I just can't wait for the 2010 election. More cannon fodder for the 2010 election. The Latino vote might get up near the African American vote. That will put some very conservative southern seats in the firing line. I just can’t wait for the 2010 election.

]]> By: Wiz http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726332 Wiz Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:53:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726332 Given the opportunity to disavow this type of ad is doing the Republicans a favor. If they fail to distance themselves from it they are stupid. I wouldn't actually like to see them asked that question, I'd rather hang that ad around their necks like a burning tire. Given the opportunity to disavow this type of ad is doing the Republicans a favor. If they fail to distance themselves from it they are stupid. I wouldn’t actually like to see them asked that question, I’d rather hang that ad around their necks like a burning tire.

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726233 shoeless Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:54:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726233 <blockquote>Dr. Insouciance says: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham may go the same route, now that he has lectured her on her "poor temperament" (in a condescending manner, as though she were a naughty child).</blockquote> You think he will vote for since he got to call her a b!tch (in code).

Dr. Insouciance says:

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Graham may go the same route, now that he has lectured her on her “poor temperament” (in a condescending manner, as though she were a naughty child).

You think he will vote for since he got to call her a b!tch (in code).

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726227 shoeless Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:51:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726227 <blockquote>“I haven’t seen the ad, but it sounds pretty harsh. Not the type of ad I would run.”</blockquote> I wonder what sort of ad Harch would run to slime Sotomayor.

“I haven’t seen the ad, but it sounds pretty harsh. Not the type of ad I would run.”

I wonder what sort of ad Harch would run to slime Sotomayor.

]]> By: Dr. Insouciance http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726211 Dr. Insouciance Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:40:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726211 Watching the hearings today, I'm wondering whether Hatch is trying to pitch himself so that he can vote for Sotomayor. It's the easiest way out for him, so long as he can make a case with the Right that he pushed Sotomayor and got the "right" answers from her. Graham may go the same route, now that he has lectured her on her "poor temperament" (in a condescending manner, as though she were a naughty child). It seems to me that Sessions, Kyl, and Coburn will definitely vote against her confirmation. Watching the hearings today, I’m wondering whether Hatch is trying to pitch himself so that he can vote for Sotomayor. It’s the easiest way out for him, so long as he can make a case with the Right that he pushed Sotomayor and got the “right” answers from her. Graham may go the same route, now that he has lectured her on her “poor temperament” (in a condescending manner, as though she were a naughty child).

It seems to me that Sessions, Kyl, and Coburn will definitely vote against her confirmation.

]]> By: evangenital http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726207 evangenital Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:38:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726207 Hatch is a Mormon. He sees Ms. Sotomayor as one of the mud people that his religion claims will have no place in the after-life. Hatch is a Mormon. He sees Ms. Sotomayor as one of the mud people that his religion claims will have no place in the after-life.

]]> By: majii http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726203 majii Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:36:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726203 <strong>It's too late, Senator Hatch. </strong> The time to stop or speak out against these types of attacks has passed. You could have come out looking like a star if you had had the <strong>fortitude</strong> to speak out against unsubstantiated attacks on the president, progressives, immigrants, LGBT persons, and minorities instead of taking the coward's way out and remaining silent when you knew the attacks were unwarranted. No change here. I still feel the same way toward you and your lying, racist brethren inside and outside of the halls of Congress. It’s too late, Senator Hatch. The time to stop or speak out against these types of attacks has passed. You could have come out looking like a star if you had had the fortitude to speak out against unsubstantiated attacks on the president, progressives, immigrants, LGBT persons, and minorities instead of taking the coward’s way out and remaining silent when you knew the attacks were unwarranted. No change here. I still feel the same way toward you and your lying, racist brethren inside and outside of the halls of Congress.

]]> By: dasm http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726201 dasm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:35:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726201 Sessions is one of the most blatant white male anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-Dem, lying buffoon ever to gain office. Oops- I almost wrote "orifice". Sessions is one of the most blatant white male anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-Dem, lying buffoon ever to gain office. Oops- I almost wrote “orifice”.

]]> By: Doodlebug Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726192 Doodlebug Shayne Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:31:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726192 Hatch isn't as dumb as he looks. Oh heck, sure he is, he just got lucky this time. Hatch isn’t as dumb as he looks. Oh heck, sure he is, he just got lucky this time.

]]> By: ralph the wonder locust http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726186 ralph the wonder locust Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:30:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726186 joe cantwell, I saw that about Sinclair. I was waiting for one of our pet trolls to bring up Teh Awesome power of right-wing media and its ratings, or to crow about "failing" Air America before I brought it up. Still, it's kinda cool, huh? joe cantwell, I saw that about Sinclair. I was waiting for one of our pet trolls to bring up Teh Awesome power of right-wing media and its ratings, or to crow about “failing” Air America before I brought it up.

Still, it’s kinda cool, huh?

]]> By: Mathazar http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726178 Mathazar Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:27:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726178 Is Jeff Sessions prepared to follow Hatch's lead ? WHAT LEAD ??? Saying he wouldn't run the ad is NOT the proper response considering he did a fundraiser for them. Hatch needs to forcefully criticize this ad and RWCJ OR HE OWNS IT. Is Jeff Sessions prepared to follow Hatch’s lead ?

WHAT LEAD ???

Saying he wouldn’t run the ad is NOT the proper response
considering he did a fundraiser for them.

Hatch needs to forcefully criticize this ad and RWCJ OR HE OWNS IT.

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726170 Uncle Ho Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:26:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726170 joe cantwell says: May Sinclair broadcasting be struck down with bankruptcy, and I hope it never recovers. May it soon be followed by Clear Channel. no snark joe cantwell says:

May Sinclair broadcasting be struck down with bankruptcy, and I hope it never recovers. May it soon be followed by Clear Channel.

no snark

]]> By: curious http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726160 curious Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:15:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726160 Listening to these Republicans take aim at this woman is like a neon sign screaming racists. This brilliant woman, smarter then the men doing the questioning, and trying to field the racist comments. Can you imagine being taken to task for the suggestion that empathy and her minority status might weigh in her decisions? And a few years ago Alito who was questioned for the Supreme Court said exactly the same thing. He was confirmed. Evidently if your a conservative Republican it is alright. But if you are a woman and a liberal it is not allowed. As for Hatch, he knows she is going to be confirmed. He wants to be re-elected, and he is too old to find another job. The kind of questions she has been asked have had little to do with her judiciary experience. The American Bar Assoc. has called her the best candidate in the last 70 years. We are all looking at these nasty men. What they are is so obvious. As for Sessions, he was nominated by Reagan with a Republican dominated Senate and House for a judgeship that this woman has now, and he was rejected as unqualified by his own party. Now he is the head of this hearing by virtue of his seniority, not his qualifications. What an irony. He is passing judgment on someone he is not qualified to judgment. It is possible to find empathy in your judgments, while you make law that will effect millions of people for generations. That does not mean you cannot defend the law, it only means there is the realization that you are dealing with the lives of human beings. Listening to these Republicans take aim at this woman is like a neon sign screaming racists.

This brilliant woman, smarter then the men doing the questioning, and trying to field the racist comments. Can you imagine being taken to task for the suggestion that empathy and her minority status might weigh in her decisions? And a few years ago Alito who was questioned for the Supreme Court said exactly the same thing. He was confirmed. Evidently if your a conservative Republican it is alright. But if you are a woman and a liberal it is not allowed.

As for Hatch, he knows she is going to be confirmed. He wants to be re-elected, and he is too old to find another job. The kind of questions she has been asked have had little to do with her judiciary experience. The American Bar Assoc. has called her the best candidate in the last 70 years.

We are all looking at these nasty men. What they are is so obvious. As for Sessions, he was nominated by Reagan with a Republican dominated Senate and House for a judgeship that this woman has now, and he was rejected as unqualified by his own party. Now he is the head of this hearing by virtue of his seniority, not his qualifications. What an irony. He is passing judgment on someone he is not qualified to judgment.

It is possible to find empathy in your judgments, while you make law that will effect millions of people for generations. That does not mean you cannot defend the law, it only means there is the realization that you are dealing with the lives of human beings.

]]> By: 5th Estate http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726149 5th Estate Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:06:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726149 Remember the fuss over the (rather stupid) 'General Betrayus' ad? This anti Sotomayor looks like slander to me. Remember the fuss over the (rather stupid) ‘General Betrayus’ ad?

This anti Sotomayor looks like slander to me.

]]> By: Tired Of Fighting http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726140 Tired Of Fighting Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:03:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726140 Mr. Hatch deserves no pass on this at all, there have been plenty of other instances when he has gone along with his ignorant party's attacks so this sheepish, half-hearted, distancing of the subject means nothing. RIP SGT Stephen R. Sherman C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER) KIA 3 Feb 2005 Mosul, Iraq Mr. Hatch deserves no pass on this at all, there have been plenty of other instances when he has gone along with his ignorant party’s attacks so this sheepish, half-hearted, distancing of the subject means nothing.

RIP
SGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq

]]> By: kevsters http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726136 kevsters Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:58:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726136 You have to watch this clip of Tom arnold and Sean Hannity debating issues like Sotomayor, Health care, Sarah Palin, etc. Arnold does quite well. http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=2185 You have to watch this clip of Tom arnold and Sean Hannity debating issues like Sotomayor, Health care, Sarah Palin, etc. Arnold does quite well.

http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=2185

]]> By: spencers mom http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726126 spencers mom Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:54:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726126 <blockquote>from Hatch himself: “I haven’t seen the ad, but it sounds pretty harsh. Not the type of ad I would run.”</blockquote> Not exactly a condemnation, is it? When I think of the hoops these dimwitted GNOPers made then-candidate Obama jump through with respect to Rev. Wright and Ayers... PEACE

from Hatch himself: “I haven’t seen the ad, but it sounds pretty harsh. Not the type of ad I would run.”

Not exactly a condemnation, is it? When I think of the hoops these dimwitted GNOPers made then-candidate Obama jump through with respect to Rev. Wright and Ayers…

PEACE

]]> By: pastcaring http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726121 pastcaring Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:51:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726121 <blockquote><em>okie dokie says: Just like the Bush family distanced themselves from that whole Nazi thing after they helped finance it. Political whores don't sleep over.</em></blockquote> Mentioning Bush and political whores in the same sentence reminds one of Jeff Gannon...your statement may be truer than we know... ;]

okie dokie says:

Just like the Bush family distanced themselves from that whole

Nazi thing after they helped finance it.

Political whores don’t sleep over.

Mentioning Bush and political whores in the same sentence reminds one of Jeff Gannon…your statement may be truer than we know… ;]

]]> By: Mugsy http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/15/hatch-distances-cfj/comment-page-1/#comment-5726119 Mugsy Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:50:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/?p=50924#comment-5726119 I'll wait to see what Hatch says AFTER he's seen the ad before I'm ready to say he's disavowed it. I’ll wait to see what Hatch says AFTER he’s seen the ad before I’m ready to say he’s disavowed it.

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