Senator Orrin Hatch
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“I like Barack Obama and I want to help him if I can.” –Senator Orrin Hatch, November 2009
(Video says: Hi, my name is Mark Hopkins. I live in Provo and graduated from BYU. While studying political science at BYU, I gained a great appreciation for our liberties in America and for the Founding Fathers. Over the last couple of years I’ve felt so distraught as I see our liberties slipping from our grasps with the election of Obama and the growth of government. I want my kids to live in a better America. What I don’t want to give my kids is an America embracing socialism and I don’t want to give them an out-of-control debt-laden America.
So I decided to get involved. Two years ago I was elected a state delegate at our local neighborhood caucus. Through this process, I helped to elect an alternative to Senator Bennett. It was so rewarding to be able to make a change that would promote greater freedom.
I made this website to help educate people in our great state of Utah. My purpose is to give people resources to help them make an educated decision during the 2012 senate race. At this time, I’m not promoting any particular candidate. I’m just trying to help educate people on the issues of this race as well as the voting record of Senator Hatch.)
42 Years in Office? Senator Orrin Hatch has been in office for 6 terms. This makes Senator Orrin Hatch’s term in office exactly twice as long as Senator Bennett’s time in the Senate. In fact, if Senator Orrin Hatch is reelected, he will be in office for 42 years–almost half a century. Can you believe that? The problem with these career politicians is that they are in Washington so long that they lose touch with their constituents back home and end up voting contrary to the wishes of these constituents. Senator Orrin Hatch is no exception.
Senator Orrin Hatch Trying to Brand Himself as Conservative Recently, Hatch has gone to great lengths to recast himself as a conservative by showing up at Tea Party gatherings. In fact, a central part of his strategy to brand himself as conservative has been to actively court and attempt to hire Tea Part activists for his own campaign. You can read about it on www.ksl.com.
Senator Orrin Hatch’s Voting Record Tells Another Story Despite claiming to be conservative, Senator Orrin Hatch’s voting record tells another story:
Voted for the $700 billion Wall Street bailout (TARP)
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Voted for the auto bailout
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Supported health care mandates
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Raised the debt ceiling 17 times
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Sponsored a health care mandate with the liberal Ted Kennedy (SCHIP)
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Supporters of Senator Orrin Hatch tell me that even though his voting is a bit liberal, he has been in Washington DC long enough to have clout and be able to get things done. The problem with this argument is that I don’t want someone who get’s the wrong things done and votes for socialism again and again. Wouldn’t it be better to have someone who votes the way I want to vote and has my interest at heart. Just because someone may have influence, if it is influence to make bad laws, why in the world would we want to keep supporting such a person? Hatch’s voting record is clear enough.
Promised to Serve for Only Two Terms Hatch, like Bennett, started out with intentions to be a statesmen who would defend the Constitution and fight the liberal establishment. Both Senator Bennett and Senator Hatch promised to retire after 2 terms. I can’t understand how a politician can make such a clear promise and continue to be elected for 6 terms.