LA Times: Orrin Hatch not conservative enough for 'tea party' group

[pampango]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/06/orrin-hatch-not-conservative-enough-for-tea-party-group-wants-him-out.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef014e893536e5970d

"(A) "tea party" group is saying that it's Hatch who has not only spent too much time in Congress, but over the years he has turned less conservative than the group would prefer. FreedomWorks is launching a “Retire Orrin Hatch” campaign at the Utah Republican Convention this Saturday in Salt Lake City.

"The bottom line is Hatch doesn’t represent the state of Utah," Russ Walker, vice president of political and grass-roots campaigns for FreedomWorks PAC, said in a statement. "The state of Utah is far more fiscally conservative than Orrin Hatch is."

"It's clear that Sen. Hatch is trying to capitalize on the popularity of the tea party movement by reinventing himself as a fiscal conservative," Walker explained, "but his recent rhetoric and actions in favor of limited government simply do not erase decades of bad votes, costing taxpayers trillions of dollars. Indeed Hatch's body of work proves he cannot be trusted to consistently adhere to a fiscally conservative agenda, and possible primary challengers like Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-3, UT) give conservatives in Utah and around the country a great opportunity to trade up."

Hatch has a "90% conservative rating from the American Conservative Union, scores a 97% rating from Club for Growth in the last Congress, and received the highest ranking in Congress by the National Taxpayers Union.” Recently, Hatch attempted to shift his political motives more to the right in an attempt to secure another term in office, including removing his name from an immigration bill that would allow individuals to become U.S. residents after two years of college or military service (the DREAM Act).

[hobbit709]

1. Teabaggers-the new Kilkenny Cats.

[OKNancy]

2. Calling Hatch not conservative enough is similar to when DU

calls Obama a Republican. Neither are true. Both are exaggerations and hyperbole from those who demand their guy/gal be 100% what they desire.
Never mind that politics just doesn't work that way.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. When Orrin Hatch is not seen as rightwing and "coservative" enough for

republicans, you know this country's in trouble. He isn't exactly a republican moderate, but to the Tea Party, he's an outright pariah. The more right this country leans, so too go the policies of the democratic party as it competes for votes.

[Una_Writer]

4. The tea party is a bunch of easily-led lemmings

With more than a sprinkle of racism.