Orrin Hatch voices his hatred for libertarians, but he is confused!
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah was interviewed yesterday by NPR and came out with his opinion on libertarians - and he didn't sugarcoat it. “These people are not conservatives. They’re not Republicans,” Hatch angrily responds. “They’re radical libertarians and I’m doggone offended by it.” Then Hatch, a former boxer, turns combative. “I despise these people, and I’m not the guy you come in and dump on without getting punched in the mouth.”
Hatch was reacting to recent threats to "his seat" in the U.S. Senate as libertarians and small government constituents have made a substantive move to "unseat" the Senator who has been sitting there for the last 36 years. Hatch has confused libertarians with the Tea Party as there are no Libertarian Party candidates running against him in the 2012 election, however there is a Tea Party activist running against him. In fact, Hatch is facing a total of twelve opponents this time around.
Most interesting of the interview is Hatch is confusing libertarians with Tea Partiers and those from FreemWorks. Whereas it is clear libertarians and members of the Tea Party do have some commonalities, most those within the Tea Party are not libertarians, they are fiscal conservatives.
Ironically, this is the same mistake Van Jones made less than two weeks ago, confusing libertarians with those in the Tea Party and Grover Norquist. One would think Hatch would know the difference between true libertarians and the Tea Party.
Hatch was reacting to recent threats to "his seat" in the U.S. Senate as libertarians and small government constituents have made a substantive move to "unseat" the Senator who has been sitting there for the last 36 years. Hatch has confused libertarians with the Tea Party as there are no Libertarian Party candidates running against him in the 2012 election, however there is a Tea Party activist running against him. In fact, Hatch is facing a total of twelve opponents this time around.
Ironically, this is the same mistake Van Jones made less than two weeks ago, confusing libertarians with those in the Tea Party and Grover Norquist. One would think Hatch would know the difference between true libertarians and the Tea Party.
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