Hatch’s vicious behavior is worst in Senate

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001 | 10:06 a.m.

Orrin Hatch is the U.S. Senate's most obnoxious member. His recent blistering attack of the Democratic senators who voted against the confirmation of John Ashcroft as attorney general is an example of his meanness.

I also recall his vicious questioning of Anita Hill at the Clarence Thomas hearings, his persistent bashing of President Clinton, and his use of his position as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to block Clinton's appointment of federal judges.

And now there is the disheartening speculation that he is scheduled to be our next chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Hatch's behavior, and that of the Bush camp, defines bipartisanship as Republicanism.

ORVILLE GOPLEN

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