Orrin Hatch regarding Kyle Sampson: “Frankly, I will resent anyone who tries to hurt the man”

[sabra]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/leahy-says-former-gonzales-aide-to-testify-voluntarily-2007-03-22.html

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said he feels sorry for Sampson, who used to work for the committee, adding he sees him as the “fall guy.”

“Frankly, I will resent anyone who tries to hurt the man,” Hatch said.

remember this was the guy rumored to replace Rove...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/30/AR2005103000823.html


If Karl Rove, left, were forced to step down as White House deputy chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson has the right look to replace him. Sampson is the attorney general's chief of staff. ((Photo Illustration by The Washington Post))

[acmavm]

1. Who the hell gives a damn about what Hatch thinks?

[Duer 157099]

2. What is it about Number Two men?

Not only in Iraq, but also in this administration.

It STINKS doesn't it?

[fooj]

3. WTF?

Are they "cloning" Rove now? Eeeeeeeww!!! Creepy.

[antonialee839]

18. They look like they are wearing the same suit and tie even.

[yardwork]

26. It's a little mini-me mini-KKKarl

[Captain Hilts]

4. Then he should recuse himself from the hearings. nt

[niyad]

5. oooohhh, I am soooooo scared. "elections have consequences"

[Horse with no Name]

6. I will "resent"?

Is this the strongest language he could muster?
If he wanted to send a CLEAR message, he might have been a little more specific with his language.

[WinkyDink]

21. "I will look askance at!"

[Solly Mack]

7. Hatch can hush

and go fuck himself

[CrazyOrangeCat]

11. Indeed.

He's mean and stupid and needs to keep his pie-hole shut!

[Fresh_Start]

8. Hatch, "fall guys" are not innocents

they are willing participants put in place to shield the bosses.
The willing fall guys need to go along with the crooks they are supporting.

[emulatorloo]

9. Hatch needs to worry about the thugs in the Bush admin hurting Sampson, if Sampson tells the truth

when he testifies. I get the feeling that Sampson pretty much knows all there is to know about Bush/Rove's involvement in this mess.

See this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x475910

[John Q. Citizen]

10. Orrin is right about something? wow. Sampson is the fall guy, for bush

[Roland99]

14. Libby took the fall for a DICK, Kyle will take the fall for the Shrub.

[Iwasthere]

12. resent away Orrin...

Nobody gives shit what you resent!

[Hepburn]

13. ESAD, Orrin....

...you and the Pubbies are NOT the party in power. Like Boxer said, "Elections make a difference." If widdle Kyle did nothing wrong, then widdle Kyle will not get hurt. Got it, Hatch?

[Malikshah]

15. Frankly, Orrin, I resent that you still have a job and a livelihood, but

you don't see me crying about it.

[Hubert Flottz]

16. Don't do the crime if you can't take the fall...

FallGuyGate is going to be a Really Big Show...And Hatch loved it when Bill Clinton took that fall from grace...America Remembers! * "Nobody Is Above The Law!"

[tyne]

24. Ummm

Who do you guys think Orrin is referring to when he says, "anyone"? Seems to me he's talking about the administration. If so, isn't that a Martha Stewart "good thing"?

[Hubert Flottz]

28. Ummm

Orrin Hatch is a lockstepping Bush enabler to the bone. I can't think of a single good thing about Hatch...NOT ONE!

[tyne]

29. ummm3

....just saying that you may be misinterpreting who he means by "anyone". In fact, i'm almost sure that's the case. Doesn't make sense the other way.

[Hubert Flottz]

36. Ummm4

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[CrazyOrangeCat]

33. Nope, not even one.

He's from the most beautiful state in the union, in my opinion. And he has always wanted to sell it all to the highest-bidding oil/mining concerns.

He's big trouble, and I hope he gets his sycophant ass caught up in one of these many scandals.

[Zenlitened]

17. Ooooh. He's going to *resent* us. What's next? Will we be forced to sit in...

... The Comfy Chair???!!!




Guess Mr. Hatch is in for a prolonged spell of "resenting." 'Cause the truth is what we're after here. And it's going to hurt -- as truth often does -- a lot more people in this cabal of crooks than just his little pal Kyle.

[ljm2002]

19. I wonder who he is aiming his remarks at...

...after all, he does refer to Sampson as the "fall guy". If he is the fall guy, then who is he falling for? Rove and Bush, that's who. So maybe Hatch is signaling something else than a barb aimed at the Democrats?

[whistle]

20. Did Hatch bother to explain exactly what he means by that? Sounds like

....Marlon Brando's character, Don Corleona, in "The Godfather":

"But I'm a superstitious man. And if some unlucky accident should befall him - If he should get shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell - or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning, them I'm going to blame some of the people in this room, and that I do not forgive. But, that aside, let me say that I swear, on the souls of my grandchildren, that I will not be the one to break the peace we've made here today."


Don Corleone to the other Dons compared to Orrin Hatch to the other U.S. Senators

[seaglass]

22. So when Sampson wanted the USA job in Utah and Hatch

knew but pushed to get his own guy in that wasn't "hurting him."

What a blowhard.

[Supersedeas]

35. that's how I remember it

[Cha]

23. Did hatch look at himself

in the mirror and practice 50 times so he could say that with a straight face?

:rofl:

[in_cog_ni_to]

25. OMG! KKKRove has a twin!

:scared:

[SemperEadem]

27. So? Your resentment doesn't impact anyone but you and your blood pressure

Sampson needs to go down for lying.

[City Lights]

30. Wha? Hurt him how? His feewings, or physically?

What a bizarre thing to say.

[Virginia Dare]

31. So Orrin, tell him to sing like a bird...

give up all the goods, and then maybe he won't have to take the fall.

[whoneedstickets]

34. Exactly, Sampson is small potatoes...

...Let Orin spout bravado about protecting him, just ensure he turns on the AG and Rove.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

32. Oooooooo - WATCH OUT! Orrin might resent you!

Head for the hills and save the women and children.

[Ilsa]

37. Well, Orrin, tell him to pin it all on ROVE and Sampson won't get hurt. nt