By ZamboniPurity purges are never pretty. And neither is today's Republican Party. Between the two of them, you have a horror movie to rival Tod Browning's "Freaks."
Except the circus performers in the classic 1932 film had much more dignity and tolerance than the teabaggers who are hijacking the GOP. Is it possible that not only is Bob Bennett too liberal for them — but also Orrin Hatch?
Goodness gracious. We cats are hard-pressed to come up with two Senators more conservative than the guys from Utah. Every time we think the wingnuts surely must be done with their self-sabotaging litmus tests, we realize that we're completely and utterly wrong. They really are taking Jim DeMint seriously — they're trying to whittle the Republican Senate caucus down to 30 true believers.
Our first thought: Go right ahead, nutbags. Our second: Should we feel sorry for Orrin Hatch? Our answer: Indeed, no.
That's because after more than 30 years as one of the Senate's most reliable right wingers, Orrin Hatch had the impeccable conservative credentials and the respect of elected officials across the political spectrum to speak out and put a lid on his party's tea bag revolution. But he's remained silent. He could have objected to John McCain's craven and near-treasonous selection of a totally unqualified person to serve a heartbeat away from the Presidency. He didn't. He could have criticized some of the Constitutional excesses of the Bush-Cheney years. Didn't bother. And as a member of the Judiciary Committee, he could have demanded an end to the lunacy of the birthers and their silly, time-wasting lawsuits. But Orrin's said not a word.
Yep, the Republican Party has become a pathetic sideshow, all right. And Orrin Hatch's cowardice in the face of it makes us realize that we won't miss him if the teabaggers bring him down. But who will point out what a weenie he was while their insurrection brewed?
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