Republicans in Utah direct anger at former party favorite Bennett

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Washington Post

Republicans in Utah direct anger at former party favorite Bennett
By Amy Gardner
Saturday, May 1, 2010

SALT LAKE CITY -- Delivering the opening prayer of the Beaver County Republican Convention recently, cattle rancher Gilbert Yardley prayed for Utah to elect "honest" people to Congress -- anybody to replace "the bunch we have in there now."

Sen. Robert F. Bennett was in the room, hoping to persuade state delegates to nominate him at the May 8 GOP convention. A friend seated next to Bennett leaned in to whisper the obvious: "I don't think he's one of yours."

It's no surprise that anger at Washington and Congress is coursing through Republican circles, much of it driven by "tea party" activists. What took party leaders by surprise is that the anger here is directed not at President Obama, but squarely at Bennett. With a flurry of state primaries scheduled in the coming weeks, defeating Bennett could become a rallying point for anti-incumbent fervor elsewhere.

"You've been there a while, you haven't fixed it," Garn McMullin, a small-business owner angry about the spiraling costs of Social Security, said to Bennett at the Salt Lake County convention last weekend. "Convince me as a delegate if it hasn't happened yet, why I should believe you'll make it happen now."



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[The Magistrate]

1. In Short, Ma'am: Gentlemen, Meet Your Constituents, The Loons You Have Maddened For Years....

[snagglepuss]

3. Sir. How supremely fine to see you back. I wish you the best of health.

"First a howling blizzard woke us,
Then the rain came down to soak us,
And now before the eye can focus -
Crocus."

~Lilja Rogers





:hi:

[No Elephants]

5. You nailed it on the first reply. Time for Republicans to' inherit the wind" from their very own

wind machines. Talk about unintended consequences. Here's hoping each Republican has to empty his or her campaign chest during their primary fights against the Teabagger chalenging t

Proverbs 11:29 (KJV)

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.


From your mouth to God's ears, Proverbs! Well, theoretically, that would be from God's mouth to God's ears. Doesn't quite work, does it? But, you know what I mean.

[Democat]

2. Don't many cattle ranchers get government subsidies?

Maybe they're mad because they didn't get enough free government money this year? And they're against "big government"? Usual teabagger logic.

[Dark]

4. Well, at least they're finally holding their politicians accountable.

n/t