I guess in Utah, some lynchings are more equal than others.
Does anyone remember this famous Orrin Hatch quote from the Washington Times on March 8, 2002:
A key Senate Republican yesterday forced a vote delay on federal appeals court nominee Judge Charles W. Pickering, saying the candidate is the victim of a "lynching" by special interest groups over civil rights issues.... "In order to do their lynching, the groups are committed to changing the ground rules for the confirmation process," Mr. Hatch said.Funny, Hatch calls it "lynching" when you oppose for a judgeship a white guy from Mississippi who's stands accused of being an anti-black racist, but when an ACTUAL anti-lynching resolution comes before the Senate, Hatch REFUSES to cosponsor it, and is still refusing to cosponsor it.
Even funnier, Mississippi's own two Senators, Lott and Cochran, are also refusing to cosponsor the lynching resolution.
I guess Orrin Hatch only gets worked up about lynchings when well-off white guys are involved.
