Orrin Hatch & Republicans

I've had a horrible flu this past week, but one upside of that was that I was able to lie around and watch part of the marathon fillibuster on C-SPAN2. I found quite a few senators that I agreed with, even more I disagreed with, and made some observations. I was rather shocked with a comment that Orrin Hatch made about fillibustering.

Orrin was prattling on about how Republicans didn't fillibuster Clinton's judicial nominees, even though one of them was a labor lawyer. I laughed out loud at how obviously pro-corporate interests that Hatch and his fellow Republicans are. I mean, to state that it would have been reasonable to fillibuster a judicial nominee simply because that nominee represented the people instead of corporate interests?

I guess I shouldn't be surprised. After all, Ol' Orrin thinks that it's ok if big companies destroy your personal property to protect their copyrights.

I'll never understand how Republicans manage to court the little guys and get their votes. I mean, why would any individual want to vote for people or parties who believe that big business has the right to remotely destroy your property if you infringe on some copyrights?

How can the people get behind a party that refuses to raise minimum wage, and believes that they would be justified in fillibustering a judicial nominee simply for being a labor lawyer?

The Republican party will never enact meaningful laws to reform corporate misbehavior. Instead, they'll enact laws that will eviscerate the rights of the public at large. I just wish I knew why the public is in love with the Republicans.