Not sure why Hatch would bother to say this, other than...wow, a Republican telling it like it is. It's the first time I've seen any Republican calling the McCain campaign on its nonsense, though we could do without the sorta belittling compliment at the end of the Hatch quote.
Comments made on NY1 by Senator Orrin Hatch.
Hatch defends Obama calling the tempest in a pig poke "ridiculous."
I think its ridiculous, some of the things theyve said about Sarah Palin, and I think its ridiculous to make too much about Barack Obama, said Hatch of the controversy surrounding Barack Obamas lipstick on a pig comments. Im sure he didnt mean it that way, the way its been interpreted.
We are fortunate in this country, because we have good people on both sides, Hatch said. Barack Obama is a very nice person. Hes smart, hes intelligent, he writes well. Hes charismatic.
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