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During Saturday's session, Republican Senator Orrin Hatch aimed squarely at the accuser, implying that Hill was working in tandem with "slick lawyers" bent on destroying Thomas' chances to join the court. Thomas appeared to endorse that view when committee chairman Joseph Biden asked if he believed that Hill had fabricated a tale of sexual harassment. "Some interest groups came up with this story, and this story was developed specifically to destroy me," the nominee responded...
...every man or woman who talks about sex is guilty of sexual harassment. Most, we would argue, are not. It is not so much what is said, but how it is said, when it is said, and to whom. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) said Friday night that only a truly perverted and sick individual would talk about his penis or discuss pornographic films, as Thomas is said to have done. Thomas is probably neither perverted nor sick, but he may have talked about sex at the wrong time, to an unwilling listener, in an inappropriate manner...
Bush's political handlers say they are eager to have Harkin as an opponent because his old-fashioned liberalism makes him an easy target. But Orrin Hatch, who knows Harkin better, predicts that "he's going to be a very formidable candidate." Conviction is a candidate's heavy armor, and Harkin's is thick. Those who disparage him as too ideological, too careless with facts, should remember 1980. Democratic strategists used the same points in explaining why they wanted the G.O.P. to nominate Ronald Reagan...
...Carolina, physicians could receive prison terms of 10 years and fines of up to $10,000 if they refused to reveal their HIV infection before an operation -- whether or not they passed on the virus to their patients. The second bill, backed by Senators Robert Dole of Kansas and Orrin Hatch of Utah, threatens any state that does not implement the CDC guidelines over the next year with loss of its federal public-health funding. Congressional leaders expect the Dole-Hatch proposal to attract greater support from the House of Representatives...
...last thing the President wants is a brawl with the Judiciary Committee over confirmation. The committee's chemistry is already explosive enough, with such liberals as chairman Joseph Biden and Ted Kennedy squaring off against conservatives Orrin Hatch of Utah and Strom Thurmond of South Carolina on issues like the crime and civil rights bills. "The Democrats aren't beating us anywhere right now, and we want to keep it that way," says a senior White House official. "The President has them beaten in approval ratings. When he vetoes a bill, we're able to sustain it. When he wants...