[HT:LDot: "Sign O'the Times: First they came for the RINOs."]
Three-term Sen. Bob Bennett became the first victim this year of a wave of voter anger toward Washington in a defeat that will likely send a jolt through incumbents everywhere.
When it was announced that Bennett had been eliminated from the race, a huge ovation swept through the convention hall and there were hoots and shouts of "He's gone! He's gone!" Other delegates hugged and tea party members waved their yellow "Do Not Tread On Me" flags.
Bennett, who is the son of four-term Sen. Wallace Bennett, was in tears as he answered questions during an emotional meeting with reporters.
"The political atmosphere, obviously, has been toxic and it's very clear some of the votes that I have cast have added to the toxic environment," he said, choking up. "Looking back on them, with one or two very minor exceptions, I wouldn't have cast them any differently even if I'd known at the time it would cost me my career."[He contributed to liberalism under the ruse of bipartisan cooperation, which only means capitulation to it as it steadily grows over time {what's the most recent roll-back of big government?}.
Now he's been fired by his constituents for misrepresenting them, but still says he'd do it the same way again regardless.
Good riddance, we need more conservatives fighting for what they believe in DC, not mealy-mouth 'bi-partisans'.
Or put more succinctly:
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