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Shurtleff plans to run for U.S. Senate
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Contrast that to President Obama who told us he is a socialist and is actually governing as one. At least he's honest.
Not a huge fan of Shurtleff, but someone needs to get these two fossils out of office.
Thousands Show Up for Monday's Immigration Rally
April 10th, 2006 @ 10:00pm
Amanda Butterfield Reporting
Monday was the second day of immigration rallying in Utah.
Even Utah's Attorney General was there, using the rally to voice his opinion on immigration reform.
Mark Shurtleff/Utah Attorney General: Many of my fellow Republicans will criticize me for being here. They'll tell me instead of speaking to you, that as the chief law enforcement of Utah I should be arresting you. [That's] not going to happen."
Attorney General Mark Shurtleff had the crowd roaring, telling them that unless they're breaking the law, they can stay. That's what everyone here wanted to hear.
Politics is such a catch-22- anyone who thinks we need them, well, we don't. The good ones are too humble to throw themselves into the mess that is politics, with few exceptions. Mark Shurtleff is not one of those exceptions.
The one that is about to take over, is about as incompetent as Nero was a fiddler.
At least Mark knows his audience, law, and policy.
Gary (Hooverville) Herbert knows nothing about government, outside the mileage charts he has had to keep the last 4.3 years.
Dare to dream.
Shurtleff is a very moderate grandstander. His flip flop on immigration is well documented. Throw in his support for the gay agenda, which I'm sure he will do numerous handsprings to cover his true position.
What about Tim Bridgewater? Is he going to run? He should atleast throw his name out in an exploratory committee to give voters a chance to consider. Test the waters Tim and lets see what happens.
PLEASE!
PS Mike Lee is a great guy with absolutely no track record. I'm done testing out rookies with great rhetoric and now record. More often than not they bite us in the back side. To make my point, since I know all the rhetoric why not make me the starting quarterback for the UofU or BYU football team? Why not? Because you need more than rhetoric to be successful. Public office is the same.
I find it hard to tolerate Shurtleff's stance that he's now a fiscal conservative. Take a look at his budget moves while AG. He proposed and pursued the largest AG budget increases in Utah's history and is still unsatisfied. He continually laments he needs more staff and even larger budgets to do his job. Even in this last round of cuts he argued his office should be exempt - that other agencies should be cut but not his.
Shurtleff has been first in line at the public trough his whole career. Why would I believe he'll be any different if sent to D.C.?
Shurtleff is not fit to lead!
"Viva Mark" instead of "Viva Che" (Che Guevara) that was heard.
Attorney General, you do have a lot of work to do to reestablish trust with the citizens of Utah.
Fiscally conservative? Nope, not that either. He has continually asked for raises for himself and his office as AG. He raised taxes and cut services as a Salt Lake County Commissioner. During the recent budget cuts at the last session what did Shurtleff say? He said that despite all the cuts his office should not be cut.
Shurtleff, you can't fool us. We know the truth about your record. And you don't have any grounds to say that you are a conservative!
Shurtleff...another lawyer, hooray! Member of the Utah GOP good ol' boys network, check. Supported the incompetent Mark Walker for treasurer...turn in your "good judgment" card now!
None of the above...looking pretty good. Sigh.
I am not voting for Shurtleff. A true opportunist and politician (in a negative way) that everyone can see through and few can trust.
I would vote for Jim Matheson for the Senate seat before I would vote for either of these "Republicans". I hope another Republican steps forward that I can vote for.
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