Conservative Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch struck up an unlikely and enduring friendship with Ted Kennedy over the years they shared in the Senate. It was a hugely unexpected relationship. Hatch had even told NEWSWEEK that he ran for the Senate to fight against Ted Kennedy. Yet the two men worked together on a range of bills, including the children's health-insurance program, and became personally very close. Hatch last spoke to Kennedy about a month ago, when they again discussed health care. The Salt Lake Tribune reports:"He said, 'I want to do it with you,'" Hatch said. "I said, 'Well, tell your staff to work with me and we'll get it done.'"
Hatch also likes to write songs, and he's written one with singer Phil Springer that he released on his YouTube channel today. I've posted the lyrics after the jump. Enjoy.
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Through the darkness We can find a pathway That will take us half way To the stars.
Through the rain and fog We can find a clear day Shoo the shadows and doubts away And touch the legacy that is ours.
Yours and mine And our children's For all time.
Just honor him Honor him And every fear Will be a thing of the past.
America, America We're headed home We're headed home At last.
Just honor him Honor him And on the reefs of despair We shall not crash.
America America We're sailing home Sailing home America America We're headed home Headed home At last.
Poster Comment:
ill.....I'm very, very ill......WWF wrestling.....Sots and Mormons pals?.....where's richard90210 to explain all this to us???
Let's see how long it takes for this to be picked up by someone, or goes viral.
Sung to the tune of "Rock Me Amadeus" By Falco.
He was the biggest douche-bag politician walking the Earth. He was a dunce-cap from the day of his birth. He could lie through his teeth just like a ring and a bell And ev'rybody screamed: Remember Chappaquiddick. He was a Senator, he was dynamite and no matter what the treason he did (it) alright. And he drank (and) he cursed and he fooled around But when the women would shout: OOOooooooo Chappaquiddick,
With a bottle of wine in one hand and steering wheel in the other 'Cause he was a ladies man He never stopped to worry what the next day would bring Mary Jo Kopeckne asked… Can Ya Drive me to Chappaquiddick?
His mind was on rock and roll and having fun Because of his past he was bought and sold, It’s just too bad he had to die so old. But he made his mark in history. Still ev'rybody says: Remember Chappaquiddick.