Well, golly gee. That explains a lot. Another con-servative. I guess we know why he didn't deliver the goods so many times. So touching.Christmas will eventually be replaced with Hanukkah.
http://www.mormontimes.com/people_news/newsmakers/?id=12074
Orrin Hatch's Hanukkah tune is his gift to Jewish people
By Mark Leibovich
New York Times News Service
Wednesday, Dec. 09, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The canon of Hanukkah songs written by Mormon senators from Utah just got a little bigger.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, a solemn-faced Republican with a soft spot for Jews and a love of Barbra Streisand, has penned a catchy holiday tune, "Eight Days of Hanukkah."
The video was posted Tuesday night on Tablet, an online magazine of Jewish lifestyle and culture, just in time for Hanukkah.
Known around the Senate as a prolific writer of Christian hymns and patriotic melodies, Hatch, 75, said this was his first venture into Jewish music. It will not be his last.
"Anything I can do for the Jewish people, I will do," Hatch said in an interview before heading to the Senate floor to debate an abortion amendment. "Mormons believe the Jewish people are the chosen people, just like the Old Testament says."
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http://www.mormontimes.com/people_news/newsmakers/?id=12074
Orrin Hatch's Hanukkah tune is his gift to Jewish people
By Mark Leibovich
New York Times News Service
Wednesday, Dec. 09, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The canon of Hanukkah songs written by Mormon senators from Utah just got a little bigger.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, a solemn-faced Republican with a soft spot for Jews and a love of Barbra Streisand, has penned a catchy holiday tune, "Eight Days of Hanukkah."
The video was posted Tuesday night on Tablet, an online magazine of Jewish lifestyle and culture, just in time for Hanukkah.
Known around the Senate as a prolific writer of Christian hymns and patriotic melodies, Hatch, 75, said this was his first venture into Jewish music. It will not be his last.
"Anything I can do for the Jewish people, I will do," Hatch said in an interview before heading to the Senate floor to debate an abortion amendment. "Mormons believe the Jewish people are the chosen people, just like the Old Testament says."
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