Tired of MoveOn.org mouthing off, Sen. Orrin Hatch is ready to give the liberal group a fat lip. "MoveOn.org is a scurrilous organization," the Utah Republican said Thursday on MSNBC. "They're out for one thing and that's to smear good people. Frankly, they're not going to smear me without getting kicked in the teeth by me." A small protest at Hatch's Salt Lake City office prompted the comments. MoveOn.org activists accused the senator of taking the insurers' side on health care reform because they had kicked in $1 million to his campaigns. MoveOn.org shot back Friday with a second protest, complete with "chattering teeth."

Thomas Burr