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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn honor of his fellow Arizonan, I'm halfway expecting that Jeff Flake pulls a John McCain
and votes NO because this is not how the process should work.
avebury
(10,953 posts)Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)senators thinking aboutcthe legacy of McCain.
hlthe2b
(102,494 posts)be incredibly on point and for Flake, a teeny bit redeeming.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)llmart
(15,565 posts)honest.abe
(8,688 posts)llmart
(15,565 posts)"Some have already made up their minds."
Stinky The Clown
(67,838 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,838 posts)honest.abe
(8,688 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)said to be a deliberative body."
"...we should be ashamed. We can't very well undo the damage...but we can govern our own behavior as we go through this painful hearing tomorrow...we must do that lest we do even more damage"
"...the toxic political culture that we have created has infected everything...we've only indulged it, fanned the flames, taken advantage at every turn, deepened the ugly divisions....
These past 2 years we've tested the limits of how low we can go, and my colleagues, I say to you that winning at all costs is too high a cost...
He spoke of a death threat to him and his family for i"interrupting my president" and for that offense they "would be taken out."
"...we have lit a match, my colleagues. My question is, do we appreciate how close the powder keg is."
Just part of a long and powerful statement. Very little false equalization. He's speaking to the people we all know he's speaking to, only those on our side who've gone too far in their own hateful charges (and they do not include his Democratic colleagues).
bigtree
(86,013 posts)honest.abe
(8,688 posts)nolabear
(42,001 posts)I disagree that Kavanaughs character is being assassinated. I abhor the threats though.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)I think I even detected moments when he had to hesitate and collect himself.
Wounded Bear
(58,765 posts)nolabear
(42,001 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)I know, you cant count on anything these days. But Flake has a developed an anti-45, anti-fascist pattern, and hes freed from pleasing any constituency.
If I were a betting man, Id put some money on Flake for a no.
Wounded Bear
(58,765 posts)Sorry, cannot put any faith in Flake, who seems very aptly named, BTW.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Flake will vote with Hatch,Lee,and their directions from their Church. Please do remember,Hatch has a Amicus Brief of some 44 pages hanging on a Supreme Court Decision pending before said Court.
vsrazdem
(2,177 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,490 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)But I hope he remembers this if he decides to run for president.