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In reply to the discussion: Flake to try to force vote on bill protecting Mueller [View all]calimary
(81,103 posts)29. We've already seen him short-sheet the bed in other matters.
He wore his concern face all day during the Kavanaugh hearings, seemed sympathetic, said some of the right (sounding) things, and looked all pained and troubled when he was cornered in an elevator by two women demanding he hear the voices of the sexually assaulted among us.
And he went ahead and voted for Kavanaugh ANYWAY. Despite making all kinds of reach-across-the-aisle noises. Despite acting as though he really and seriously wanted to consider the opposition. Yeah, my ass. Sorry to be blunt here. But I know a wolf in a shabby-looking second-hand moth-eaten sheep costume when I see it.
Jeff Flake, you have to do A LOT more than just talk a good game or try to wax poetic about how troubled you are.
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I suspect this has nothing to do with doing the right thing rather I suspect
cstanleytech
Nov 2018
#16
Yeah, I was headed down that same road myself, but going to see what plays out. I think you are
dameatball
Nov 2018
#36
Why didn't he make that a condition of his Kavanaugh vote? flake still believes the GOP will do the
FSogol
Nov 2018
#3
He must either knows it has no chance of even being brought to a vote or he'll cave.
catbyte
Nov 2018
#5
Sure he will...then he'll vote against it. What's the idiom? Ah...fool me once
RestoreAmerica2020
Nov 2018
#10
I wouldn't hold my breath. Protest at 5:00 PM today. Find your city's location and go!
ffr
Nov 2018
#15
IMO it's just a maneuver by Flake to work toward ensuring that dRump is not the 2020 presidential
in2herbs
Nov 2018
#18
Just for show. Too late, & he voted to put Kav on S.Ct. to rule how Trump wants.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2018
#23
Good luck with that! As a lame duck, I doubt that he has much clout or influence.
SharonAnn
Nov 2018
#33
I suspect this has to do with Trump boasting yesterday that he "retired" Jeff Flake.
-Steph-
Nov 2018
#34
i'm tired of waiting for the Flake to grow a spine, like the rest of the spineless GOP
onetexan
Nov 2018
#42