I just sent this letter to Flake
and sent a highly abbreviated version to the letters to the editor section of the Arizona Republic:
You recently posted on the following on Facebook: "Lest there be any doubt about how I'm voting on #BetsyDeVos she had me at "school choice" years ago...." Senator Flake, the confirmation of the Secretary of Education, a position which oversees a department of over 4000 people and is responsible for managing a budget of about $68 billion, is NOT a Hollywood movie.
Your flippant remark has told me and the rest of your constituent the following:
1) You have no intention and have never had any intention of listening to our very real concerns - about ANYTHING. I can understand and respect differences of opinion; however, as a public servant whose job is to reflect his voter's preferences I expect you to at least listen to us when we have concerns and to address those concerns in a respectful way. Had you said "I'm voting for Betsy DeVos because ..." and listed some evidence that she is qualified to hold the post I would still disagree but I would at least feel that you actually had some concern for the residents of Arizona and American children. Clearly that is not the case.
2) Qualifications do not matter to you as long as a nominee or candidate supports your pet position. Furthermore, you refuse to listen to evidence having made up your mind long ago that anyone who supports school choice will get your vote.
3) Quality education simply is not all that important to you. The children of Arizona as well as the children of all of America deserve and have the right to expect to receive a quality education which will prepare them to compete in a global economy. Beyond ignoring DeVos's lack of qualifications, your derisive and dismissive response shows that you just don't care about quality of education - regardless of a parent's school choice.
Disregarding the issue of whether DeVos should or should not be Secretary of Education, you owe the voters of Arizona a public apology for your flippant, unprofessional, and arrogant response to our concerns. It is bad enough that we have someone who thinks being the President is a reality show, we don't need someone who treats important cabinet choices like a Hollywood movie in the Senate.
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...all others: take a number."
Every time someone tries to invoke the "party of Lincoln" bullshit, I have to laugh, and then I 
