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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 06:09 PM Mar 2018

Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake says the Republican Party is in a 'bad place'

Source: CNN

Outgoing Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake says the Republican Party is in a "bad place," and that President Trump does not behave in the way that "a conservative should act."

In an interview on David Axelrod's show, "The Axe Files," airing on CNN Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, Flake blasted the direction the Republican Party was heading.

"We've stopped being the party of limited government, economic freedom, individual responsibility ... and kind of drifted off to fight the culture wars," said Flake, who announced late last year that he would not run for re-election.

"That's when you always know you're in a bad place. When you stop talking, as a Republican, about limited government or limiting spending and you start talking about flag burning or other cultural issues or immigration to try to make up for not being conservative fiscally. You have to emphasize other issues," he said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/jeff-flake-axe-files-cnntv/index.html



Too little, too late, Flake.
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Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake says the Republican Party is in a 'bad place' (Original Post) Julian Englis Mar 2018 OP
He still votes with them when it counts dhol82 Mar 2018 #1
You helped put it there, Jeffy-boy! regnaD kciN Mar 2018 #2
No, Jeffie. It IS a bad place. Has been, is now and forever will be. You are in a bad place if... CurtEastPoint Mar 2018 #3
+1 nt backtoblue Mar 2018 #10
Yeah, they don't care. Just give 'em the money, & they'll go along w/anything. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #4
Bull shit gabeana Mar 2018 #5
The Tea Party took an abomination and turned it into a catastrophe Mr. Ected Mar 2018 #6
Agree with the T for Treason. And the GOP is being suffocated, on purpose. erronis Mar 2018 #17
I'm not listening to him until he tells the WHOLE truth. rainin Mar 2018 #7
Its not the Republican Party duforsure Mar 2018 #8
What was his hint? TimeToGo Mar 2018 #9
yes, and has been FOR DECADES, asshole Skittles Mar 2018 #11
The Republican agenda cannot work ''For the People" ! YOHABLO Mar 2018 #12
He voted for the tax scam not fooled Mar 2018 #13
Quite a grasp on things that guy's got flibbitygiblets Mar 2018 #14
I just finished watching part of it in CA and had to change the channel BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #15
so, what? trumpy says out loud what the rest of the pukes think? shanny Mar 2018 #16
Flaky is he who says it. dchill Mar 2018 #18
Drifted off to fight the culture wars??? robbob Mar 2018 #19
Flake, McCain and other "good" Republicans could have ended this nightmare years ago... Raster Mar 2018 #20
Good post! nt steve2470 Mar 2018 #23
+ 1 red dog 1 Mar 2018 #25
Fuck this asshole! He's perfectly fine with their psychotic agenda. But he'd just Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2018 #21
+1 dalton99a Mar 2018 #24
Thanks for pointing that out, genius. Aristus Mar 2018 #22
Who's talking about flag burning? red dog 1 Mar 2018 #26
Flake has Done His Part to Enable and Put the Republican Party in "a Bad Place" dlk Mar 2018 #27

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
2. You helped put it there, Jeffy-boy!
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 06:10 PM
Mar 2018

Seriously, for all the lip-service you've paid to the NeverTrump cause, is there a single time you haven't obediently signed-on to his proposals?

CurtEastPoint

(18,638 posts)
3. No, Jeffie. It IS a bad place. Has been, is now and forever will be. You are in a bad place if...
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 06:13 PM
Mar 2018

you are in it.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
6. The Tea Party took an abomination and turned it into a catastrophe
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 06:23 PM
Mar 2018

Turns out, the T in Tea Party is for treason.

The GOP is slowly committing suicide by suffocation.

erronis

(15,222 posts)
17. Agree with the T for Treason. And the GOP is being suffocated, on purpose.
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 10:43 PM
Mar 2018

The Tea Party was a fabrication of some external interests with an interest in destroying any democratic processes.

The GOP did have some reasonable conservatives in its ranks at one point but the oxygen has been removed from their environment, replaced by sulfur-breathers - primordial life forms including brimstone spouting fake-xians and other charlatans.

rainin

(3,011 posts)
7. I'm not listening to him until he tells the WHOLE truth.
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 06:25 PM
Mar 2018

He thinks he can absolve himself of responsibility with these half truths. Tell me something I don't already know, Jeff. Then, change party affiliation and impeach this monster. Plus, tell the truth about your buddies in the Republican leadership while you're at it.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
8. Its not the Republican Party
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 06:37 PM
Mar 2018

Not anymore, its the Party of Putin /Hate groups now. Filled with corrupt criminals, hate group members, russians including Putin, and extremists.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
13. He voted for the tax scam
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 08:29 PM
Mar 2018

and all the rest of the puke/dumpster's agenda.

He owns this.

Too late for pearl clutching.




BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
15. I just finished watching part of it in CA and had to change the channel
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:06 PM
Mar 2018

I was so,pissed off...another hypocrite! Fuck off Flake!

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
16. so, what? trumpy says out loud what the rest of the pukes think?
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:20 PM
Mar 2018

yeah, that's totally a bad place: sucks to be you, Flaky!

Raster

(20,998 posts)
20. Flake, McCain and other "good" Republicans could have ended this nightmare years ago...
Sun Mar 4, 2018, 06:52 AM
Mar 2018

...by several simple, logical and "good" deeds:

1. Each and every time tRump* dragged out the "Obama is not American" or the "show us the birth certificate" bullshit, the Republicans *could have* denounced tRump* for the lying sack of shit that he is, and stood up for truth... but no, Senator Flake, you and all the other Republicans in Congress did not speak out for truth, you let the sideshow continue. Your silence was deafening.

2. When Comrade McConnell* and the Senate Republicans did not even allow President Obama's choice for the Supreme Court to have a fair Senate hearing, effectively stealing Obama's right to nominate a Supreme Court justice, the Republicans showed that the rule of law need not apply if it served Republican needs to violate the law.

And finally, Senator Flake, the Republican Party "...stopped being the party of limited government, economic freedom, individual responsibility ... and kind of drifted off to fight the culture wars" during the reign of Ronnie the Raygun*.

Yes, Senator Flake, today's Republican party is in a very bad place... and you helped drive the car that got it there.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,500 posts)
21. Fuck this asshole! He's perfectly fine with their psychotic agenda. But he'd just
Sun Mar 4, 2018, 08:30 AM
Mar 2018

prefer his orangutan figure head to be less rude.

dlk

(11,541 posts)
27. Flake has Done His Part to Enable and Put the Republican Party in "a Bad Place"
Sun Mar 4, 2018, 06:14 PM
Mar 2018

Flake wants it both ways. Apparently, he thinks most Americans aren't smart enough to figure that out.

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