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Arugula Latte

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88. The son just forgot to gloss over the family's racist, bigoted, fascist beliefs.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013, 09:54 PM

Jun 2013

Bad boy! You made a PR blunder!

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Meet "N1ggerkiller"... he's the son of Senator Jeff Flake and he goes by "N1ggerkiller" online, [View all] DonRedwood Jun 2013 OP

wow, that's fucked up, doesn't Flake have a gay cousin or nephew who is with JI7 Jun 2013 #1

I like how Flake says his son apologized. To who? His dad? Is his dad Mexican or a gay? DonRedwood Jun 2013 #3

Gosh, Dad, I didn't realize you are a politician with a national name. I thought my online handle... Hekate Jun 2013 #61

It's the environment his son lives in...AZ. AlbertCat Jun 2013 #128

His son hasn't apologized, I don't believe... Orsino Jun 2013 #140

Flake kardonb Jun 2013 #64

I believe he has an older son who is gay TxDemChem Jun 2013 #157

What a pathetic family to be born into Heather MC Jun 2013 #158

That's a detail I hope is brought up in his next election Auggie Jun 2013 #2

I'm hoping it is front page news on DU, at least. DonRedwood Jun 2013 #4

It didn't make it to the front page of our local paper: Wait Wut Jun 2013 #134

The bad news is that that next election is scheduled for 2018. existentialist Jun 2013 #125

The turd doesn't drop far from the asshole. City Lights Jun 2013 #5

Lol...I have never heard that saying before! DonRedwood Jun 2013 #8

When does Tanner start his job at Booz Allen Hamilton? FSogol Jun 2013 #6

Internship? DonRedwood Jun 2013 #25

hunh? frylock Jun 2013 #79

Really? atreides1 Jun 2013 #116

Here's Flake and his laddie Skidmore Jun 2013 #7

Looks like King Joffrey on GOT. Sounds like him to. n/t. zeeland Jun 2013 #11

LOL. That was my first thought as well. Skidmore Jun 2013 #12

Can't unsee that. Thanks. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2013 #13

Just what I thought too. kiva Jun 2013 #55

OMG Aerows Jun 2013 #68

Lovely, the hitler youth with a grenade launcher Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #45

closet case? nt msongs Jun 2013 #52

Obviously somebody with a teeny weenie problem. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 2013 #70

Gee, not campaigning at a water-recycling center or a Carpet Outlet? johnnyreb Jun 2013 #80

That's what I say. These guys get paid for who they are, not what they can can do. Like us peons who freshwest Jun 2013 #89

Here's video & story re: their "survival trip" this past Memorial Day weekend liberalla Jun 2013 #90

More of the fabulous lifestyles of the rich and dangerous. freshwest Jun 2013 #142

He was my representative and is now my senator. At no point have I not been ashamed. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #9

Is this in the news there? DonRedwood Jun 2013 #21

Yes, it is in the news here. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #24

Wow...they really whitewash it. "A racist term" Your Senator's son is using the word but the news DonRedwood Jun 2013 #29

Our local newspaper won't print the term vagina. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #30

Maybe you should be saying va*ina, just in case. We don't want them coming after you DonRedwood Jun 2013 #48

But having your kid pose for a photo with a high-powered weapon isn't even blinked at. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #73

Nope, not at all: freshwest Jun 2013 #91

sheesh,,,, some days it is so embarrassing to live in Arizona. KarenS Jun 2013 #10

what was the other one? DonRedwood Jun 2013 #17

Trent Franks (Rapepublican AZ) thelordofhell Jun 2013 #32

Good Lord Arizona! DonRedwood Jun 2013 #50

And for the Trifecta.....Rick Renzi (Rescumblican,AZ) thelordofhell Jun 2013 #54

oh yes,,,, I forgot about this one,,,,, embarrassing!! n/t KarenS Jun 2013 #93

edited out snarky comment about the kid.. one_voice Jun 2013 #14

Kids are a big tell. Jamastiene Jun 2013 #38

Nail meet hammer. snagglepuss Jun 2013 #41

Hey thanks! DonRedwood Jun 2013 #53

dragged? dothemath Jun 2013 #109

Hey! You got gay Jewish friends too! Behind the Aegis Jun 2013 #105

How could I forget you!!! one_voice Jun 2013 #121

How, indeed! Harumpf! Behind the Aegis Jun 2013 #144

thought on nuts and trees arely staircase Jun 2013 #15

Please don't use this post to make fun of the kid. His words speak for themselves and I prefer DonRedwood Jun 2013 #16

the evidence points to a racist shithead kid who should be shamed. galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #18

Yes, but he is a kid, and what he said was bad, but I choose not to make fun of him DonRedwood Jun 2013 #22

A 15 or 16 year old knows damn well what he said and unless you can newmember Jun 2013 #26

Some of the 15 year olds I know Ratty Jun 2013 #47

Well said! JNelson6563 Jun 2013 #75

Little flake is a chip off of big flake. Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #97

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2013 #139

i think its both. clearly he heard it in his environment but he needs to take accountability. galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #28

Yes DonRedwood Jun 2013 #42

Fuck the little douchebag dbackjon Jun 2013 #104

You're fighting an uphill battle here. I agree with you Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #44

this heaven05 Jun 2013 #58

I don't know if this was directed to me... one_voice Jun 2013 #46

It's the dad's doing, alright DFW Jun 2013 #19

Just because a kid grows up a shithead newmember Jun 2013 #33

I realize that--I'm married to a social worker DFW Jun 2013 #40

Plus, you know, Bloomberg targeted Flake Robb Jun 2013 #49

Thats a good point. I mean, look who raised Ron Reagan. There are plenty of examples. 7962 Jun 2013 #152

The nut didn't fall from the tree...The sad thing is the brother, Frosty Flake rustydog Jun 2013 #20

what about brother Dandruff Flake? kwassa Jun 2013 #100

Sounds like the type of parents that went out of their way to shield their kids from obscene content Initech Jun 2013 #23

He learned it all from his own folks malaise Jun 2013 #27

Time for Mr. Flake to resign, he really needs to spend time with his family! reformist2 Jun 2013 #31

Like father, like son. I was raised in a family where NO ONE ever dared speak that way, kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #34

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree AgingAmerican Jun 2013 #35

Flake's son pretends to commit suicide kidgie Jun 2013 #36

this kid needs help. Phillip McCleod Jun 2013 #106

He needs help very soon or mimi85 Jun 2013 #111

It's all about word choice. LuvLoogie Jun 2013 #37

Exactly. Apologizing for insensitivity and language?? thesquanderer Jun 2013 #81

oh, yeah, the 'insensitivity'. what a fucking fascist. 'wh1teykiller,' bet that would go over well HiPointDem Jun 2013 #39

lol & sure the kids will c arry on the hate just fine..... lunasun Jun 2013 #62

i suspected that flake had ties to the apartheid regimes when i saw that & it seems he did/does. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #102

You got a K&R from me wryter2000 Jun 2013 #43

Flake was recently assisted by Di Fi and Dick Durbin on removing LGBT protections from the Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #51

as to flake's views, this may be of interest. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #56

What's of real interest to me is the desire by 'moderate Democrats' to pander to this type of Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #63

Republican family values on display. BVictor1 Jun 2013 #57

Ding Ding Ding! Winner! You have to be carefully taught to hate. mnhtnbb Jun 2013 #65

It takes very little work to teach a child to hate. Mariana Jun 2013 #95

I was referring to the song lyrics mnhtnbb Jun 2013 #98

It's sad that they need to apologize for speaking their feelings Snake Plissken Jun 2013 #59

No Surprise Here... azbillyboy Jun 2013 #60

Gosh! Where did this young man learn so much hate? Captain Stern Jun 2013 #66

As the saying goes "Like father like son." Ganja Ninja Jun 2013 #115

Well isn't that Aerows Jun 2013 #67

No, that's Maynar Jun 2013 #84

My bad Aerows Jun 2013 #85

I normally think it's unfair to go after people because ... ReRe Jun 2013 #69

Fuck you Jeff! You taught that shit to Tanner! muntrv Jun 2013 #71

Oh, Arizona. . .when will the black eyes stop? Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #72

If he didn't learn it at home.... nt DCKit Jun 2013 #74

And We titanicdave Jun 2013 #76

As my late mother-in-law used to say: "they don't suck it out of their thumbs." calimary Jun 2013 #77

He obviously gets this from his parents.. AsahinaKimi Jun 2013 #78

He learned it from you, daddy. OK? He learned it from you. Thor_MN Jun 2013 #82

Hey N1ggerkiller, catnhatnh Jun 2013 #83

I'll add this from his daddie's bio... catnhatnh Jun 2013 #86

Maybe he's just pissed at his dad for naming him "Tanner". BlueStater Jun 2013 #87

Maybe the Palins or Levi can use the name mimi85 Jun 2013 #112

The son just forgot to gloss over the family's racist, bigoted, fascist beliefs. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #88

Wonder where he got his views? Most young men (myself included) get our views from our fathers. silvershadow Jun 2013 #92

This is why some of us close ranks behind Obama. This is the opposition party. Yavin4 Jun 2013 #94

+1 DinahMoeHum Jun 2013 #96

A question for young master Tanner.. Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #99

Flake is "very disappointed" that his son is so stupid as to Twitter Cha Jun 2013 #101

I note that Flake apologizes for the "words" and "language" but not for the attitude behind them. KurtNYC Jun 2013 #118

Dog whistles to his supporters? Cha Jun 2013 #150

Yep. Dog whistle. hunter Jun 2013 #155

What bigoted freaks we elect in this ignorant population. lonestarnot Jun 2013 #103

When a person uses words like that libodem Jun 2013 #107

Pretend hard, like most representatives of the GOP. n/t Orsino Jun 2013 #141

I'm not sure what you are saying? libodem Jun 2013 #146

I'm not going to hold Jeff Flake responsible for his son's behavior. JohnnyRingo Jun 2013 #108

Well, I do because, in this case, I think the son reflects the father's beliefs, and Jeff Flake is a mountain grammy Jun 2013 #119

Let's at least keep it partisan... JohnnyRingo Jun 2013 #145

Hey, I've got kids of my own who don't always do what I'd like, but Jeff Flake is a Teabagger mountain grammy Jun 2013 #147

" It seems like MSNBC is taking all their news from DU's Greatest Page lately." alp227 Jun 2013 #110

Being a Secret Muslim, Obama caused it Kennah Jun 2013 #113

apples and trees ElsewheresDaughter Jun 2013 #114

Flake voted against background checks for guns perdita9 Jun 2013 #117

I don't live in AZ, and don't know much about Flake... Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2013 #120

...typical PukeBagger. SoapBox Jun 2013 #122

Gee, wonder where the kid learned all that? CanonRay Jun 2013 #123

Dayum--I feel queasy reccing this, but you just KNOW that boy didn't MADem Jun 2013 #124

There but for the grace of God go I. reflection Jun 2013 #126

He learned it from his daddy... SummerSnow Jun 2013 #127

Very disturbing. SpankMe Jun 2013 #129

Flake is training his kid to be one of the Masters of the Universe, deciding who dies. freshwest Jun 2013 #143

Just my observation Nac Mac Feegle Jun 2013 #130

The father has made a public apology for his son. William769 Jun 2013 #131

Well, the Flake doesn't fall far from the Shitball. ananda Jun 2013 #132

No suprise GarH Jun 2013 #133

That kid azmom Jun 2013 #135

Don't apologize for his words, asshole, apologize that you raised him to think that way! Myrina Jun 2013 #136

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...... Swede Atlanta Jun 2013 #137

Gosh, WHERE OH WHERE might he have learned that kind of sh*t? Bake Jun 2013 #138

The Dad resents having to do clean-up damage control more than anything else. Nika Jun 2013 #148

Language...insensitivity... EC Jun 2013 #149

What Do You Want....He Apologized!!! SoCalMusicLover Jun 2013 #151

Dad must be so proud, Lebam in LA Jun 2013 #153

Here's my response to both tick turds 47of74 Jun 2013 #154

Times have changed Bluzmann57 Jun 2013 #156

Why do we have the likes of this type of fuckwit such as Flake as an elected official? lonestarnot Jul 2014 #159