Jeff Flake on 60 minutes "Not a chance Id call for investigation if I was running again."

[Separation]

Once again, this just shows how partisan and poisonous this countries politics has become.

Flake: If I were running for reelection ‘not a chance’ I’d call for Kavanaugh investigation

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that there's "not a chance" he would have called for an FBI investigation into the allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh if he were running for reelection.

"Not a chance," Flake said when asked on CBS's "60 Minutes" if he would have asked for the investigation if he were up for reelection in the November midterms.


"There's no value to reaching across the aisle," Flake said. "There's no currency for that anymore. There's no incentive."

[Baitball Blogger]

1. I hope the Dems are listening.

The Republicans began to poison the waters during Newt Gingrich's time. His tactics led to where we are today.

[RainCaster]

4. They started that in Nixon's time

And it got worse with the"moral majority" in Reagan's time. Then there was Duck Cheney. And Dubya

[mythology]

17. So the reaction to crappy behavior is to give it right back?

No, be the change you want to see.

[dflprincess]

19. We've tried the high road

it hasn't worked.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. No one is smart enough to take the high ground to beat supreme evil.

No one. They have become a cultural phenomenon that won't stop until they face consequences that will deter others.

[Dawson Leery]

29. +1,000,000

[RainCaster]

2. Spineless wussy

[SharonAnn]

16. So he would decide to keep his seat rather than do the right thing. Power hungry?

[SharonAnn]

20. He would do the wrong thing in order to retain power? To do more wrong.

[bdamomma]

3. Horrible

I guess reaching across the aisle doesn't exist in trump land

[dchill]

5. I'm glad he said that.

I was starting to think he might have a reasonable bone in his body, somewhere. I'm cured, now.

[Kajun Gal]

6. Well, there ya go.

[mucifer]

7. So the whole elevator conversation wouldn't have changed him.

[uponit7771]

8. Flake: "Doin the right thing SUCKS !! "

[Honeycombe8]

9. He's right. The pressure on them from the base AND the party AND the Senators is immense....

there will be hell to pay if they vote no. That's why I think they will vote yes. If they don't, they may not have a future in the Senate. If there's one thing that I've observed about people in power, it's that they do NOT give up that power willingly. Those senators will do what it takes to hang onto their positions, if they are planning to remain Senators.

If someone votes no, McConnell might very well kick them off committees, and the other Senators will ostracize them. This is what happened to Al Franken. He had to resign because the Senate is a group effort. A senator cannot function alone. He needs the others in his party to collaborate with, cosponsor and support bills, serve on committees. Once Schumer "suggested" Franken could not remain, Franken was essentially forced to resign.

That's how it might be with Murkowski and even Flake. I'm not so sure about Collins...she is so popular and has quite a bit of power in the party. But things could be difficult for her, too.

[SharonAnn]

18. Lust for power wins over doing the right thing. What good is power? To do evil?

[Honeycombe8]

24. I know. But history is full of this. People in power, even dying for it.

I wonder about all the people who insisted on claiming, or hanging onto, a royal crown, even to the point of execution, when they could leave and live in comfort with their wealth. Like King Henry VIII's first wife, Catharine, whom he wanted to divorce. She would not allow it, when she could have retired somewhere with a mansion, money, servants...he'd offered her that. Instead, she fought it, and ended up with a lot less (although she was provided for). Mary Queen of Scots kept plotting to become Queen of England, which she claimed as a birthright...when she was Queen of Scotland, with a castle, money, and all the rest. She ended up a prisoner for years, and finally beheaded. Go figure.

[Raine]

25. EXACTLY...

it's awful and I don't see anyone having the guts to do different and if they try they end up shunned and worse. Eventually they find themselves out on their ass so their effort was all in vain.

[hatrack]

10. Ah, an honest coward . . .

Hooray.

[shadowmayor]

11. Representatives

The job of a representative is to do what is right, regardless of what their constituency feels. Otherwise, just let the mob rule. If he doesn't have enough balls to lead when his neck is on the line - I have zero respect for him. What a friggin' worm.

[UTUSN]

12. Bwah HAH!1 Well, *that's* refreshing!1

[RockRaven]

13. Which is a foreshadowing of Collins and Murkowski voting to confirm regardless of how sham-y

the investigation is.

[Zambero]

26. 2020 is not that far off

In the event that they do vote to confirm the creep, those votes will not be soon forgotten. Any Democrats and a great many independents who voted for those two on the basis of their being "moderates" in the past will not be making the same mistake again.

[Thrill]

14. Basically admits he's a coward

[ProudLib72]

15. Listen, these assholes who make up the base have been waiting for this a long time

They know the political struggle on Capitol Hill will eventually spill out into the streets, and that's why they have been calling for a civil war.

[Cha]

22. Flake is a craven idiot with no morals like trump and kavanaugh.

[3catwoman3]

23. Situational ethics much?

What a phony.

[Dawson Leery]

27. If Larry Hogan were the Governor of South Carolina,

he would be 100% behind Kavanaugh.

Never trust a Republican.

Flake is a coward.

[Raven123]

28. And now we know about The Conscience of a Conservative - no reason to read the book

[Solly Mack]

30. Shocker

Snort

[NCjack]

31. Pres. Obama spent 8 years trying to reach across the aisle.

There will be no deals until the GOP is crushed and powerless. Then, a period will come in which both sides will cooperate, until the GOP gets the strength to make another run at subjugating us.

[LibDemAlways]

32. Flake can forget any Presidential ambitions

after that comment. He might as well get a tattoo on his forehead reading "Craven Coward." What an asshole.

[pangaia]

33. Piece of shit, he is.

And what he learned from the elevator was that.. "america is divided.'

Jesus on a stick, this guy is fucking stupid.

[shanny]

34. What a lame ass excuse from a lame ass person.

I am very principled but NO WAY would I do this if I were running for re-election (because I'm an effing COWARD) (i.e both sides do it and it's the Ds' fault). smdh

[Turbineguy]

35. Republican voters do

an acceptable imitation of a goose-step. So Flake would get primaried.

[Neema]

36. So Kavanaugh will be confirmed and this was a pointless exercise. Surprise surprise.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/trump-pardon-orrin-hatch-supreme-court/571285/

[Garrett78]

37. That he frames it as "reaching across the aisle" is more than a little disturbing.

We're talking about investigating a credible accusation of attempted rape. We're not talking about compromising on tax legislation.

Good grief.