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NCjack

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31. Pres. Obama spent 8 years trying to reach across the aisle.
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 10:16 PM
Sep 2018

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.

I hope the Dems are listening. Baitball Blogger Sep 2018 #1
They started that in Nixon's time RainCaster Sep 2018 #4
So the reaction to crappy behavior is to give it right back? mythology Sep 2018 #17
We've tried the high road dflprincess Sep 2018 #19
No one is smart enough to take the high ground to beat supreme evil. Baitball Blogger Sep 2018 #21
+1,000,000 Dawson Leery Sep 2018 #29
Spineless wussy RainCaster Sep 2018 #2
So he would decide to keep his seat rather than do the right thing. Power hungry? SharonAnn Sep 2018 #16
He would do the wrong thing in order to retain power? To do more wrong. SharonAnn Sep 2018 #20
Horrible bdamomma Sep 2018 #3
I'm glad he said that. dchill Sep 2018 #5
Well, there ya go. Kajun Gal Sep 2018 #6
So the whole elevator conversation wouldn't have changed him. mucifer Sep 2018 #7
Flake: "Doin the right thing SUCKS !! " uponit7771 Sep 2018 #8
He's right. The pressure on them from the base AND the party AND the Senators is immense.... Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #9
Lust for power wins over doing the right thing. What good is power? To do evil? SharonAnn Sep 2018 #18
I know. But history is full of this. People in power, even dying for it. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #24
EXACTLY... Raine Sep 2018 #25
Ah, an honest coward . . . hatrack Sep 2018 #10
Representatives shadowmayor Sep 2018 #11
Bwah HAH!1 Well, *that's* refreshing!1 UTUSN Sep 2018 #12
Which is a foreshadowing of Collins and Murkowski voting to confirm regardless of how sham-y RockRaven Sep 2018 #13
2020 is not that far off Zambero Sep 2018 #26
Basically admits he's a coward Thrill Sep 2018 #14
Listen, these assholes who make up the base have been waiting for this a long time ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #15
Flake is a craven idiot with no morals like trump and kavanaugh. Cha Sep 2018 #22
Situational ethics much? 3catwoman3 Sep 2018 #23
If Larry Hogan were the Governor of South Carolina, Dawson Leery Sep 2018 #27
And now we know about The Conscience of a Conservative - no reason to read the book Raven123 Sep 2018 #28
Shocker Solly Mack Sep 2018 #30
Pres. Obama spent 8 years trying to reach across the aisle. NCjack Sep 2018 #31
Flake can forget any Presidential ambitions LibDemAlways Sep 2018 #32
Piece of shit, he is. pangaia Sep 2018 #33
What a lame ass excuse from a lame ass person. shanny Sep 2018 #34
Republican voters do Turbineguy Sep 2018 #35
So Kavanaugh will be confirmed and this was a pointless exercise. Surprise surprise. Neema Oct 2018 #36
That he frames it as "reaching across the aisle" is more than a little disturbing. Garrett78 Oct 2018 #37
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