2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHOLY FLIPPIN' FARK, YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT JEFF FLAKE (R-AZ) JUST TWEETED ABOUT KAINE!!!!
?@JeffFlake
Trying to count the ways I hate @timkaine. Drawing a blank. Congrats to a good man and a good friend.
https://twitter.com/JeffFlake/status/756654936599859200
I don't believe Flake has endorsed Trump, either. I could be wrong, though, but remember he is McCain's junior and there is a lot of bad blood between McCain and Trump.

Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Basically it just showed him smiling awkwardly.
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)Flake really really must hate Trump.
Maru Kitteh
(29,587 posts)but certainly didn't do so out of malice or hate. That particular species of Republican must hate Trump even more than we do. To see him plow the party under? That must hurt in a very personal way.
liberal N proud
(61,032 posts)nolabear
(43,446 posts)Certainly would look good if GOP members said they were moved to support Kaine and so less likely to go foaming at the mouth rabid after the two of them.
KMOD
(7,906 posts)he couldn't go to the republican convention, because he had to mow his lawn.
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)AllyCat
(17,478 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)
Zambero
(9,798 posts)As good as reason as any to avoid that freak show.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,515 posts)3catwoman3
(26,139 posts)Maybe he is not a total flake, after all.
Kber
(5,043 posts)drray23
(8,097 posts)is like joe biden. A nice even tempered man who is liked even by his political opponents. The only way to bring sanity back in politics is hope that there are more like him on the other side as well instead of rabid partisans consumed by hate. Apparently the gop is still working on it given what we saw at their convention...
dsc
(52,789 posts)Flake clearly has no love for Trump.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)God McCain was a piece of work.
Cha
(307,142 posts)UtahLib
(3,180 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)And realizes that if he wants a long career he cannot be tied to these tea party nuts.
He is a political mercenary but he is not dumb and sees the writing on the wall. I have no doubt that if he thought Trump would win in a landslide he would be all in.
And after totaling trashing him, I am glad he is being classy. Because even dicks can act classy if they want to.
Scruffy1
(3,429 posts)He knows his career in Arizona is down the tubes if he gets behind Trump. The Hispanic vote can tip it over if they are mobilized. Personally I feel he's a jerk in politics, but then that's politics. I hope the voters see through it and eventually find a better senator. In reality the Republican hold on many of these red states is not as strong as some believe.
Renew Deal
(83,519 posts)Some people are just friendly
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)who makes a good faith effort at governing based on his own problems principles.
A dying breed inside the Republican Party.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)and this is a valuable gesture.
NBachers
(18,291 posts)0rganism
(24,862 posts)...or i could just be instinctively cynical about any genuinely decent gesture from a Republican.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)JI7
(91,311 posts)LoverOfLiberty
(1,438 posts)and I know this is blasphemy, that he just respects Kaine.
L. Coyote
(51,134 posts)Cruz did it for the national party, to give people some other ground above the bullshit level where they can still feel like their Republican party is intact. All scripted for a reason.
It's man the lifeboats time thanks to Trump.
ucrdem
(15,720 posts)heard him interviewed about it on NPR last week and it didn't sound like he was going to endorse Trump now or ever
JI7
(91,311 posts)?
longship
(40,416 posts)He said that he couldn't attend the RNC Convention because he had to mow his lawn, YET HE LIVES IN ARIZONA!