Jeff Flake hints: I’ll support expanded background checks in return for changes on Internet sales

Hot Air ^ | May 7, 2013 | Allahpundit

[2ndDivisionVet]

A week ago, he noted on his Facebook page that his poll numbers after voting no on Toomey/Manchin put him somewhere south of “pond scum.” Today, this.

He won’t face the voters again for five and a half years, but he shares a home state with Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly. They can hurt him by campaigning against him in 2018 more than they can anyone else in the Senate. No wonder he’s looking for ways to flip:

Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told CNN he is willing to reverse his opposition to expanding background checks for guns if the Senate sponsors change on the bill’s provision dealing with internet sales…

He said under the measure as written, if a gun owner sends a few friends a text or email asking if they want to buy their gun, or posts it on their Facebook page, “that is considered a commercial sale.”

For people in rural areas in his state and others, he said that becomes inconvenient and costly…

Some Republicans opposed the measure out of fear that expanding background checks would put the country on a path to a national gun registry, but Flake said that is not his concern.

If Flake flips, that’s 55 votes for Toomey/Manchin. Johnny Isakson also allegedly told a gun-control activist yesterday that he’s “having conversations” with T&M to improve their bill.....

[A_Former_Democrat]

Those issues are not even related. WTH

[redgolum]

Whore

[beelzepug]

“...but Flake said that is not his concern.”

Of course it isn’t. Just like all the rest, D’s and R’s, his concern is getting reelected.

[LibFreeUSA]

Please don't mention Jeff 'Flake' and Ted Cruz in the same sentence. "So, @beyonce and Jay-Z are in Cuba? Fine by me. Every American should have the right to travel there."
- Jeff Flake Tweet

Would Jeff Flake also same the same thing about these others??...

- IRAN*
- SUDAN*
- SYRIA*

* State sponsors of terrorism

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Well the thing that’s consistent with this guy is he has the right name:FLAKE!
Freegards
LEX

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[Castigar]

“...he noted on his Facebook page that his poll numbers after voting no on Toomey/Manchin put him somewhere south of “pond scum.”

Does anyone actually believe that poll numbers that bad because of his Manchin-Toomey vite are accurate? Did they poll democrats exclusively? I’m amazed that Flake would believe them.

[Nowhere Man]

He’s no Ted Cruz, that’s for sure. What is wrong with AZ senators....lack of spine and/or character?

Must be the heat, I dunno.

[AuH2ORepublican]

“Those issues are not even related.”

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I thought the same thing (I thought he meant that terrible bill that passed the House mandating that businesses collect sales taxes for states in which they do not do business), but read the article, and he meant a provision in Manchin-Toomey regarding application of the law to private transactions that were advertised on the Internet (whether on social media or via e-mail).

He’s still a sell-out, though.

[Jim Robinson]

You can stand for the constitution, Flake, or you can stand as a traitor. Which will it be?

[Myrddin]

Flake is a political prostitute. He has already advertised his rates. He has no principles. Just a stated price for his vote. Too bad the people he misrepresents can't get this flake out of office.

[Venturer]

It definitely says “ My vote is for sale”.

[cld51860]

“What part of the word “no” is so difficult to understand?”

Exactly. And again, these clowns do not get “shall not be infringed” either. You can probably count on one hand the number that actually take the oath they took to heart.

[KarlInOhio]

He said under the measure as written, if a gun owner sends a few friends a text or email asking if they want to buy their gun, or posts it on their Facebook page, “that is considered a commercial sale.”

So you take out a couple of the really nasty bits of this law and you can swallow the rest of the unconstitutional parts of it? There is no clean end of this turd to pick up.

[SeminoleCounty]

This is the Amnesty Liberal Sarah Palin supported over a more consevative candidate in the primary.

Make note

[Blood of Tyrants]

Both.

[House Atreides]

Senator Flake didn’t take long to live up to his name (definition - small flat piece: a small flat piece or small part of a layer broken or detached from a larger object). He flaked away from the conservative base and from his integrity faster that Lindsey Graham says “yes” when invited to a turkish bath. He joined the Gang of Eight within days of being sworn into his office (if not before he was sworn in—he may have sold his soul at “freshmen orientation”).

And I contributed to his campaign—NEVER again.

Someone up thread said that his name should not be spoken in the same breath as that of Ted Cruz. I agree—they are in totally different leagues. Flake is a midget. Ted Cruz is quickly proving himself to be a giant.

[TexasTransplant]

Basically he is saying “I will Bury You” One way or another.

TT

[Blood of Tyrants]

The bribes and arm twisting has begun.

[onedoug]

The Constitution’s Article V details the way amendments are added or changed. This isn’t one of them.