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The good news: CBS negotiating to add a Republican commentator; the bad news: It’s Jeff Flake
American Thinker ^ | 01/11/2019 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 01/11/2019 7:23:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Television news organizations that want to claim they are “balanced” with the views of both parties but remain critical of President Trump continue to turn to NeverTrumps. Bill Kristol, Max Boot, Ana Navarro, Meghan McCain, and Nicole Wallace are about to be joined by Jeff Flake, who didn’t even bother running for re-election to the Senate because of his unpopularity, ig the reported negotiations with CBS work out. Emily Birnbaum reports in The Hill:

CBS News is engaging in talks to possibly bring on newly departed Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) for a role with the network.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that the former senator could be brought on as a contributor or "something more," according to sources.

The Arizona Republican was spotted at the CBS News headquarters in New York City last Friday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

President Trump was correct in predicting a network gig, but apparently got the network wrong:

Trump earlier this month joked that he thought Flake was likely to join CNN after leaving Congress. 

“Jeff Flake is now selling real estate, or whatever he’s doing," Trump told reporters. "He’ll probably go work for CNN. That’s my prediction." 

Or maybe not. If Flake has a good agent who realizes what a hot commodity a NeverTrump is for the Trump-hating nets (all of them except Fox News), he is playing them off against each other.

CNN at the time declined to comment on the speculation.

Flake, for his part, was disarmingly honest about is aversion to hard work:

Flake, who did not run for reelection, in December told The Hill that he would not be interested in having his own political show on television.

“I don't want to work that hard,” he joked.


(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cbs; jeffflake
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To: Phillyred

Just call it Show Flake.


21 posted on 01/11/2019 7:39:59 AM PST by AndyJackson
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Perhaps they can hire ghengkis kahn or idi amin for their peace correspondent


22 posted on 01/11/2019 7:44:25 AM PST by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: SeekAndFind

His nose isn’t ready for primetime.


23 posted on 01/11/2019 7:47:28 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: SeekAndFind

Flake may have worn an R jersey but he is not a conservative.


24 posted on 01/11/2019 7:51:27 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: miss marmelstein

That face!


25 posted on 01/11/2019 7:51:57 AM PST by Phillyred
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To: SeekAndFind

Fake Republican, Fake News. Good fit.


26 posted on 01/11/2019 7:54:10 AM PST by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: SeekAndFind

Flake. AKA Mr. Excitement.


27 posted on 01/11/2019 7:56:54 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: SeekAndFind

He’s not a republican, he’s a joke.


28 posted on 01/11/2019 8:01:57 AM PST by tje
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To: SeekAndFind

Could their ratings get any worse? He’s the perfect test of that....


29 posted on 01/11/2019 8:03:20 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Fake News Flake. Perfect for CBS. America’s Headquarters for Political ***holes.


30 posted on 01/11/2019 8:03:37 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: SeekAndFind

Flake was a communists Democrat all along. A McCain turncoat understudy. Next one or two? You tell me!


31 posted on 01/11/2019 8:13:38 AM PST by Logical me
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To: SeekAndFind

So no real republicans were available; only Fakey Flakey ones?


32 posted on 01/11/2019 8:34:53 AM PST by Boomer (Leftists destroy everything they touch)
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t understand. The headline said a Republican but the article was about Jeff Fake!


33 posted on 01/11/2019 8:45:53 AM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: SeekAndFind

Does anyone really care who the commentators are on CBS? I haven’t watched one of their national “news” programs in probably 15 or 20 years.


34 posted on 01/11/2019 9:05:07 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Jeff Flake’s last official action was to block judges he previously claimed to support, keeping his fellow republicans from confirming them, punishing good republican jurists, punishing americans who need good conservative jurists.

And for what reason? just because he couldn’t get a vote on an unconstitutional bill to “protect” a prosecutor who isn’t even under any threat, and all because he hates Trump, and despises republicans because they elected Trump.

Heck, he didn’t even support the republican candidate for Senate in his own state, and that after the state picked the moderate establishment candidate rather than the pro-trump candidate.

Flake in no way can call himself a republican anymore, which is why they will hire him to pretend to give the republican point of view.


35 posted on 01/11/2019 9:56:33 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: SeekAndFind

And in keeping with the honesty that CBS is so widely known for, Flake will be presented as a staunch conservative, speaking for conservatives s/


36 posted on 01/11/2019 12:02:54 PM PST by falcon99
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To: SeekAndFind

What, they couldn’t get Joe Scarborough?


37 posted on 01/11/2019 1:42:29 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Jeff Flake is not a Republican any more that John McCain and Mitt Romney are. So yes it is time for a revolution if nothing more than to get rid of these revolting people.


38 posted on 01/11/2019 4:18:27 PM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country! Now)
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