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.
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Just call it Show Flake.
Perhaps they can hire ghengkis kahn or idi amin for their peace correspondent
His nose isn’t ready for primetime.
Flake may have worn an R jersey but he is not a conservative.
That face!
Fake Republican, Fake News. Good fit.
Flake. AKA Mr. Excitement.
He’s not a republican, he’s a joke.
Could their ratings get any worse? He’s the perfect test of that....
Fake News Flake. Perfect for CBS. America’s Headquarters for Political ***holes.
Flake was a communists Democrat all along. A McCain turncoat understudy. Next one or two? You tell me!
So no real republicans were available; only Fakey Flakey ones?
I don’t understand. The headline said a Republican but the article was about Jeff Fake!
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.
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.
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/
What, they couldn’t get Joe Scarborough?
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.
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