Back to CNN. Bash asks Flake about withdrawing from trade agreement with SK. Flake says he disagrees with this, ans withdrawing from trade agreements is a bad sign.
Bash asks about DACA, replays Trump campaign promise to reverse DACA. Wonders why should Trump go back on his promise? Flake says because it would be the right thing to do. Flake plays the kids sympathy card, kids should not be punished for the sins of their parents (deportation is not punishment). Would you trade DACA for border wall? Flake fudges, says he is in favor of border security (BS), but not a wall.
Bash asks about Trump being opposed to Flake's re-election. Flake is grinning, thinks Trump's attacks are funny. Flake is not concerned, finds himself to be independent and principled. Says he supports Trump on most things, just not on trade and immigration. LOL.
Bash asks about Russia (using search of embassies as launch) - wasn't Russian interference with US election a hostile act? Flake says it is settled that Russia attempted to interfere in our election.
Bash asks if debt limit and Harvey relief should be attached. Flake says both items will pass anyway.
Done with the Sunday morning comedy shows, back to TCM for me.
Flake still running his mouth? He just never knows when to shut up.
Peggy Noonan (that paragon of conservative thinking), tweeted out that this review of Jeff Flake and Dinish D’Souza’a books was well worth the read.
So I read it and laughed all the way through it. The author of this article sees little difference between the 2 authors.
What a great way to look into the mind of the demented elitist writers at the NY Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/opinion/sunday/conservatism-jeff-flake-dsouza.html
I made the mistake of keeping the television on ABC last night when I went to bed. I caught about 3 minutes of Radditz and the round table before changing the channel.
Here are two take-aways from that brief moment:
1: The set up their round table on chairs on someone's lawn behind a pile of debris. Was that really necessary?
2. Radditz was asking if Trump can talk about federal emergency assistance after campaigning on getting government out of people's way?
I was thinking that Trump was talking about getting government out of people's EVERYDAY business, like burdensome regulations and encroaching on state prerogatives, not on federal disaster aid that covers much of several states beyond a single state's budget to handle.
Then they quipped about Trump always being "gray" about sticking to issues... Radditz chortled "I never noticed..." when I changed the channel.
-PJ