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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 05:27 PM Apr 2013

Jeff Flake’s Rhetorical Games On Background Checks Come Back To Haunt Him

SAHIL KAPUR APRIL 22, 2013, 5:10 PM

Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) obfuscatory stance on background checks came back to haunt him Monday after the New York Daily News unearthed a letter he sent to the mother of a shooting victim, vowing to support stronger background checks before he voted against them.

In a handwritten note to Caren Teves, whose son Alex died trying to protect his girlfriend during the Aurora, Colo. theater shooting, Flake said he was “truly sorry” for her loss and vowed that “strengthening background checks is something we agree on.” His letter was a follow-up response after he and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) were criticized for sending rote form letters to the mother in response to her grievances.

Last Wednesday, Flake joined a minority of senators in voting to block the Manchin-Toomey legislation to require background checks for firearm purchases at gun shows and over the internet — a policy supported by 90 percent of Americans, according to polls. The legislation failed as a filibuster threat forced a 60-vote threshold for passage.

The Daily News report was picked up by the Huffington Post, The Atlantic Wire and ThinkProgress, among others, with the brutal implication that he flat-out lied to a mother of a murdered child about his support for a policy that may prevent future deaths.

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/jeff-flake-letter-mother-background-checks.php?ref=fpb

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Jeff Flake’s Rhetorical Games On Background Checks Come Back To Haunt Him (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2013 OP
Republicans (a lot of them) just flat out lie Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2013 #1
OMG... listening to what is supposed to be the progressive station in L.A. cui bono Apr 2013 #2
I heard that commercial the other day AgingAmerican Apr 2013 #3
Have you called that station to ask them SheilaT Apr 2013 #4
I think they were bought by Clear Channel a while back. cui bono Apr 2013 #6
Heard that commercial during Randi Rhodes' show here in the SF Bay area! BuddhaGirl Apr 2013 #5
A rethug lying? blackspade Apr 2013 #7
I read last week what he had done in spite of what he told Cha Apr 2013 #8

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
1. Republicans (a lot of them) just flat out lie
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 05:34 PM
Apr 2013

where has most of the media been while they haven't been noticing????

Anybody remember the lies that are STILL being told about ACA/Obamacare

cui bono

(19,926 posts)
2. OMG... listening to what is supposed to be the progressive station in L.A.
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 06:21 PM
Apr 2013

and they kept running an ad with Dick Morris hawking his book that he claims will save you from Obamacare. What a tool.

 

AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
3. I heard that commercial the other day
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 07:17 PM
Apr 2013

It was pathetic. He comes across as if Obama care is an attack on families. He needs to go back to licking hookers toes and get out of politics.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
4. Have you called that station to ask them
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 07:23 PM
Apr 2013

why they're running that ad if they're supposed to be progressive?

For the money, isn't an acceptable answer.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)
6. I think they were bought by Clear Channel a while back.
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 10:09 PM
Apr 2013

Since then it's been downhill. They took off Ed Shultz and put on some bozo who doesn't know much in the 3pm slot. Then when Thom Hartman changed times he stopped being broadcast. They put some other boring show on in the mornings at 9am. I mean I randomly tune in to them occasionally and they are talking about the most mundane things, sometimes some entertainer no one has heard of, it's pathetic.

Ed airs at 9am pacific time on other stations so they could put him on then, and Thom airs at 3pm pacific on some stations so no reason they can't put him on, or put Randi at 3pm and Thom at noon.

I thought about complaining a while back but I just started to listen to TuneIn on my phone while I get ready for work. I just don't listen to that station any more except if I'm in my car while Randi's on.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
8. I read last week what he had done in spite of what he told
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 04:49 PM
Apr 2013

Caren Teves. Good that it's still getting attention. Hope he gets major pushback on his lying to a mom who lost her son.

Too bad AZ didn't elect Richard Carmona.



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