Discussion for article #238308
No one better represents Arizona Republicans than Donald Trump. They march in lockstep with their racist views of President Obama and immigrants. It’s too late to change that.
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I don’t think that [Trump’s] views are reflective of the party, particularly in Arizona, a border state.
Au contraire. I’d say they’re a flawless reflection of Arizona Republicans.
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Sen. Flake went also to Cuba, when relations was restored, and comes across as one of the more reasonable R-guys in Washington.
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Flake doesn’t think trump is reflecting party attitude…yet here is the chairman of the local party running to hug trump and he is almost topping the polls. They’re not even in step with their own party.
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Nah… I’m sure the local sheriff will try to keep the local party from doing or saying crazy things like Trump.
Rest assured…
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With all due respect to Senator Flake, he’s asking the people who keep re-electing Joe Arpaio to try to take a stand against an over-the-top nutburger conservative Obama-hating birther. I don’t know that it’s possible to compartmentalize that hard.
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Two different visions of the Republican Party. Flake and his cohorts are ¨pro-business¨, and remember enough grade school math to know that if they alienate Latinos in this country, they’ll never be a Republican president again. Tyler Bowyer and his ilk are so blinded by their contempt for non-whites, women, and poors they can’t stop yelling enough to recognize the cliff they’re gonna walk over, probably this election.
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They got it right in AZ. Joe Arpaio for VP!, the Donald’s perfect running mate. Flake is out of touch with racism in AZ, obviously, and needs to be replaced with a real patriot, someone like the Donald.
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“I don’t think that [Trump’s] views are reflective of the party, particularly in Arizona, a border state.”
Really?
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C’mon, The Don, show 'em what you’re made of. If you take this crap from the Republicans lying down, everyone will conclude you’re weak. You’ll be through.
When you finally lose the nomination, you are going to have to wage an independent campaign for President. Then, you’ll be on the BIG debate stage in full glorious comb-over. Think of what that’ll do to help recoup the rapidly evaporating monetization of your brand!
If you run independent, I’ll even send you five bucks. Go for it!!
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Which to me is like claiming that Admiral Doenitz was more reasonable than Adolf Hitler.
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Trump won’t listen.
BTW, why don’t I see this event on my CSPAN schedule this weekend? Pass the popcorn.
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The Repubs can focus on the Democrats and ignore their real problems, which is what they do and why they have real problems like Donald Trump and Arpaio.
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…well, he was, by nearly every measure and account.
But I get what you are saying.
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Well, at least Karl Dönitz knew the game was up and surrendered.
( In Denmark the national broadcaster replay each May 4 the Danish language transmission from BBC London on the eve of May 4th, 1945, containing the phrase “…Admiral Dönitz har underskrevet den betingelsesløse kapitulation af de tyske tropper i Holland, Danmark og Nord-Tyskland…” (Eng: …Adm. Dönitz has signed the unconditional surrender…) so he is a household name here.
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The way Trump browbeat that reporter a few days ago, I would say that he’s in “Mein Kampf” territory.
As someone who appears to be, as Wouk once wrote about Hitler, “able and resolute”, Trump may well mount an insurgent campaign when he loses the Repub nomination. It may even be a wash with regard to his business interests.
There is a boatloat of Reactionaries out there, most quite willing to part with their $$$$$.
Not to mention book deals, videos and a whole industry (which he would be quite capable of tapping) based ON this insurgency.
Wouk also posited (using the voice of a Wehrmacht General) that Americans were “money hungry”.
Perhaps individual Americans are no more money hungry than the next guy, but the marketing-media-pop-cultural nexus in this country is nearly flawless in its abiliy to hone in on What Sells.
And, in the U.S, nearly anything attracting enough of a market has legitimacy.
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OH, his comments are SO reflective of the gop/bag party flake!
You just want him to shut-up about it. Before your sheeple open their eyes!
“As an elected official and as a Republican, I’m not excited about this, to say the least,” Flake told the Washington Post. “I don’t think that [Trump’s] views are reflective of the party, particularly in Arizona, a border state.”
Uh, they had to switch to a much larger venue to accomidate the massive ticket demands.
I’d say that is very reflective of the Republican Party, not to mention the fact that Sheriff Joe will stand alongside him there.
Oh and too late to put the toothpaste back in the tube on the birther bullshit. You had your chance to denounce this talk years ago, but you and your buddies were either quiet as mice or encouraging it. Sorry Flake; that IS your party.
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Not everyone here in AZ is in “lock step”. Nor are we all republicans (I’m a lefty Independent). If you would read the article Sen. Flake…himself a republican doesn’t appreciate Trumps comments and says so.
““It’s not just on the immigration side. Donald Trump is just about the
last unapologetic birther in the country,” Flake told the Post.”
Mild admittedly but there it is. I’m certainly not alone here in Arizona in my distaste for Trump the Chump.