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CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin: 'Hats off' to Jeff Flake for delaying Kavanaugh
The Washington Examiner ^ | October 1, 2018 | Eddie Scarry

Posted on 10/01/2018 6:06:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin on Monday praised Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., for calling for an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a move that will delay his Senate confirmation until later this week.

Toobin said Flake deserved credit for the move, after he had previously called Flake "pathetic" for stating that he was ready to confirm Kavanaugh.

"I was very critical of Jeff Flake before last week, that he’s big talk, no action," said Toobin. "And I was wrong. He is the person who got this FBI probe going. It was all his initiative. Hats off to him. "

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Flake on Friday voted to move forward to a full Senate vote for Kavanaugh, under the condition that the FBI take a week to complete a "limited" investigation of the allegations against Kavanaugh, which Democrats supported.

Flake's proposal won support from a handful of Senate lawmakers who will likely decide whether Kavanaugh can be confirmed, since their votes will be needed to get the 50 votes necessary in the Senate. The Trump administration quickly instructed the FBI to investigate, and Republican leaders in the Senate are hopeful that work can be done quickly so he can be confirmed....

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: flake; flakeyflake; kavanaugh; media; obstructionistdems; trump
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Of course.
1 posted on 10/01/2018 6:06:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Will he still be thanking Flake when Kavanaugh is seated?


2 posted on 10/01/2018 6:07:58 AM PDT by CaptainK ("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
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To: CaptainK

Well, we did learn a lot about the accusers and the democrat party.

We could hold our noses and thank him for that I guess.


3 posted on 10/01/2018 6:10:44 AM PDT by Maris Crane (.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes, because ANOTHER FBI investigation is going to change the democRATS mind on how to vote.


4 posted on 10/01/2018 6:11:48 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Toobin is a first class ANAL-IST!
5 posted on 10/01/2018 6:19:41 AM PDT by leprechaun9 ( bou)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Toobin is the ultimate scope-creeper.

Once a legal analyst joining in the noise regarding the OJ trial, for some reason we are supposed to care about his views on politics and social issues.


6 posted on 10/01/2018 6:25:41 AM PDT by relictele
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Was listening to Billy Cunningham show last night and both he and Wayne Allyn Root really destroyed Ford’s con job.

One interesting comment was, with all the prior knowledge of protesters likely to descend upon the hearing, wouldn’t security for the senators have been beefed up? The elevator Flake used was accessible to a protester, what if she had a weapon? There was no security in place? Someone of course had a cell phone ready to tape the incident. One of the women is an executive director of Popular Democracy, an organization that receives a major portion of it’s funding from Soros.

The whole incident was staged, Flake was clearly in on it. Flake hates Trump and wants nothing more than to stick it to him on his way out.


7 posted on 10/01/2018 6:32:27 AM PDT by Beatthedrum
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

At least we know where Flake is headed, after he quits in November.


8 posted on 10/01/2018 6:37:43 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cults.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So... ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ is just so much BS?

I mean how can they have it both ways?? Oh I forgot, they’re Liberals


9 posted on 10/01/2018 6:37:47 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Rats are already “creeping scope” of the investigation.
They’ll never say it was through.


10 posted on 10/01/2018 6:43:26 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: relictele

I agree that 2Bin is a cheap hack, just like his brethren and sisthren Rats.


11 posted on 10/01/2018 6:46:19 AM PDT by RightGuy
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To: leprechaun9

Yup. Jeffrey has two bins - both “OUT”


12 posted on 10/01/2018 6:47:49 AM PDT by RightGuy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tube in?


13 posted on 10/01/2018 6:54:20 AM PDT by Brandonmark (Made America Great Again! 11.08.2016 - A DAY OF RENEWAL)
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To: All
Dilatory -
Dilatory tactics are methods by which the rules of procedure are used by a party to a lawsuit in an abusive manner to delay the progress of the proceedings. For example, when numerous motions brought before a court for postponement are baseless, time is wasted because the court must stop the course of ongoing proceedings to examine whether there is any merit to the motions
14 posted on 10/01/2018 7:15:54 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen ((Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Flake lives for this crap.


15 posted on 10/01/2018 7:17:36 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: CaptainK

If Flake and the abortion sisters vote no, how does that happen?


16 posted on 10/01/2018 7:26:58 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: CaptainK

If Flake and the abortion sisters vote no, how does that happen?


17 posted on 10/01/2018 7:26:59 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I guess The Toob means pu$$yhats. I don’t have one of those. That’s girlyman stuff.


18 posted on 10/01/2018 7:31:10 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: RightGuy

I’m sure you’ve noticed that cable ‘news’ has almost entirely abandoned any presentation of current events despite their ability to collect and broadcast information on a global scale.

Problem for them is, we can all do that too in this day and age.

So they have turned inward and 23.5 out of every 24 hrs is occupied by talking heads reinforcing each others’ biases.

It’s interesting to note that it’s always via a Q&A session. This is by design. It’s human nature to bestow ‘expert power’ on anyone answering a question. CNN et al know this which is why they have an anchor asking frequently ridiculous questions and panelists offering ridiculous responses - but the format is designed to convince the ignorant and the gullible.


19 posted on 10/01/2018 8:12:07 AM PDT by relictele
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Will he still be thanking Flake when Kavanaugh is seated?

I don't think Flake will ever vote for Kavenaugh.

20 posted on 10/01/2018 8:29:33 AM PDT by FreeReign (Rudy: Sessions is recused from everything)
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