JEFF FLAKE AND TRUMP
Readers respond to Ariz. senator
Re: “America has forgotten, again, who we are supposed to be,” Oct. 29 Jeff Flake column.
After reading Sen. Jeff Flake’s piece in last Sunday’s Denver Post, I enthusiastically agree with what he said. Yes, I am generally politically liberal, but he is absolutely correct that government is meant not to be one-sided but must be done in collaboration between the parties. That is what our founders intended — and wisely so.
The one statement with which I take issue is his reference to President Donald Trump’s “empty populist slogans.” I think the state of our affairs is much more dangerous than that. If we continue on this path, we are on the verge of a totalitarian, bigoted, racist, misogynistic and anti-science society. I truly believe that a majority of Americans do not believe or uphold Trump’s stated views or his actions or that all Republican members of Congress actually back his views. However, it seems obvious to me that their interest in protecting their jobs shows an absence of moral rectitude, which will allow this to continue. Patty Redifer, Aurora
After reading Sen. Jeff Flake’s column last Sunday, it was clear as to why his constituents are rejecting him. His self-serving, pompous speech before his colleagues and now this article clearly demonstrate that he lacks the ability and commitment to doing what is right for the country.
I agree that our political culture is plummeting to new depths of indecency. Therefore, it seems to me that we need elected officials who follow their consciences from day one in office, who reject political expediency, and who do what is right for the country. Maybe Sen. Flake and others need to put on their “big-boy pants” and focus on passing legislation that will improve the general state of affairs rather than trying to destroy the other party. Peter K. Bryan, Centennial
I hope every American reads Sen. Jeff Flake’s column. It is the first I have seen that actually comes out and tells us the truth about the politics in our nation currently.
Flake, who has decided to retire from politics, has been concerned about this since before the last election and he has now come out both in a book and by an opinion piece, quietly and honestly describing just how bad things are in America since the advent of the alt-right and the strange words and deeds of that group.
I wonder how these people, including all the far-right hate groups now active, determined that our great country was so bad and that they have better solutions. They do not. That has been evident since before the last election, and is becoming worse almost daily. I also wonder where these folks would like to live that was so much superior to America. They never talk about this; they are experts at negativity, but silent on positive and true things. We grow closer to being a dictatorship every month with our current leadership. John Ruckman, Lakewood
Let me point out the mistake in giving Sen. Jeff Flake much credit for this partially factual opinion piece. Despite Flake and fellow GOP Sen. Bob Corker presenting a superior “moral and ethical” demeanor and presentation than our current disgusting president, the full set of facts begs to differ.
Flake and Corker in their last year plus in office will definitely vote for whatever trickle-up tax legislation their leaders try to ram through, just as they voted for every hurt-the-middle-class-and-working-poor health care plan.
They will vote for virtually anything their majority passes and that Trump will happily sign. With their hard-core conservative voting records, Flake and Corker, despite their ability to speak coherently and seemingly reasonably, are just as pro-corporate and anti-populist as Donald the Demagogue. Tim Flynn, Denver