Stephen King suggests Collins "NO" vote on Big Bullshit Bill was for reasons OTHER THAN her trademarked CONCERN

[Miles Archer]

Ron Filipkowski
‪@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social‬

Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.

Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-07-01T23:31:38.908Z

[pfitz59]

1. Nailed it

always the safe 'no' vote.

[Wounded Bear]

2. No doubt...nt

[czarjak]

3. "It's rigged, folks,"

Who knew?

[DENVERPOPS]

4. Nothing new,

they have been doing this for decades, and other things like it.........

[SeattleVet]

5. Sort of like former Representative 'Rubber-Stamp Dave Reichert' from Washington stated several years ago...

Paraphrased:

I only vote the way they tell me. We look at the votes and I can sometimes vote the way my constituents actually want if my vote won't make a difference, but it makes me look like I'm following the voter's desires.

What he actually stated - not far from the paraphrase above! Yeah, he managed to say the quiet part out loud.

"Sometimes the leadership comes to me and says, “Dave, we want you to vote a certain way.’ Now, they know I can do that over here, that I have to do that over here. In other districts, that’s not a problem, but here I have to be able to be very flexible in where I place my votes. Because the big picture here is, keep this seat, keep the majority, keep the country moving forward with Republican ideals…. Not the vote I place on ANWAR that you may not agree with, or the vote that I place on protecting salmon.”

[stollen]

6. Absolutely

They are prime reasons for congressional term limits.

[murielm99]

25. No to term limits.

Let the voters decide who should be there.

[atreides1]

26. And that's working well!

Term limits still allow the voters to decide...they can still vote for another brain dead drooling flat earther, if they want!

[stollen]

37. That decision is often based on

who was able to pump in the most $$ to a campaign. Musk helped get Trump in.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. There's

No doubt that they count and decide in advance who's going to do what as is best for them. These phonies stay up on their high horses and couldn't care less about anyone else.

Their constituents are just an excuse. An afterthought.

[Easterncedar]

8. The fix was always in

[Rebl2]

9. That sounds

about right.

[quakerboy]

10. Seems like this is what Maine wants

She has won election 5 times, and the last 4 she won with a majority not just a plurality. The most recent win was after her participation in supporting trump in the first time, If i have my dates correct.

[Iamscrewed]

11. Jesus

Where are the Statesmen or"Statespeople"?
Politicians have repeatedly proven to be money grubbing crooked racist theives.

Who understands the difference?

[patphil]

12. Yes, 3 Republicans could pretend to care by voting "no" on this bill, with the knowledge that it would still pass.

JD Vance would definitely break the tie.
At least we can take heart in the fact that the Republican Senators can count.

[hatrack]

21. They can also count donor dollars, but that's about it . .

It appears they can't count the number of constituents who'll lose health care, or interest costs of trillions of Billionaire Bonus debt, or the hospitals that will close in their states.

[Orrex]

13. That's how every "principled" Repub does it.

Romney was the same way, as was McCain before him. Make a big show of standing strong, but then vote exactly as instructed to benefit the party over the nation.

[druidity33]

16. Except that ONE thumbs down time... nt.

[Orrex]

17. Right! As King correctly notes.

They're allowed to vote "NO" when their vote doesn't matter one way or the other, and they thereby puff up the illusion that they're anything other than wholly owned subsidiaries of the party of fascists.

[druidity33]

19. That's not the No vote i'm talking about...

i'm talking about the John McCain "thumbs down fuck you i'm going to die soon" vote that kept the repeal of ACA from happening.

[Orrex]

20. Oh, ok. I guess that's one.

[hatrack]

22. The exception that proves the rule . . .

.

[druidity33]

24. Exactly. nt.

[Marie Marie]

14. How does she keep getting re-elected?

[Orrex]

18. For real

I'm sure that DUers in Maine see right through her bullshit, but why do the other voters keep swallowing it?

[Hekate]

30. Maine is a small state of 1,400,000. Vermont is even smaller, with under 650,000. Politicians can get to know everybody

The 10 least populated states are: Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Montana, Rhode Island, Maine, and New Hampshire. Their Senators and Governors can shake everybody’s hand, drop in to coffee shops and barber shops, and in general get known on the basis of their winning personalities and “concern” for their constituents. If they work it right, they can hold that seat for life.

California, by contrast, has almost 40,000,000 — as much as the country of Canada. No presidential candidate is ever going to drop into my coffee shop. They aren’t Huell Howser, glad-handing his way from one end of the state to the other for PBS. I get that, which is why I have lost patience with “Democrats” who whine that Hillary never visited them and that’s why she lost.

[Gimpyknee]

15. There's no Republican who would appear in Profiles in Courage II

[Paladin]

23. Stephen King, my hero. As usual. (nt)

[Brainfodder]

27. She has the charisma of a actual dingbat, or as the Mrs. put it, roadkill?

Why is she winning in her state over and over, she is creepy AF!

[Ray Bruns]

28. Typical Susan "windsock" Collin's bullshit.

She pulls this stunt all the time. If the GOP had needed her vote, she would have overridden her “concerns” and voted how they told her to vote.

But what makes me the most angriest is the press eats up her act all the time. It’s getting old.

[Norrrm]

29. Susan Collins' integrity... Susan Collins pledges to serve only two terms.

Susan Collins' integrity...

Susan Collins pledges to serve only two terms.

[republianmushroom]

31. Posturing for the voters.

Nothing more.

[hay rick]

32. Democracy cosplay.

It looks like democracy but it's not. The smell gives it away.

[BaronChocula]

33. She clearly traded votes with Lyin Ron Johnson

Who was originally a No vote along with Paul, and Tillis. Paul and Tillis stuck to their guns. Though they both still suck.

[happy feet]

34. Exactly

[wolfie001]

35. A majority of the white folk who retire and move to Maine are racists

Same thing in West Va., same thing in North Carolina. Hateful tRUMPer racists.

[Skittles]

36. THANKING MR. KING

FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT