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Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts) Tue Jan 14, 2020, 12:24 PM Jan 2020

Boy, Susan Collins sure does love being a "key GOP Senator." [View all]

On every important vote (Kavanaugh, shutdowns, impeachment witnesses are just a few examples) she casts herself as "undecided," "troubled," "concerned" or some combination of those. She gets a ton of TV coverage, virtual ink, and attention. Then she does what she's told to do by Mitch McConnell after receiving various "assurances" and making them public. Afterwards when exactly what everyone on the other side of the issue predicted would happen does happen she expresses her "shock" and claims "nobody could have predicted this!"

Every. Damn. Time.

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Boy, Susan Collins sure does love being a "key GOP Senator." [View all] Still In Wisconsin Jan 2020 OP

she's as phony as they come. her 'concern' is nothing more than her schtick. spanone Jan 2020 #1

She loves attention malaise Jan 2020 #2

She is up for election in November. She needs to be replaced with a Democrat. Stuart G Jan 2020 #3

for sure bdamomma Jan 2020 #8

They need to keep up the illusion that the republican party has moderate, reasonable members EleanorR Jan 2020 #4

Ha! The first daughter as a moderating influence. Still In Wisconsin Jan 2020 #5

And the same goes for so called moderate republicans EleanorR Jan 2020 #6

She needs to be bdamomma Jan 2020 #7

I'm hoping the good people of Maine do exactly that. n/t Still In Wisconsin Jan 2020 #10

Rand Paul is almost as bad. Pretending to be the contrarian for attention, then sucking up again. TheBlackAdder Jan 2020 #9

Hope no one is counting on her vote except Mitch. TNNurse Jan 2020 #11

Vote.Collins.Out. SunSeeker Jan 2020 #12

She is no different than tRump. It's all theater. And don't count on her to vote for witnesses KPN Jan 2020 #13

She reminds me of the attention-seeking wnylib Jan 2020 #14

On TV she sounds so frail, with her shaky Edith Bunker voice. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #15

This is the time to vote her out. Enough of the flip flopping rockfordfile Jan 2020 #16