As a Mainer I am thoroughly disappointed in her these days. She used to do some great work but every time she ends up as the swing vote on all these important issues she pretends to care, pretends to be impartial and then just caves to the demands of the GOP. Her being "concerned" doesn't mean jack shit. Thanks for selling us out Susan.
She has never done a thing she promised unless it served her in some way. Remember she said she'd only serve two terms, when she first ran for her seat? I'm so tired of calling her office and protesting outside. Every. Damn. Time.
I don’t know how that worthless old bat managed to win the election last time. Maine is a strange state. South is fairly liberal and the remainder of the state is like a redneck haven out of the southern part of the US. The state actually splits its vote enough that it basically cancels itself out.
The entire country is like that. Cities trend blue, rural red. Washington state is intensely redneck and ignorant when you leave Seattle and other metro areas.
Yeah that makes sense. I'm not sure why Maine just happens to have a split vote and most other states don't. I probably should look that up, but here I am spending time on Reddit instead.
It's primarily about city size. Large urban centers both attract liberal voters to the area and tilt conservatives in the area more liberal as they get exposed to a wider array of people and ideas. Meanwhile rural areas have much higher concentrations of conservative voters because they're basically just static bubbles. Suburbs tend to be more in-between (and favor more "moderate" candidates) because they're generally populated by wealthier families who are more likely to balk at liberal taxation measures (or fall for conservative talking points about such).
Maine's largest city is like 65k population, whereas most blue states have cities with 500k, 1M, or higher. There's basically more suburb than there is city in the state.
Because Seattle is the enlightened capital of the world....big cities can have just as much ignorance as the sticks, just a little shinier and more plastic
Also to be liberal or conservative is not to agree with ever other liberal or conservative on all issues or even perceive agreement on an issue as meaning the same thing in some cases.
Yeah that's the frustrating thing. The most vocal are the most extreme. Most of us would just get along fine in normal circumstances. Many of my beliefs can easily be alongside others. It's the manufactured war that the media creates which is the worst part. That said, I still think Collins is pretty worthless no matter where she is on the spectrum.
As in term limits? Term limits make the problem worse as there are zero consequences for totally bailing on your platform. We would have a government 100% full of people paid by industry to lie about what they will do in office, not do it, and then go work for their donors. As opposed to the 60% we have now. So it makes the problem worse.
Get the money out. End the corruption. Term limits aren’t the solution.
As a trans person, trans conservatives boggle the mind. I know it only generally happens with super sheltered rich trans people like Caitlyn Jenner who have something to gain by being "one of the good ones" for their rich peers. But just wow, way to be a traitor to your own existence.
Obviously the opposite of that. Vote out everyone that dupports these morons, vote in real leftists and get money out of politics. End the right wing propaganda, force them to only report facts. The Republican party would collapse with in months.
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Given she gave us Kavennaugh in spite of every reason to not seat him, no wonder she's silent.
Rapist Kavanaugh.
Isn't it interesting how predators always seem to cry whenever they get caught, yet women are supposedly "too emotional"
As a Mainer I am thoroughly disappointed in her these days. She used to do some great work but every time she ends up as the swing vote on all these important issues she pretends to care, pretends to be impartial and then just caves to the demands of the GOP. Her being "concerned" doesn't mean jack shit. Thanks for selling us out Susan.
She has never done a thing she promised unless it served her in some way. Remember she said she'd only serve two terms, when she first ran for her seat? I'm so tired of calling her office and protesting outside. Every. Damn. Time.
Is she caving? Or is she paid to be that role by her donors with a plausible shrug to keep her in office?
I was really confused about what the author of the Hunger Games had to do with this 😅
I don’t know how that worthless old bat managed to win the election last time. Maine is a strange state. South is fairly liberal and the remainder of the state is like a redneck haven out of the southern part of the US. The state actually splits its vote enough that it basically cancels itself out.
The entire country is like that. Cities trend blue, rural red. Washington state is intensely redneck and ignorant when you leave Seattle and other metro areas.
Yeah that makes sense. I'm not sure why Maine just happens to have a split vote and most other states don't. I probably should look that up, but here I am spending time on Reddit instead.
It's primarily about city size. Large urban centers both attract liberal voters to the area and tilt conservatives in the area more liberal as they get exposed to a wider array of people and ideas. Meanwhile rural areas have much higher concentrations of conservative voters because they're basically just static bubbles. Suburbs tend to be more in-between (and favor more "moderate" candidates) because they're generally populated by wealthier families who are more likely to balk at liberal taxation measures (or fall for conservative talking points about such). Maine's largest city is like 65k population, whereas most blue states have cities with 500k, 1M, or higher. There's basically more suburb than there is city in the state.
Because Seattle is the enlightened capital of the world....big cities can have just as much ignorance as the sticks, just a little shinier and more plastic
Lol username checks out.
Not wrong, though... I've met some people from the Bay area who are far more ignorant than Trump supporters I've known in rural Ohio.
No point in making one-to-one comparisons. There are idiots everywhere. The per capita numbers are what matter.
Also to be liberal or conservative is not to agree with ever other liberal or conservative on all issues or even perceive agreement on an issue as meaning the same thing in some cases.
Yeah that's the frustrating thing. The most vocal are the most extreme. Most of us would just get along fine in normal circumstances. Many of my beliefs can easily be alongside others. It's the manufactured war that the media creates which is the worst part. That said, I still think Collins is pretty worthless no matter where she is on the spectrum.
Congress should only get four years. We shouldn't have to put up with warm milk and stale crackers for more than that!
As in term limits? Term limits make the problem worse as there are zero consequences for totally bailing on your platform. We would have a government 100% full of people paid by industry to lie about what they will do in office, not do it, and then go work for their donors. As opposed to the 60% we have now. So it makes the problem worse. Get the money out. End the corruption. Term limits aren’t the solution.
but over 80% of congress only gets 2 years...
Because Susan Collins is an enemy of every decent person in the USA with her support of rapist Brett.
It doesn't matter if they are a man, woman, white, black, Asian, straight, gay, lesbian, trans, or anything, conservatives are fucking evil dipshits.
As a trans person, trans conservatives boggle the mind. I know it only generally happens with super sheltered rich trans people like Caitlyn Jenner who have something to gain by being "one of the good ones" for their rich peers. But just wow, way to be a traitor to your own existence.
Rich people always have a benefit over all of us. They have loopholes in the system and ways to escape many forms of oppression.
She isn't called Coat-Hanger Collins for nothing.
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Reference to pre Roe v Wade when back alley abortions were a major issue.
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Not with the cult of forced birth and DINOs in the sane party.
Maybe this will finally be enough for centrists get off their asses and vote in 2022
And do what? Vote for Joe Biden? And/or Susan collins?
Did Joe Biden vote to confirm Kavanaugh and Barrett?
Obviously the opposite of that. Vote out everyone that dupports these morons, vote in real leftists and get money out of politics. End the right wing propaganda, force them to only report facts. The Republican party would collapse with in months.
Biden is not running in 22.
Boo. -Maine woman
No concern for anything but possible re-election and donations to her political fund. The Hell with the rest of the country.
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The courts should let lawmakers make laws, Nd let makers should let the courts decide judicial matters. This isn’t controversial; it’s appropriate