Poor Susan Collins. She was asked to answer a question.

[Pom]

I've seen this account published in several places, did we discuss it here?

www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/18/1893446/-Collins-goes-into-full-victim-mode-over-being-politely-questioned-by-a-constituent-about-Trump?detail=emaildkre

"Mercer happened to see Collins at the airport in D.C., where they were waiting for the same flight to Portland, where he lives and works as a psychotherapist. He asked if they could chat; she said yes. Her first mistake, since she doesn't have a lot of practice talking to constituents, having not had a town meeting with them in more than 20 years. Mercer tried to engage Collins in her shtick, civility and moderation. It didn't work. "She wouldn't even talk about Trump by name," Mercer told Nemitz in an interview Wednesday. "She just talked around the whole thing. It was a non-answer." He continued to try to engage. "And again, she just kept saying, 'Well, we have a difference of opinion,'" Mercer recalled. "And I said to her, ' suspect we do have a difference of opinion, but you still haven't told me what yours is!'" He says he told her, "I think you lack courage," and ended the attempt at conversation."

Despite their spinning and pandering to Trump, the GOP must be scared shitless.

[ECB]

Oct 19, 2019 10:39:42 GMT -5 Pom said:

I've seen this account published in several places, did we discuss it here?

www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/18/1893446/-Collins-goes-into-full-victim-mode-over-being-politely-questioned-by-a-constituent-about-Trump?detail=emaildkre

"Mercer happened to see Collins at the airport in D.C., where they were waiting for the same flight to Portland, where he lives and works as a psychotherapist. He asked if they could chat; she said yes. Her first mistake, since she doesn't have a lot of practice talking to constituents, having not had a town meeting with them in more than 20 years. Mercer tried to engage Collins in her shtick, civility and moderation. It didn't work. "She wouldn't even talk about Trump by name," Mercer told Nemitz in an interview Wednesday. "She just talked around the whole thing. It was a non-answer." He continued to try to engage. "And again, she just kept saying, 'Well, we have a difference of opinion,'" Mercer recalled. "And I said to her, ' suspect we do have a difference of opinion, but you still haven't told me what yours is!'" He says he told her, "I think you lack courage," and ended the attempt at conversation."

Despite their spinning and pandering to Trump, the GOP must be scared shitless.

I hope they are and I hope it's because they see a shift.  I really need to believe that good outweighs the bad. If Trump wins again, I don't think I can believe that anymore.  This one term needs to be a fluke. 

[cattledogkisses]

She also didn’t want to listen to the Maine women who tried to share their stories of sexual assault with her during the Kavanaugh hearings last year.

[winecat]

She should call Cory Fucking Gardner so they can commiserate.

[cattledogkisses]

When politicians won’t talk to their constituents (or act put-upon when they have to talk to their constituents) it means that they’ve forgotten who they work for.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

Not holding a town hall in 20 fucking years should be disqualifying.

I base this on absolutely nothing but I wouldn’t be surprised if she announces she’s not running. Gideon raised a not-insignificant amount of money in the last quarter, and if Collins can’t handle a dude in the airport, I can’t imagine she’s particularly excited to go out there and actively campaign.

[amberlyrose]

I was on a flight with at least 8 members of congress on Friday to Atlanta. The ones that I could point to as Dems were left alone while the republicans (as far as I could tell) were all engaged in their seats by fellow travelers asking them questions.
I joked on FB that if you want to corner your rep, you should grab an afternoon flight from DCA on Fridays.

[LoveTrains]

I was on a flight with Lincoln Chaffee to DCA last week. Everyone ignored him and he got stuck in s middle seat on Southwest. Lol.

[W.T.Faulkner]

FUCK OFF SUSAN

[seeyalater52]

Oct 21, 2019 23:07:22 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

I was on a flight with Lincoln Chaffee to DCA last week. Everyone ignored him and he got stuck in s middle seat on Southwest. Lol.

The most amazing part of this to me is that your plane successfully left TF for DCA. After the first 5 flights I booked to DC out of that airport got canceled andvoikdnt be rescheduled same-day I’ve just started flying out of Boston.

[LoveTrains]

Oct 22, 2019 8:28:43 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Oct 21, 2019 23:07:22 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

I was on a flight with Lincoln Chaffee to DCA last week. Everyone ignored him and he got stuck in s middle seat on Southwest. Lol.

The most amazing part of this to me is that your plane successfully left TF for DCA. After the first 5 flights I booked to DC out of that airport got canceled andvoikdnt be rescheduled same-day I’ve just started flying out of Boston.

I fly to DCA regularly on southwest. They have two flights a day! It’s only been cancelled on me once. I go about 3-4 times a year on this flight.

[seeyalater52]

Oct 22, 2019 11:47:46 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Oct 22, 2019 8:28:43 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

The most amazing part of this to me is that your plane successfully left TF for DCA. After the first 5 flights I booked to DC out of that airport got canceled andvoikdnt be rescheduled same-day I’ve just started flying out of Boston.

I fly to DCA regularly on southwest. They have two flights a day! It’s only been cancelled on me once. I go about 3-4 times a year on this flight.

I fly to DC usually 4 or so times a month. Maybe I just had bad luck the first few months? I might give it another try. I almost always go just for the day so I really need to get out on an early flight, I cant get pushed to afternoon and Boston runs like 50 am fights across different airlines so they always make rescheduling easy.

[Pom]

thehill.com/homenews/senate/466910-susan-collins-calls-out-trump-for-comparing-impeachment-inquiry-to-lynching

He’s so busy trying avenues of distraction. One more heinous than the last but this is... so sick and vile. I see Lindsey is on board though. I hope every last GOPer loses their seat and goes straight to hell.