My God, Susan Collins actually said this today .......

[KelleyKramer]

I have to agree with Digby here.. just shoot me now!


And we can finally rid ourselves of that fake narrative that Collins is some kind of 'moderate' Republican. She has now sealed her place in history as the single person responsible for the most conservative and corrupt Supreme Court in US history ..........




SEN. SUSAN COLLINS: "The one silver lining that I hope will come from this is that more women will press charges now, when they are assaulted," the Maine Republican tells @FaceTheNation

Link to tweet

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[Renew Deal]

1. She is so full of *#%

[TheBlackAdder]

40. She confirmed that back in the 90s when she stated she would only seek two terms.

[Takket]

2. what a moron

"Yeah, now that we brought this woman, at literal risk to her life, to sit before congress and be questioned, only to tell her she is a lying slut and can fuck herself, i'm sure now more woman will feel empowered to speak up"

[dalton99a]

3. Evil with a smile

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Oh, of course they will. There's nothing like being disregarded and disbelieved

by politicians you trusted and mocked by a president in front of a laughing crowd on national television with the result that you get death threats and have to move out of your home to make you want to report your sexual assault.

How fucking stupid and clueless is she?

[lindysalsagal]

5. A special kind of stupid.

[lastlib]

52. Weapons-grade stoopid, I would call it.

JEEEEzzzus, did that just leak out of her mouth, or is she REALLY stupid enough to say that intentionally??

[dansolo]

74. Not stupid, evil

I don't understand why anyone gives her any benefit of the doubt. Collins is not being pressured by McConnell to do anything. She is fully complicit. Her moderate act is fake. She only votes against her party when her vote isn't needed. They are strategic votes that McConnell allows her to take in order to fool her constituants into thinking she is a moderate so they will keep voting her in.

[Tavarious Jackson]

6. My friend's rape kit still has not been tested after 25 years.

This woman is so out of touch.

[TheBlackAdder]

39. I'm sure there's at least one or two Kav ones two, untested and requiring his DNA added to database.

[roamer65]

7. I think she has mental issues...to be honest.

[CentralMass]

15. That could be.

[Marie Marie]

62. Same here.

She is just not right in the head.

[torius]

8. Can I press charges against her

for assaulting my intelligence?

[Phoenix61]

20. +1,000 nt

[BeckyDem]

9. Right, because they can't wait to be told that "something" happened to them

but they're wrong about who did it to them.

Just fucking go away already.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. She was also just on "60 Minutes," said she believed Dr. Ford

Just didn't believe Kavanaugh was her attacker.

[llmart]

11. It's called backpeddling...

She knows she's hated by women everywhere now and she is trying to polish that turd.

Won't work Collins. You're a traitor to your gender and we will never forget.

Just go away already. No intelligent person believes you. Hmmm...how does it feel?

[Fred Sanders]

23. If Collins believed Dr. Ford why support a scam investigation? Why did Ford even say Judge was

a witness, knowing Judge is beasties with Brett?

Why did the prosecution not call Judge...oh, yeah, because Republicans led by Collins are pushing the propaganda that Ford got a fair hearing in a "criminal trial"... where the prosecutor was allowed to call only one witness and no other evidence...in front of a hand picked men only Jury with no judge...just like a real trial.

[barbtries]

42. yeah i believe she may believe something

just not what she wants us to think she believes.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

68. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. - Maya Angelou -

...time and time again she and other congressional republikkklans are up to their same ole chicanery...lying, cheating etc., and still dems give her, them the benefit of the doubt--then were shocked whenthey renege once again. What's the definition of insanity?

Some wise DU'er aptly described Collins as disingenous [not candid or sincere; synonyms: insincere, dishonest, untruthful, false, deceitful, duplicitous, lying, mendacious; hypocritical] Disingenous also describe Flake, Corker Murcowski, and other "moderate" republicans including and perhaps worst of all is DINO--Manchin.

[BigmanPigman]

13. She said this on another show today too.

I was so pissed off I went to tell my neighbor (another Kavanaugh hater). Collins was NEVER even considering that he may have been guilty. She just wanted to stop people from harassing her for a week. Now she will be harassed more than ever I hope. She garners no respect from anyone with self respect.

[NewJeffCT]

14. so, the Whelan story

even though he retracted it and apologized. Damage done.

Ford should sue his ass off

[KelleyKramer]

19. She can't actually believe that bullshit can she? I mean WTF?!

Maybe this is what she does so she can still look in the mirror to comb her hair???

[Rhiannon12866]

27. The unfortunate thing is that she's not up for reelection until 2020

And Heidi Heitkamp faces her voters in a month. I was quite impressed with her on "60 Minutes." And, as we know, most voters aren't paying much attention and/or have short memories- except us, of course. *sigh*

[KelleyKramer]

31. I tell you what, they've already raised $3.5 million for her 2020 opponent

And they haven't even had the primary yet, so that's 3.5 mil in donations for literally an un-named opponent

I don't think she will run again anyway, she wants to cash that Koch Brothers/Federalist Society pay check.. and now she has a warchest waiting on her opponent and that gives her 3.5 million more reasons to not run

But I wish she WOULD run, and instead of retiring she gets thrown out at the ballot box. Grrrrrrh!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Well, she still has 2 more years to try to live this down

I wouldn't be surprised if there are repercussions. The one I'm worried about is Heidi Heitkamp, she had the same tough choice to make and did the right thing despite having to face her voters in one short month.

[niyad]

80. she is a pub--of course she can believe that crap, and expect us to do so as well.

[bdamomma]

28. oh I'm glad

I didn't turn the TV on, I'm tired of listening to this BS from these assholes when they don't even listen to those who were assaulted or take their allegations seriously.

[Rhiannon12866]

30. Heidi Heitkamp was also on, she came off very well, I thought

She may not persuade her voters, but she sure got to me. She's a breast cancer survivor, made the decision to take full advantage of the time she had by always doing the right thing - and it has been fortunately 18 years.

[liberal N proud]

12. She cannot actually believe herself

[Va Lefty]

16. Helluva a job Senator

[Butterflylady]

17. When you are assaulted or abused

You NEVER forget who did it, you f*cking dumb a**.

[KT2000]

18. brain parasites

at work. They believe their nonsense is convincing.

[keithbvadu2]

21. Susan Collins playing 'moderate'

[3catwoman3]

22. The degree of insensitivity of...

...Republicans is truly mind-numbing.

[bdamomma]

24. she can STFU

hopefully women will come forward and report??? she doesn't know those reasons why they didn't come forward. What a stupid bitch.

[lpbk2713]

25. Just the opposite.

No one can be that stupid on purpose.

[Turbineguy]

29. Trump must be writing her tweets now.

[still_one]

33. Because they can see that people like Susan Collin will stand right behind them........or then again

maybe not

[milestogo]

34. Ah yes, because sexual assault survivors are taken so seriously by Senators

[Garrett78]

35. She's such an idiot. I realize Maine is about as white as can be, but why the hell...

...does she keep winning? Especially after breaking her promise that she would only serve for 2 terms.

[Lonestarblue]

41. She also voted to end the ACA.

She claimed she voted with Republicans because McConnell “promised” her that they would do something about healthcare later, which of course never happened. She is either the stupidest person in the Senate or one huge faker. She’s just as rabid as the rest of Republicans. I hope whoever runs against her, for either the Senate or Governor, hangs her poor judgment around her neck.

[magicarpet]

46. The voters in the metro areas vote mostly blue...

The coast votes mostly blue... when you get up into the sparsely populated and rural areas they can vote very red. Get out of the cities and the college towns where the NRA types proliferate and they are relibly red voters and proud of it.

[Garrett78]

70. Sure. But that's pretty much true in every state.

Vermont has Sanders and Leahy. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware all have 2 Democratic Senators.

Meanwhile, Maine has Angus King and Susan Collins. In addition to promising she would end her Senate career after 2 terms and repeatedly pissing people off with her "I only pretend to be a reasonable person" act, Collins also comes across as being pretty damn stupid. Yet she won her last election by 37 points. And she won in 2008 by more than 20 points, even though Obama took the state by 17 points. I guess all I'm saying is that Maine ought to be able to come up with a candidate who can beat Collins.

[LibDemAlways]

36. My fondest hope for Collins is that each and every day

she is approached by strangers who tell her exactly what they think of her and her vote for Kavanaugh. I hope she is forced to endure insults daily - in restaurants, movies, airports, church, at the store -everywhere. I hope it gets so bad and is so relentless that she feels compelled to resign and retreats behind closed doors to a remote corner of the planet never to be heard from again. It can't happen fast enough. What a disgrace and pathetic excuse of a woman.

[bucolic_frolic]

37. Susan Collins is an assault on human intelligence

Let's press charges

[RainCaster]

38. Fecal brain matter

I have no other explanation.

[cstanleytech]

43. Wait, so she believes Ford but she still voted to appoint Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment

on the Supreme Court?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

51. She believes Ford was assaulted but that Kavanaugh didn't do it.

[cstanleytech]

55. I do not buy that load of BS at all then from her but that aside his reaction when testifying alone

clearly showed that he was unfit to be a Supreme Court justice.

[packman]

44. Stupid hurts

What it has taught assaulted women is that no one gives a shit, especially the courts

[Javaman]

45. She's quickly trying to paper over her fuck up

Because she knows she's out of a job soon and is panicking

[cstanleytech]

58. It was not a fuck up she knew what she was doing rather she is trying to protect herself and her job

from the blowback of voting to put him on SCOTUS.

[NBachers]

47. As she skips away, whistling, into her sunshine and butterflies.

[Pepsidog]

48. OMG that is a special kind of dumb only a republican can utter

[Ferrets are Cool]

49. That ranks up there with one of the most ignorant/stupid statements

ever made. It is trumpian in it's willing blindness.

[58Sunliner]

50. She is malignant.Pathologically unable to empathize.

Behind those comments sits a sludge of judgment and anger against other women.

[aaaaaa5a]

53. She can't be serious!

What has any sane person seen in the last two weeks that would make them more likely to come forward?

[Snake Plissken]

54. That's like saying if it wasn't for Hitler starting WWII and killing millions of Jews

Israel may not be a nation right now, so they owe him a great deal of gratitude.

This is no more Republican party, it's just untreated insanity.

[John Fante]

56. Is she implying that victims of abuse don't go the police

because they're being wishy-washy about it? What a repulsive woman.

If anything, this tragedy will make women more hesitant to come forward.

[Grammy23]

57. How delusional does Susan Collins have to be??

Does she really think after the debacle of the past few weeks that women will be MORE likely to come forward? If anything, they will probably be more inclined to keep it quiet and take it to their graves. She should be ashamed of her part in all of this madness but sadly, she still thinks she is on the right side of the issue. As a survivor of a sexual assault, I can assure her that you never ever forget the person who did that to you. Even if it was a long time ago. You may lose some of the finer details but the actual assault is seared into your memory like it was put there with a branding iron. So, no....Dr. Blasey-Ford is not mixed up in her facts. Susan Collins is mixed up in her logic on just about everything to do with sexual assault and its aftermath.

In two days, I am going on a much anticipated Viking River Cruise in France to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. I hope I can separate myself from all of the political shenanigans that I’ve followed closely since well before the 2016 election. Things have gone steadily downhill since tRump’s stolen election and I am worn to a nub worrying about things that should not be in doubt.....like our Democracy and the trustworthiness of our governing bodies. So I think I need and deserve a break from it for a while. Enough is enough.

P.S. My husband and I mailed in our ballots as one of the last things we did before we left home. So that is already done. I know my vote won’t keep Matt Gaetz (the little weasel) from being re-elected, but I have some hope that my vote FOR Gillum will help elect him as Gov and my vote for Bill Nelson will make sure Rick Scott never gets to see the inside of the Senate side of the Capitol.

[kairos12]

59. Aunt Lydia in reality.

[DallasNE]

60. So You (Collins) Think Calling The Victim A Liar

Will now make the victims more likely to step forward? I think the Russian money from the NRA has rotted your brain.

[Charmin One]

61. I wonder

What her voting record is under Trump.

[Honeycombe8]

63. She votes with Trump's agenda 79.5% of the time, according to 538. nt

[Charmin One]

69. Thank You

[LiberalFighter]

64. She likely was drinking beer with Kavanaugh.

[MFM008]

65. I was a kid

I was 7 years old and was
Threatened not to tell.
I didnt tell for 18 years.
Does that mean it didnt happen??
These people make me so sick ive hardly
Been able to get out of bed.

[lunatica]

73. I was 6 or 7 too

I was in my 40s when I told my family. That was 30 years ago. I talk about it now because it helps others talk about their #MeToo experience.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

66. All things aside,. What is wrong with Mainers?? Geez

[AdamGG]

67. Hopefully, in two years, she can retire to a cabin in the woods with Paul LePage

[Honeycombe8]

78. and Henri the Cat. Au revoir, mon amis. Au revoir.

[Solly Mack]

71. Ooh. Silly me. She was merely teaching assault victims a lesson in prompt reporting.

And here I thought she was the run-of-the-mill piece of shit republican but, no. Collins is a Phyllis Schlafly fellow of the Blame the Victim: Fear, Loathing and Self-Hate Academy of Hypocrisy.

[lunatica]

72. What a fucking idiot.

[wryter2000]

75. I wish I could vote against her

I have contributed to her opponent

[tymorial]

76. Yes, I saw that. The only word I can use to describe this is vile. nt

[Chemisse]

77. What kind of a pretzel did she twist herself into to get that result?

It's really just a sad time for women.

[niyad]

79. I was going to ask if she could possibly be more clueless, but we know the answer.