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Oh, my! Susan Collins is demanding that we get to the bottom of the Khashoggi murder! (Original Post) ehrnst Oct 2018 OP
Lucy and the football. n/t ginnyinWI Oct 2018 #1
Yep, she's pulling her usual bait and switch. She'll back trump in the end as usual. brush Oct 2018 #36
Things will only change when every Republican is defeated for every office from local to federal. olegramps Oct 2018 #39
B*llsh*t. deminks Oct 2018 #2
lydia, oh lydia bora13 Oct 2018 #64
thanks a lot, maine certainot Oct 2018 #65
or what? she'll pretend to not vote for something she'll eventually vote for? spanone Oct 2018 #3
Great tweet response to her tweet Satch59 Oct 2018 #4
Joker's wild Iliyah Oct 2018 #5
JadeinNM is just mean. lagomorph777 Oct 2018 #6
I've never met her OriginalGeek Oct 2018 #58
excellent response!!!! handmade34 Oct 2018 #7
That response nailed it! Roland99 Oct 2018 #8
"Balls-on"* Duppers Oct 2018 #45
DEarvSusan malaise Oct 2018 #9
Susan is sure something very traumatic gibraltar72 Oct 2018 #10
She will get booked for Scarsdale Oct 2018 #11
Such a hypocrite treestar Oct 2018 #12
K&R. Yes and what they should be demanding.... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #82
JadeinNM nailed it! Brilliant response! Meanwhile... PearliePoo2 Oct 2018 #13
That is EXACTLY what came to my mind before I even saw the respponse! DFW Oct 2018 #14
Oh my, such outrage PatSeg Oct 2018 #15
Here's Susie with her look of "disapproval".. Amimnoch Oct 2018 #16
Quick get Rachel Mitchell Botany Oct 2018 #17
Fuck the stupid asshole lady! Le Gaucher Oct 2018 #18
What if Senator Collins said something, but nobody listened? MineralMan Oct 2018 #19
Susan Collins needs to watch out or Maine will not get the miilions in INdemo Oct 2018 #20
There's no naval ship yard in Portland, ME. Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2018 #53
I thought that Virginia had the only Portsmouth Navel Shipyard Revanchist Oct 2018 #81
Oh.l..thought there was a bill waiting to be signed INdemo Oct 2018 #84
Well, here is some odd, recent history that I missed Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2018 #96
It appears Senator Collins* is attempting to wash some of the trump*stink off of her hands... Raster Oct 2018 #21
she's play acting again - like she isn't a Trump puppet rurallib Oct 2018 #25
Maybe a fixed one week superficial FBI investigation... NNadir Oct 2018 #22
Her concern is noted. Pisces Oct 2018 #23
Go fornicate yourself Susie 47of74 Oct 2018 #24
The queen of frauds should not be commenting on frauds and murders. democratisphere Oct 2018 #26
Softball Susie is VERY concerned RhodeIslandOne Oct 2018 #27
Until the issue fades from the media, and not a minute longer. RVN VET71 Oct 2018 #33
Oh, my brain hurts. Polly Hennessey Oct 2018 #28
All talk..vote her out next time she runs..nt helpisontheway Oct 2018 #29
Susan Collins, STUFU. lark Oct 2018 #30
I'm so glad the murder was described as an atrocity, or else Collins may not feign concern. Garrett78 Oct 2018 #31
Yeah, but they only cut off his fingers while he was alive...oh, and his head. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #32
She really is a POS.................. turbinetree Oct 2018 #34
One more repuke to mute Rorey Oct 2018 #35
My reply SHRED Oct 2018 #37
Oh Sue, kindly go piss off The Genealogist Oct 2018 #38
She is tiresome. madaboutharry Oct 2018 #40
Stunned Blue_Adept Oct 2018 #41
oh. ho hum Susan Collins RicROC Oct 2018 #42
What if they (by accident) get to the bottom?? Then "You shouldn't have done that. Let's move on?" LAS14 Oct 2018 #43
Thank you JadeinNM, for the perfect comeback to this ignorant, biased woman. (nt) Paladin Oct 2018 #44
Happy to give the recommendation number 100 Mira Oct 2018 #46
Susan must not have touched base with husband. watoos Oct 2018 #47
No longer care what she says or does. ooky Oct 2018 #48
Saudi funds must be frozen under the Magnitsky Act FakeNoose Oct 2018 #49
Whatever, Sue. The_Counsel Oct 2018 #50
If Susan Collins was any more full of s#!t, she's need an EPA license to walk down the street. nt hvn_nbr_2 Oct 2018 #51
Wow, Twitter is just ripping Collins. EVERY single reply to her tweet skewers her. SunSeeker Oct 2018 #52
Holy shit Gregory Peccary Oct 2018 #70
Ooh ooh, let me tweet something so I can get myself back in the news!! RainCaster Oct 2018 #54
She hasn't asked Trump-just tells us. Self-serving comment. delisen Oct 2018 #55
Susan (and Jeff) can STFU. They're not exactly profiles in courage. Vinca Oct 2018 #56
Maybe the Saudis can actually define what boofing means. kairos12 Oct 2018 #57
Renate Alumni too... czarjak Oct 2018 #68
She doesn't care about children or the elderly tavernier Oct 2018 #59
The Saudis were lifting weights with Squi and Tobin that day, right, Susan? The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #60
K&R Scurrilous Oct 2018 #61
Mainestreaming DFW Oct 2018 #62
And by that she means. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #63
In 2020 we will find out if the voters of Maine Jakes Progress Oct 2018 #66
I'm not setting foot in that LePage/Collins hellhole. NNadir Oct 2018 #91
Just canceled travel plans to Maine. Jakes Progress Oct 2018 #99
Good response. #susancollins trying to get her reputation back. Ludicrous. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #67
Trump: "There is clear proof that our Saudi friends are absolutely innocent" dalton99a Oct 2018 #69
Nothing she says or does makes a whit of difference. hostalover Oct 2018 #71
The $audi'$ didn't do it... magicarpet Oct 2018 #72
she is useless and so full of shit orleans Oct 2018 #73
Susan speaks and the world yawns. Marie Marie Oct 2018 #74
And now Bob Corker is chiming in. Jeff Fluke up after the break. japple Oct 2018 #75
Susan Collins doesn't seem to realize KayF Oct 2018 #76
Trump today - "Certainly looks" like Khashoggi is dead underpants Oct 2018 #77
Ignore her bullshit. She is just going to fall in line behind Trump. nt Blue_true Oct 2018 #78
An appropriate response... brooklynite Oct 2018 #79
+10,000 NNadir Oct 2018 #92
Okay, so her tweet was yesterday, the 17th.. Permanut Oct 2018 #80
More talk from GOP trash. They always pretend to be concerned ecstatic Oct 2018 #83
Welcome to the Monkey House bora13 Oct 2018 #85
I'd say Collins has no credibility at this point. What a wishy-wash. YOHABLO Oct 2018 #86
What importance does this have to do with the U.S.? Voices Of Reason Oct 2018 #87
U.S. resident. Washington Post employee. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2018 #98
Time for Miss Susan to shut the f*** up. George Eliot Oct 2018 #88
Oh, shut up, Susan. EffieBlack Oct 2018 #89
Shut up Susan. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #90
For now rpannier Oct 2018 #93
By you doing nothing for this country duforsure Oct 2018 #94
Yeah, right. Sure. nt SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #95
Yeah! TheFarseer Oct 2018 #97
Real crack team of investigators that Senate is ck4829 Oct 2018 #100
Must be limited in scope! Zambero Oct 2018 #101

deminks

(11,017 posts)
2. B*llsh*t.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:00 AM
Oct 2018

She might not like what she finds at the bottom, but will always come out defending her orange hero.

Beware of 'Aunt Lydia'.

spanone

(135,855 posts)
3. or what? she'll pretend to not vote for something she'll eventually vote for?
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:03 AM
Oct 2018

she's useless....

'as described by the Turkish press'

so sue, if they described it differently you'd be okay with it????

gibraltar72

(7,508 posts)
10. Susan is sure something very traumatic
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:12 AM
Oct 2018

happened to Mr. Khashoggi. He's just confused about who dismembered him.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
11. She will get booked for
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:16 AM
Oct 2018

a few Sunday shows. Demand answers, whine and babble. Then say in a few weeks "Well, there is no evidence, no body. How can anyone convict with no witnesses? I believe that he was murdered, but who did it remains a mystery" Then she will smile that fake smile.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
82. K&R. Yes and what they should be demanding....
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:14 PM
Oct 2018

is accountability for thousands of civilians irresponsibly killed in Yemen by the Saudis with our assistance and tax dollars.

It galls me how the world gets enthralled by a shiny who-done-it story for weeks while disregarding the crazed wild elephants in the room.

..........

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
13. JadeinNM nailed it! Brilliant response! Meanwhile...
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:16 AM
Oct 2018

The fund to raise money for Susan Collin's Democratic opponent in 2020 is now $3,726,447!

Here's the link if you wish to chip in:

https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/387413/fund-susan-collins-future-opponent?ref_code=em20181005kicker

DFW

(54,417 posts)
14. That is EXACTLY what came to my mind before I even saw the respponse!
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:17 AM
Oct 2018

Perfectly worded. I'm sure Collins won't care, just as she couldn't care less about what happened to Khashoggi, but it is just what needs to be tossed is Senator Susie's face.

PatSeg

(47,547 posts)
15. Oh my, such outrage
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:17 AM
Oct 2018

Such indignation! Does she really think people are listening to her or that they forgot the whole Kavenaugh debacle? A wiser person would step back, hold their tongue for awhile, and hope that people will forget what she did.

MineralMan

(146,320 posts)
19. What if Senator Collins said something, but nobody listened?
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:34 AM
Oct 2018

She has made herself irrelevant, really.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
20. Susan Collins needs to watch out or Maine will not get the miilions in
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:35 AM
Oct 2018

funding for the Naval shipyard at Portland.....or perhaps she could just give a scripted speech by McGhan demanding but not really demand that Trump order an investigation.

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
53. There's no naval ship yard in Portland, ME.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 11:48 AM
Oct 2018

There's Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME. That would be the place the gets the Navy contracts in Maine. There's also the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, which is in Portsmouth, NH. Sounds like Portland, but not actually in Maine.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
84. Oh.l..thought there was a bill waiting to be signed
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:22 PM
Oct 2018

for funding of the Iron Works then...
That's where I got ..confused

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
96. Well, here is some odd, recent history that I missed
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 07:37 AM
Oct 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataqua_River_border_dispute

So I guess Portsmouth Naval Shipyard technically belongs to Maine now. Portsmouth is in New Hampshire and that's what they named the place after because the feds thought it was in New Hampshire for many years. In 2002, it was decided that it was actually in Maine. I missed that because that was one of three years of my whole life that I didn't live in Maine. It is still called Portsmouth Naval Shipyard just to confuse the hell out of people it seems. I grew up in Maine and knew it to be part of New Hampshire. 2002 - 2005 I lived out of state and then moved back again. Learn something new every day. LOL.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
21. It appears Senator Collins* is attempting to wash some of the trump*stink off of her hands...
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:36 AM
Oct 2018

...and flesh out her "moderate" Senate cred. One word: BULLSHIT.

Senator Two-Face says what?

NNadir

(33,534 posts)
22. Maybe a fixed one week superficial FBI investigation...
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:45 AM
Oct 2018

...will work.

It works well enough for accused attempted rapists appointed to lifetime seats on the Supreme Court.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
27. Softball Susie is VERY concerned
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:50 AM
Oct 2018

I’m sure her, Feckless Flake and Simple Sasse will look troubled for days!

RVN VET71

(2,694 posts)
33. Until the issue fades from the media, and not a minute longer.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 10:04 AM
Oct 2018

Sad, empty-hearted hypocrites. Collins probably will not seek re-election. Flake is already gone. And Sasse is crazy-legs Hirsch-ing all over the field trying to make people believe he's a human being while, at the same time, to convince Con-servatives that he's really one of them -- you cannot be both. A self-serving politician who, like all Con-servatives, will do whatever it takes to remain in office, damn the constitution and full speed ahead. Watch his stance on social security and medicare -- there you will see the real Con-man in action.

lark

(23,134 posts)
30. Susan Collins, STUFU.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:57 AM
Oct 2018

No one believes one word out of your mouth. You put a sexual assaulter, rapist, liar and extreme rw partisan on SCOTUS, there is nothing you can ever say or do that I would believe. You have no soul, having completely sold out to the drumpf party and proven your absolute treachery to all women in this country and total disregard for the rule of law. Because of you, rapist have been empowered and women degraded and rapes and assaults will skyrocket, again because of your personal backstabbing. STUFU forever.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
38. Oh Sue, kindly go piss off
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 10:20 AM
Oct 2018

You immoral trash. I think I hear Mitch McConnell calling you, you missed a spot while kissing his ass.

madaboutharry

(40,216 posts)
40. She is tiresome.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 10:33 AM
Oct 2018

I wonder if the people of Maine will ever get fed up with her bullshit and finally figure out that she is a phony.

RicROC

(1,204 posts)
42. oh. ho hum Susan Collins
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 10:49 AM
Oct 2018

You burned your last bridge two weeks ago. Go back to Maine and don't bother giving your opinion on any subject.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
43. What if they (by accident) get to the bottom?? Then "You shouldn't have done that. Let's move on?"
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 10:51 AM
Oct 2018

Mira

(22,380 posts)
46. Happy to give the recommendation number 100
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 11:11 AM
Oct 2018

exactly the number of tongue lashings I'd like to give to Ms. Collins.

ooky

(8,926 posts)
48. No longer care what she says or does.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 11:16 AM
Oct 2018

To me she's just another fucking Republican who has been on the wrong side of too many votes I care about.

FakeNoose

(32,680 posts)
49. Saudi funds must be frozen under the Magnitsky Act
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 11:18 AM
Oct 2018

We need sanctions against Saudi Arabia immediately. At least sanction the Royal Prince who is implicated in this awful crime. Susan Collins if you really meant what you tweet, you would make this happen.

The_Counsel

(1,660 posts)
50. Whatever, Sue.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 11:33 AM
Oct 2018

Do you really think you're going to score some more cash or whatever for your husband's lobbying firm? Or are you just hoping by "speaking out" like this you will somehow save your wrinkly behind from being firmly kicked in 2020?

Please just shut all the way the fuck up...

tavernier

(12,394 posts)
59. She doesn't care about children or the elderly
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 12:06 PM
Oct 2018

or the poor or the sick or women. Why are we supposed to believe she cares about Khashoggi?

The way you cast your votes shows who you are, Ms. Collins. Any accompanying theatrics are just a waste of time.

DFW

(54,417 posts)
62. Mainestreaming
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 12:22 PM
Oct 2018

A Senator coming from Maine
Turns out not to have too much brain.
She said she'd use reason,
But that's out of season.
Her votes are thus always insane.

Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)
66. In 2020 we will find out if the voters of Maine
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 01:20 PM
Oct 2018

are as gullible and stupid as collins thinks they are.

I like Maine. I used to vacation there. I met a lot of nice people. I find it hard to imagine that there are so many there who are mean and stupid enough to keep putting this fraud back in office.

That said. I am from Texas. Sadly, though I know many good and thinking Texans, I don't have any problem believing that too many are just as mean and stupid as anyone who would vote for (fall for) collins. I mean, look at what we send to Washington. But at least, cornyn and cruz don't pretend to be moderate. They are out and out assholes and don't try to hide it. If collins feels she must run this "look at my concern" con over and over, she must think that Maine really wants a decent person (instead of her) so she has to trick them over and over. I guess my question is just how many time will Mainers fall for it.

NNadir

(33,534 posts)
91. I'm not setting foot in that LePage/Collins hellhole.
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 12:35 AM
Oct 2018

If you have LePage as Governor and Suzie the fratboy attempted rapist enabler as your Senator, you may be as stupid as Suzie thinks you are.

She's certainly been proving it for a long time.

Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)
99. Just canceled travel plans to Maine.
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 01:12 AM
Oct 2018

We were going to spend a week at Bar Harbor and a ton of dough at LLBean and the wool store in Bath.

That money will go elsewhere.

magicarpet

(14,157 posts)
72. The $audi'$ didn't do it...
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 02:45 PM
Oct 2018

The $audi'$ investigated it...
The $audi'$ found themselves innocent...
Go home,... buy more $audi oil.
The $audi$ sent a $1,000,000,000.00 check so the trDumps and Jarvanka can go shopping and forget about Khashoggi.

Permanut

(5,617 posts)
80. Okay, so her tweet was yesterday, the 17th..
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 05:42 PM
Oct 2018

and today is the 18th. That's long enough for a thorough investigation, time's up.

ecstatic

(32,720 posts)
83. More talk from GOP trash. They always pretend to be concerned
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:18 PM
Oct 2018

when situations like this come up, but then continue to prop up and protect trump. Fuck you, Collins! Either PUT UP, or SHUT THE FUCK UP because your comments are completely worthless at this point.

 

Voices Of Reason

(16 posts)
87. What importance does this have to do with the U.S.?
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:54 PM
Oct 2018

Perhaps I am out of the loop, but Why is one foreign guys death in a foreign land? , done by Nefarious Foreign Agents- Have to do with America and stopping our Government to Investigate? I just simply don't see the angle here. Someone needs to enlighten me. Thank you.

rpannier

(24,330 posts)
93. For now
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:42 AM
Oct 2018

Give it a week and she'll change
Maybe make a big production of it by going on the senate floor, speaking for twenty minutes about her concerns over his murder and then giving the Saudi royal family a pass
I mean, they have forcefully denied the accusation

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
94. By you doing nothing for this country
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:54 AM
Oct 2018

By allowing a sexual predator onto the highest court by a scam investigation and voting him in shows you lack any moral authority , or credibility to be taken seriously ever again on anything, especially with this now. Please refrain from showing the American people you're phony act now that you care. You're nothing but another fraud and a corrupt liar like those other corrupted people in the gop.

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