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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 01:32 AM Apr 2020

Collins: Trump uneven on coronavirus

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 04/15/20 02:17 PM EDT

... “It’s been very uneven. There are times when I think his message has been spot on and he has really deferred to the public health officials who have been with him at these press conferences,” Collins told Politico. “And then there are times when I think he’s been off message and has brought up extraneous issues. So I think it’s been mixed” ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/492970-sen-collins-says-trump-has-been-very-uneven-on-coronavirus











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Collins: Trump uneven on coronavirus (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2020 OP
I'm sure Collins is agingdem Apr 2020 #1
"Uneven"? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #2
She's the punchline of a bad joke. Solly Mack Apr 2020 #3
Bye Cha Apr 2020 #4
Soon he will pivot back to normal and regain his shining magnificence dalton99a Apr 2020 #5
! struggle4progress Apr 2020 #10
What's that joke about opening your mouth LakeArenal Apr 2020 #6
The Lincoln/Twain Line ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #19
Stay concerned, Susan PlanetBev Apr 2020 #7
Collins straddles the line between Wishy and Washy Zambero Apr 2020 #8
I am so stealing that wishy/washy line! struggle4progress Apr 2020 #11
Steal away! Zambero Apr 2020 #13
Just Go Away!! sfstaxprep Apr 2020 #9
I detest her and all that make statements that are ALBliberal Apr 2020 #12
Too bad Collins herself hasn't been as uneven DFW Apr 2020 #14
Uneven? The Goddamn Plane Has Crashed Into the Mountain! mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #15
I think... Mike Nelson Apr 2020 #16
I still can't believe Manchin's endorsing this piece of shit. He's not up for reelection for 4 and Celerity Apr 2020 #17
"Uneven" like this? retread Apr 2020 #18
She's useless. tman Apr 2020 #20
When she gets booted out of office she can work on a historical biography series. tanyev Apr 2020 #21
At some point she must have fallen and taken a blow to the head. shockey80 Apr 2020 #22

Solly Mack

(90,773 posts)
3. She's the punchline of a bad joke.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 01:44 AM
Apr 2020

The boo-hiss and groan that begins even before the punchline is reached.

Simply saying her name - Susan Collins - starts the wave of eyerolls that end with people gagging in unison.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
19. The Lincoln/Twain Line
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 08:17 AM
Apr 2020

In some form or another that line has been attributed to both.
"Better to be silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth & remove all doubt."

PlanetBev

(4,104 posts)
7. Stay concerned, Susan
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 02:12 AM
Apr 2020

and be troubled all the way to November when the good people of Maine finally throw your sorry ass out of office.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
8. Collins straddles the line between Wishy and Washy
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 02:20 AM
Apr 2020

Don't rattle those Maine MAGAts cages TOO bad, while letting the larger group of sane folks in your state know that you're, well, very "concerned"!

ALBliberal

(2,342 posts)
12. I detest her and all that make statements that are
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 02:32 AM
Apr 2020

Anything but a statement. Ugh. She has built a sad career out of not being an advocate of anything and not being solidly in support of anything but rather being a coward that can claim advocacy for nothing. This is the supposed example of moderacy that she continues to be re-elected for? People are dying Susan. Fucking dying.

DFW

(54,405 posts)
14. Too bad Collins herself hasn't been as uneven
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 02:36 AM
Apr 2020

Instead, she votes with Trump in the Senate just about every time.

It's time for the voters of Maine to send her to an uneven retirement (ignored some of the time, irrelevant the rest of the time).

Mike Nelson

(9,959 posts)
16. I think...
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:15 AM
Apr 2020

... Susan Collins-Trump is done. She will become more and more concerned - she may even shout out, "I hate him!" on election day, but she's permanently linked to Crooked Donald.

Celerity

(43,408 posts)
17. I still can't believe Manchin's endorsing this piece of shit. He's not up for reelection for 4 and
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:24 AM
Apr 2020

a half years. He even will go up and campaign for her corrupt arse. SMDH


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-sen-joe-manchin-endorses-republican-sen-susan-collinss-reelection/2019/04/11/57d57bde-5c9a-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html

Democrats consider flipping her seat key to winning the Senate majority. But Manchin, of West Virginia, defended his support for Collins.

“For America to lose someone like Susan Collins would be an absolute shame,” Manchin said during in an interview on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” program, which airs Friday night. “I feel that strongly about this lady.”

Manchin called Collins a “dear friend” and said he’d go to Maine to campaign for her if she asked.

“Do you think my party would be happy?” Manchin asked, with a smile. He added, “It’s not about party.”




tanyev

(42,566 posts)
21. When she gets booted out of office she can work on a historical biography series.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 09:39 AM
Apr 2020
New from Whitewash Press, Concerning History by Susan Collins!

Caligula: A Little Perturbed
Nero: Sort of Wacky
Oliver Cromwell: Kind of Pushy
Ivan the Terrible: Slightly Unpredictable
Genghis Khan: A Little Too Efficient
Henry VIII: Looking for Love
Joseph Stalin: Get Out of the Way!
Adolf Hitler: A Frustrated Artist

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