Susan Collins Is Playing Maine
Okay, get a load of this.
Susan Collins sent a handwritten note to Chief Justice Roberts at the end of Jerry Nadler’s speech on Tuesday night. Minutes later, Roberts chastised both sides.
Now, imagine for a moment that a Democrat sent a secret handwritten message to the Chief Justice. Sean Hannity would bust a vein in his neck and Moscow Mitch would start babbling hate speech in Russian.
Collins was reluctant to acknowledge any contribution to the remarkable rebuke of the parties arguing the impeachment trial. When she came off the floor about 2 a.m. ET Wednesday, a reporter told her that she was seen handing a note up to the dais, to the parliamentarian, she replied coyly: “Who me? I did that?”
She said that? She did? And she expects me not to be outraged by it?
By the way, I am delighted that Adam Schiff’s remarkable speech last night was aimed at the American people and not the Republican senators because (1) the American people understood it and (2) Collins ain’t gonna do crap and I seriously doubt that Romney will either.
ROFL with MS Juanita Jean Herownself being so droll so early in the morning. Yeah, Mittens Romney or Sue Sue Collins “ain’t gonna do crap.” The handwriting is on the wall, Maine is done with Sue Sue. Utah is still Utah, so Romney who could actually expend some political capital won’t; he lacks the spine.
Ah, but the thing to ruffle skirts and excite boxers, despite what they think Moscow Mitch and IQ4.5 are not in charge of this goat rodeo. Congressman Schiff is doing a fine job. But the lady holding THE aces is Speaker Pelosi. Run your sham trial Mitch. It will sure suck to be you, if and when Speaker Pelosi fires a torpedo of more articles of impeachment into your circus trial.
1The Maine Democratic Party has a fund reserved for the nominee to oppose Sen Collins It already has $787,000 from 58000 donors. Here is the ActBlue link if you have a buck or two to spare. https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/56191
2His speech was excellent – I watched it start to finish. I hope Susan Collins is a lame duck, I wish John Cornyn was but my heart was broken when Beto didn’t win.
3GOOPs discover their inner child at probably the worst time to behave like J.D.’s Because your being watched on the TV, the innertubes and suchlike appliances.
Thats OK, its quite entertaining for your constituents.
Edit: They’re acting like a bunch of middle school kids bored in their civics class. “Gum-chewing, snacking, yawning and alleged napping could be seen throughout the cramped chamber,” AP’s Laurie Kellman reports. “Some openly snickered when lead prosecutor Adam Schiff said he’d only speak for 10 minutes. And when one of the freshman House prosecutors stood to speak, many of the senator-jurors bolted for the cloak rooms, where their phones are stored.” Which is the least of it.
Numerous Republican senators have been reported to have just left for long stretches at a time. Rand Paul brought in a crossword to play with. At one point more 1/5 of the Senate—21 members—were out of the chamber.
Which leads to one major question: what in the hell is Chief Justice John Roberts doing in the meantime, since he’s refusing to enforce the rules?
He is presiding over this trial, which is supposed to mean enforcing the rules, not acting like a potted plant and doing whatever it is he’s been doing—catching up on reading? Crossword puzzles? We don’t know that either, because Mitch McConnell didn’t let any cameras in besides the ones controlled by him.
We get one camera view, the person who is speaking, so all the senators who are supposed to be remaining in their seats, paying attention, not talking can do whatever the hell they want, it seems.
Republicans clearly don’t give a damn about anything, Trump could steal the entire treasury and if they got a kickback, they’d be fine with it. But they’re being just a little too obvious in that, underestimating the extent to which the voters are turning against them, both in hearing new witnesses and documents, and in convicting and removing Trump from office.
They’re playing with fire, increasing the likelihood that they’ll be severely burned in November.
https://www.alternet.org/2020/01/chief-justice-roberts-lets-senate-republicans-show-blatant-disdain-for-impeachment-proceedings/
4It’s easy to spot Sneaky Sue’s seat in the Senate chamber, it’s the one with the frilly fainting couch and the pearl rack.
The Maine polls are so far showing her getting wasted by ‘any Dem’, even though the Dem primary is still in progress.
She’s a ‘bad woman, a very bad woman’, to paraphrase little Anthony Freemont from The Twilight Zone’s “It’s A Good Life”.
We know who the modern analog of Anthony is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Good_Life_(The_Twilight_Zone)
I’m wishing –all– the Rethugs into the cornfield…
5Grandma Ada@3, this one is for you! MJ Hegar: Mary Jennings Hegar is an American politician, Air Force veteran, businesswoman, and teacher. On April 23, 2019, Hegar announced her intention to challenge incumbent United States Senator John Cornyn.
Collins, Leningrad Lindsey and Moscow Mitch also have credible challengers. With Mark Kelly leading Martha McSally in AZ that is five of the 23 Republicon seats. Ten or fifteen more may emerge after Moscow Mitch’s not so spectacular Senate circus.
6Was not aware of it but moscow mitches plan involves keeping senate in session to finish the sham he is perpetuating well before demented donnies blithering at the state of the Union ( Feb 4).
7Now thuglican senators want weekend off so they can go home.
The d’s should give it to them for 3 reasons
1) with any skill or luck this should keep this before the voters when demented donnie goes on a babbleing rampage before all at the SOTU ( unless his handlers tranquilize him to the point of catatonia)
2) let them hear from their constituents at home with survey after survey showing that public wants witnesses and documents well into the high 60’s percentile upwards to high 70% should make for some interesting trips to the stores, restaurants etc.
3) Allows more time for more evidence to come to light in the public arena.
4) Allows time for exposeing thuglican hypocrisy by running more side by side comparisons ( with video) of what these dingbats said during Clinton sham and what they are saying now.
Sorry like thuglican economist’s (and paul ryan) I seem to have a problem counting in last post 4 reasons not 3
8Joni Ernst is such a snot. I see that there’s a substantial war chest waiting for her opposition, can someone please tell me that someone really good is going to oppose her? Iowa is semi reasonable. So Joni is there for the picking.
9Paul ADK@9, “Iowa is semi reasonable.”
Really? Bread Bags Ernst is bad, but Steve King is so much worse. Reasonable would be dumping both in 2020. Eddie Mauro will be her opponent; he checks several of the progressive boxes. Some are complaining one of his first ads was a misfire. Maybe not. He took away some name recognition by the chatter it caused. Ernst has done nothing in the Senate, so Mauro can probably gain some traction with that.
10Sandridge, I imagine Mz. Lindsey is fighting her for that couch…after one of his hysterical hissy fits.
11Now it is reported that collins wants a row of seats for the press cleared and kept clear.
12Heaven forbid if a reporter was able to observe her during this white wash she is wholeheartedly supporting and endorseing
AK Lynne @11,
What an image: Limp Lindsey Fork-Tongue and Sneaky Sue swishing their purses at each other. Mitch Mc’Roo could referee it, with Rattler* Roberts as backup.
Although I suspect that Mz Lindsey’s Senate desk folds out to a leather couch, same pearl rack, just hidden under the desk.
* [a rattler in the weeds, an ambush predator, guess you have to live around them to get it- my boots have saved my butt a couple times, gots copperheads too, lots of Crotalinae here]
Neat how the news media picked up on Mz Lindsey ducking out just before Rep. Nadler ran that 90’s WJC ‘peacharoo clip of him arguing just the opposite points he holds now. Of course the party of the impeachee couldn’t have anything to do with that.
13Lame ducks, goat ropers, rule (non)enforcers . . . K is correct – “Let them hear it . . .”
14I went to the post office yesterday & bought 100 postage prepaid post cards. Tonight, I’ll have a bit of the 12 year old single malt with some friends and send 1 each to every Republican senator, all with the same message: You’ve chosen loyalty to a criminal instead of our country & Constitution. I have friends and relatives in your state who feel the same. November is coming and we vote.
The Dems get a different message: I support impeachment & I support you.
Postcards and phone calls get attention. Emails do not (too many of them); letters in envelopes are shunted to a room where they’re examined for contaminants (recall the anthrax scare?)
Spend a few bucks – bury the senators in postcards; tie up the phone lines in DC and home states. Throw a postcard party & potluck snack-a-thon.
The real audience is the American people. If Collins and many her more transparent Republican cronies are replaced come January, this current abuse of power and betrayal will be overturned.
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