Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Monday expressed an openness to calling witnesses in the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. But she refused to go into detail about how she might act during the trial.
Would you like some warm milk with that milquetoast, Susan?
Right, let’s criticize Warren because (choose one):
a) any evidence for or against conviction instantly flies into a black box about which one must be blindly impartial once impeachment is on the table or…
b) Collins is a gutless squish who’s pretending in her typical mealy-mouthed way to be an honest broker as if this routine hasn’t worn so thin over the years you can read through it.
Wow, Susan Collins says “both sides” are rushing to judgment. What does that tell us? Most likely that her 2020 polling is terrible and she’s angling for a mainstream media job.
Lucy, Charlie Brown, football, blah blah blah.
(I’m not even taking the time to find an image.)
Speak softly and wield a ninja gavel.
Collins and her “both sides are just as bad” implication can go to hell.
End of discussion.
Profiles in courage
The correct answer
“I will impartially weigh the evidence before me and urge all my colleagues to do the same”
“The House of Representatives has sent two articles of impeachment against Trump to the Senate…”
Not actually sent yet, @mattshuman.
Why read it - you can predict each word verbatim!
On the positive side this does show she’s feeling the need to hedge her bets. She didn’t have to speak at all, and the fact that she has doesn’t mean nothing. I’d love to know just what that finger in the wind she’s holding up is telling her.
Collins takes a big swing at bothsiderism-- and misses.
jw1
We’ll see how far it goes. That she’s saying it at all though means she’s feeling pressure. Nancy delaying sending the Articles to Senate is specifically designed to put her and other supposed fence-sitters in the hot seat.
NORAD is forecasting a Collins walk back within the hour. And then again in another hour.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
The Speaker has been brilliant-- in every phase.
jw1
As Don Rickles used to say: “You’re gettin’ on my nerves kid!”
Collins needs a spine implant.
Collins is in her most competitive race since she was first elected in '96. Her “bipartisan” approach isn’t playing well with Trump’s base here, who want her to be another lickspittle, a la Lindsay Graham. ATST she needs more than that base to win in November. She’s in a tough spot, since she’s already lost some of the conservative Democrat and Independent voters based on her vote for Kavanaugh. I see lots of bumper stickers reading “Bye-bye Susan,” and certainly hope that’s the case next year.
Matt’s human? Good to know.
And so the lady with no credibility says as close to nothing as possible.