Collins Announces Final Yes On Kavanaugh, All But Ensuring His Confirmation

[turbinetree]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By Tierney Sneed and Cameron Joseph
October 5, 2018 3:51 pm
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) announced Friday she would vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, in a final vote slated for Saturday afternoon, all but guaranteeing the judge will be on the Supreme Court bench by the beginning of next week.


Collins had voted to advanced him an a procedural vote earlier Friday but had said she wasn't announcing her final vote until later in the afternoon, leaving an air of uncertainty around the final vote count.

Her announcement essentially brings to close what was a bitter and dramatic confirmation fight, which took perhaps the darkest turn when a number of women stepped forward with sexual misconduct allegations. Barring any dramatic developments overnight, Saturday's final confirmation vote, slated for the afternoon, is in effect a formality.

GOP leaders were able to secure Collins' vote after facilitating an FBI investigation into the sexual misconduct claims against Kavanaugh -- though one that Democrats have criticized as meager and incomplete.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/collins-announces-final-yes-on-kavanaugh-all-but-ensuring-his-confirmation

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I thought I was listening to Orrin Hatch talk with long brown hair.....................


The only way to find out this BS, is for the democrats to take back the house and bring people in, including the black robed fucking drunk that thinks that democrats are out to get him, well ....................let his paranoia become to reality................the house can demand a full investigation


Fuck this BS

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Never a doubt

[murielm99]

2. Mainers,

make sure she kisses her Senate seat goodbye.

[lancelyons]

41. She wont lose her seat.

Us dems are to nice and will let her keep her seat. It wont be nice for us to take her seat just for this.

We are being nice and getting our butts kicked.

[zonkers]

3. Susan Collins is a big smelly turd. That is all.

[Le Gaucher]

4. Was never in doubt for me .. but still disappointing

[Mr.Bill]

5. And her arguement is basically

you never know, he may turn out to be a liberal. What an idiot.

[Marie Marie]

21. Yeah I might marry Rush Limbaugh...

Never going to happen.

[Lanius]

23. I might find a $100 bill on the sidewalk today.

It's highly unlikely, but it could happen, right?

[Power 2 the People]

12. +1

[recentevents]

16. +2

[Bengus81]

31. +10000

[airplaneman]

36. Oh no Mr Bill - now you've gone and done it. n/t.

[ananda]

45. Fuck him twice!

nt

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

51. +○○

[BigmanPigman]

7. And Manchin said he is a solid YES!

When Collins said that the person who leaked Dr Ford's info is the true villain I wanted to punch the TV.

[totodeinhere]

46. If he runs again in six years we definitley need to primary him and get him out of there. n/t

[moonscape]

59. In WV? The only reason he is still a

Senator is that he is so well-known and liked. After him, a Dem might not have a chance for a generation. Anyone who replaced him there would be far far worse - WV is blood red.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. All the drama she creates, all the buzz, hand shaking, fence-sitting, wavering

She has serious mental issues. I just don't know how voters could put her back in the Senate time after time

[True Blue American]

10. Collins is

The Great Pretender. Always has been

[womanofthehills]

18. Her last time - the money is rolling in to oppose her in 2020.

It was the worst speech she could have given. Did Steven Miller write it for her? OMG! I was in disbelief.

[stopwastingmymoney]

57. Link to donate

https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/387413/either-sen-collins-votes-no-on-kavanaugh-or-we-fund-her-future-opponent

[Racerdog1]

9. Feckless fuck

Don't get much lower than this snakeshit fuck.

[Paladin]

11. Kavanaugh is permanently-damaged goods. Now and forever more.

If he gets seated on SCOTUS, his performance at that hearing and the nation-wide revulsion it set off will be a burden on him for the rest of his life. And if he makes a move against Roe vs. Wade, I hope there are sustained, effective protests from one coast to another.

[Power 2 the People]

14. Republicans like Kavanaugh don't care about these things

The end justifies the means. That's their guiding principle.

[Lanius]

22. Yep. The Republicans are willing to lose Congress and the presidency to make the SC a 5-4 far-right

majority. And they figure that they'll be back in power in a few cycles anyway, since American voters have such short memories.

[Power 2 the People]

56. Well Clarence Thomas won't live forever.

If he dearly departs in 2021 we will be 5-4.

[Lanius]

66. True, and that's why I'm not agonizing too much over Kavanaugh's appointment

although I think he's a right-wing operative and lying pos. Thomas will be retiring within the next 5-10 years. If the Democrats can retake power in the Senate and win the presidency in 2020, we could have a 5-4 liberal court (assuming we keep control of RGB's seat after she retires). But the Democrats have to either retake the Senate in 2018 or the presidency in 2020 for this to happen. If not, then we're looking at a 6-3 conservative majority, forcing the Democrats to consider expanding the SC.

[dogknob]

37. Don't worry. Protesting Trump and what he wants will be promptly made illegal n/t

[totodeinhere]

47. Thomas has been damaged goods for quite a while and it hasn't stopped him.

Damaged goods or not Kav's votes on the Court will still count. It's a sad day for America.

[George II]

13. Why does she play these games every time there's a close vote? How is it that she seemingly....

....made this decision today yet she had a long, half-hour, pre-written speech to announce her decision?

I hope the people of Maine FINALLY learned their lesson this afternoon and vote that woman out of office.

[Sneederbunk]

27. Because so many of us take the bait.

[More_Cowbell]

15. Crowdpac link for Susan Collins' (unnamed future) opponent isn't working

I don't know if they're updating it to reflect her vote (it seems like they'd wait for the official vote) or maybe people are donating. That's what I hope. Does anyone have a good link? Thanks.

Update: they have a tweet that says "Hold tight, we'll be back shortly"

Link to tweet

[stopwastingmymoney]

58. It's back up now

https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/387413/either-sen-collins-votes-no-on-kavanaugh-or-we-fund-her-future-opponent

I'm posting this sucker everywhere

[Lanius]

17. For all the talk of her being a "moderate," Collins is a Republican.

Republicans nearly always stick with their party. And there is no such thing as a "moderate Republican".

[Zambero]

19. Makeover extraordinaire

I'm not sure who that independent centrist that Collins described for the better part of an hour might be, but it wasn't anyone named Kavanaugh.

[hibbing]

20. Was Vegas taking bets on this? n/t

[Roadside Attraction]

24. Joe Manchin is a YES.

Joe Manchin, Turncoat Democrat, is a YES. I anticipate he'll switch parties after the mid-terms, if he survives.

Meanwhile, MoveOn has pulled all support from him.

[turbinetree]

25. I remember 1995..................

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11239671

[lancelyons]

42. Manchin should be voted out.

Democrats should vote for any body else other than Joe.

He doesnt help Dems any way. Get him our of there.

[sandensea]

26. Two-faced Susan never disappoints.

She'll probably die cackling, remembering all the times she told Democrats and (most importantly) the press that she "had concerns" about some fascist GOP vote - only to vote fascist at the last minute.

[forgotmylogin]

28. I sincerely hope Mitch McConnell doesn't have a stroke.

And I hope it doesn't happen on the Senate floor in mid-sentence, his warbly turtle voice cutting off as he shits down his leg and one of his eyeballs bursts. And I hope it's not all captured live on CSPAN and played over and over as he lies in his hospital bed, unable to change the channel (since he survived) watching it over and over on the news with his one remaining good eye. That would be a really tragic shame. I really hope that doesn't happen.

[IronLionZion]

29. Yet some still claim it's a male/female issue

nobody questions the votes of Shelly Moore-Capito or Joni Ernst on this issue. Or any of the male Dems voting against Kavanaugh.

So is Susan Collins a patriarchal oppressor and enemy of women? With her long brown hair....

[rockfordfile]

30. This is the same thing as another person posted.

[recentevents]

32. The headline should read

Collins Announces Final Yes On Kavanaugh, Giving Manchin cover to vote against his party, and the women in it.

Why do we expect more from a Republican than we do a Democrat? I understand she's a woman and being such should stand up for other women, but come on.

[Yavin4]

33. It was either vote for Kavanaugh or we cut off your campaign funds

Stupid thing is, she's going to get primaried by a Trumpist and lose her seat any way.

[left-of-center2012]

34. I knew she would

She always acts like she might be with us,
but always votes the GOP party line.

[cp]

35. Male or female, she still an asshole

[lancelyons]

38. I hate that this is happening but we are getting our butts kicked.

I hate that this is happening but we are getting our butts kicked.

The DEMS are getting their butts kicked. The high road is great but isnt getting it done.

We have to stop being so nice and stop bringing a butter knife to a gun fight.

Take the high road and lose the battle... but at least you say you lost in dignity.

[Thekaspervote]

39. Hey susan sure hope you were planning on retiring in 2020.. cause you're toast

There will be such an outcry you will not survive reelection... good riddance!!

[7962]

40. Finally it'll all be over and we can get on to the next shitshow.

who knows WHAT that will be

[mnhtnbb]

44. The same BS that tRump might turn out to be a decent POTUS

Both Kavanaugh and 45 cut from the same cloth. Both liars. Both entitled, privileged white males.

And Collins is nothing more than a handmaid to both of the disgusting sexual predators.

[Dave Starsky]

48. Of course she did. If a football team has run a play-action pass...

For the last 33 plays on third down and short yardage, without fail, then you know they will do it again, given the same circumstances.

[Harker]

50. There are a lot of Charlie Browns who would like to believe

Lucy will hold the ball for a kick.

[agincourt]

49. And the march of the swine rolls on,

In 1987 the US political system had a little bit of a spine to oppose partisan kook right judicial outrage, in 2018 that is certainly no more. Bork on steroids has arrived, too bad Manchin voted yes as well.

[Beakybird]

52. What a heartache for America

[Turbineguy]

53. She's got tonight to sleep on it.

Maybe she'll dream.

[vlyons]

54. Surprise, surprise *snark*

Was there ever any doubt? But wow, did she ever get a lot of attention and hog the limelight with the "suspense."

[MadDAsHell]

55. No surprise. The SC is the ultimate prize. You don't vote no on your party's nominee. nt

[Power 2 the People]

60. Seriously.I'm not being funny or making fun of her.

Does she have a medical issue? She speaks in halted sentences like a patient would post-stroke.Her constant shaking looks like early Parkinsons. Is there a medical history that I am not aware of? I have known people with symptoms such as these and each one is connected to an ailment like the ones I mentioned. Does anyone have any information or insight?

[spiderpig]

64. I've wondered if she has the same vocal aphasia or whatever it's called

as RFK Jr.

[Judi Lynn]

61. Hoping the number of people who have seen through Collins' stupid act is growing.

Hope that they will let her know how sick they are of her deceptive behavior every time a crucial decision must be faced. She's no better than Trump, at the heart of the matter. She's a LIAR.

[olddad56]

62. if he had sexually assaulted her, she would have a different opinion.

[spiderpig]

63. Susan Collins can bite me. I'm sick of her theatrics.

She knew what she was going to do all along.


(Adding parenthetically I love the state of Maine and summered there for many years. Pity. At least you have Angus.)

[Gore1FL]

65. The Public says "no" to alleged rapist. The GOP won't take "no" for an answer.

Now they expect the public to stay quiet.


Gosh, this sounds like a metaphor of something....