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[–] 40 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Maine lugging around a record number of "Fell For It Again" awards with that POS senator.

But better still is anyone who believed the "You need 60 votes to pass anything in the Senate" line we've been swallowing since Clinton.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Maine lugging around a record number of "Fell For It Again" awards with that POS senator.

    I'm not American so I'm probably missing something, but isn't this a Republican who votes almost exclusively along party lines? So, a case of people getting exactly what they voted for?

    I'm not saying she's not a despicable arsehole, but it doesn't seem like she hides it.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    She's one of a few the Republicans have had strategically vote against the party when her vote wasn't needed to pass a bill. Basically her, Murkowski, and for a while McCain, until he really bucked the party with the ACA vote and became a pariah until his death.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    Partisanship is such a driving force in our politics that even someone who only bucks their party 4% of the time is considered "bipartisan". I've seen reports in the media calling a vote "bipartisan" if it only gets two or three votes from the other side.

    And yes, it depends on that person's reputation. Since Collins is seen as a moderate, all it takes is her support on a bill to call it "bipartisan". OTOH, Senator Rand Paul frequently votes against the Republican party line, but only because he is a batshit crazy libertarian. He can vote against a Republican bill, and nobody calls that "bipartisan", I guess because both sides think he's nuts.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    So the news here is "Rebellious Republican didn't rebel against Republican bill"?

    Except "rebellious" means "still toes the line 96% of the time" and "Republican bill" means "whatever fucked up turd of an idea Trumps handlers have evacuated through that festering mouth-hole in his face"?

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