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Shaye's avatar

She initially said she was only going to run for 2 terms….that was her first lie and tells you exactly who she has always been…a corrupt politician who lies everytime she opens her mouth and that’s why she loved Kavanaugh…same liar!

Wendy's avatar

Two words: Term Limits

Nancy Johnston's avatar

Well said Mike. I have been following the Maine election because of my administration of Heather Cox Richardson who lives in Maine and occasionally speaks about that election. Collins definitely needs to go. Every single one of the dishonest needs to go. I'm sick of it.

Susan OBrien's avatar

Splendid article. Thank you for it

Teri's avatar

Thank you, Mike. At least one of them is exposed!

Cherae Stone's avatar

And DO IT, MAINE!!

Arthur's avatar

You know what really pisses me off? For over 35 years I’ve listened to my Republican friends tell me, “Well, it’s corrupt on both sides of aisle,” while they ignore the reality that the Republicans have always been significantly more corrupt. It’s like listening to privileged parents tell me, “well, boys will be boys,” or “they’re going to do (pick something) anyway.”

Linda Harris's avatar

"Emails reviewed by ProPublica show Collins’ office pushed the Navy to steer contracts to Navatek even as her campaign and super PAC collected donations, including one instance where Kao routed $150,000 through a shell company and Collins’ staff asked for his number “to thank him,” and Kao says Collins herself told him “you’ve seen me deliver." She is so guilty of not just this, but she has the blood of every woman who cannot get an abortion when their life is in danger and all other women who merely wanted the right to reproductive freedom. This is all on the woman who swore she would only serve two terms and has "Since taking office, Susan Collins has increased her net worth from under $300,000 to an estimated $6.9 million, representing an increase of over 23 times her initial wealth." She needs to go.

sheryl jeffries's avatar

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I'm glad they're starting to splinter off from their corruption.

I hope this is the start of a bigger movement to expose them all.

joan Turkell's avatar

I find her wishy washy!

She can’t make up her mind! Ever!

Until the last minute!

Her words can’t be trusted!

Claudia Kinsley's avatar

"She can’t make up her mind! Ever! Until the last minute!"

Perhaps she's trying to be fair by making sure all of the bribers have a chance to submit their offers.

Bela's avatar

More like the new dark ages of corruption.

Leslie Kramer's avatar

When you hear a voter parrot, "The devil you know is...", you know they've given up their human ability to reason. Let's see what Mainers and all US voters wind up doing this fall. Remember to breathe.

Wendy's avatar

Talk about performative politics. Susan Collins "is concerned", sometimes "deeply." Then she stalls until she sees which way the wind blows and if her vote against her party won't affect the outcome, she will side with Democrats. The party is over, dear.

@hotcoffeeandpie's avatar

I will very happily listen to anything Mike Nellis does that’s live. I hate it when my phone/Mail listing tells me I can listen and then it turns out to be the robot guy reading the printed word even though it manages to not sound like a robot, I still hate it.

Cherae Stone's avatar

I do, too. I won’t ever listen to the AI voice.

Verne Vance's avatar

Susan Collins' entire Senatorial tenure has been built on her fraudulent image as a sensible moderate Republican who challenges her party's leaders. In fact those infrequent challenges have only been words without follow up votes that would have defeated the Republican proposal. On important Senatorial votes, Collins never misses an opportunity to talk moderate and act straight Republican, voting with her party when she knows her vote is needed and voting against it only when she knows her vote is not. A clever politician? Absolutely. A principled politician? Absolutely not.

Katie's avatar

Thank you for bringing this article to our attention. It's a disgrace what's going on with politicians. They don't seem to have morals anymore. We definitely need to continue the blue wave that's started out. Hopefully she'll get voted out and Democrats can take over the House and Senate after the midterms and bring some accountability back to the government.

LML's avatar

Once in the family, no politician wants to leave it. The repubtile family is full of these corrupt types, and the longer one is in the family the more corrupt they get to keep their place. Collins has been revealed to be as corrupt as anyone and she's pulling out all the stops to keep her place in the family. I read the article. Revealing and also frustrating to watch how slimy it gets trying to quash her ability to continue her pursuit to stay in the family.