Susan Collins on our plane to Bangor-gets applause as she passes through Bangor airport waiting area

[kpete]

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Link to tweet

[trof]

1. As well she should.

She should face it.
She's a Democrat.

[Alice11111]

2. Cool! Guess the Prez didn't send an AF 1, like he did for

Ivanka& Jared to ski Aspen.

Did she fly first class? I would assume the govt pays for that.?

[cos dem]

6. FWIW, I once saw John Kerry on a flight from Boston to Washington. He was in coach.

[Alice11111]

9. When Ann Coulter threw her shit fit, she was in coach.

She has millions, earned from spreading venum, half of which she neither believes nor cares about.

[cos dem]

15. My only point was if he was traveling on the taxpayer's nickel, he was doing it in coach.

I should have clarified this was when he was still Senator from Mass.
I sure hope The Harpy is not traveling on taxpayer money. She can do what she wants with her own money.

[Alice11111]

16. Yeah, I was just a little surprised she would stoop

to that, being the self impressed elitist that she is.

[cos dem]

19. You know, she's so horrible, she might have done the whole thing on purpose.

Set up an obvious conflict with a "commoner", then let the shit fly. I wouldn't put it past her.

[Alice11111]

20. Yeah, it got her 2 days of publicity

[SCantiGOP]

36. Wait two weeks

She might be in the Cabinet.

[Metro135]

45. Exactly!

She'd been off the radar for a while. Time to stir something up.

[WinstonSmith4740]

46. I like the way you think!

I had never thought of that, and I'm pretty good at figuring out their baser instincts. There's no way this woman can't afford a first class ticket. Especially in light of her comment that the time she spent "researching" which seat she wanted was worth $10,000.

BTW, welcome to DU! How do you like us so far? This place has been helping to keep me sane since Bush, Jr!

[Honeycombe8]

33. Did the plane have first class? The smaller ones don't. nt

[Alice11111]

34. Bingo. I think you figured it out.

[VMA131Marine]

14. I was once on a plane from BDL to DCA and both CT Senators were on it

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Chris Murphy, who I think has designs on higher office, and Richard Blumenthal. They were also in coach.

[Alice11111]

17. Interesting.Short rides, I understand. What about overseas?

Maybe they take an official plane? Hard to be alert for meetings, landing with jet lag.

[jberryhill]

30. I believe there is a system where they can hitch rides on military aircraft

[Alice11111]

35. I remember when the Repubs made Hillary pay up when she

Hitched a ride w Obama
Can you imagine Democrats being so petty to monitor that.

[CTyankee]

50. I LOVE Chris Murphy!

He's so articulate. I hope he has a chance to build his position in the Senate and becomes either a candidate for POTUS or VP, depending on who's on the radar at the time. The GOP has been ruined and continues to be. By the next election he might have a shot...

[VMA131Marine]

51. He's great ....

and really tall.

[CTyankee]

52. I wouldn't care if he was short but I understand your post...it helps to be tall when

you are running for President. He really connects with us here in CT. He would be great in a debate with Trump, but I doubt if Trump would debate at all. He knows that up against an articulate guy like Murphy could basically humiliate him on TV.

[Alice11111]

54. DT debated Hillary, a good debater...but, he didn't really

Debate much. He circled around to intimidate her. He put her husband's former lovers in he face in front of the whole US while she tried to think clearly. He insulted, lied, and made up ridiculous stories.

[MrPurple]

38. Kerry's one of the ones that the right has painted as an elitist over the years

because of his wife's money, but he seems like a reasonably decent, down to earth person, from what I've seen.

[madokie]

42. John Kerry is a National Treasure

both on the battle field back in my war and as a Senator and as SS. Honest as the day is long, true as truth can be.

[GulfCoast66]

43. Plus

He speaks French. A definite plus for me. I have been trying to learn it for 3 years.

[Scarsdale]

47. Face it, the gop

LOATHES intelligent people, since none of them join their party. They get stuck with the lame brains such as tRump, Gohmert, Gowdy, Issa and yes, even little lumpy Johnny Mac. Anyone with smarts joins the democratic party.

[MrPurple]

48. The GOP politicians that are intelligent use their skills for distortion/disinformation

aka Ted Cruz, Newt Gingrich. Republican voters are decidedly anti-intellectual, yet they end up with politicians who claim to have an intellectual persona, who couch what they say in absurd pseudointellectual arguments that are usually highly hypocritical and absurd. They're the Republicans' idea of what a smart person is supposed to be like.

The most comical case of this ever might be Alan Keyes.

[Alice11111]

53. I thing there are at least 3 parts...most are follow the

Leader, and not bright or they are afraid to think and be different from their peers. Then, there is the top percentage, wealth wise, most of whom are mean, greedy, and consider themselves to be an elite, entitled class; they know how to keep the masses in line...religion, abortion, bathroom bills....Now, we also have a substantial number (enough to elect DT ) of extreme right wing nuts also. There is overlap.

[MrPurple]

55. I agree, that breakdown pretty much sums them up

[Alice11111]

56. Good. Now, what to do about it. Disgusting how the

top elites manage the masses, who see themselves as so independent. Of course, that's part of the propaganda.

[smirkymonkey]

3. +1000

[broadcaster90210]

4. Good but ...

Still don't vote for her. Vote Dem.

[Raven]

7. That's crap!

[broadcaster90210]

10. She will vote for every psycho trump Judge

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And MOST of the GOP agenda. Why on Earth would any liberal vote for her???

[n2doc]

22. Exactly. She voted for one of the worst nutcases just a few weeks ago

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-bush-judge-mcconnell-abortion-slavery_us_5970d2a7e4b062ea5f905f3f

Even McCain voted against him. But She was just fine with his lifetime appointment.

1 vote, even many votes on one issue, does not make her a good Senator. She was right on this one healthcare issue.

[m-lekktor]

12. No. voting for republicans is CRAP!

geesh.

[GulfCoast66]

23. Please clarify??

This is DU. We support the Democratic Party. What is crap about voting against a republican?

You are close to violating the TOS.

[marybourg]

28. What's crap? I just want to be sure we're not mis-understanding you. nt

[mwooldri]

25. True, but when someone on the other side does the right thing...

... support their decision.

Vote Dem, yes.

[Lotusflower70]

5. That's awesome

Nevertheless she persisted.

[spanone]

8. K&R..👍🏼

[jpak]

11. Kick

n/t

[Greywing]

13. That had to make her feel proud and gives her a big push

to continue to do the right thing.

[Bleacher Creature]

18. Positive reinforcement is a very good thing!

Repeal has been declared dead too many times to think that it won't rise again. And when it does, she may have to make the tough vote again.

[KrazyinKS]

21. She did the right thing

She did the right thing and needs to be applauded. That will give her some courage (I hope) to do the right thing the next time. She stuck her neck out, that does take some courage and we need to say thank you.

[SCantiGOP]

37. She needs to get with Murkowski

and say, "Who can we get as the third to switch parties?"

On edit: I am kidding, but then wouldn't that be sweet?

[Stuart G]

24. K and R..nt

[Dem2]

26. Good for her

She stood up for what was right.

[Thinkingabout]

27. She deserves the applause

[calimary]

29. It's not ordinarily in my nature to cheer for a Republican.

Happy to do it in her case. She did something right.

[still_one]

31. she deserves it on this

[Honeycombe8]

32. Very cool! Wish there was video of it. She may run for governor next year.

That will be a big loss in the Senate (unless a Dem. replaces her).

[MrPurple]

39. I read that at least LePage wouldn't get to choose the replacement, Collins herself would

She wouldn't have to resign the Senate seat until the moment she was inaugurated as Governor, which would then leave her to select the appointment, instead of the insane neanderthal that currently holds the governorship.

[Honeycombe8]

44. That's good news. nt

[MrPurple]

40. Would love to see Collins & Murkowski switch parties

Preferably the day after some crude strongarm attempts from Trump. Erase their majority in a day and I'd have no problem welcoming these principled centrists who are electoral juggernauts in their states into the party.

[joet67]

41. You and me both! nt

[BigmanPigman]

49. I wish the opposite would happen when those who voted YES go anywhere in the future.

I'd love to hear hisssss and boooooo followed by rude gestures in their wakes for a few years.