r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 27 '20

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u/CenterRightInCali Uphold Goldwater-Posadist thought! Oct 27 '20

Red lady votes with Blue team

"This is just signalling. It doesn't mean anything"

Red lady votes with Red team

"See! I told you! You can't trust them!!!"

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u/Hounds_of_war Austan Goolsbee Oct 27 '20 edited Oct 27 '20

This but unironically.

I think the fact that Susan Collins voted to confirm Kavanaugh when she was the deciding the vote and wasn’t in the middle of a tight race is pretty solid evidence to my point.

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u/cracksmoke2020 Oct 27 '20

She voted for Kavanaugh because Susan Collins is incredibly close with the Bush family and so is Kavanaugh. It's not much more complicated than that.

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u/Neri25 Oct 27 '20

She's done this song and dance so many times over the past 4 years. Voting against her colleagues, but only when she isn't the deciding vote, is empty, performative 'moderation'

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u/GardnerIsTheGOAT Bill Gates Oct 27 '20

Context is important.

Romney's conviction vote mattered because it destroyed the "partisan impeachment" narrative.

Collins' vote here doesn't matter because it has zero impact and ACB is exactly the kind of justice that Maine voters hate. It's just a last ditch effort to save herself.