The Bangor newspaper said she got 'applause' from people in the terminal when she deplaned. That ain't exactly a standing O, but I'll wait for you to provide a link to support your claim. Maine is a fairly independent state, I'm sure there were many in her state and around the country who were/are very concerned about where HCI was headed in this country. I understand she's not running for re-election again, so I wouldn't say her 'NO' vote took all that much political courage.
Meanwhile representing one's constituents does. It shouldn't, since it's the fucking
job description. Though one would never know that from the partisan hacks on this board who think they each own 100 Senators.
But speaking of political courage, there was
this wackball from down your way....
>>According to an
Associated Press report, in a radio interview Monday, Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) blamed “some female senators from the Northeast” for holding up the health care vote process and said that “
if it was a guy from south Texas, I might ask him to step outside and settle this Aaron Burr-style.”<<
Get that? This asscrack from Texas, who's supposed to be representing his constituents, wanted pistols at ten paces for Collins' transgression of representing hers. If that ain't Congressional terrorism I don't know what is.
Such are the wages of voting for partisan hacks.