How often would Google Ads had the ability to just play this just right? From Hot Air, their Quote of the Day from Senator Susan Collins (R-ME): "It’s hard out here for a RINO":
“It’s a tough time to be a moderate in the U.S. Senate. Sitting down with those on the opposite side of a debate, negotiating in good faith, attempting to reach a solution — such actions are now vilified by the hard-liners on both sides of the aisle. Too few want to achieve real solutions; too many would rather draw sharp distinctions and score political points, even if that means neglecting the problems our country faces…
“Oh, how times have changed. When I led the effort in 2009 to try to produce a more fiscally responsible stimulus bill, I was attacked by partisans on both sides. On the left, I was attacked by columnists for cutting $100 billion from the bill and mocked in the blogosphere as “Swine Flu Sue” for my contention that spending for a pandemic flu did not belong in the stimulus package but should be part of the regular appropriations process. On the right, I was denounced as a traitor and a RINO (‘Republican in name only’), and one of my Republican colleagues targeted me for a campaign that generated tens of thousands of out-of-state e-mails denouncing me…
And it goes on for a while longer. But what was so amusing was to be found at the bottom of the post – how apropo (gee, twice in one day!) of Google:
And who said that I’d never put up a Charlie Bass for Congress ad….
