In 1996 when campaigning for the US Senate, Susan Collins pledged that if she were elected, she'd only serve two terms. Up until now, there was only audio of Collins making that promise. But now video has emerged and it doesn't get any more unambiguous than this:
"I have pledged that if I am elected I will only serve two terms regardless of whether a term limits constitutional amendment passes or not."
Pesky YouTube (h/t Turn Maine Blue):
In 2002, during her Senate re-election campaign, Collins reaffirmed her pledge as you can see here in this letter to a constituent.
"I intend to serve only two terms as I indicated in the Sanfgord forum 6 years ago."
Yet here she is in 2008 running for a third term, having blatantly broken her promise to Maine voters. Turns out that whole term limits thing...just a "frenzy".
On October 12, 2006 Collins stated that she was breaking her pledge and would seek another six year term in the Senate. Collins justified her new position stating that her viewpoint on seniority has changed, "At the time, I thought that 12 years, that two terms, would be enough. This was at the height of what I would call the frenzy over term limits."
Susan Collins saying one thing and doing another is nothing new, of course. In fact, it's the central premise of her entire post-Bush tenure in the senate. She claims to be moderate yet over and over she's proven to be nothing more than a Bush rubber stamp, whether it be her approval of George Bush's anti-choice judges or her refusal to increase veterans' healthcare benefits in favor of preserving tax cuts for the rich. As Collins Watch makes clear, Maine does have a Republican Senator with a real claim to a moderate, independent label, but Susan Collins ain't it:
--Only one of Maine's senators has opposed setting an Iraq withdrawal timeline.--Only one Maine senator supported President Bush's irresponsible 2003 tax cut package for the rich.
--Only one Maine senator voted for the habeas-shredding Military Commissions Act of 2006 and then against reinstating habeas corpus in a later bill.
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Just how has Senator Collins pulled the wool over the eyes of Maine voters? The DSCC counts the ways:
Luckily for Maine, Rep. Tom Allen is running to replace Susan Collins and end her string of broken promises.
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