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[u/CosmicQuantum42]

This is why good will always triumph, because evil is dumb.

-Lord Helmet in reverse

[u/ILikeTuwtles1991]

I can legitimately say that probably concerned Susan Collins

[u/Remarkable-Meal-223]

GOP in shambles.

Is this like when JR Smith didn't shoot the ball after he got it the rebound in that finals game and called a time out instead

[u/FOSSBabe]

You are absolutely right! This campaign was intended to buy ad space in Portland, Maine not Portland, Oregon. I mixed-up two cities in different states resulting in $25,000 being spent on ads that will have no impact on Senator Collins' re-election campaign.

My mistake resulted in PAC money being spent in a way that was not authorized and negatively impacted your ad firm's reputation. You are right to be upset.

To make sure this doesn't happen again, I have updated my topographical logs, refined my context, and improved my geographical reasoning.

[u/Remarkable-Meal-223 → u/FOSSBabe]

You know what's the thing. SI will actually say things like updating topographical log, etc... but will do none of it. It's all just BS words

[u/T_K_23 → u/FOSSBabe]

Good. Now buy me some ad space in Springfield.

[u/FOSSBabe → u/T_K_23]

*Agent Swarm furiously tries to send money to Matt Groening.*

[u/link3945]

I can't believe Democrats keep losing to these idiots.

[u/Currymvp2 → u/link3945]

There's a cult of support for Susan Collins among alot of Maine moderates due to her seniority and her ability to bring money to Maine as the Chair of the Appropriations Committee.

Even with that, she only won by 3-4 points if the race got into RCV according to reporters who analyzed the results in 2024 instead of the nearly 9 point win

I think this is the cycle where she finally may lose but it's gonna be close either way. The environment is worse for Republicans than it is in 2020.

[u/AzureMage0225 → u/link3945]

Your mistake is assuming people are motivated by liking intelligent people.

[u/Spiegelmans_Mobster → u/link3945]

We have a lot of idiots in this country. They are good at recognizing one of their own.

[u/989989272 → u/link3945]

You know they were Hegseth levels of drinking at work

[u/Eric848448 → u/989989272]

There’s not much else to do in Maine.

[u/maxofJupiter1 → u/[deleted]]

Well you probably shouldn't vote for Troy Jackson in Oregon then

[u/989989272 → u/[deleted]]

Super effective. No one who saw the ads will vote for Troy Jackson.

[u/bd_one → u/[deleted]]

Quick, go use more YouTube to make them spend more money!

[u/HectorTheGod]

Me when I’m so absurdly wealthy and stupid that I blow 25 thousand dollars on literally nothing