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In ‘Late Show’ appearance, Stephen King says it’s time for Sen. Collins to go
The Portland Press Herald ^
| September 12, 2019
| Scott Thistle
Posted on 09/13/2019 11:30:50 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Textide; All
One of King’s homes is in Bangor which I believe is part of the 2nd district of Maine which went for Trump and under their laws one electoral vote went to Trump. He has to hate that his section of the state is conservative. He’s horrified about Trump. Gee I thought you liked horror there, Stevie.
He recently published a short book called Elevation which I have yet to read (or hear via audiobook). Reviews of the audio version on Audible are panning it. Too short, bad narrator—King himself, ayuh!—and full of lefty politics, boring, etc.
>>This, however, was too political. I am not taking a political stance. I do not care if you voted for Hillary or Trump, but when a whole huge part of the story has to do with the political views of the area....well...then I just tune out. I read fiction to escape the hateful world. I don’t want to hear it reiterated in my reading.
>>Trump is mentioned multiple times, there is a dig at climate change deniers, and kids aren’t allowed to trick or treat at the gay couple’s house. Castle Rock’s district went 3:1 for Trump. Not sure how that happens in Maine, but whatever. The first story somewhat borrows from Thinner, where the man is constantly jumping on the scale thinking he might die. The similarities end there. The couple has been kicked around by the town Republicans, but the main character reaches out in support. How nice.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
People used to say the Steven King wrote such bizarre books because he was a long suffering Boston Red Sox fan. The truth is that he’s like that because he’s a left-wing “Keeper Of Odd Knowledge”, as El Rushbo would say.
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posted on
09/13/2019 11:56:05 AM PDT
by
ssaftler
(The opinions expressed here have not been peer reviewed, fact checked or focus group tested.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Stephan King? Didn’t he get into a car accident by looking in the rear view mirror and saw his face which frightened him to the point that he drove off the road? That Stephan King?
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posted on
09/13/2019 11:58:35 AM PDT
by
BEJ
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It’s time for King to met Randall Flagg in hell.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:00:58 PM PDT
by
Kazan
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Too bad Patty Murray is already in the Senate, huh Steve?
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:01:08 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Stevie’s elevator stopped going to the top a few years ago."King sold his first professional short story, "The Glass Floor," to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967."
Over fifty years ago is not a few years.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:03:15 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“Hey-hey, ho-ho, Susan Collins has got to go.” You'd think a best-selling author might be a little bit more original.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:04:21 PM PDT
by
libertylover
(Democrats hated Lincoln too.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Hahaha I thought this was going to be about Fauxcahontas because I think she looks like Stephen King! I thought, oh good....someone else thinks Elizabeth looks like Stephen King besides me lol.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:04:21 PM PDT
by
JudyinCanada
(Aim low, avoid disappointment.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Although he is a talented writer of the “Horror Genre” of fiction, I have noticed that a preponderance of his stories involve the abuse of young children.
Since he has no problem assigning evil motives to politicians with whom he disagrees, would it be fair to speculate that his stories are a way of purging himself of his own wicked proclivities? Just musing about that.
I used to read his stuff but I found the repeated themes of child-abuse in his stories disturbing, so I stopped reading his stories long before I knew of his political leanings.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:05:30 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
King must be tippling again.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:08:26 PM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: simpson96
Are they holding hands? That’s kinda g......
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:08:30 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Why? She’s on their side more often than she’s on ours. I used to call her and Olympia Snowe the Lenin Sisters.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:11:30 PM PDT
by
IronJack
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Good luck with that... Mr. King may have sold tens of millions of books, but he only has one vote.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:12:25 PM PDT
by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
He writes decent horror stories, but, he’s got a horrible sense for politics.
He’s not going to like the outcome of the 2020 elections, because, Trump is going to make IT very hard to beat him.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:14:30 PM PDT
by
adorno
To: FlingWingFlyer
getting hit by the car did not help him at all I’ll bet. Collins not a liberal, Geez how far out to the left is this weirdo?
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:14:51 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:15:52 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: libertylover
All leftist protests use that cadence and they have since at least Vietnam
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:18:28 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: smvoice; Gamecock; Larry Lucido
[chapter 2]
Oh, for a sec there I thought you were talking about Neil Simon. I love a good comedy. Like a Neil Simon. Like “Chapter Two”.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:23:55 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: cpt jack 1
Which novel would that be? I’ve read some of his works, but not all.
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:39:55 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: simpson96
Jethro Bodine and Grandma!
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posted on
09/13/2019 12:40:57 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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