susan collins talks like she's speaking to a kindergaren class

[spanone]

sorry...but her speaking voice drives me crazy.....


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[Cleita]

1. From what I observed today, I think she is. n/t

[spanone]

2. sadly true

:nopity:

[rusty charly]

3. Just like her BFF

Bush.

[Muttocracy]

4. she... ... ... talks.... .... ... rath...er.... slow...ly

[elleng]

5. Me too.

She's summarized the proposal well, tho.

[eShirl]

6. That's her normal speaking voice!

Annoys the crap out of me, always has.

[fight4my3sons]

13. me too

anytime she comes on tv it is like nails on a chalkboard

[mitchum]

7. That's because she has to address lots of groups of republicans

[GoesTo11]

8. It was her idea to cut funding to that kindergarten class

How ironic.

[spanone]

9. you're kidding me? wow...she quavers

[GoesTo11]

11. She's just a moderate kind of gal.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29050187/

Collins circulated a roster proposing $88 billion worth of net cuts from the measure. She proposed eliminating money in the bill for K-12 education while boosting funding for Pentagon operations, facilities and procurement by $13 billion.

[jazzjunkysue]

10. I've never understood how she got elected to anything with that voice.

She may have some kind of vocal dysfunction, but, that doesn't explain the sing-song, labored delivery. And the vowels are so childish. It's almost like she's an escapee from a polygamist cult.

[Captain Hilts]

15. People have definite ideas of how women's voices are supposed to sound.

No one complains about Charlie Rangle, Barney Frank, etc.

Folks complain about Collins, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, etc.

[PDJane]

21. Idon't complain about Barney Frank, no..........

But I certainly do complain about Mitt Romney and Rudy Giulliani and Bill Frist and william Kristol and both Bushes......and yes, Sarah Palin and a few others........

[jazzjunkysue]

24. Jesse Jackson drives me right up the wall.

What did he say? He needs subtitles.

[tnlefty]

27. Well, I don't complain about Madame Secretary's voice, but I find

LIEberman (nasally whine), Jeff Sessions (and I'm a life-long southerner with a drawl of my own), Lindsay Graham (gag), Shelby and Corker, Gingrey, Isaacson, Chambliss, and Palin, very objectionable.

[Captain Hilts]

28. But people don't mention that. People regularly complain about women's voices.

Think about it. On television women talk: like teenagers, with southern accents, with British accents, or in a whisper.

They don't speak boldly or in a declarative tone as men do. They do not have northern accents, except in comedy.

[tnlefty]

30. I gave you a short list of voices that irritate the hell out of me,

and they're mostly male voices who may or may not speak in declarative tones. With all of them it's what comes out of their mouths that annoys me, the accents are an additional irritant.

I suppose I'm not a people as I'm not complaining about women's voices, merely stating the voices that drive me up a wall.

[Beacool]

35. That's simple.

What do they all have in common? They are women. No man's voice is called shrill, no man's laughter is called a cackle. Different party, but same old sh**......

[Davis_X_Machina]

16. At the right time, she had a uterus, and no track record.

When Collins ran for the Senate the first time, there was a splendid old-school Dem, Joe Brennan -- former state AG, two-term governor, two-term US Rep, the man who appointed George Mitchell to the Senate, among other things, running against her.

But the country was doing well in '96, and people didn't think politicians should have any political experience, and there was no difference between the parties, and Joe was so yesterday, and a man. So Collins, whose only civilian job was as a campaign consultant to other GOP campaigns, won, with the help of a Green Party candidate, Rensenbrink, who split the Dem vote, and Dem women, who thought having two women senators would send a message.

And now, with the power of the incumbency, and thanks to our state's fixation with 'independents' and non-partisanship (James Longley, Angus King) we'll never get rid of her.

She's an idiot. She may be the dumbest member of the Senate, Inhofe et al. not excluded. One of my old students works in her constituency service operation, and he thinks she's the dumbest member of the Senate. She is certainly 100% run by her staff, and lobbyists. But she's relatively quiet, so she gets away with it.

[Captain Hilts]

12. People associate female authority with elementary school teachers. It's a real barrier.

And it creates resentment.

Get over it.

ps. The Senate does behave like a kindergarten class.

[spanone]

40. i don't think that's fair, she's got a quirky voice....it had nothing to do with her authority

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. She's talking over their heads?

Why's that?

[Mr. Sparkle]

17. I strangely like it.

:blush:

[spanone]

19. as only mr. sparkle could !

:toast:

[Mr. Sparkle]

22. Indubably !!

B-)

[spanone]

39. welcome to du !!!!

:patriot: :woohoo:

[Enrique]

23. that's hot n/t

[bdamomma]

18. She always talks like that.

[dgibby]

20. I suspect some type of underlying medical condition, but don't know that to be true.

When I first heard her speak, I suspected Parkinson's, but that's just a guess.

[MiniMe]

36. I have an aunt that speaks that way. I'm sure it is something medical

But I'm not sure what it is.

[marshall]

25. It's called the lowest common denominator

And her audience has a pretty low one.

[TexasObserver]

26. Yes, she always talks like she's teaching Kindergarten.

I cannot listen to her. She seems so ... simple minded.

[Captain Hilts]

29. There you go.

People associate women in authority with elementary school teachers.

It takes us back to when we were kids and listening to it, we pre-reflectively feel - diminishes us.

[David Zephyr]

31. She seemed medicated to me. She did seem not her normal self.

Something there.

[eShirl]

33. trust me, that is her normal self

[ElsewheresDaughter]

32. I can't stand her nasal whiney voice....nails on a chalkboard

[Captain Hilts]

34. Folks...

always complained about ER's voice...

ER: They sure did!

[sandyd921]

37. The voice drives me up the wall!

Although not the sole reason I worked tirelessly against her in the last election (apparently not tirelessly enough) but it's one more thing I can't tolerate about her! Damn winey puke!

[spanone]

38. why don't they just elect a couple of moderate democrats up there?

:shrug:

[sandyd921]

41. I wish I knew!

I wanted to scream at these idiots for buying into her so-called independent facade! What can I say? As they say up here: I'm from away! So I completely failed to understand how these folks could stubbornly cling to this stupidity!

[lamp_shade]

42. I find her voice very soothing. I love listening to her speak.