Tom Hanks: the all-American good guy who stopped playing it safe

Jun 25, 2022 View Original Article
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"The one-time savior of Private Ryan spent much of the decade upholding the American way of life, whether by brokering peace (as in Bridge of Spies, Captain Phillips and News of the World, the latter taking him to a coarser register), defending the truth (as in The Post), and fighting for individual freedoms against the evils of big government oversight (as in Sully, though he's more subordinate to director Clint Eastwood's ideology)."
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-10% Liberal
"Or, for that matter, Amy Coney Barrett, who met with Collins after her nomination by Trump, telling her that she, too, respected precedent."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Or, for that matter, Amy Coney Barrett, who met with Collins after her nomination by Trump, telling her that she, too, respected precedent."
Positive
6% Conservative
"As most of America knows, Senator Collins, though a Republican, has long portrayed herself as a political moderate."
Positive
4% Conservative
"The story I have in mind involves the senior senator from Maine, Susan Collins."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Yet in this reading of events, Collins is also a gonif."
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-14% Liberal
"In 2018, when Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court balanced on a single vote, all eyes were on Senator Collins."
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-16% Liberal
"In 2018, when Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court balanced on a single vote, all eyes were on Senator Collins."
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-16% Liberal
"During a very long discussion with Justice Gorsuch, she observed, he pointed out to me that he is a co-author of a whole book on precedent.Senator Collins clearly did not read the whole of this whole book on precedent."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"But there was also the question of whether Kavanaugh -- who like every other prospect considered by Donald Trump, had been recommended by the anti-abortion Federalist Society -- would try to overturn the right to abortion guaranteed by Roe v. Wade in 1973 and subsequently upheld in 1992 in Plaed Parenthood v. Casey."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"But there was also the question of whether Kavanaugh -- who like every other prospect considered by Donald Trump, had been recommended by the anti-abortion Federalist Society -- would try to overturn the right to abortion guaranteed by Roe v. Wade in 1973 and subsequently upheld in 1992 in Plaed Parenthood v. Casey."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"For the record, she made the same argument in the case of Trump's first appointment to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"For the record, she made the same argument in the case of Trump's first appointment to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Shortly after the Court's decision was made public, Collins issued a statement: This decision is inconsistent with what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said in their testimony and their meetings with me, where they both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Shortly after the Court's decision was made public, Collins issued a statement: This decision is inconsistent with what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said in their testimony and their meetings with me, where they both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Shortly after the Court's decision was made public, Collins issued a statement: This decision is inconsistent with what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said in their testimony and their meetings with me, where they both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"After meeting for two hours with Kavanaugh, Collins aounced that the candidate's views on honoring precedent would preclude attempts to do so by stealth that which one has committed not to do overtly."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"After meeting for two hours with Kavanaugh, Collins aounced that the candidate's views on honoring precedent would preclude attempts to do so by stealth that which one has committed not to do overtly."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"While the joke is on Collins, who is left holding these meaningless promises, the disaster falls squarely on those whose lives will be forever changed by this ruling."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"While Collins ultimately voted against Barrett's nomination, it was not because Collins doubted Barrett's word, but ostensibly because Senate majority leader Mitch McCoell, who had infamously stalled Merrick Garland's nomination for nearly a year, had rammed the Barrett nomination through in a month's time."
Negative
-52% Liberal
"While Collins ultimately voted against Barrett's nomination, it was not because Collins doubted Barrett's word, but ostensibly because Senate majority leader Mitch McCoell, who had infamously stalled Merrick Garland's nomination for nearly a year, had rammed the Barrett nomination through in a month's time."
Negative
-52% Liberal
"While Collins ultimately voted against Barrett's nomination, it was not because Collins doubted Barrett's word, but ostensibly because Senate majority leader Mitch McCoell, who had infamously stalled Merrick Garland's nomination for nearly a year, had rammed the Barrett nomination through in a month's time."
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-52% Liberal

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45% : The one-time savior of Private Ryan spent much of the decade upholding the American way of life, whether by brokering peace (as in Bridge of Spies, Captain Phillips and News of the World, the latter taking him to a coarser register), defending the truth (as in The Post), and fighting for individual freedoms against the evils of big government oversight (as in Sully, though he's more subordinate to director Clint Eastwood's ideology).

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