Yesterday I was all in for Platner, today I’m wondering, Is he Fetterman redux, just with different, deeply serious character issues that going to the Senate will exacerbate, not fix? OTOH, dear God, please not another six years of Collins.
Agree. I don’t want to vote for a cheater, regardless of his political ideology.
because his personal ideology seems to be “I’ll do what I want even if it hurts my wife, I’ll try to hide my bad actions, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll go to therapy, make my wife take the blame for leaking it, and then whine and judge others for judging me.”
Ugh. Not attractive in any way, and we’ve got too many of these types in government already.
I want the Democrats to take control of the Senate so I hope Platner wins. But if he does, I will feel that Maine has elected a man with a low character. And that will not be good long term for our politics or our country.
As a Maine voter who doesn’t want any more children to lose their health insurance under Susan Collins, I wish people on the Internet would stop insisting on trashing Graham Platner.
i think what troubles me is that this piece, and so much of the discourse around him, just feels so so so far from the reality of working Mainers and our experience under Susan Collins. it feels like folks feel comfortable sharing hot takes like he’s a celebrity. the point of Amy’s video: we cannot afford to live in our own state anymore even working our asses off. people are going hungry and buried in medical debt because of Susan Collins’ policies. when it comes down to it, this race comes down to two candidates. Which candidate does contributing to this discourse help? do you even care who wins? i feel like it’s another case of leftists tearing down other people on leftists instead of looking at the real powerful people pulling the strings (curiously not a word in your piece about how this “scandal” came about).
Something I didn't write that I wish I had is that I obviously think he is still the better choice over Susan Collins. When there is a binary choice, you choose harm reduction. But I'm so frustrated with egotistical male behavior amongst our politicians and I want better from this specific section of my party.
I’m sure!!!! And I know it hits different when it's your state, and especially a state like Maine that has a very specific culture and is struggling. I love and respect Mainers and can’t wait to come back this summer ❤️
I find this problematic too, and I am depressed by the moral rot in our culture. But at the end of the day, we live in a world of moral irrelevancy, so as long as he wins elections, not sure it matters.
Yesterday I was all in for Platner, today I’m wondering, Is he Fetterman redux, just with different, deeply serious character issues that going to the Senate will exacerbate, not fix? OTOH, dear God, please not another six years of Collins.
Agree. I don’t want to vote for a cheater, regardless of his political ideology.
because his personal ideology seems to be “I’ll do what I want even if it hurts my wife, I’ll try to hide my bad actions, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll go to therapy, make my wife take the blame for leaking it, and then whine and judge others for judging me.”
Ugh. Not attractive in any way, and we’ve got too many of these types in government already.
I want the Democrats to take control of the Senate so I hope Platner wins. But if he does, I will feel that Maine has elected a man with a low character. And that will not be good long term for our politics or our country.
1000% agree.
As a Maine voter who doesn’t want any more children to lose their health insurance under Susan Collins, I wish people on the Internet would stop insisting on trashing Graham Platner.
I don’t think it’s trashing him to have a good faith discussion about what kind of person we want someone to be who holds national office.
i think what troubles me is that this piece, and so much of the discourse around him, just feels so so so far from the reality of working Mainers and our experience under Susan Collins. it feels like folks feel comfortable sharing hot takes like he’s a celebrity. the point of Amy’s video: we cannot afford to live in our own state anymore even working our asses off. people are going hungry and buried in medical debt because of Susan Collins’ policies. when it comes down to it, this race comes down to two candidates. Which candidate does contributing to this discourse help? do you even care who wins? i feel like it’s another case of leftists tearing down other people on leftists instead of looking at the real powerful people pulling the strings (curiously not a word in your piece about how this “scandal” came about).
hang on my mistake — i missed the paragraph where you mentioned the way the scandal came about.
Something I didn't write that I wish I had is that I obviously think he is still the better choice over Susan Collins. When there is a binary choice, you choose harm reduction. But I'm so frustrated with egotistical male behavior amongst our politicians and I want better from this specific section of my party.
that’s fair, and i understand. thanks for being civil; i’m sorry i came in hot. this election is a nerve wracking one.
I’m sure!!!! And I know it hits different when it's your state, and especially a state like Maine that has a very specific culture and is struggling. I love and respect Mainers and can’t wait to come back this summer ❤️
I also groaned when i heard about the sexting revelations. (Seriously can’t men keep it in their pants? 🥒) AND I also see shades of gray (not 50😏).
Susan Collins is a proven dreadful awful wishy washy loser who consistently sides with Actual Sexual Predators. That’s blatant dark dark dark gray.
Graham Weiner is an unknown with some serious splotches of gray.
I’d vote for the splotches over the proven loser.
🤍🩶🖤
Let's say Platner sucks.
Let's concede the point a priori.
He's still the best candidate in the race.
If there were a candidate in the race that had all of Platner's upside without any of the baggage, of course, people should choose that candidate.
But there isn't one.
I despise Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, but if they're the best candidate in the race... well... darn.
I guess what I'm saying is, what is the "action item" here?
Apart from, "it'd be nice if better candidates ran for the democrats" I don't know what anyone is meant to do, in your opinion.
I find this problematic too, and I am depressed by the moral rot in our culture. But at the end of the day, we live in a world of moral irrelevancy, so as long as he wins elections, not sure it matters.