Progressive Politics

Is it really that hard to say “I was wrong about Platner. I’m sorry.” ? That’s all you need to say. You don’t need to self flagellate unless you want to and you especially don’t need to act like people were wrong to judge Platner earlier like Ken does in this article.

Writing off all the earlier stuff as “the most Maine shit ever” just makes it look like people from Maine are assholes. It also excuses Platner’s toxic behavior as “boys will be boys”

I think what pisses me off most about Platner and anyone trying to defend his earlier shit is that this is a repeat of Biden in ‘24. Another man who thinks he’s entitled to lead is actually unqualified and has wasted everyone’s time, money, and energy. And a bunch of people put winning an election over doing what’s best for the country.

If Republicans hold the senate expect to get an even more hard right Supreme Court (or at least maintain the status quo) as they try to solidify power before ‘28. So thanks for that Graham Platner.

I mean we have had it out of the horse's mouth he has committed war crimes, like firing mortars on crowds of people, and getting caught, having the mortar firing platform taken away, and then rigging a rocket launcher to continue firing mortars on people. Again, this is a war crime he admits to committing, getting caught, then working around the penalty to continue committing war crimes. This should have been more than enough to kick his ass out of the running.

I guess allegation from white people are much more serious than war crimes committed against Afghani's.

Whats the uh.. whats the purpose in pinning this?

I think the issue for Klippenstein's argument is that some of these red flags while certainly far less bad than rape are pointing to Platner being the type of guy who would rape someone. So I do think people who were willing to really go to bat defending those things should probably think on that. I don't think this means they were bad people but they might have some blind spots is all.