Graham Platner on the Supreme Court

[orangecrush]

We need to stop treating them as a functional Constitutional body.

Hear, Hear!


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[ABC123Easy]

1. Perhaps

Platner can drive down the interstate to Richmond and give this speech to Abby and the Dems in Va?

Va Dems need to grow spines and do something!

[orangecrush]

5. Indeed

[bucolic_frolic]

2. No wonder he's popular with Maine Democrats. /nt

[orangecrush]

6. I like the way he thinks

[bluestarone]

3. RIGHT ON!! They need to be treated like any citizen. Everyone of them could be investigated and punished if they

break any laws. Starting with IRS laws and regulations, IF needed!

[MLWR]

16. Like BRIBERY????

[KPN]

4. Populist? Yeah. A trustworthy Democrat? No guarantees. Would I vote for him?

Hell yeah, if I could, but I can't. Why would I take that risk? Because we need change desperately, and that includes change in how our party comports itself and what we need in leaders. I'm far more afraid of failing to make those changes than I am in any possibility that Platner is disingenuous as some here imply. Frankly, given the evidence I've seen and considered including here at DU, I find it pretty hard to believe that he isn't the real deal.

[orangecrush]

7. I agree

Risk averse with what we are dealing with is suicide.

[ShazzieB]

8. I agree with every word.

No, there are no guarantees, but nothing in life is guaranteed. It's not like there is a better alternative available. If Mills hadn't dropped out, there might be something to debate, but at this point, the only choices here are 1. Platner or 2. six more years of Susan fucking Collins! We know exactly what we would get with her, and I for one have had my fill! Taking a gamble on Platner sounds greatly preferable to me. If I lived in Maine, I would definitely vote for him.

[mr715]

12. No way Susan Collins lives to be concerned another 6 years

She looks like a gentle misting could break every bone in her body.

Very troubling.

[Amaryllis]

23. He did a 90 minute interview with Jon Stewart a couple weeks ago that sure convinced me.And a recent hour long town hall

that was also very convincing. listening to what he says rather than what others say about him is critical.

[Bumbles]

9. I'll be voting for Graham from mid coast Maine.

Early on I had fears he might be another Fetterman. No longer. Since Bernie came out in support of him, I've been fully on board, and would be hitting the streets at 83, as I always have, if I hadn't just had hip surgery. We need rabble-rousers, barn-burners, rebels with a cause, an upending and an overturning. We need young people with new perspectives, energy and commitment to the common good. It is saddening and frightening where we have allowed ourselves to be led. Too many have been too removed, too unconcerned, too uninterested. Maybe more will be brought into action with the kind of fervor Graham is showing.

[orangecrush]

10. Thanks

I was very impressed with him.

[mainer]

11. So am I. Also from midcoast Maine.

I'm so freaking tired of people who aren't from Maine telling us how we Mainers are supposed to think and vote.
Leave us alone. We're going to send Platner to Washington.

[orangecrush]

22. Good

[spanone]

13. K&R

[magicarpet]

14. The Democratic Party is headed down the one way road to oblivion,...

... if we refuse to shake our embrace of the same old same old status quo.

We need to become more adamant about what is good for the average Jane and Joe and articulate what our plans and policies are to get America to this new destination. The same old same old just ain't going to cut it any more.

Graham Platner is the breath of fresh air we have all longed for - for quite some time. America is circling the drain,.. it has been for quite some time now. We must break that cycle,... we must chart a new course to reach our destination of making America a better place for all its people - not just the 1% Oligarchic class.

Graham Platner will help us reach that point more expeditiously - or quick as a bunny as backwoods hunters say.

[nycbos]

15. Is this Graham Planter with the Nazi tattoo and made apologies for rapists?

I posted this when he became the nominee, and I'll post it again. I am a lifelong Democrat. I started volunteering on campaigns at 13, collecting signatures to get Bill Bradley on the ballot in New York when he ran for president. (Go Knicks.) I have worked on campaigns as both a volunteer and a paid staff member in six states at all levels of the ballot, from city council races to presidential elections. I've slept in strangers' basements. I've gotten on a plane to a different state to start work with 24 hours' notice. I am also Jewish. I am absolutely disgusted that the party I've been a member of my entire life is embracing a guy who literally had an SS tattoo. Something tells me that if it were a Confederate flag tattoo, he would've been ostracized. And rightly so.

I have always considered myself a progressive, but now I feel increasingly uncomfortable in progressive circles because it seems to be more and more acceptable to blame Jews, collectively for the actions of the Netanyahu government. But I'm I am still a Democrat, and I will work to fight for the party. I've been a member of my entire life. The party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, Jon, Lewis, Barack Obama, and too many others to name is worth fighting for.

I know this post will probably get altered on but I feel this needs to be said

[calimary]

17. For some voters it will very likely turn out like that.

I can’t say I’ve never voted for someone who was the lesser of two evils. Cuz I know I have.

[nycbos]

19. Of course I have as well.

I've have worked on the losing side of many primaries and, of course, still supported the nominee. There is no such thing as a perfect candidate, because as humans, we are all flawed. But there is a difference between natural human flaws and having an SS tattoo.


It reminds me of this classic British comedy sketch, only it's not funny. While "Are We the baddies" is hilarious

[peppertree]

21. I hear you - but the other party is FULL of people who see Jews as "Christkillers" and "baby blood drinkers"

It's clear that Platner does not share in anti-Semitism - and does share Democratic values of pluralism.

While I too would've preferred that Gov. Mills be our nominee (and I'm a Berniecrat), he's now the nominee - and our best chance of sweeping crypto-Nazis like Thune out of their majority perch.

[nycbos]

26. Of course the Republicans are antisemitic.

But the difference between right-wing and left-wing antisemitism is that the right doesn't try to gaslight Jews. They just come right out with it directly without any preamble or bs. And I'm not sure about Planter. I don't know what's in the man's heart. It could be that he didn't mean his apology at all. I'm suspicious of Madani for similar reasons.

[peppertree]

27. 'By their fruits, you shall know them'

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You're right: It's very hard to know what misgivings and suspicions lie in people's hearts.

But I'll tell you what: whenever I hear Trump and his goons bellow about "anti-Christians being domestic terrorists", I know who's at the top of that list: Jewish people.

Especially those who won't carry their fascist water.

I know that a Senator Platner would do everything he can to stop that - something that "Ms. Concern" definitely wouldn't.

And we'll need all hands on deck on this. The right, as you know, loves to blame Jews for any number of social ills.

[sop]

20. If I lived in Maine, I'd vote for Platner. I'd rather have another Democrat in the Senate. Period.

[Emile]

28. Now tell us what you think of Susan Collins. . .

[nycbos]

29. I think she is a fascist enabler .

But you were ignoring the point of my post. Many Jews in this country who have been lifelong Democrats and lifelong progressives increasingly feel uncomfortable in these spaces due to antisemitism being acceptable on the left.

[Emile]

30. So is Susan Collins the better choice?

[nycbos]

31. There are no good choices.

I'm angry at Maine Dems not being able to find a normal Democrat under 70 without an SS tattoo

[Emile]

32. Wrong answer. The DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE is the better choice.

[peppertree]

18. Jefferson said it best: They're despots in robes

Whores in robes, I'd say.

[blue-wave]

24. Wow! A fighter!!

He mentions Lincoln and FDR. Two of our greatest Presidents who are still reviled by some in our society. Even though they both saved our country.

Bravo! This guy knows his stuff.

[oasis]

25. Supreme sellouts!

[somsai]

33. The online right hates Platner, not for senate, they are scared about elections past 26.

A significant number of people on the left also don't like him. I'm most often confused by those who dislike him in that I don't know which extreme they are from.