Re: Platner and the intellectual Twister and Yoga to rehabilitate him...

[Nanjeanne]

86. Just curious - which girlfriend was he abusive to in 2021? I'm probably getting very confused by much of it - but

I only know of the Fifield allegation which was when he was in college. Personally I think you might be confusing that comment with Jenny Racicot. She never said he was abusive at all. In the NY Times article this is what Racicot said:

Jenny Racicot, 41, a Maine Democrat, who said she dated him casually off and on between 2019 and 2021, said the posts deepened her belief that he did not respect women. “When I saw the old comments that he made online,” she said, “I recognized a version of him that I had experiences with.”

So re being abusive - Just post a link if you don't mind - thanks.

Also really - SEXTING? That's a problem for you? It sure isn't my thing but I'm an old lady with a great loss of muscle! In my day we had telephone sex with boyfriends/girlfriends we weren't with. Nowdays - "sexting" is the thing. Of course, that's much more dangerous as those kinds of things are never really gone . . . but are we now being moderators of other people's sex lives and how they choose to engage with a partner (or partners). Doing it when married - that's fucked and he was certainly a bad husband - as he and his wife admit. But I've never understood people's interest in other people's sex lives when it's not affecting them. You may find sexting distasteful. Plenty of people do not and engage in it. I may find his behavior shameful as a husband. But I'm glad he and his wife had counseling and have recommitted to their relationship.

Where's the action that he's changed in the last couple of years? Well - do you really want to interview each and every one of his friends, coworkers, partners, etc.? Have at it. I can only judge by what I see now - and that's fine with me. I don't live in Maine - so I can't vote for him. But I did send some $. I want him in the Senate and I want Collins gone. I know her actions pretty well and I haven't seen any change in her. That's my line in the sand.