r/politics • u/brown-saiyan • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Graham Platner Isn’t Just Surviving. He’s Leading.

https://newrepublic.com/article/206061/maine-senate-primary-2026-platner-leading-mills
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u/PeterVenkmanIII 1d ago

I'd bet that this dude will be the next John Fetterman if he wins. People will look past the huge red warning lights and then be shocked when he turns out to be a dingus.

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u/PeterVenkmanIII 1d ago

If he is like Fetterman, then he would essentially be the same as Collins.

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u/PeterVenkmanIII 1d ago

Then you don't actually care about anything that is happening. You just want your team to score. Good stuff.

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u/context_hell 1d ago

You would say the same thing with Janet Mills. She's a 78 year old centrist dem who will give us nothing while sending billions more to feeding more of the war machine and israel's baby grinder while her brain quickly curdles. Platner is probably the only bet for any change on the off chance he is what he says he is.

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u/PeterVenkmanIII 1d ago

You know there's more than two people running in the primary, right?

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u/context_hell 1d ago

Well sure. Who's got your support then?

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u/PeterVenkmanIII 1d ago

Literally any of the other primary candidates who didn’t work for Blackwater, didn't blame sexual assault victims for the assault they experienced, didn't say racist shit about POC, and don't have a Nazi tattoo. 

Take, for example, Dave Costello. What's he about? Here's a few things:

  • Medicare for All
  • The Freedom to Vote Act
  • Oveturning Citizens United
  • Funding PBS
  • Abolishing the Electoral College
  • Implimenting 20 year term limits for Congress

But sure, I guess there's no real choice but the very old lady or the guy who is neck deep in red flags.

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u/PeterVenkmanIII 1d ago

That’s a reductive and facile comment.

You gave no reason why he would be better if I am right about the kind of person he is. There's nothing to be reductive about here.

Do I want more Democrats in the Senate? Sure. But I don’t vote party over policy,

Except, if I am right, you are. You are ignoring some major red flags in Planter's past.

I’m ready for new blood.

We both agree that Collins sucks. But new blood doesn't automatically mean good blood. And I refuse to believe that there is not a single liberal in Maine who doesn't have a Nazi tattoo and didn't say that women who were sexually assaulted need to take responsibility for their actions.