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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe've elected a PRESIDENT who is twice divorced and cheated on ALL THREE of his wives---
as well as being a convicted felon, someone who lost a civil suit for sexual assault,
and rumored to be a pedophile....
so I REALLY could not give a SHIT that Platner *may have* sent sexual texts to adult women
while he was married.... this is penny-ante garbage even if it is true!
I'm DONE with the double-standard which Republicans, the media, and some Democrats
try to enforce that DEMOCRATS have to be PERFECT,
while all the ACTUAL SEX CRIMES committed by Republicans are IGNORED!
Fuck this noise. It's a matter for the voters of Maine to consider,
NOT for US Senators or anyone else who doesn't have a vote in Maine!
And frankly, I don't think most of the voters will give a tinker's damn about it,
with all of the other much more important issues facing us!
Also looks a little too "summer of 2024" to me!
Some Democratic US Senators meddled in THAT Presidential Election,
and where did it get us--- or some of them ???
(Senators Sherrod Brown and Jon Tester both asked President Biden to withdraw from the election...
in which they were up for re-election.
They got what they asked for, and they lost anyway.)
Funtatlaguy
(11,894 posts)Jack Valentino
(5,274 posts)Fine, glad it came out now, instead of in October---
The memory of the average voter is the life-span of a GNAT.
luv2fly
(2,735 posts)Many of the same folks who claim any criticisms of Democrats are "depressing the vote."
🙄
Skittles
(173,264 posts)I am ANTI-CREEP.
luv2fly
(2,735 posts)Your "creep" is another person's husband. She's good with him, I'm willing to cut him some slack. YMMV.
"alrighty then"
Irish_Dem
(82,732 posts)Boys will be boys.
Boo1
(530 posts)behind "Trump did all this terrible stuff and they elected him" and "Let's stop caring if our candidates are shitheads."
This isn't Republicans attacking him, it's a Democratic Primary and we have options.
I don't like seeing the bar lowered to accommodate creeps, not at ALL.
Ziggy Beans
(55 posts)As long as they don't hurt anyone I could care less what politicians do in their lives. Platner's wife is the only that should be concerned about thisand she's not
niyad
(134,428 posts)mentioning the rape apologist posts, or, if they do actually mention them, dismiss them with all kinds of excuses. We have rape survivors on this board. Exactly how do you thiink they are feeling these days, seeing his words so casually and flippantly dismissed?
EdmondDantes_
(2,153 posts)While gross in that he was allegedly in a committed relationship, that's still an issue between him and his wife. The posts blaming women for rape, using retarded as a slur, the tattoo, those are far more significant in terms of how I look at him in terms of a potential public servant.
Tree Lady
(13,406 posts)With her husband when he was marred with 3 kids and she was sick.
If that is true it's much worse.
Ziggy Beans
(55 posts)Bad, but I'm more concerned with her being a Republican
Billsdaughter
(191 posts)And I could care less. While he was having consensual sexual activities, the deficit was erased, the Dayton Accord was reached, the cost of living fell, wages rose, and all boats were raised.
Let's see how the folks in Maine feel about it next week.