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pat_k

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45. "we have to play the ball as it lays"

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 10:10 PM

Jun 4

I live in WA, so I don't have an actual say, but I will do my bit to put the choice in crystal clear relief. (And I will probably throw my vote of confidence in the form of a few dollars his way.)

And this is the choice as I see it.

You can choose to view his life as a quintessentially America story of redemption and reform. A progressive spirit rising out of a past in which he got a nazi tatoo and dealt with anger issues and alcohol abuse (and the attendant terrible interactions with those near and dear).

You can choose to view him as someone you are so sure has not *really* reformed that you would vote for Collins (or not vote), and thereby vote to keep control of the Senate in the hands of the Trumpublicans.

If the latter, you better be so confident that Platner is so irredeemably screwed up that you would rather ensure the most dangerous man ever to have occupied the WH continued to be unchecked by a Trumpublican Senate than see him voted into the Senate.

I know where I come down.

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More unsavory news regarding Graham Platner..... [View all] a kennedy Jun 4 OP

3 women, including 1 GOP operative who made serious accusations Justice Jun 4 #1

I've had bad feelings about him since the beginning of his primary run against Janet Mills... hlthe2b Jun 4 #2

and it's the talk of faux noise. Ugh...... a kennedy Jun 4 #3

Of course it is! City Lights Jun 4 #4

Exactly, but nonetheless we have to deal with it...Dems don't/can't ignore these issues. hlthe2b Jun 4 #8

Excellent point ! And remember Al Franken vapor2 Jun 4 #26

I was thinking about Andrew Cuomo today since his Nixie Jun 4 #5

Franken should never have resigned. pat_k Jun 4 #14

Thanks for the article Nixie Jun 4 #46

Jane Mayer is an awesome investigator. pat_k Jun 4 #47

One said he was well aware it was a nazi tattoo MichMan Jun 4 #6

Here is NYT article describing his dating history. LisaL Jun 4 #10

Yes one did. Although no one can corroborate that. And when she mentioned recently it she also said she Nanjeanne Jun 4 #11

Per NYT, she was posting on the internet that he had a nazi tattoo months before he acknowledged having it. LisaL Jun 4 #12

New blood is a good thing, but people who have never run for anything cannot be consider fully vetted. pat_k Jun 4 #7

I kinda dont like it either, but heres the thing: Volaris Jun 4 #43

"we have to play the ball as it lays" pat_k Jun 4 #45

I read the whole long NY Times article and still feel like this is a troubled man who had a past that Nanjeanne Jun 4 #9

Per NYT, she was posting on the internet that he had a nazi tattoo, LisaL Jun 4 #13

Yes she did a few months before which is when she said she would vote for Collins. My ? Nanjeanne Jun 4 #16

Platner himself voted for Collins more than once. LisaL Jun 4 #18

Ok. In the text about saying he had a Nazi tattoo she said she would vote for Collins. And as a Nanjeanne Jun 4 #19

It sounds like he was a lousy cheating boyfriend, at least to some of his ex-girlfirends. LisaL Jun 4 #21

You betcha. I wouldn't date him. Nanjeanne Jun 4 #22

He doesn't sound like a prize as a husband either. LisaL Jun 4 #24

Forward marine units are "killers", you need to look up the definition for questionseverything Jun 4 #17

I'm of the same view. pat_k Jun 4 #15

You don't consider yanking women around and blocking them in a room serious? EdmondDantes_ Jun 4 #20

That is not the "only" serious allegation mcar Jun 4 #25

Yes she said it. Times couldn't corroborate. No friends of hers could either. All reported deep in article. Nanjeanne Jun 4 #28

So she's lying? mcar Jun 4 #30

Misogyny is alive and well. LisaL Jun 4 #31

Telling us to move on. Leave it alone mcar Jun 4 #33

Yep. LisaL Jun 4 #36

Are you accusing DUers of being misogynists? Violet_Crumble Jun 5 #58

No. If it had been me and it happened I would have been gone. Never ok. No other girlfriend had that Nanjeanne Jun 4 #32

I am not sure he is succeeding at being a better man. LisaL Jun 4 #34

Wasn't that long ago he was blaming women for their rapes mcar Jun 4 #35

Yes I believe he addressed that. My suggestion -- don't vote for him. Though I much prefer him in Senate Nanjeanne Jun 4 #37

He addressed what? mcar Jun 4 #38

Addressed his old Reddit comments. Talks openly of his anger, his self medication with liquor, etc. Nanjeanne Jun 4 #41

No kidding MorbidButterflyTat Jun 4 #48

Exactly, Planter is not the Cha Jun 5 #56

Precisely! Thank You!! Cha Jun 5 #55

No-one thinks you should STFU, though I'd be happy with you getting facts straight... Violet_Crumble Jun 5 #59

I wonder if ANYONE else has made that connection? MorbidButterflyTat Jun 4 #52

Yes, I did. And, wrote about it on Cha Jun 5 #57

See? Not that bad MorbidButterflyTat Jun 4 #51

That would scare the Cha Jun 5 #54

Some clips from the NYT article mcar Jun 4 #23

Yeah the tattoo thing seems to have been flat out lying to the press that he had no idea what it was. EX500rider Jun 4 #49

Who else? Maybe her podcast partner, conservative Bethany Mandel from Heritage Foundation and Moms Nanjeanne Jun 4 #50

When it was first reported months ago EX500rider Jun 4 #53

Janet Mills is still on the ballot I think. This guy reminded me of Fetterman... the vibes. applegrove Jun 4 #27

She is, and said she's still running obamanut2012 Jun 4 #39

Here's Nicolle Wallace's report: Rhiannon12866 Jun 4 #29

Platner has made his missteps in the past Miami Blue Jun 4 #40

Blah blah blah UpInArms Jun 4 #42

Some guy on Chris Hayes: MorbidButterflyTat Jun 4 #44

David Costello has a great Cha Jun 5 #60