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37. Well, we can kiss this senate seat goodbye. 2024 showed me what happens when we change candidates

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Wed Jul 8, 2026, 11:06 PM

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after a primary.

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Graham Platner ends U.S. Senate campaign in Maine [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

Don't let the door hit you! BigmanPigman 21 hrs ago #1

I hope we Mainers can clear up the mess quickly, secure a worthwhile candidate and dispose of Susan Collins Bumbles 20 hrs ago #3

They shall. pat_k 19 hrs ago #19

Suspending? Innocent Smith 21 hrs ago #2

Every politician does this. progressoid 20 hrs ago #10

Please make sure candidates are vetted MissKat 20 hrs ago #4

It's not about Fetterman or Bernie. It's about what Mainers are telling us they want. MadameButterfly 19 hrs ago #20

Let's see. 2024. Primary over. Primary candidate chosen. Ask or told (whichever way you view it) to step aside AZLD4Candidate 20 hrs ago #5

The point is Platner denies it Akakoji 20 hrs ago #8

Yesterday someone said they won't believe until he admits he raped her sarisataka 19 hrs ago #16

Other than the accusation, is there evidence of it? AZLD4Candidate 18 hrs ago #33

He has a history sarisataka 18 hrs ago #34

Well, we can kiss this senate seat goodbye. 2024 showed me what happens when we change candidates AZLD4Candidate 18 hrs ago #37

If we must tolerate candidates sarisataka 17 hrs ago #40

I'll elect people. You elect saints AZLD4Candidate 9 hrs ago #45

I'll elect people sarisataka 6 hrs ago #53

Homophobe too? Based on what evidence exactly? AloeVera 5 hrs ago #54

It is something he has admitted to in the past sarisataka 5 hrs ago #55

OFFS, executioner, really MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #61

It showed one thing that can happen MadameButterfly 22 min ago #70

Jenny Racicot is a credible withness PCB66 10 hrs ago #44

Let's give him credit for doing the right thing MadameButterfly 19 hrs ago #21

He didn't "do the right thing" PCB66 4 hrs ago #58

OK, do you wish he'd stayed in the race? MadameButterfly 1 hr ago #64

In this day and age, accusation means conviction. You run one first to see how it floats. AZLD4Candidate 18 hrs ago #32

You seem to be forgetting his very own rape apologist posts. That niyad 4 hrs ago #57

I'm not rationalizing anything. This seat is lost to us now. 2024 is my evidence. AZLD4Candidate 4 hrs ago #59

Interesting first sentence, since I never said that you had niyad 36 min ago #69

Wait till Gavin Newsom announces a Pres run if he so chooses Bengus81 10 hrs ago #41

The timeline was dictated by the candidate's actions, not the GOP. QueerDuck 9 hrs ago #46

Platner's "vetters" MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #62

He's awful. His vocal fry comes and goes... it's a defensive reflex. QueerDuck 3 hrs ago #63

Fuck him. He had a tattoo of a totenkopf on his chest one of the very last images that people saw before Botany 20 hrs ago #6

And he worked for Blackwater. Crowman2009 20 hrs ago #11

The skull and crossbones or Totenkopf precedes the Nazis Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 20 hrs ago #12

Doesn't matter. evolves 19 hrs ago #14

Please stand by as we return to our regularly scheduled program. 🤓😄 littlemissmartypants 18 hrs ago #35

Most everything the Nazi's used as symbolism came from somewhere else. Bengus81 10 hrs ago #42

MAGA goes back to the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association Torchlight 7 hrs ago #50

This. yardwork 19 hrs ago #23

Several great choices pfitz59 20 hrs ago #7

Two great females who have already lost big to Collins, and one who lost big to Platner MadameButterfly 19 hrs ago #22

Hatchet job, timing was sus duckworth969 20 hrs ago #9

My main question about Plantner is . . . AverageOldGuy 19 hrs ago #13

He was Anti Israel and anti old politicians. The driving forces in Democrat politics these days. SMH. Pompoy 19 hrs ago #17

Was the Maine Democratic Party for Platner? I thought they were for Mills MadameButterfly 19 hrs ago #24

Well all said lets be glad it happened in time to replace him on the ballot. Exultant Democracy 19 hrs ago #15

In 5-7 years... AdamGG 18 hrs ago #28

Yes, July 13 was the deadline for a nominee to drop out. LisaL 17 hrs ago #39

Maine will get a new nominee in an open process. And that candidate will be stronger than Platner. pat_k 19 hrs ago #18

I liked the optimistic title to your post MadameButterfly 47 min ago #65

He's toxic. xuplate 19 hrs ago #25

Governor Mills may have some miles on her... GiqueCee 19 hrs ago #26

Not according to the polls MadameButterfly 46 min ago #66

The executive director of the Mane Democratic Party is on with Lawrence asking for donations. SamuelAdams 19 hrs ago #27

I just watched her. sheshe2 18 hrs ago #30

It depends on whether they listen to Maine voters MadameButterfly 45 min ago #67

Structural pressure ? What the hell.... reACTIONary 18 hrs ago #29

I spotted that too and was on my way here to comment... so I'll just add my thoughts to yours. QueerDuck 9 hrs ago #47

Thanks for your thoughts! reACTIONary 5 hrs ago #56

What exactly does "We believe for the movement to continue" mean ToxMarz 18 hrs ago #31

I think Mainer's thought they were in a movement MadameButterfly 37 min ago #68

No more posers, please. littlemissmartypants 18 hrs ago #36

There's no Independent candidate on the ballot Warpy 17 hrs ago #38

Yep...and bowing to her Fuhrer still claiming "I think he learned his lesson" Bengus81 10 hrs ago #43

So, what about Janet "See you in Court" Mills? 70sEraVet 7 hrs ago #48

I never understood the problem either BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #49

He had me fooled. I thought he was just gruff and blunt. bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #51

This obsession on a Democratic forum is almost funny - let it go, it's no longer relevant. ☮ walkingman 6 hrs ago #52

More rape apologists and defeatists?? MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #60