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pat_k

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

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 06:56 PM

22 hrs ago

This is definitely a "rough patch" for his campaign.

I for one hope he can weather it because chances of winning the Senate improve if he pulls it out.

And Susan Collins needs to go.

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

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

I've had bad feelings about him since the beginning of his primary run against Janet Mills... hlthe2b 23 hrs ago #2

and it's the talk of faux noise. Ugh...... a kennedy 23 hrs ago #3

Of course it is! City Lights 23 hrs ago #4

Exactly, but nonetheless we have to deal with it...Dems don't/can't ignore these issues. hlthe2b 22 hrs ago #8

Excellent point ! And remember Al Franken vapor2 20 hrs ago #26

I was thinking about Andrew Cuomo today since his Nixie 22 hrs ago #5

Franken should never have resigned. pat_k 22 hrs ago #14

Thanks for the article Nixie 19 hrs ago #46

Jane Mayer is an awesome investigator. pat_k 18 hrs ago #47

One said he was well aware it was a nazi tattoo MichMan 22 hrs ago #6

Here is NYT article describing his dating history. LisaL 22 hrs ago #10

Yes one did. Although no one can corroborate that. And when she mentioned recently it she also said she Nanjeanne 22 hrs ago #11

Per NYT, she was posting on the internet that he had a nazi tattoo months before he acknowledged having it. LisaL 22 hrs ago #12

New blood is a good thing, but people who have never run for anything cannot be consider fully vetted. pat_k 22 hrs ago #7

I kinda dont like it either, but heres the thing: Volaris 19 hrs ago #43

"we have to play the ball as it lays" pat_k 19 hrs ago #45

I read the whole long NY Times article and still feel like this is a troubled man who had a past that Nanjeanne 22 hrs ago #9

Per NYT, she was posting on the internet that he had a nazi tattoo, LisaL 22 hrs ago #13

Yes she did a few months before which is when she said she would vote for Collins. My ? Nanjeanne 21 hrs ago #16

Platner himself voted for Collins more than once. LisaL 21 hrs ago #18

Ok. In the text about saying he had a Nazi tattoo she said she would vote for Collins. And as a Nanjeanne 21 hrs ago #19

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

You betcha. I wouldn't date him. Nanjeanne 21 hrs ago #22

He doesn't sound like a prize as a husband either. LisaL 20 hrs ago #24

Forward marine units are "killers", you need to look up the definition for questionseverything 21 hrs ago #17

I'm of the same view. pat_k 21 hrs ago #15

You don't consider yanking women around and blocking them in a room serious? EdmondDantes_ 21 hrs ago #20

That is not the "only" serious allegation mcar 20 hrs ago #25

Yes she said it. Times couldn't corroborate. No friends of hers could either. All reported deep in article. Nanjeanne 20 hrs ago #28

So she's lying? mcar 20 hrs ago #30

Misogyny is alive and well. LisaL 20 hrs ago #31

Telling us to move on. Leave it alone mcar 20 hrs ago #33

Yep. LisaL 20 hrs ago #36

Are you accusing DUers of being misogynists? Violet_Crumble 14 hrs ago #58

No. If it had been me and it happened I would have been gone. Never ok. No other girlfriend had that Nanjeanne 20 hrs ago #32

I am not sure he is succeeding at being a better man. LisaL 20 hrs ago #34

Wasn't that long ago he was blaming women for their rapes mcar 20 hrs ago #35

Yes I believe he addressed that. My suggestion -- don't vote for him. Though I much prefer him in Senate Nanjeanne 20 hrs ago #37

He addressed what? mcar 20 hrs ago #38

Addressed his old Reddit comments. Talks openly of his anger, his self medication with liquor, etc. Nanjeanne 20 hrs ago #41

No kidding MorbidButterflyTat 18 hrs ago #48

Exactly, Planter is not the Cha 15 hrs ago #56

Precisely! Thank You!! Cha 15 hrs ago #55

No-one thinks you should STFU, though I'd be happy with you getting facts straight... Violet_Crumble 14 hrs ago #59

I wonder if ANYONE else has made that connection? MorbidButterflyTat 17 hrs ago #52

Yes, I did. And, wrote agouti it on Cha 14 hrs ago #57

See? Not that bad MorbidButterflyTat 17 hrs ago #51

That would scare the Cha 15 hrs ago #54

Some clips from the NYT article mcar 20 hrs ago #23

Yeah the tattoo thing seems to have been flat out lying to the press that he had no idea what it was. EX500rider 18 hrs ago #49

Who else? Maybe her podcast partner, conservative Bethany Mandel from Heritage Foundation and Moms Nanjeanne 18 hrs ago #50

When it was first reported months ago EX500rider 17 hrs ago #53

Janet Mills is still on the ballot I think. This guy reminded me of Fetterman... the vibes. applegrove 20 hrs ago #27

She is, and said she's still running obamanut2012 20 hrs ago #39

Here's Nicolle Wallace's report: Rhiannon12866 20 hrs ago #29

Platner has made his missteps in the past Miami Blue 20 hrs ago #40

Blah blah blah UpInArms 20 hrs ago #42

Some guy on Chris Hayes: MorbidButterflyTat 19 hrs ago #44

David Costello has a great Cha 13 hrs ago #60