The Democrats, after all, nominated this guy in an open primary. Democrat voters selected him over more “normal,” relatively inoffensive mainstream Democrats just three months ago, when virtually all his many shortcomings were already known to their Maine primary voters.
There is no difference on the issues, after all, between Platner and the less obviously reprehensible Democrat candidates he defeated. They all agree on everything from confiscatory taxation to rabid overregulation, from their lockstep disdain for human life to the open borders policies that the intersectionality of Democrats require every modern progressive to champion, no matter how much damage such policies do to their constituents, their country, and their world.
Then why this guy? I have to question the premise that
Democrat voters selected him over more “normal,” relatively inoffensive mainstream Democrats<<<
Because here was Gov. Janet Mills in October, explaining why Question 1 (Require Voter Photo ID and Change Absentee Ballot and Drop Box Rules Initiative) should be rejected (it was):
So what is this 15-page detailed bill trying to do here? I tell you, this bill just makes it harder for Maine people to vote. Look, voting absentee is safe, it's secure, and widely used across Maine. In the last election, more than 40 percent of Maine people voted by absentee ballot. And during the pandemic in 2022, roughly 60 percent of voters voted absentee.
Safe and secure.
We need to prop him up and carry him across the finish line next week. Do it to the extent possible. If it was an on again-off again relationship let’s muddy the waters by suggesting she came back for more. Anita Hill redux.
just three months ago,
Exactly one month ago.