On Platner. He has got things in his past which are bad. He is currently the subject of an all out political smear campaign. Both these things are true, and unless we can nominate another candidate that can beat Susan Collins, it does not matter.
We are in an existential war for the future of this country, and Senate numbers matter more than anything else. We have seen what happens, particularly to the Supreme Court when the GOP controls the Senate.
It's crucial to elect a Democrat in Maine.
This sounds suspiciously similar to the kinds of things Republicans said to me about Trump before they voted him in. 🤷♂️
No it does not. This is not a defense of Platner. It is a plea to focus on the big picture. Collins must be defeated. The Dems must get control of the Senate. That is all that matters at this point.
Voting is not about picking a good person. It is about power, we need Maine for Democrats to take back control of the Senate.
You may be right, it may be necessary - it’s actually not my fight up here north of the 49th - but the echo is very strong to my ears: when led through what an awful person Trump is and has been, the final line of defence was always ‘well we need him anyway to take power’.
Yes, voting is a duty that very often involves choosing the least disagreeable option, but then remember to take the system that gave you that option and turn it inside out.
Yes, and it worked. They took power, and look what that has wrought.
Seems like you are making the case the that control of the government is essential.
Representative government on the one hand and empire, war, power, and control on the other are very different states of affairs. The second rarely leads to the first. I do hope that Americans will find a path to true democracy out from the ongoing shadows of your various wars of the civil and cold variety.
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