In search of a populist communist, the Democrats have embraced Graham Platner the former combat Marine, oyster farmer, misogynist and philosopher king.\u00a0 Platner is embroiled in a scandal that just keeps getting weirder with every passing day but his poll numbers have been so strong up till now that the powers that be in the party have everyone from Sunny Hostin of the View to Chris Hayes of MS NOW playing along with Platner being what the party needs in Maine.\u00a0 Now all of this is very interesting because Platner has a history of making disparaging statements about women and gays.\u00a0 He also has a Nazi SS death’s head tattoo on his chest (although he has now tattooed over it).\u00a0 Several of his girlfriends have described violent and controlling behavior toward them.\u00a0 His wife has reported that he also has a history of \u201csexting\u201d women on a service called Kik that is much frequented by Gen Z users.<\/p>\n
But my all-time favorite detail about Mr. Platner is a remark he made to one of his girlfriends when describing what he would do if a man broke into his house.\u00a0 He said he would the rape the man (but not in a \u201cgay\u201d way) to show his dominance.<\/p>\n
Well, what can we say.\u00a0 Graham Platner sounds like a certifiable mental case.\u00a0 He has serious anger management problems and by his own admissions he\u2019s a heavy drinker and drug user.\u00a0 Sounds like the perfect Democrat Senate candidate for Maine.\u00a0 As I mentioned above, Platner has been ahead of his Democrat rivals from the start so that the establishment candidate, the current Governor, Janet Mills, suspended her campaign.\u00a0 And Platner is still higher in the polls than the Republican incumbent Susan Collins though that lead has lessened significantly.\u00a0 But all of this negative publicity has rattled a lot of the Democrat establishment and Mills has reminded voters that she still appears on the primary ballot so if Platner is further damaged by scandal they can vote for her.\u00a0 Also, even if Platner wins the primary on June 9th<\/sup> he can drop out of the race and the Democrats can pick another candidate for the regular election in November.\u00a0 So right now, there is an enormous unsettled cloud over Platner\u2019s status.\u00a0 The Democrats are convinced that they must win in Maine in order to retake the Senate from the Republicans.<\/p>\n Well, this is wonderful.\u00a0 Listening to feminists bending over backwards to explain how they can vote for a caveman misogynist against a woman is just too delicious to ignore.\u00a0 And the best part is that the Democrats are frightened to death that there is still more dirty laundry waiting for after the drop-dead date on July 13th<\/sup> after which Platner\u2019s name must stay on the ballot.<\/p>\n Now let me be clear.\u00a0 I think of Susan Collins as a Democrat.\u00a0 There is absolutely nothing conservative about her.\u00a0 So, if Platner were to win in November I wouldn\u2019t be too upset.\u00a0 New England does not have a conservative constituency.\u00a0 It should have the lousy communist politicians it deserves.\u00a0 But it would be nice if we could squeak by without losing the House or the Senate in this midterm election.<\/p>\n Anyway, watching Chris Hayes making nice with a guy who claims he would rape a male home intruder in a non-gay way has to be an important milestone.\u00a0 We\u2019ve reached terminal Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) fallout.\u00a0 At this point, I believe the Democrats would vote for Hitler himself if he promised to unseat Trump.\u00a0 So good luck Mr. Platner.\u00a0 And good luck to any burglars who may be working up there in Sullivan, Maine.\u00a0 It sounds like a tricky proposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In search of a populist communist, the Democrats have embraced Graham Platner the former combat Marine, oyster farmer, misogynist and philosopher king.\u00a0 Platner is embroiled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5233,1382,148,5234],"class_list":["post-37107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-graham-platner","tag-maine","tag-rinos","tag-susan-collins"],"yoast_head":"\n