{"id":37388,"date":"2026-07-07T05:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=37388"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:00:27","slug":"believe-all-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/believe-all-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Believe All Men!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it looks like Graham Platner is headed for the last roundup.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BREAKING NEWS: Graham Platner Issues Video Statement After Allegation Of Sexual Assault Emerges\" width=\"783\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pi9Ha-EzJag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maine woman who accused Graham Platner of sexual assault speaks with CNN\" width=\"783\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ywt8qvoSXg4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The bearded, oyster-farming, nazi-tattooed, philandering communist has now been accused of sexual assault by one of his old girlfriends.\u00a0 And the Democrat party endorsements are being pulled back so fast the friction is causing them to burst into flames.\u00a0 Well, I guess he finally exceeded the maximum allowable Democrat slime limit.\u00a0 And it\u2019s interesting to see how that limit has evolved over time.\u00a0 At the height of the #MeToo movement, Al Franken was forced to resign a senate seat based on a photo of him joking around with a woman back when he was a comedian.\u00a0 But as of 2026 the Democrat voters of Maine were cool with Platner dragging a girlfriend out of a cab and locking her in a bedroom against her will.\u00a0 Now granted, she was a Republican so you could say, \u201cShe had it coming.\u201d\u00a0 But it\u2019s good to see the Democrats are evolving their stance on \u201cBelieve all women.\u201d\u00a0 Now it\u2019s, \u201cBelieve all Democrat women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I heard that if Platner agrees to drop out of the race, the Democrats have until July 13<sup>th<\/sup> to replace him on the November ballot with the candidate of their choice.\u00a0 Of course, the voters won\u2019t have picked this candidate but that\u2019s no different from Kamala Harris\u2019s selection for the 2024 Democrat presidential spot.\u00a0 So there is plenty of precedent.<\/p>\n<p>Now, how does this affect the race?\u00a0 Well, I\u2019m guessing that if Platner refuses to relinquish his spot on the ballot, he will lose to Susan Collins by a good margin.\u00a0 But assuming that he is going to step aside, which seems very likely, what are the chances for a replacement to beat Collins?\u00a0 Well, let\u2019s assume that Janet Mills, the 78 year old Maine Governor who was running against Platner before she suspended her campaign is selected.\u00a0 So she\u2019s another old woman like Collins but she\u2019s a Democrat.\u00a0 I feel like in this anti-Trump environment in a New England state even a RINO like Collins will be unlikely to survive this election.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m assuming this will eliminate the last remaining Republican holdout in the New England Congressional delegation.\u00a0 And that\u2019s no surprise.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 60\/40 state and in a statewide election like senatorial races there isn\u2019t any reason to imagine a Republican winning.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019m guessing Susan Collins will make a last gasp effort to get Platner to stay in the race.\u00a0 She should spend up to a million dollars on an ad campaign that will be based on, \u201cBelieve All Men!\u201d\u00a0 She can have Bill Clinton get up in front of the camera and tell his story about how all those women lied about him and sullied his good name.\u00a0 Maybe she can even get Hillary to talk about how bimbo eruptions hounded their whole professional lives and how unfair it is that people tend to believe women when they say they\u2019ve been harassed by such upstanding citizens like Graham Platner and Bill Clinton.\u00a0 Yeah, that might work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it looks like Graham Platner is headed for the last roundup. 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