{"id":37399,"date":"2026-07-07T22:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T02:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=37399"},"modified":"2026-07-07T22:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T02:25:33","slug":"guest-contributor-arthurincali-07jul2026-platnergate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/guest-contributor-arthurincali-07jul2026-platnergate\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Contributor – ArthurinCali – 07JUL2026 – PlatnerGate"},"content":{"rendered":"

My theory on PlatnerGate.<\/p>\n

>Allegations 5+ years old.
\n>Recollection of events make no sense.
\n>Let him sleep it off on her couch and doesn\u2019t call police or go to hospital because she didn\u2019t want him driving drunk.
\n>No police report or SA kit evidence collected.
\n>She reliably \u201ctells\u201d next partner about assault and an unnamed therapist.
\n>Campaign drop out date one week away.<\/p>\n

\u201cRacicot said she was torn over coming forward in part because she agrees with Platner politically. \u201cOne of the reasons I didn\u2019t come forward sooner was, the huge moral conflict that I had between supporting his politics, but not supporting him as a person,\u201d she said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Huh?<\/p>\n

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Two things can be true at once: 1. This isn\u2019t a defense for Platner\u2019s political positions, online history, nor his multiple personal issues. He is a walking dumpster fire of a candidate that I would never support but Mainers picked him as their choice. Being convicted in the eyes of the online and media public is not a conviction in court. 2. This was a political Samson Option by the DNC that undermines any semblance of their precious devotion to the democratic process. My theory is the calls from donors kept coming in saying get Platner off the ballot by any means necessary, thus the MeToo tactic was revived with smelling salts to be used. Anyone with eyes and critical thinking skills can see a political hatchet job in action. Platner being shown the door does more for the Dems than for the GOP. If that happens, they get to pull the old Biden\/Kamala trick and install who they want to run, voters be damned.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut they\u2019ll lose the race.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n

So what? Susan Collins is a reliable Democrat ringer in the GOP. They do not care if she wins another term. What happens if she does? More voting with Dems against RW domestic issues? More mass immigration from Somalia to Maine? Look up her record and you\u2019ll see another Democrat who ran as a Republican simply to get the office. A RINO.<\/p>\n

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Honestly, this is bigger than Platner. Sure, he\u2019s a walking disaster all by himself, but the big picture view should show normies of all political stripes how\u00a0\u201cmanaged\u201d<\/em>\u00a0this entire idea of Democracy really is. From Bernie to Kamala, the illusion of choice by the voters is mostly a farce. The same-day orchestra of a pre-taped CNN interview dropping, multiple rescinded endorsements and ready-made statements from various DNC outlets show how planned the rollout of PlatnerGate was designed for full effect. Making Platner drop out and installing another candidate is a seldom glimpsed example of how the political sausage is made in the backroom. The tattoo and past online comments didn\u2019t sway Maine voters, so the donors got too nervous and demanded the DNC get him off the ballot. Why? Because if he did happen to actually win this November, he\u2019d be a pariah too radioactive as a Senator for public records of donor contributions, or get involved in a political patronage system in the Northeast region. A distraction and cudgel that would be used repeatedly against the Democrats. Pushing him aside also gives the added bonus of Democrats strutting around with the mantle of morality after he is vanquished, pretending that they actually cared. The idea of the Democrat party becoming the moral voice in the room is laughable. This is the party of Ted Kennedy and Scott Weiner. Of drag queen story hour for children. A party that shrugged off Clinton\u2019s \u201cThe Bimbo Brigade\u201d as a Right-wing conspiracy.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t believe all women, just particular ones that can be politically useful to them. Progressives only care about power and control, and this is another example of tactics to that end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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