... they overestimated what they could get away with and "mis-underestimated" the public's willingness to accept the character flaws of someone being presented as a savior.

All of this could have been avoided, but not for arrogance.

When I'm not so sleepy. Not boring!

I love when it comes to things like this, even right wing sources are acceptable.

Their opinions may be worthless, but this was a rare case of them just stating the obvious. It was not an insightful case of investigative reporting worthy of a Pulitzer nomination.

he was a nepo baby…and the Nazi tattoo was what …a youthful indiscretion??…

his whole persona was fake. just plain fake. but it never came up. this is the 1st time i’ve seen anyone call him a nepo baby, even here. yet that’s clearly what he is.

and tho he may deserve it, i have no idea, but he’s got full disability from the marines. still he’s fit to b an ‘oysterman’ and a senator? again, not saying he doesnt deserve it. but arent there lots of vets out there fighting to get that and failing? i’d just like to know how that works, cuz it dont seem fair.

in a paper not allowed on this site to be referenced.

Maybe, people should read more newspapers that don’t adhere to only their political viewpoint. And I’m talking about ones that are considered mainstream media (god I hate that term.)

Though sadly, the info would have been dismissed by most as fake news. Quite ironic, imo.

that wd not b allowed here, esp about israel/gaza. i take it w a grain of salt, but, yeah, ppl swallowing the ‘party line’, hooks, sinkers and all, rly depresses me.

How often did it get the "boys will be boys"/"drunken servicemen will be drunken servicemen" pass? And his shitty social media history, when did we know about that? Etc, etc, etc.

It's uncomfortable to be sure, but that "they" becomes "we" pretty swiftly.

for one, HAVE HAD IT WITH Democrats (here and elsewhere) trying to "He didn't know/realize/mean it" their way out of it.

NAIVETE, THY NAME IS NOT PLATNER.

When will people learn?

Politics is still a “boys’ club” in many ways.

Some just chose to close their eyes and plug their ears.

There is a lot of blame for abernie here though. He endorsed him early without proper vetting and the bozos running this campaign are from his machine.

No one thought to out this to the public until now? Irrespective of him dropping out, I would like to see this whole incident investigated too to bottom.