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RetiredParatrooper

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28. That's for the welcome!

Wed Dec 10, 2025, 03:06 PM

Dec 2025

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I'll get over to the Lounge at some point.

I never claimed that Maine and Vermont are the same thing. I live in NC so I know that a Southern Dem is very different from a Northern one.

I also cannot agree with your characterization of Mills kicking the bucket as a 'paranoid fear'. The actuarial tables are a real thing, for reasons I have already laid out. The danger is very, Very, VERY real. Feinstein was in terrible shape, and we put a 74 year old guy with cancer as the House Oversight ranking member. And he kicked the bucket. Absurd strategy.

The 'winning right now' strategy is also a bad take. The GOP played the long game and kicked the shit out of us by taking things over at the state level, and grooming young wingnuts there. And those people are now in the Hose and Senate (don't get me started on Federalist Society trash infecting the judiciary).

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] PeaceWave Dec 2025 OP

77 year old Mills is pro-filibuster, and we must only elect senators willing to kill the filibuster and expand the court Fiendish Thingy Dec 2025 #1

So if Mills comes out in favor of eliminating the filibuster, you'll support her then? W_HAMILTON Dec 2025 #2

We are talking about a guy who has advocated violence, has a nazi tattoo -and has shown SSJVegeta Dec 2025 #4

I'm not talking about Platner at all Fiendish Thingy Dec 2025 #7

My mistake... Cheers to that! SSJVegeta Dec 2025 #8

If it comes down to Mills and Platner... sheshe2 Dec 2025 #5

That's my point: it doesn't have to come down to those two and only those two Fiendish Thingy Dec 2025 #6

You're not getting a majority to expand the court, so that is irrelevant. NoRethugFriends Dec 2025 #9

If you don't want any more wack jobs, then we need to find another candidate for Maine besides Mills Fiendish Thingy Dec 2025 #12

If some of the polls I've seen of this race are accurate, Schumer may have massively misjudged the mood after what Midwestern Democrat Dec 2025 #16

We? BannonsLiver Dec 2025 #25

Good! SSJVegeta Dec 2025 #3

You're not getting a majority to increase court size NoRethugFriends Dec 2025 #10

A shame it will very likely come down to Mills and Platner. Mills will be 85yo at the end of her first term, and is Celerity Dec 2025 #11

Both Candidates Have Drawbacks Deep State Witch Dec 2025 #13

He is running for the House now in Golden's current seat dsc Dec 2025 #14

Ah, OK. Deep State Witch Dec 2025 #20

TY Reproductive Freedom for All and Emily's List! Cha Dec 2025 #15

Same here LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2025 #30

Janet Mills is 77 years old RetiredParatrooper Dec 2025 #17

So TF what? She's well-liked and we need a victory NOW... we need to defeat Collins NOW! QueerDuck Dec 2025 #22

'Ageist'? RetiredParatrooper Dec 2025 #23

It does not follow Torchlight Dec 2025 #24

No. Running unqualified newbies against seasoned and popular incumbents is why we lose. QueerDuck Dec 2025 #27

That's for the welcome! RetiredParatrooper Dec 2025 #28

+1 leftstreet Dec 2025 #31

I just mentioned to that poster that Sen Angus King Cha Dec 2025 #33

That's a good point. The objections seems to be situational. QueerDuck Dec 2025 #35

That's a good way to put it. Cha Dec 2025 #36

Angus King is not a Dem RetiredParatrooper Dec 2025 #37

So? Sen King Votes with the Dems. Cha Dec 2025 #38

I am aware of that RetiredParatrooper Dec 2025 #41

Angus King is still a 81 and a Senator who votes Cha Dec 2025 #43

You are ignoring the point RetiredParatrooper Dec 2025 #48

I'm Not ignoring Anything.. Please Stop Cha Dec 2025 #49

neither is bernie (his own admission, not mine). nt PunkinPi Dec 2025 #47

Problem with having an elderly 1-term senator is "seniority" 0rganism Dec 2025 #39

Elderly Senators running for re-election also have another advantage over elderly non-incumbents seeking office: Midwestern Democrat Dec 2025 #42

Sen Angus king is 81... Sen Sanders is Cha Dec 2025 #32

Reproductive Freedom For All is a surprise player here DFW Dec 2025 #18

Excellent! I'm always inclined to prefer experience, competence and a winning strategy over purity... QueerDuck Dec 2025 #19

As a resident of New York SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2025 #21

Mills may be a good politician, but she and I are the same age and I do not support electing someone who OLDMDDEM Dec 2025 #26

Maine has some of the oldest voters in US leftstreet Dec 2025 #34

Good. I agree with them. OLDMDDEM Dec 2025 #40

This is a great endorsement LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2025 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Dec 2025 #44

"But, but, but... she's so o-o-o-old!" 🤡😜🙄 QueerDuck Dec 2025 #45

Older and Wiser with Excellent Qualifications and Cha Dec 2025 #50

TYVM! QueerDuck Dec 2025 #51

Democrats, it seems, always find a reason and a way to tear down other Democrats. DFW Dec 2025 #46

"Ain't it the truth? Ain't it the truth!" QueerDuck Dec 2025 #52