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52. I feel bad that he is a mess. I feel bad for his wife. I feel bad

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 07:38 AM

8 hrs ago

about losing someone who is fighting for what I believe in. But, I do not feel bad about losing him. I felt very uncomfortable about that tattoo and storyline. I couldn't bring myself to jump on the bandwagon, and Genevieve McDonald confirmed what I felt.

At this point, I am angry that he and his advisers tried to pull the wool over our eyes and push through. "The ends justifies the means" is Republican thinking, even if the Platner campaign' end is better than what the GOP does. I'm not looking for purity, I'm looking for humanity. The GOP gave theirs up. I don't want to give up mine.

Fuck. Progressives have a hard enough fight to sit at the table, and now this.

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I was feeling bad for Platner but I'm over it. [View all] TomSlick 20 hrs ago OP

I feel bad for Platner and now I feel bad for the party Tim S 20 hrs ago #1

I'm confused. Sanders told him to withdraw because rapists aren't fit for public office EdmondDantes_ 19 hrs ago #4

Wow! AFAIK, people in this country USED TO BE innocent until proven guilty in a court of law Tim S 19 hrs ago #10

Trump is a rapist JustAnotherGen 19 hrs ago #14

The last time I checked, this isn't a court of law EdmondDantes_ 19 hrs ago #17

"in a court of law", sure krawhitham 16 hrs ago #28

What was the moral stand? sarisataka 19 hrs ago #7

Platner had no moral stand except he was a fraud who lied his way throughout, and then blamed lostincalifornia 16 hrs ago #27

Hint: SANDERS DID TAKE A MORAL STAND. The one who didn't take a moral stand was Platner. lostincalifornia 16 hrs ago #33

Sanders called for Platner to step down. ananda 19 hrs ago #2

That seems to be the issue this person has with Sanders Boo1 16 hrs ago #30

TY, Perhaps Sanders knows something Cha 13 hrs ago #41

TY and so are a lot of Dems! Cha 13 hrs ago #40

I feel bad for us. dem4decades 19 hrs ago #3

"political apparatchiks." sheshe2 19 hrs ago #5

Of course he did. TomSlick 19 hrs ago #6

Thanks. sheshe2 19 hrs ago #9

At the end of his rambling statement, he finally said he was withdrawing. TomSlick 19 hrs ago #11

Thank you, good to know. sheshe2 19 hrs ago #13

Ty, Tom! SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #18

OT, but happy 83,000 post milestone, SheltieLover! Wednesdays 5 hrs ago #57

Ty. I hadn't noticed. Lol SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #58

Someone else has recently been using the term communist a lot sarisataka 19 hrs ago #8

LOL! sheshe2 19 hrs ago #16

I noticed that, too. when I first read Cha 13 hrs ago #42

Of course he did... Insults on Cha 18 hrs ago #19

I know u are busy with the little one. sheshe2 17 hrs ago #23

Thank You! I will remember Cha 17 hrs ago #25

He is incredible! sheshe2 16 hrs ago #26

lol... I tried to .. I was ready but Cha 14 hrs ago #36

Oh no! sheshe2 13 hrs ago #38

Lol! Yes Toshi is an excellent Cha 13 hrs ago #44

Wow! sheshe2 13 hrs ago #45

Of course he did... Insults on Cha 18 hrs ago #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Cha 18 hrs ago #19

Of course he did... Insults on Cha 18 hrs ago #20

What with totenkopfs and apparatchiks, is he from the first half of the 20th century? betsuni 14 hrs ago #37

Looks like it and he is welcome to return there. sheshe2 13 hrs ago #39

Now Republicans can go back to asking themselves why they keep supporting Epstein's best buddy Trump RoeVWade 19 hrs ago #12

I feel bad for his voters leftstreet 19 hrs ago #15

Yet he goes out trashing the party radical noodle 7 hrs ago #55

... littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #24

+++ lostincalifornia 16 hrs ago #29

Mahalo, pants☮️💙 Cha 14 hrs ago #35

Mahalo, Cha. 👍🤓 littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #47

This was a horrible speech LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #31

Just compare him to Swalwell's exit. Platner just demonstrated his true personality with lostincalifornia 16 hrs ago #32

His drop out speech... sheshe2 13 hrs ago #43

Me too. Voted 1st for Janet Mills, second for GP OAITW r.2.0 16 hrs ago #34

The man is absolutely insufferable. lapucelle 9 hrs ago #46

talk about a sore loser eShirl 9 hrs ago #48

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bye eShirl 9 hrs ago #50

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I feel bad that he is a mess. I feel bad for his wife. I feel bad GPV 8 hrs ago #52

Lawrence was great last night LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #53

I feel bad for the dem voters in Maine. Platner? flvegan 8 hrs ago #54

I strongly supported the message, not the messenger; apparently, too many Democrats hated both. sop 7 hrs ago #56