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LisaL

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31. It was really obvious that he

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:11 AM

9 hrs ago

had a lot of skeletons in his closet and republicans were just waiting until he got nominated and couldn't drop out to talk about all these skeletons.

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Graham Plattner demonstrated why I had trepidation regarding his run for the Senate. [View all] yellow dahlia 20 hrs ago OP

Someone with that many skeletons in the closet LisaL 20 hrs ago #1

Too selfish. Too high on his own supply. yellow dahlia 20 hrs ago #3

or run as a repuke Skittles 19 hrs ago #5

Isn't that the truth? LisaL 19 hrs ago #6

It should've been over after the tattoo thing came up. FascismIsDeath 20 hrs ago #2

Agreed. Senator is a serious job. He didn't match up to it. yellow dahlia 20 hrs ago #4

His Reddit posts are anti fascist, I think the tattoo was just youthful military idiocy or tribalism blue_jay 17 hrs ago #18

It was the first of many red flags that were on full display before the primary even happened. FascismIsDeath 17 hrs ago #25

It was really obvious that he LisaL 9 hrs ago #31

If it was youthful military idiocy he could have covered it up many years ago. LisaL 9 hrs ago #32

He was either lying about moonscape 7 hrs ago #36

"His Reddit posts are anti fascist" TheProle 4 hrs ago #45

It SHOULD have been over when those rape apologist posts came up. niyad 40 min ago #54

If that happened first, I agree, the timeline isn't clear in my head because the red flags were so numerous. FascismIsDeath 12 min ago #56

He reminds me of someone, but I just can't put my finger on who. /s Raftergirl 19 hrs ago #7

Exactly! yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #8

Was it the clearing brush on his ranch? Keepthesoulalive 17 hrs ago #20

No. It's not the shrub. Raftergirl 8 hrs ago #33

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I said many times I got Fetterman vibes from him... appmanga 18 hrs ago #10

Agreed! yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #11

Agreed Nixie 18 hrs ago #12

... littlemissmartypants 18 hrs ago #13

Have Copied :: Will Plagiarize ahnakneemoose 17 hrs ago #15

👍❤️ littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #16

so essentially Skittles 18 hrs ago #14

Give it a rest Cirsium 17 hrs ago #17

Actually - I never told anyone other than Mr. Dahlia about my concerns. yellow dahlia 17 hrs ago #19

OK Cirsium 7 hrs ago #34

Perhaps we won't continue to make the same mistake Keepthesoulalive 17 hrs ago #21

Exactly! A teaching moment is evident here. yellow dahlia 17 hrs ago #24

OK here's the LESSON Skittles 13 hrs ago #28

Voters Cirsium 7 hrs ago #37

Voters chose him after prominent influential progressives like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren came on board MichMan 5 hrs ago #40

Absolutely Cirsium 4 hrs ago #43

Sanders and Warren were fooled the same as everyone else apparently MichMan 4 hrs ago #44

Unusual case Cirsium 4 hrs ago #46

And should we even have to say this? Right? yellow dahlia 2 hrs ago #48

I agree Cirsium 7 hrs ago #35

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles 13 hrs ago #27

It's about learning the lesson, not gloating. QueerDuck 12 hrs ago #29

Agreed for the most part Cirsium 7 hrs ago #38

I didn't read about him, discuss him NJCher 17 hrs ago #22

That was what I said to Mr. Dahlia - you need to earn your chops. yellow dahlia 17 hrs ago #23

Best comment of the thread! Sea Turtle 14 hrs ago #26

Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia 2 hrs ago #49

Yep I was leery of him, too. Blamed it on expecting a usual political process. Most allegorical oracle 10 hrs ago #30

Ted kennedy drove off a bridge and left his trapped passenger under water for 10 hours before reporting it questionseverything 5 hrs ago #39

I don't argue the point except to remind all that whatever happened on that bridge & water hlthe2b 5 hrs ago #41

You actually made my point, politicians don't need to be saints to do good work questionseverything 4 hrs ago #42

You're assuming the official story about Chappaquiddick was accurate. yellow dahlia 2 hrs ago #50

Any version of the story ends with a dead woman last known to be with a senator questionseverything 1 hr ago #53

Have to say so did I mvd 2 hrs ago #47

There are some much better candidates on the current bench. yellow dahlia 2 hrs ago #51

Congratulations on your newfound sense of superiority. CrimsonBight 2 hrs ago #52

Seriously? Belatedly, what flavour pizza do you like? niyad 15 min ago #55