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Peacetrain

(24,327 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2026, 01:50 PM 23 hrs ago

Hey DU, All things considered, we may have missed a really close call [View all]

with Platner... just saying.. He was trouble on the hoof.. now we find out.. Letter to our Democratic National Party.. kids you have to do a better job of checking someone out.

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Hey DU, All things considered, we may have missed a really close call [View all] Peacetrain 23 hrs ago OP

They had 30 yrs to get rid of Collins leftstreet 23 hrs ago #1

That too!! My original point of view was that it was up to Maine Peacetrain 23 hrs ago #2

Mentioning no names but after Platner was out, two DUers tried to make the case that Collins hlthe2b 22 hrs ago #11

Yep leftstreet 22 hrs ago #13

LOL. Well, I thank you for the compliment, but OMG... ummm, no. hlthe2b 22 hrs ago #14

Better now than later. milestogo 23 hrs ago #3

Good point!! Peacetrain 23 hrs ago #4

Platner is how they vented and removed his dang left wing worker agenda from Maine politics bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #5

The DNC is not omnipotent and they are certainly not responsible for Platner's candidacy. W_HAMILTON 23 hrs ago #6

Why should the "Party" decide who gets to run? Bmoboy 23 hrs ago #7

Oh please. Article I, Section 4, Clause 1. It is called the ELECTION CLAUSE. lostincalifornia 22 hrs ago #10

How else would you suggest they do it? Wiz Imp 21 hrs ago #15

Even before this came out, a week ago the polls showed Platner and Collins were in a lostincalifornia 23 hrs ago #8

All candidates from now on need to be women. hamsterjill 23 hrs ago #9

Margaret Thatcher says thank you leftstreet 22 hrs ago #12