General Discussion

Alternatives were there for the nomination but a majority chose to disregard Platner's worrisome history and instead bought into his pandering.

As Rachel Maddow is fond of saying, watch what they do, not what they say." Talk is cheap and that's all Platner had going for him.

I think we dodged a two bullets: (1) so much more would have probably come out he wouldn't have even won the election and (2) if he did manage to win and no longer needed the voters, he would return back to those same problematic stances he held his entire life, back when all eyes weren't on him.