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In reply to the discussion: Meet Graham Platner. Here is one white guy who can help save the Democratic Party from itself, imho. [View all]
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Meet Graham Platner. Here is one white guy who can help save the Democratic Party from itself, imho. [View all]
ariadne0614
15 hrs ago
OP
I do hold him accountable, and his responses to tough questions impressed me.
ariadne0614
14 hrs ago
#17
His Reddit posts were discussed, but please explain how to look them up with one's guts. n/t
ariadne0614
14 hrs ago
#21
I've never in my life heard any self-described "radical feminist" say that an average white guy had "potent magic" but
WhiskeyGrinder
12 hrs ago
#52
I listened to him and I am fine with his explaations. I like him. Young and has gotten his
Autumn
15 hrs ago
#11
As for the tattoo nonsense I have known many young people who have tattoos that
Autumn
14 hrs ago
#16
Getting a Nazi death head tattoo is bad, leaving it on for over decade is worse IMO
EX500rider
12 hrs ago
#55
Again getting a Nazi SS tattoo while drunk on leave is one thing, leaving it there for over a decade is another IMO YMMV
EX500rider
12 hrs ago
#62
When he found out it was a nazi tattoo he had it covered. So AFAIC that's the end of that.
Autumn
11 hrs ago
#85
So, you know people who got Nazi tats and still have them over a decade later?
obamanut2012
11 hrs ago
#79
If I thought for one minute he was a Nazi, I wouldn't have posted the interview.
ariadne0614
14 hrs ago
#12
Good for you. I'm sure questionable people like this crazy dude need the money
awesomerwb1
14 hrs ago
#30
It's seriously difficult to imagine watching this interview and concluding he's crazy.
ariadne0614
14 hrs ago
#31
Because Trump has made owning up all the fashion on the Nazi side of the equation.
ariadne0614
12 hrs ago
#63
"This doesn't sound like something your average Nazi would do." lol what
WhiskeyGrinder
12 hrs ago
#51
My gut told me from the beginning that there was something off about Fetterman.
ariadne0614
14 hrs ago
#13
So you didn't agree with the judgement of Sanders regarding Fetterman but say we should trust his judgement here?
W_HAMILTON
12 hrs ago
#44
No, I'm just an American who would love to see Democrats take back the Senate. n/t
ariadne0614
14 hrs ago
#27
Mills is the AIPAC candidate and so whoever the republican nominee will be aipac supported
questionseverything
13 hrs ago
#34
I think its more like, he is the key to ensuring Susan Collins gets another term
FascismIsDeath
13 hrs ago
#35
I don't understand "one white guy who can save the Democratic Party from itself."
betsuni
13 hrs ago
#39
You get that it was a very specific skull and crossbones that was a hallmark of the SS, right? Not the Jolly Roger?
WhiskeyGrinder
12 hrs ago
#45
I'm familiar with the totenkopf, and the video and screenshots that went around a lot last October make it clear that's
WhiskeyGrinder
12 hrs ago
#57
If I recall the same views were expressed how Fetterman was the "great liberal hope" over the "establishment"
lostincalifornia
12 hrs ago
#53
Judging from only this one interview, I think he would agree with you. n/t
ariadne0614
11 hrs ago
#71
lol no, I want someone without Nazi tats, who doesn't hit women and who didn't work as a mercenary
obamanut2012
11 hrs ago
#77
MaddowBlog-Maine's Graham Platner faces difficult questions about his record -- and a tattoo
LetMyPeopleVote
11 hrs ago
#83
I don't believe in saviors, I believe in passing legislation that helps my family
thebigidea
10 hrs ago
#87
If Democrats win back the Senate, the pressure will come from fed up We the People. n/t
ariadne0614
9 hrs ago
#94
Call me delusional, but if our side regains the Senate and House, then anything is possible if
ariadne0614
6 hrs ago
#103
Sorry. This is the kind of unicorn thinking that turned me off of the Sanders movement.
Blasphemer
3 hrs ago
#121
The DSCC and Janet Mills have formed a joint fundraising committee together.
LetMyPeopleVote
7 hrs ago
#96
I don't understand the "one white guy" headline. Was that in an article or something?
marmar
6 hrs ago
#98
I'll be voting for Janet Mill's in the primary. If your candidate wins, I will vote for him.
OAITW r.2.0
6 hrs ago
#102
Gov. MAGA Paul got elected in Maine when 60+% voted for two other candidates.....
OAITW r.2.0
5 hrs ago
#116