Anonymous wrote:An independent here, not a Mainer, with no real dog in the fight, but when I was in my 20s I wound up drunk in a tattoo parlor with a bunch of other drunks. Literally people just walked around pointing at random symbols saying “I guess this one is cool.” About half of us walked out with random tattoos, and no one took the time to research what theirs might mean. If I recall, one person asked the artist what a Celtic symbol meant, took the answer as truth, and I assume is still sporting that symbol today. It was all so half-assed.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a PoliSci degree holder and an attorney with a JD from Georgetown, where I attended during the late 90s and the height of the Gingrich Congress’s attacks on Clinton re: the Lewinsky scandal and anything else they could dig up to justify persecuting him and his much loathed First Lady. My earliest memories of childhood involve watching the Watergte hearings with my then SAHM; 27 years later I studied criminal law at GULC with the same Sam Dash I watched in those hearings as a very young child.

I say all this just to share that I’m a lifelong keen observer of American politics and all the roller coaster that entails. I’ve been fascinated by the rise of the MAGA cult - disheartened and disappointed, but nonetheless fascinated by all it revealed about the American electorate.

As someone who lived nearly two decades in Maine - including seven years at Orono earning three degrees, and several years living on the downeast coast the next town over from where Graham Platner calls home - I’ve been especially fascinated to see the rise of Platner and his own cult of personality over the last several months. It’s interesting to see how very like the rise of Trump and MAGA it all is, how very similar the way the Platner supporters deflect criticism and defend their candidate and his inexperience and ugly personal history.

I sense a FAFO coming for the cult of Platner supporters. I suspect there will be October reveals like the ‘grab ‘em by the meow’ but I don’t think Pig Platner will overcome them the way MAGA daddy did. We’ll see.

You are probably right because Democrats are much less likely to be cult followers and are much more likely to turn on politicians when they are imperfect. Right now, I don't expect perfection. I just want every single Republican who supports Trump out. I also want the major collaborators like Schumer out.

Now we know you’re not a serious person. Spare us all. The left is full of LWNJ cult members. And claim that you’re much more likely to turn on politicians when they are imperfect is not something to brag about. Al Franken would like a word.
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What? Al Franken is the perfect representation of what PP was talking about. He was imperfect (for more reasons than just that one photo, I think there were seven or eight allegations of misconduct before he resigned) and the Democrats pushed him out.

That’s the point. Al Franken never did anything worthy of being pushed out. That was a classic example of Democrats overreacting and overreaching in their usual attempts to portray themselves as morally superior and it backfired big time. Franken was a decent person who never should have allowed the Dems in charge to force him out. What he did wasn’t even in the realm of something to resign for. He was a good politician.

Huh. Democrats have high standards for their leaders. What a strange thing that must be to you.

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Anonymous wrote:An independent here, not a Mainer, with no real dog in the fight, but when I was in my 20s I wound up drunk in a tattoo parlor with a bunch of other drunks. Literally people just walked around pointing at random symbols saying “I guess this one is cool.” About half of us walked out with random tattoos, and no one took the time to research what theirs might mean. If I recall, one person asked the artist what a Celtic symbol meant, took the answer as truth, and I assume is still sporting that symbol today. It was all so half-assed.

Yeah, I know someone who got a tattoo of a saying in Japanese language because it looked cool. When asked what it meant, he really didn’t know. He thought it meant one thing, but when correctly translated, it meant something entirely different. Not necessarily good.

Anonymous wrote:An independent here, not a Mainer, with no real dog in the fight, but when I was in my 20s I wound up drunk in a tattoo parlor with a bunch of other drunks. Literally people just walked around pointing at random symbols saying “I guess this one is cool.” About half of us walked out with random tattoos, and no one took the time to research what theirs might mean. If I recall, one person asked the artist what a Celtic symbol meant, took the answer as truth, and I assume is still sporting that symbol today. It was all so half-assed.

Anonymous wrote:An independent here, not a Mainer, with no real dog in the fight, but when I was in my 20s I wound up drunk in a tattoo parlor with a bunch of other drunks. Literally people just walked around pointing at random symbols saying “I guess this one is cool.” About half of us walked out with random tattoos, and no one took the time to research what theirs might mean. If I recall, one person asked the artist what a Celtic symbol meant, took the answer as truth, and I assume is still sporting that symbol today. It was all so half-assed.

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Actually, yeah. You know, I wasn't all in until this thread but you are making me realize how different he is from the myriad Republicans who do things DELIBERATELY and never (never ever!) apologize. Never even feel like they did anything wrong. Graham Platner did some things as a drunk 20 year old (sorry, despite you enthusiasm, most of us can believe he didn't understand the symbol because most of us are unfamiliar with the symbol) and as an immature young guy and he has grown up, acknowledged them, and apologized. Congratulations, Zionist posters. You convinced me to support some guy from Maine!

And thanks to this thread I will not be supporting the guy from Maine. Funny how that works.

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Anonymous wrote:lol. Good luck with it this guy.

Most of us in Maine are over talking about the tattoo. It’s people from away who can’t seem to drop it.

Sure. Just forget about it, right? Nothing to see here because it doesn’t fit your agenda, huh?
Most of us from (insert wherever you’re from) are over talking about David Duke’s connection to the KKK. It’s people from away who just can’t seem to drop it.

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Anonymous wrote:lol. Good luck with it this guy.

Most of us in Maine are over talking about the tattoo. It’s people from away who can’t seem to drop it.

Sure. Just forget about it, right? Nothing to see here because it doesn’t fit your agenda, huh?
Most of us from (insert wherever you’re from) are over talking about David Duke’s connection to the KKK. It’s people from away who just can’t seem to drop it.

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Anonymous wrote:lol. Good luck with it this guy.

Most of us in Maine are over talking about the tattoo. It’s people from away who can’t seem to drop it.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a PoliSci degree holder and an attorney with a JD from Georgetown, where I attended during the late 90s and the height of the Gingrich Congress’s attacks on Clinton re: the Lewinsky scandal and anything else they could dig up to justify persecuting him and his much loathed First Lady. My earliest memories of childhood involve watching the Watergte hearings with my then SAHM; 27 years later I studied criminal law at GULC with the same Sam Dash I watched in those hearings as a very young child.

I say all this just to share that I’m a lifelong keen observer of American politics and all the roller coaster that entails. I’ve been fascinated by the rise of the MAGA cult - disheartened and disappointed, but nonetheless fascinated by all it revealed about the American electorate.

As someone who lived nearly two decades in Maine - including seven years at Orono earning three degrees, and several years living on the downeast coast the next town over from where Graham Platner calls home - I’ve been especially fascinated to see the rise of Platner and his own cult of personality over the last several months. It’s interesting to see how very like the rise of Trump and MAGA it all is, how very similar the way the Platner supporters deflect criticism and defend their candidate and his inexperience and ugly personal history.

I sense a FAFO coming for the cult of Platner supporters. I suspect there will be October reveals like the ‘grab ‘em by the meow’ but I don’t think Pig Platner will overcome them the way MAGA daddy did. We’ll see.

You are probably right because Democrats are much less likely to be cult followers and are much more likely to turn on politicians when they are imperfect. Right now, I don't expect perfection. I just want every single Republican who supports Trump out. I also want the major collaborators like Schumer out.

Now we know you’re not a serious person. Spare us all. The left is full of LWNJ cult members. And claim that you’re much more likely to turn on politicians when they are imperfect is not something to brag about. Al Franken would like a word.
DP

What? Al Franken is the perfect representation of what PP was talking about. He was imperfect (for more reasons than just that one photo, I think there were seven or eight allegations of misconduct before he resigned) and the Democrats pushed him out.

That’s the point. Al Franken never did anything worthy of being pushed out. That was a classic example of Democrats overreacting and overreaching in their usual attempts to portray themselves as morally superior and it backfired big time. Franken was a decent person who never should have allowed the Dems in charge to force him out. What he did wasn’t even in the realm of something to resign for. He was a good politician.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a PoliSci degree holder and an attorney with a JD from Georgetown, where I attended during the late 90s and the height of the Gingrich Congress’s attacks on Clinton re: the Lewinsky scandal and anything else they could dig up to justify persecuting him and his much loathed First Lady. My earliest memories of childhood involve watching the Watergte hearings with my then SAHM; 27 years later I studied criminal law at GULC with the same Sam Dash I watched in those hearings as a very young child.

I say all this just to share that I’m a lifelong keen observer of American politics and all the roller coaster that entails. I’ve been fascinated by the rise of the MAGA cult - disheartened and disappointed, but nonetheless fascinated by all it revealed about the American electorate.

As someone who lived nearly two decades in Maine - including seven years at Orono earning three degrees, and several years living on the downeast coast the next town over from where Graham Platner calls home - I’ve been especially fascinated to see the rise of Platner and his own cult of personality over the last several months. It’s interesting to see how very like the rise of Trump and MAGA it all is, how very similar the way the Platner supporters deflect criticism and defend their candidate and his inexperience and ugly personal history.

I sense a FAFO coming for the cult of Platner supporters. I suspect there will be October reveals like the ‘grab ‘em by the meow’ but I don’t think Pig Platner will overcome them the way MAGA daddy did. We’ll see.

You are probably right because Democrats are much less likely to be cult followers and are much more likely to turn on politicians when they are imperfect. Right now, I don't expect perfection. I just want every single Republican who supports Trump out. I also want the major collaborators like Schumer out.

Now we know you’re not a serious person. Spare us all. The left is full of LWNJ cult members. And claim that you’re much more likely to turn on politicians when they are imperfect is not something to brag about. Al Franken would like a word.
DP

What? Al Franken is the perfect representation of what PP was talking about. He was imperfect (for more reasons than just that one photo, I think there were seven or eight allegations of misconduct before he resigned) and the Democrats pushed him out.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a PoliSci degree holder and an attorney with a JD from Georgetown, where I attended during the late 90s and the height of the Gingrich Congress’s attacks on Clinton re: the Lewinsky scandal and anything else they could dig up to justify persecuting him and his much loathed First Lady. My earliest memories of childhood involve watching the Watergte hearings with my then SAHM; 27 years later I studied criminal law at GULC with the same Sam Dash I watched in those hearings as a very young child.

I say all this just to share that I’m a lifelong keen observer of American politics and all the roller coaster that entails. I’ve been fascinated by the rise of the MAGA cult - disheartened and disappointed, but nonetheless fascinated by all it revealed about the American electorate.

As someone who lived nearly two decades in Maine - including seven years at Orono earning three degrees, and several years living on the downeast coast the next town over from where Graham Platner calls home - I’ve been especially fascinated to see the rise of Platner and his own cult of personality over the last several months. It’s interesting to see how very like the rise of Trump and MAGA it all is, how very similar the way the Platner supporters deflect criticism and defend their candidate and his inexperience and ugly personal history.

I sense a FAFO coming for the cult of Platner supporters. I suspect there will be October reveals like the ‘grab ‘em by the meow’ but I don’t think Pig Platner will overcome them the way MAGA daddy did. We’ll see.

You are probably right because Democrats are much less likely to be cult followers and are much more likely to turn on politicians when they are imperfect. Right now, I don't expect perfection. I just want every single Republican who supports Trump out. I also want the major collaborators like Schumer out.

Now we know you’re not a serious person. Spare us all. The left is full of LWNJ cult members. And claim that you’re much more likely to turn on politicians when they are imperfect is not something to brag about. Al Franken would like a word.
DP

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Anonymous wrote:Americans have had enough and don't want their tax money going to kill kids abroad. That's a big reason why Planter is polling well.

I just have to say it really makes me nuts to see all the Platner enthusiasts calling him Planter online. I suppose it's an autocorrect thing, but if you correct it a few times, your device will recognize the proper spelling and comply. Please make the effort; otherwise I will never get rid of the image in my mind of the dancing peanut guy with a Nazi tattoo on his shell.

Anonymous wrote:The rich kid who went to GW and is so into history that he can quote arcane FDR quotes on a whim in interviews had a Nazi tattoo for years and just didn’t realize it was a Nazi tattoo. Right….

I am 1,000% sure if there weren’t pictures of it out there he would still be fine with it and never apologize.