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fujiyamasan

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7. I have had a bad feeling Collins will skate by once again

Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:15 AM

21 hrs ago

Just because Maine seems to constantly fall for her being a supposed moderate. She should have lost last time.

But this time gas prices and the war could sink her.

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ME-SEN: Mills releases another ad knocking Platner over sexual assault remarks [View all] RandySF 23 hrs ago OP

Now, I hate him even more. QueerDuck 23 hrs ago #1

I only recently learned about him from here on DU, and am, to put it niyad 16 hrs ago #87

Rightwing language... calling him progressive... ananda 21 hrs ago #2

These kinds of ads will cost us this seat Pototan 21 hrs ago #3

No, He will win the Primary and the GE . JI7 21 hrs ago #6

No. Collin's will beat him. RandySF 21 hrs ago #9

No, he is a young white hetero man and that's all that matters in this race JI7 21 hrs ago #11

41 is not exactly "young", even to my advanced years. niyad 21 hrs ago #13

Young for the Senate and compared to the women he is running against. JI7 21 hrs ago #15

Collins has a ton of good oppo to use if Planter is the nominee LetMyPeopleVote 13 hrs ago #111

How will she beat him if he wins the Primary ? JI7 12 hrs ago #115

I think that Collins will defeat Planter if he is the nominee LetMyPeopleVote 12 hrs ago #118

What oppo have you seen that will hurt him in the general election ? JI7 12 hrs ago #119

He seems like one of those Joe Rogan type podcasters that are so popular. betsuni 11 hrs ago #123

Yes JI7 9 hrs ago #124

The tattoo really pesters me LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #126

This is already known and it's not hurting him JI7 7 hrs ago #127

Mills has not used this line of attack yet LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #128

I have had a bad feeling Collins will skate by once again fujiyamasan 21 hrs ago #7

I don't think it's the moderate thing. I think it's because she probably brings things to the state JI7 21 hrs ago #12

Platner basically wrote the ad for her. RandySF 21 hrs ago #10

So we should ignore things? EdmondDantes_ 20 hrs ago #24

If they disqualified Platner, it would be better to have them now karynnj 16 hrs ago #92

Just locker room talk... Boo1 16 hrs ago #93

Very progressive of him JI7 21 hrs ago #4

I do hope you forgot the sarcasm thingy. niyad 19 hrs ago #29

The sarcasm speaks for itself. MorbidButterflyTat 14 hrs ago #106

Not in this case. niyad 14 hrs ago #108

It's already... 2naSalit 21 hrs ago #5

That seems to be the standard answer Puppyjive 21 hrs ago #8

Wow, victim shaming big time. It's more like ply with drinks... Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #18

And there is the fact that not all women or girls who are raped are niyad 19 hrs ago #30

That is true. Joinfortmill 15 hrs ago #95

This guy has at least had some very backwards views at one point SSJVegeta 21 hrs ago #14

He excused them by saying he was experiencing PTSD episodes. niyad 19 hrs ago #32

Social media should start coming with surgeon general disclaimers SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #38

As I keep reminding people who do not seem to grasp the concept, once niyad 18 hrs ago #41

💯 SSJVegeta 11 hrs ago #122

Politics in America today - a social media post from 10 years ago, and you're toast. TheRickles 21 hrs ago #16

What about the Nazi tattoo? RandySF 21 hrs ago #17

Yikes! Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #19

Yeah, that's what I want to know. AllyCat 20 hrs ago #22

I believe his story that it was a drunken night out with the boys. TheRickles 20 hrs ago #25

And how do you explain his working for Blackwater as a mercenary? EX500rider 19 hrs ago #28

Six months doing security for the US Ambassador in Kabul. Not the stereotype Blackwater stuff. TheRickles 19 hrs ago #34

Doing security IS typical Blackwater stuff. EX500rider 19 hrs ago #37

A totenkopf is not obscure. He knew what it was and kept it for years. WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago #31

Had you ever seen this symbol before the Platner story broke? I hadn't. TheRickles 19 hrs ago #33

Having a passing knowledge of World War II and being someone who thinks it's important to keep an eye on Nazi WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago #35

Actually, even I knew about that tattoo decades ago, but then, I pay niyad 18 hrs ago #42

Most people I know recognize(d) it immediately DFW 17 hrs ago #63

It's not common in the world of tattoos because most people don't get Nazi tattoos EX500rider 16 hrs ago #90

And called it his Totenkopf. yorkster 17 hrs ago #62

Link to prove that? questionseverything 17 hrs ago #66

Don't have a link, but have read somewhere yorkster 17 hrs ago #69

See my post right below. The evidence is damning. yardwork 17 hrs ago #73

Thx yardwork. yorkster 17 hrs ago #75

CNN: yardwork 17 hrs ago #71

I don't want politicians that support Israel blindly questionseverything 17 hrs ago #74

You'd rather a Nazi? mcar 16 hrs ago #79

If you think about it, that's a consistent position. yardwork 16 hrs ago #82

You trust people who tattoo themselves with Nazi imagery more than people who are sympathetic to Jews? Got it. tritsofme 16 hrs ago #89

He bragged about his Nazi tattoo for years. yardwork 19 hrs ago #36

That's what worries me 😞 MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #49

Talk is cheap. He knew the tat was a Nazi symbol but did nothing about it mcar 17 hrs ago #59

This progressive isn't fooled by him MustLoveBeagles 16 hrs ago #81

Oh Planter "blames it on a drunken night".. But Cha 12 hrs ago #120

He has a long history of using gay as a pejorative and other slurs for gay people EdmondDantes_ 20 hrs ago #26

First of all, it was more than a single post. Second, the fact that he niyad 18 hrs ago #39

No one in their right mind would make such horrific comments mcar 17 hrs ago #57

Politics in America today .... MorbidButterflyTat 14 hrs ago #109

I was reading yesterday (not here), where he defended those vile niyad 21 hrs ago #20

Thank you for this mcar 17 hrs ago #60

You are most welcome. I was so outraged and offended on behalf niyad 16 hrs ago #85

Like Elon and his Nazi salute mcar 16 hrs ago #86

Exactly. F-leon skum may be autistic, but he is also a nasty little piece niyad 16 hrs ago #88

If he were a Republican Boo1 20 hrs ago #21

Mills Zoom Town Hall WalkingMan1959 20 hrs ago #23

Emerson just released a poll showing him leading Mills 55-27 bearsfootball516 20 hrs ago #27

You know what that tells me? yardwork 18 hrs ago #44

Sadly, you are quite correct. niyad 18 hrs ago #47

Woman: flawed candidate, baggage, untrustworthy, who is she really. White man: Authentic! Fighting for me! betsuni 15 hrs ago #97

This man has made offensive, derogatory and bigoted comments Quiet Em 18 hrs ago #40

Platner comes from the same billionaires who elected Trump twice. yardwork 18 hrs ago #43

Speaking of evidence, where's the evidence of billionaires supporting Platner? TheRickles 18 hrs ago #45

Ahem. yardwork 18 hrs ago #46

Two issues here - inappropriate rhetoric, and specific political platforms TheRickles 17 hrs ago #55

Democrats are pro-oligarch, "unable to fight Trump as the avatar of corporate oligarchic power" betsuni 15 hrs ago #96

Also, while I have your attention. yardwork 17 hrs ago #51

You might be right, and you might be wrong. TheRickles 17 hrs ago #58

For me personally AZProgressive 8 hrs ago #125

Mills is very supportive of Israel, and I have read she has been supported by AIPAC money questionseverything 17 hrs ago #56

Proof, please? mcar 17 hrs ago #64

You were asked yesterday for evidence and admitted you have none. yardwork 17 hrs ago #67

I'm allowed to have an opinion and state true things I have read or heard questionseverything 17 hrs ago #68

And when did Mills stop beating her dog? yardwork 17 hrs ago #72

Isn't this you asking someone else for a citation of something you could have googled? EdmondDantes_ 13 hrs ago #113

Having AIPAC's support and supporting Israel are interchangeable to me questionseverything 13 hrs ago #114

That's rather pointedly not an answer EdmondDantes_ 11 hrs ago #121

If the link is to a page in your browser, you can highlight it by tapping and holding with your finger until the "copy" WhiskeyGrinder 17 hrs ago #70

I'm old, almost 70, your instructions might as well be in greek, ty tho questionseverything 17 hrs ago #77

Truth out has an article saying Israel and the USA have bombed questionseverything 16 hrs ago #78

Really not sure what that terrible true fact has to do with Mills taking AIPAC money, but okay. WhiskeyGrinder 16 hrs ago #80

Because that's what anyone supporting Israel is supporting questionseverything 15 hrs ago #98

All I'm denying is your claim that she's taken AIPAC money. I don't fuck with moving goalposts. WhiskeyGrinder 15 hrs ago #99

This message was self-deleted by its author questionseverything 15 hrs ago #100

This guy gives me Fetterman vibes... (n/t) appmanga 18 hrs ago #48

Also Sinema & Manchin MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #52

Good for Mills mcar 17 hrs ago #50

No need to wait. yardwork 17 hrs ago #53

Populist purity get-out-of-jail-free card. Too bad he wasn't drunk enough to think of a "Medicare for All" tattoo. betsuni 16 hrs ago #84

Exactly. Impossible word wishes over the reality of evil billionaires taking over Nixie 14 hrs ago #103

There has been negative response to these ads Easterncedar 17 hrs ago #54

Imagine the Ads Collins will Run Aepps22 17 hrs ago #61

They'll be the same ads that Mills is currently running, and polling shows voters don't care. bearsfootball516 17 hrs ago #76

So one of two things will happen. yardwork 16 hrs ago #83

However, once he wins the primary mr715 16 hrs ago #91

He is a poor choice for a candidate dlk 17 hrs ago #65

"But he'll lose to Collins" biocube 16 hrs ago #94

This has nothing to do with HRC mr715 14 hrs ago #107

A hypothetical matchup in April is not the same as the actual election in November. RandySF 13 hrs ago #112

Platner "Why don't black people tip? BlueWaveNeverEnd 14 hrs ago #101

There aren't that many black people in Maine. Maine is mostly white JI7 12 hrs ago #116

"Bastards. Cops are bastards. All of them, in fact," Platner wrote. BlueWaveNeverEnd 14 hrs ago #102

that last one will cost him dearly in the most rural state in the nation dsc 12 hrs ago #117

She is fantastic. She was just on MSNOW. I wish I could Nixie 14 hrs ago #104

Too bad in this country, MorbidButterflyTat 14 hrs ago #105

Great ad LetMyPeopleVote 13 hrs ago #110