Graham Platner Owes You Nothing: You Either Want Democrats To Control The Senate Or You Don't

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8. Absolutely fucking terrible message

I'm fairly chill about the Platner stuff (and frankly tired of it dominating discussion forever and ever of late).

But, no. No one - anywhere - should be telling voters a candidate or politician owes them nothing.

Politics is not a fandom. Platner is not Chappelle Roan.

Politicians earn votes. He will either persuade people or he will not.

Platner's probably going to win Tuesday. And that's fine. If/When he does, then let's get Collins out of there.

But foul-mouthed diatribes from what looks like a half-unhoused alcoholic is not it. Nice applause video for people on social media, but for the love of god, never show this to actual Maine voters. There are probably people either on the fence, unconvinced, or uncomfortable with voting for Platner who can be nudged into ultimately doing it in the general.

You don't manage that via this mess.

"This politician owes you nothing" is the absolute antithesis of both Democratic and democratic thinking. Terrible. Not just terrible, stupid. This man is stupid. I do not want this man in contact with voters. Ever.