Timothy Birdnow

I wonder if the statute of limitations has run out or is Platner facing any legal troubles?

The truly frightening thing is Platner was running neck-and-neck with the RINO Susan Collins. Mainers didn't seem to care this guy allegedly forcibly raped a woman.

But no doubt internal polling showed they did and that Platner was going to burn and crash like the Hindenberg, so they pushed him out.

I had hoped he would stay in and take the whole thing down.

Platner was a fraud from beginning to end. He was a rich kid living off his father's money. Daddy was a very successful lawyer making huge amounts of cash. Platner only bought the oyster farm after he decided to run for office so he could lay claim to being one of the common people. He always was a spoiled rich kid who believed he was entitled.

All the other problems - Nazi tattoos, inflammatory statements, manhandling a girlfriend, cheating on his wife, were secondary to this latest bombshell. He raped a former girlfriend.

This guy is a rather unlikeable version of Bill Clinton. Clinton, you may remember, was credibly accused of raping a woman too "better put some ice on that" he said after he was finished.

At any rate Platner has finally caved, freeing the Democrats to select a new candidate. How will they do it? They could a.hold a party caucus b.hold a primary election (with very limited time) or c. have party insiders simply choose a candidate. I'm sure that last is what they want but they did that with Kamala Harris and it turned out poorly. The criticism was that Harris was selected in a smokey back room (it probably was, too, although it tweren't tobacco smoke in the air). But there is very limited time to even organize a caucus.

So a bunch of blunt-smoking bigwigs will probably decide who will run. They have until July 27 to chose or lose.

For the record I have my doubts about the rape allegation. I heard the accuser talk about it and when asked if it was rape she said "definitionally yest" which to me lacks sincerity; if you were raped you would not mince words. Rape is a terrible act, an act of violence. I also wonder about her saying "at some point I thought to myself 'this is no longer my choice'". Sounds to me like consensual sex until old Graham was nearing his happy moment and unable to stop himself.

It doesn't sound like rape to me. But then, he no doubt pressed way too hard to get it.

On the other hand the woman is a Democrat and has no good reason to come forward in the first place. She had kept her peace until now, and it was only when other women came forward that she decided to share as well.

We all remember the Democrats trotting out such women in times past. One accused Trump of raping her even though she had all the details wrong and had nothing at all to corroborate her accusation. We had this same line of attack used on Brett Kavanaugh when he was nominated to the Supreme Court. We had it done to Clarence Thomas too. Even George Bush Sr. had such an allegation, at least a claim he cheated on Barbara. (I have no love for the Bush's but George H.W. was a man who would never cheat on his wife.) This is a common Democrat tactic.

But not a Republican one. We don't make such accusations unless they are true.

At any rate Platner is out and that is good. The man was a walking disaster and who knows what other skeletons would fall out of his closet.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at July 10, 2026 12:23 AM (gVePp)

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