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nycbos

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15. Is this Graham Planter with the Nazi tattoo and made apologies for rapists?
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:24 PM
13 hrs ago

I posted this when he became the nominee, and I'll post it again. I am a lifelong Democrat. I started volunteering on campaigns at 13, collecting signatures to get Bill Bradley on the ballot in New York when he ran for president. (Go Knicks.) I have worked on campaigns as both a volunteer and a paid staff member in six states at all levels of the ballot, from city council races to presidential elections. I've slept in strangers' basements. I've gotten on a plane to a different state to start work with 24 hours' notice. I am also Jewish. I am absolutely disgusted that the party I've been a member of my entire life is embracing a guy who literally had an SS tattoo. Something tells me that if it were a Confederate flag tattoo, he would've been ostracized. And rightly so.

I have always considered myself a progressive, but now I feel increasingly uncomfortable in progressive circles because it seems to be more and more acceptable to blame Jews, collectively for the actions of the Netanyahu government. But I'm I am still a Democrat, and I will work to fight for the party. I've been a member of my entire life. The party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, Jon, Lewis, Barack Obama, and too many others to name is worth fighting for.

I know this post will probably get altered on but I feel this needs to be said

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Graham Platner on the Supreme Court [View all] orangecrush 15 hrs ago OP
Perhaps ABC123Easy 15 hrs ago #1
Indeed orangecrush 14 hrs ago #5
No wonder he's popular with Maine Democrats. /nt bucolic_frolic 15 hrs ago #2
I like the way he thinks orangecrush 14 hrs ago #6
RIGHT ON!! They need to be treated like any citizen. Everyone of them could be investigated and punished if they bluestarone 15 hrs ago #3
Like BRIBERY???? MLWR 13 hrs ago #16
Populist? Yeah. A trustworthy Democrat? No guarantees. Would I vote for him? KPN 14 hrs ago #4
I agree orangecrush 14 hrs ago #7
I agree with every word. ShazzieB 14 hrs ago #8
No way Susan Collins lives to be concerned another 6 years mr715 13 hrs ago #12
He did a 90 minute interview with Jon Stewart a couple weeks ago that sure convinced me.And a recent hour long town hall Amaryllis 12 hrs ago #23
I'll be voting for Graham from mid coast Maine. Bumbles 13 hrs ago #9
Thanks orangecrush 13 hrs ago #10
So am I. Also from midcoast Maine. mainer 13 hrs ago #11
Good orangecrush 12 hrs ago #22
K&R spanone 13 hrs ago #13
The Democratic Party is headed down the one way road to oblivion,... magicarpet 13 hrs ago #14
Is this Graham Planter with the Nazi tattoo and made apologies for rapists? nycbos 13 hrs ago #15
For some voters it will very likely turn out like that. calimary 13 hrs ago #17
Of course I have as well. nycbos 12 hrs ago #19
I hear you - but the other party is FULL of people who see Jews as "Christkillers" and "baby blood drinkers" peppertree 12 hrs ago #21
Of course the Republicans are antisemitic. nycbos 11 hrs ago #26
'By their fruits, you shall know them' peppertree 9 hrs ago #27
If I lived in Maine, I'd vote for Platner. I'd rather have another Democrat in the Senate. Period. sop 12 hrs ago #20
Now tell us what you think of Susan Collins. . . Emile 8 hrs ago #28
Jefferson said it best: They're despots in robes peppertree 13 hrs ago #18
Wow! A fighter!! blue-wave 12 hrs ago #24
Supreme sellouts! oasis 12 hrs ago #25
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