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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
Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP
Perhaps ABC123Easy Yesterday #1
Indeed orangecrush Yesterday #5
No wonder he's popular with Maine Democrats. /nt bucolic_frolic Yesterday #2
I like the way he thinks orangecrush Yesterday #6
RIGHT ON!! They need to be treated like any citizen. Everyone of them could be investigated and punished if they bluestarone Yesterday #3
Like BRIBERY???? MLWR Yesterday #16
Populist? Yeah. A trustworthy Democrat? No guarantees. Would I vote for him? KPN Yesterday #4
I agree orangecrush Yesterday #7
I agree with every word. ShazzieB Yesterday #8
No way Susan Collins lives to be concerned another 6 years mr715 Yesterday #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 Yesterday #23
I'll be voting for Graham from mid coast Maine. Bumbles Yesterday #9
Thanks orangecrush Yesterday #10
So am I. Also from midcoast Maine. mainer Yesterday #11
Good orangecrush Yesterday #22
K&R spanone Yesterday #13
The Democratic Party is headed down the one way road to oblivion,... magicarpet Yesterday #14
Is this Graham Planter with the Nazi tattoo and made apologies for rapists? nycbos Yesterday #15
For some voters it will very likely turn out like that. calimary Yesterday #17
Of course I have as well. nycbos Yesterday #19
I hear you - but the other party is FULL of people who see Jews as "Christkillers" and "baby blood drinkers" peppertree Yesterday #21
Of course the Republicans are antisemitic. nycbos 23 hrs ago #26
'By their fruits, you shall know them' peppertree 21 hrs ago #27
If I lived in Maine, I'd vote for Platner. I'd rather have another Democrat in the Senate. Period. sop Yesterday #20
Now tell us what you think of Susan Collins. . . Emile 21 hrs ago #28
I think she is a fascist enabler . nycbos 8 hrs ago #29
So is Susan Collins the better choice? Emile 8 hrs ago #30
There are no good choices. nycbos 8 hrs ago #31
Wrong answer. The DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE is the better choice. Emile 8 hrs ago #32
Jefferson said it best: They're despots in robes peppertree Yesterday #18
Wow! A fighter!! blue-wave Yesterday #24
Supreme sellouts! oasis Yesterday #25
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