Graham Plattner demonstrated why I had trepidation regarding his run for the Senate.

[yellow dahlia]

I never saw him as Senatorial. He proved I was right.

His 11 minute speech to say he was suspending operations was selfish and lacking in statesmanship, sophistication, and class.

He didn't apologize to his voters. He didn't say he would do everything he could to help unseat Susan Collins.

He made it all about him. He blamed a conspiracy against him. He trashed the Democratic party.

Our Democracy is on the line, and he likely made it more at risk.

I was afraid he wouldn't rise to the job. I feared another Fetterman.

A narcissist is a dangerous thing, no matter which policies they promote.

[LisaL]

1. Someone with that many skeletons in the closet

should have realized it's all going to come out if he runs for a Senate seat.

[yellow dahlia]

3. Too selfish. Too high on his own supply.

[Skittles]

5. or run as a repuke

there he could be Secretary of Defense or president

[LisaL]

6. Isn't that the truth?

[FascismIsDeath]

2. It should've been over after the tattoo thing came up.

I'll be honest, if I was a person living in Maine, pulling the level for him at all would've been very difficult. And I'm a "vote blue no matter who" 99.9% of the time. But we all have our limitations.

[yellow dahlia]

4. Agreed. Senator is a serious job. He didn't match up to it.

[blue_jay]

18. His Reddit posts are anti fascist, I think the tattoo was just youthful military idiocy or tribalism

Just saying I think the tattoo thing is over blown.

[FascismIsDeath]

25. It was the first of many red flags that were on full display before the primary even happened.

I could tell this guy was trouble pretty quickly.

[Raftergirl]

7. He reminds me of someone, but I just can't put my finger on who. /s

[yellow dahlia]

8. Exactly!

[Keepthesoulalive]

20. Was it the clearing brush on his ranch?

[appmanga]

10. I said many times I got Fetterman vibes from him...

...and I'm not unconvinced he would have been the same type of Manchurian candidate.

[yellow dahlia]

11. Agreed!

[Nixie]

12. Agreed

[littlemissmartypants]

13. ...

Characteristics of Psychopaths
1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Completely void of conscience and empathy
3. Adept at manipulating others
4. Willing to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willing to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willing to use force, intimidation, and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willing to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Completely lacking any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions cause
11. Rationalize their own immoral behavior
12. Attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own bad conduct
13. Will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Display utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of others
15. Exhibit pathological lying, will compulsively say anything without any concern for the truth to advance their own agendas
16. Able to fake normal human emotions and empathy with the exception of joy, laughter
17. Have a distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Totally fail to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strongly believe that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

[ahnakneemoose]

15. Have Copied :: Will Plagiarize

[littlemissmartypants]

16. 👍❤️

[Skittles]

14. so essentially

he AGAIN showed us exactly who he is

IMAGINE THAT

[Cirsium]

17. Give it a rest

It is a catastrophe for the party. Saying "I told you so!" doesn't help.

[yellow dahlia]

19. Actually - I never told anyone other than Mr. Dahlia about my concerns.

[Keepthesoulalive]

21. Perhaps we won't continue to make the same mistake

Stop falling in love and vet who you support.

[yellow dahlia]

24. Exactly! A teaching moment is evident here.

[Skittles]

28. OK here's the LESSON

DON'T NOMINATE SOMEONE WITH A NAZI TATTOO AND A HISTORY OF DISRESPECT TOWARDS WOMEN

ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A "DEMOCRAT"

[NJCher]

22. I didn't read about him, discuss him

or have anything to do with this story. I had an overwhelming bad vibe from him.

Outside of that, I would just say a guy like this has no business going after a senatorial seat. He lacks the requisite experience.

[yellow dahlia]

23. That was what I said to Mr. Dahlia - you need to earn your chops.

Start out by serving on Town Council or something, and work your way up from there...a state office...and then set your sights.

But I never thought he was Senatorial...maybe a representative...maybe.

[Sea Turtle]

26. Best comment of the thread!

All candidates should have a tangible track record. There should be a list of accomplishments that people can judge. character matters. We need to get away from this mentality of will win it all costs even if it means we put up a really evil person. We should never hand power to bad people, even if we think they’re on our team. Bad people are never on your team. They are only on their own sociopathic team.

There were so many red flags with this guy. His openly saying he wanted to join the military because he wanted to legally kill people is top of the list. His death camp tattoo fits right with that mentality.

“When someone tells you who and what they are. Believe them the first time. They know themselves better than you do.”
Maya Angelou