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Torchlight

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7. I tend to think issues and concerns like this are a major reason primaries are as critical as they are

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:47 PM

Oct 22

It allows us to separate the chaff and the wheat prior to any problematic candidates begin to speak for us. Granted, it can weaken and even fail at times, but more often than not I'm of the opinion that a goal of the primaries is to work out the very concerns you voice is achieved by its very process.

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Who recruited Platner and why was he not vetted? [View all] Quiet Em Oct 22 OP

HE did himself, I think. elleng Oct 22 #1

Who said anyone recruited him? It's likely he just decided to run on his own Wiz Imp Oct 22 #2

If a MAGA candidate suggested Black people were penurious we would be pitching a fit. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 22 #3

Technically - they do JustAnotherGen Oct 22 #6

I have a question DemocratSinceBirth Oct 22 #13

Never heard that before JustAnotherGen Oct 22 #20

True but he's a white male and he supports universal healthcare. rogue emissary Oct 22 #10

Why do you ask? H2O Man Oct 22 #4

because we have very important elections in just two weeks. Quiet Em Oct 22 #11

And who do you H2O Man Oct 22 #15

Well he has now been vetted by me and I no longer consider him to be a serious or Quiet Em Oct 22 #18

Very good! H2O Man Oct 22 #19

He has a message that resonates and got in the race early Raven123 Oct 22 #5

I tend to think issues and concerns like this are a major reason primaries are as critical as they are Torchlight Oct 22 #7

Thank Goodness he's being "vetted" Now. Cha Oct 22 #8

There are approx JustAnotherGen Oct 22 #9

Why? leftstreet Oct 22 #12

Check this out: GreenWave Oct 22 #14

MaddowBlog-Maine's Graham Platner faces difficult questions about his record -- and a tattoo LetMyPeopleVote Oct 22 #16

He's running in a primary,right? Retrograde Oct 22 #17

After the story I read in The Advocate this morning Susan Calvin Oct 23 #21