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Bettie

(19,926 posts)
93. So, someone has to be "perfect" to run as a Democrat?
Sun May 31, 2026, 04:20 PM
5 hrs ago

That's why we lose.

Our side never seems to stand behind anyone.

Look at Biden, he had one bad debate performance and 3/4 of the party suddenly thought he should be thrown out like garbage.

Then, they had Kamala, a shiny new candidate, followed by the screaming that we should have had a primary (in the short time before the election)....then, when she lost, it was all about her failings as a candidate and "we should have had a primary" and a bunch of other crying over things that were done.

Do you live in Maine? If not, you have no say over the outcome of the primary or the election.

I don't live there. I don't get to choose their candidate. I get to vote on my choice in Iowa and I hope that the Iowa seat and the Maine seat go to Democrats.

There are plenty of Democrats I find to be not what I would choose. I don't pretend that I am the arbiter of morality for the entire country though.

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We couldnt vote for John Glenn or Gary Hart Johonny 12 hrs ago #1
rePUKES are much better at ratfucking wolfie001 11 hrs ago #21
THIS orangecrush 10 hrs ago #37
Howard Dean screamed and he was banished. Will Rogers said it best: flashman13 9 hrs ago #51
It's an old story. marble falls 12 hrs ago #2
Rape apologists and liars are not exactly "imperfections", in my book, niyad 11 hrs ago #3
And definitely not "good" MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #106
Eh, people aren't squabbling over imperfections Sympthsical 11 hrs ago #4
+3 Emile 11 hrs ago #7
No. We're talking about bad judgment. Quiet Em 11 hrs ago #8
Honest question Sympthsical 11 hrs ago #12
There is a history of dishonesty, bad actions and bad judgment Quiet Em 11 hrs ago #13
Yes, I don't think it's a good idea to nominate someone LisaL 11 hrs ago #17
"This is like George Santos level." krkaufman 9 hrs ago #53
This claim is George Santos level. mr715 8 hrs ago #65
Let's fix that for you to be more accurate EdmondDantes_ 1 hr ago #117
And he's polling at 76% after all that Sympthsical 45 min ago #119
And while we're looking for perfection, MAGA and Pukes win time and fucking time again paleotn 11 hrs ago #14
I think we are nowhere near perfection with this guy. LisaL 11 hrs ago #15
He's nowhere even close to that range, Quiet Em 11 hrs ago #19
You want Susan then and more Republican agenda. paleotn 11 hrs ago #22
No. I don't want Susan Collins. Quiet Em 11 hrs ago #25
At this point, you have two alternatives. paleotn 10 hrs ago #27
Your point sounds exactly like Nina Turner's Quiet Em 10 hrs ago #31
Life, reality doesn't care what you don't care for. paleotn 10 hrs ago #33
how is she wrong? Skittles 3 hrs ago #105
She would be correct if she had applied it to this situation - Maine Quiet Em 3 hrs ago #109
ahh, OK Skittles 3 hrs ago #110
He's polling 9 points ahead of her. If we don't shoot ourselves in the feet, our odds are quite good. Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #86
Unfortunately polling isn't votes. Quiet Em 5 hrs ago #90
I hate that I really don't care about him sexting someone not his wife. Once upon a time I think I would have. But Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #91
I care about him being a rape apologist and a liar. The sexting garbage niyad 3 hrs ago #108
No shit. Did you read the rest? paleotn 11 hrs ago #20
BUT, with this guy, we ARE near to getting rid of Susan Collins. Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #85
So, someone has to be "perfect" to run as a Democrat? Bettie 5 hrs ago #93
Nobody is asking for perfection Quiet Em 11 hrs ago #18
Welcome to an imperfect world. You damn sure better get use to it. paleotn 10 hrs ago #26
Nobody finds six more years of Susan Collins appealing Quiet Em 10 hrs ago #48
Mills could not wrangle enough support to keep the lights on so questionseverything 9 hrs ago #56
Few of her supporters seem to recognize this mr715 8 hrs ago #67
Are you telling me that there was nobody else in Maine the recruiters could have found? Quiet Em 7 hrs ago #72
Nobody found him, he decided to run and started talking to the people of Maine questionseverything 7 hrs ago #75
At this point, that's moot. They didn't find someone better. And this guy is way ahead in the primary polling. Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #87
Yep indeedy RetiredParatrooper 9 hrs ago #49
Unfortunately, I think you are right. Reality sucks sometimes for sure. But we nevetheless KPN 9 hrs ago #58
Question SocialDemocrat61 10 hrs ago #29
A rare opportunity to disagree with you! yardwork 9 hrs ago #57
I don't disagree with you at all Sympthsical 7 hrs ago #83
Well said, Sympthsical mr715 8 hrs ago #63
to be fair Skittles 3 hrs ago #100
Is it okay if Mainers vote first? MorbidButterflyTat 3 hrs ago #107
'Imperfections'? sheshe2 11 hrs ago #5
Or Susan and the Republican agenda. Our choice. paleotn 11 hrs ago #16
You should tell that to sheshe2 10 hrs ago #38
Maybe if Janet Mills was a good candidate, she would've done some oppo. mr715 8 hrs ago #64
She was run off...on that we can agree! sheshe2 7 hrs ago #74
I don't think we agree. mr715 7 hrs ago #76
I know we don't, I was being facetious. sheshe2 7 hrs ago #82
DURec leftstreet 11 hrs ago #6
We also knife incumbents in the back. nt. BootinUp 11 hrs ago #9
"We are oft to blame in this... Torchlight 11 hrs ago #10
But look where this felon got us. LisaL 11 hrs ago #11
Ugh wolfie001 11 hrs ago #24
Platner isn't a felon. Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #89
..... wolfie001 5 hrs ago #95
Vote for Platner or shoot yourself in the foot. Again wolfie001 11 hrs ago #23
The latest "foot shooting" incident if you been keeping track as they go by. paleotn 10 hrs ago #28
I have to be careful. I really don't want to offend anyone here wolfie001 5 hrs ago #94
Exactly SocialDemocrat61 10 hrs ago #30
Every election cycle. The same thing. paleotn 10 hrs ago #32
This happened early in the marriage orangecrush 10 hrs ago #34
"This happened early in the marriage" They only been married 2-1/2 years EX500rider 7 hrs ago #77
So we won't marry him. He doesn't seem to be very good at marriage. But he's polling ahead of Collins. Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #88
We hold ourselves to a higher standard because we can and we should Grim Chieftain 10 hrs ago #35
We're going to hold ourselves to losing a majority orangecrush 10 hrs ago #40
So, you don't think we should hold ourselves to a higher standard? Grim Chieftain 4 hrs ago #97
Ah, let me think orangecrush 3 hrs ago #99
Okay, so we disagree Grim Chieftain 3 hrs ago #102
I wonder if she feels we should go high with Trump orangecrush 3 hrs ago #104
Yep... They'll say, B.See 2 hrs ago #111
Explain How That Strategy Succeeds ProfessorGAC 5 hrs ago #96
You show them Renew Deal 4 hrs ago #98
We all want the perfect candidate. Guess what? There is no such thing. Platner is flawed, like all the others. Fil1957 10 hrs ago #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles 3 hrs ago #103
Much of this controversy is astroturfing by the usual suspects: the same who smeared Mamdani Ponietz 10 hrs ago #39
"The usual suspects"? sheshe2 2 hrs ago #112
Republicans are goal oriented and the ends justify the means, any means dlk 10 hrs ago #41
We can bask in our purity orangecrush 10 hrs ago #43
The gloves came off a long time ago dlk 10 hrs ago #46
It's pretty obvious orangecrush 9 hrs ago #52
Should We Also Have A Low Bar? Your Definition Of... ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #42
Why Are Some Of You Convinced You Know To Whom The OP.... ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #44
Yep perfect example is Graham Platner oldmanlynn 10 hrs ago #45
That's not the problem. yardwork 9 hrs ago #59
Independents might might the tattoo and the XXX pics mr715 8 hrs ago #68
The rules of politics have been re-written a long time ago. Scandals are normalized now. TheSphinx 10 hrs ago #47
Just doing everything I can in my home state of Texas limits my time to worry about Maine. walkingman 9 hrs ago #50
If you're talking about Platner or Swalwell, I see it differently. yardwork 9 hrs ago #54
The people of Maine get to decide, thank goodness questionseverything 7 hrs ago #71
We are on the verge of troops in the streets nationally hadEnuf 9 hrs ago #55
In a way, we do. ananda 9 hrs ago #60
That's what we all have to kinda do. hadEnuf 8 hrs ago #66
The big learning curve has been how not to be nice and civil... ananda 8 hrs ago #70
Purity tests will be the death of our Democracy. What I am 100% certain of is that the NoMoreRepugs 9 hrs ago #61
that's very true samsingh 9 hrs ago #62
Here's the thing about Republicans and Trump agingdem 8 hrs ago #69
Just Remember Deep State Witch 7 hrs ago #73
Fetterman was a completely different person before his stroke questionseverything 7 hrs ago #78
It's frustrating MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #79
"Republicans vote for a rapist felon" J_William_Ryan 7 hrs ago #80
no one is "perfect" Skittles 1 hr ago #116
Is that where the bar is now? RandySF 7 hrs ago #81
100% Blue Full Moon 7 hrs ago #84
Is there a line short of rapist sarisataka 5 hrs ago #92
yup.....literally being compared to Donald Fucking Trump Skittles 1 hr ago #115
ah, OK Skittles 3 hrs ago #101
I guess you didn't think the O/P was about Platner. AloeVera 1 hr ago #113
so he doesn't have a nazi tatto? Skittles 1 hr ago #114
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