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Pl himself said, early on, Sulliv harbor size is just a few moorings (I assume the year-round ones) & main work is collecting fees. Elsewhere I read that his contribution has been to make a website for iirc fee collection and registering for a mooring. It's not experience in writing policy.

I'll bet a Maine state ferry ride P never wrote 1 policy/saw 1 implementd in 1 week. Seems no journo checkd online Suliv planning board regs (unchanged)
Ditto past Harbor Cmtee mtg record online noting state doesn't require HM for their size & how P offrd use of his name if ever needed in future 1/

Sole claim to leg exper:
"I've been chair of the planning board and also was Harbor Mastr....It's something to be able to write policy, implement it and then essentially see the outcome within a week's time." David Remnick podcst transcr

See town docs/dates or just use common sense to assess

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Was wondering today if you'd be willing to pledge 1 term?

charismatic narcissists always do that to me.

(the few charismatic sociopaths I've met as well.)

He says ruptured spinal discs are part of his VA disability. I believe it, having them myself. (Tho I never applied, they are terribly disabling from most everything)
However, ruptured discs that disabling don't allow crowd surfing like this. Ppl w such a serious disability don't risk further damage

💛 🤎 He looks happy and kissable

May be v interesting to watch if JM does become Senator bc she might (*might*) become freer than as AG/Gov etc, when (just my impression) she felt obligated to represent Ds, Rs, progressives, conserv's. To me it 's looked like opposng the gophorrors may now be her true self's motivation
Cd be wrong

Thanks for clarifying my thinking about this.

As you pointed out, it depends on defin. of establishmnt
The clear way you defined it is how he uses it, yet he leaves it undefined for those outside core support
To me, Mills is hard to say as she prob has had to adjust her actions/decisions/image to a mostly male estab, to advance this far so long

As a Maine voter, I feel some of his campaign's manipulation needs to be answered esp when it contradicts the image they've created of a rare honest candidate. Their strategies are such a drag for Maine.

Its high # of inaccuracies are not journalism. It also states as fact unsourced claims, 1st made by Platner's campaign as a DARVO-like response to his own past probs
Claims then repeated by symp podcasters/soc media influencers to strengthen. This strategy damages GP's appeal as 'honest outsider'

I see, thanks. Could you (if time and inclination) explain what objectively ID's Mr. Platner as non-party-establishnt. He draws the distinction himself, but w/o defining it. Afaict he uses it to imply most Ds in Sen/House shd be removed. But if he's addressing the wider range of voters it's vague

For sure.

A person who's used the establishment to structure and support his entire life and livelihood isn't non-establishment.

Performance in itself is a good skill. Charismatic performers boost us. Graham Platner's a skilled performer. The issue is using his charismatic skills to obscure his lack of relevant education/work experience & avoid necessary Q abt his background, in order to secure att'n and pay/status as Senator

A dog is standing on rocks at the edge of a river, peering into it. One front paw is raised over the water. She is gray-brown, medium size, wearing a blue collar and a bright green harness. Bright green foliage is lit by afternoon sunshine. One red maple leaf is floating in the foreground.

Sexist insults to discredit, implying mental illness to insult and avoid

Ruptured discs at disability level don't tolerate body surfing and flipping over by a crowd.

"the best Dems can do" Where did that come from?

You're aware he declared himself D only for candidacy purposes & has blamed and attacked Ds much more often than blames and attacks Rs?
& Has tried to harm the stronger more intelligent Dem cand by manipulating media info, at times smearing

Anyone who read books by Vietnam vets, saw movies or was minimally aware of vets who came home to ME could never believe invading Iraq wd improve lives in Sullivan. I met so many ME vets midcoast/inland I can't believe you were unaware of the reality. Pls be honest.

Leo has treated Mills as major threat and continues to. Not Platner. She has actively worked in opposition to Leo for years, rather than just talking. So far Platner has not shown that he knows what to do or how, beyond speaking.

Glad the surgery went well. I remember his arrival and before.

Glad to know the vet office people are kind and good. Sending light and a warm blanket of love.

Please link to info. Thanks.

In my family are 3 Marines, many Army, 1 Navy. None talked/wrote/used the experience in as grandiose way as you. Marines I know don't grandstand at all, incl ones who went to Iraq then Afgh. And I don't understand why you attack all "establishmnt Ds", who fight for vet benefits/care. (Even SC has)

At the same time, you're using it to campaign. Mainers I know/knew well who came back from WW2 and Vietnam did not boast about it. Did not use it as identity to get votes. I've seen drinking cause grandiose thinking, as did mood disorder. Given the past, voters need info on yr attitude re sobriety

Likewise, continuing to organize for the long-term movemnt he said is his primary goal. But US Sen is > a full time job (unless others do the actual work). I sense his motivation could possbly be the higher status/salary of DC Sen. Or he's again assuming glamour just as he mistook for fighting a war

Yay Nutsy