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mainer

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11. So am I. Also from midcoast Maine.

Reply to Bumbles (Reply #9)

Fri May 15, 2026, 03:06 PM

11 hrs ago

I'm so freaking tired of people who aren't from Maine telling us how we Mainers are supposed to think and vote.
Leave us alone. We're going to send Platner to Washington.

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Graham Platner on the Supreme Court [View all] orangecrush 13 hrs ago OP

Perhaps ABC123Easy 13 hrs ago #1

Indeed orangecrush 12 hrs ago #5

No wonder he's popular with Maine Democrats. /nt bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #2

I like the way he thinks orangecrush 12 hrs ago #6

RIGHT ON!! They need to be treated like any citizen. Everyone of them could be investigated and punished if they bluestarone 13 hrs ago #3

Like BRIBERY???? MLWR 11 hrs ago #16

Populist? Yeah. A trustworthy Democrat? No guarantees. Would I vote for him? KPN 12 hrs ago #4

I agree orangecrush 12 hrs ago #7

I agree with every word. ShazzieB 12 hrs ago #8

No way Susan Collins lives to be concerned another 6 years mr715 11 hrs ago #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 10 hrs ago #23

I'll be voting for Graham from mid coast Maine. Bumbles 12 hrs ago #9

Thanks orangecrush 12 hrs ago #10

So am I. Also from midcoast Maine. mainer 11 hrs ago #11

Good orangecrush 10 hrs ago #22

K&R spanone 11 hrs ago #13

The Democratic Party is headed down the one way road to oblivion,... magicarpet 11 hrs ago #14

Is this Graham Planter with the Nazi tattoo and made apologies for rapists? nycbos 11 hrs ago #15

For some voters it will very likely turn out like that. calimary 11 hrs ago #17

Of course I have as well. nycbos 11 hrs ago #19

I hear you - but the other party is FULL of people who see Jews as "Christkillers" and "baby blood drinkers" peppertree 11 hrs ago #21

Of course the Republicans are antisemitic. nycbos 9 hrs ago #26

'By their fruits, you shall know them' peppertree 7 hrs ago #27

If I lived in Maine, I'd vote for Platner. I'd rather have another Democrat in the Senate. Period. sop 11 hrs ago #20

Now tell us what you think of Susan Collins. . . Emile 6 hrs ago #28

Jefferson said it best: They're despots in robes peppertree 11 hrs ago #18

Wow! A fighter!! blue-wave 10 hrs ago #24

Supreme sellouts! oasis 10 hrs ago #25