On June 9, Graham Platner received 72% of votes in the Maine Democratic primary, and pundits are wondering if character matters in today’s politics. The votes for Platner prove that it does. The midterm elections in November will be the most important in the 250-year history ofthe United States. The contest will be between enablers […]
senate 2026
An informed voter knows Iran war is needless | Letter
Graham Platner did four tours of duty. I rehabbed in a VA hospital as a child for training on a wooden leg. So, when many of my friends came home from Vietnam, they wanted me to go to the VA hospital with them. Graham Platner came back to sanity faster than most. I saw many […]
Is Platner the best Maine can do? | Letter
I have fond memories of Maine. Now I cringe at how ugly the state’s politics are becoming.This is what happens when anti-Israel candidates like Graham Platner inject themselves into a political campaign. Out of 1.4 million Mainers, Platner is the best candidate Democrats can come up with to challenge Sen. Susan Collins? Like New York […]
Time in combat doesn’t clear Platner’s name | Letter
As a U.S. Army veteran who served in Korea, with family members who have served in combat dating back to WWI, up to and through the current wars in the Middle East, I have to say that the so-called Democrats in Maine who voted for Graham Platner — because they believe his despicable behavior is […]
I can’t afford 6 more years of the same U.S. Senate. Bring on Platner. | Opinion
Ignore all the negative hoopla about Platner and focus on reality. I can’t afford six more years of the current U.S. Senate — and I know I’m not alone.
Democrats and the media blindly boost Platner | Letter
Democrats have been calling, and the socialist media has been labeling President Trump a Nazi for the past 10 years. Maine’s Democratic senatorial candidate Graham Platner wore a Nazi Totenkopf tattoo on his chest for 18 years. Platner is mean; it can be seen in his eyes. There is no way this character is senatorial. He comports himself to […]
On Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo | Letter
In 2007, Graham Platner, a Marine from Maine (by his own admission, intoxicated at the time), entered a tattoo parlor in Croatia. He wanted a tattoo. His conscious choice, no matter how intoxicated he may have been, was a skull and crossbones chest tattoo closely resembling a Nazi Totenkopf (“death’s head”). The candidate would have us believe that, at that […]
Susan Collins is out of touch | Letter
Last year, during tax time, mail service to my retirement community was so sketchy that I asked the post office for help. They said it was out of their control and I should write my congressional representatives. I did, and each of them answered except for Sen. Susan Collins. Months later, I got a letter […]
Susan Collins doesn’t regret putting Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court
Maine’s senior senator said she disagrees with his Dobbs decisions and pointed to her support of three left-leaning justices who opposed ending national reproductive rights.
Early signs point to a scorched-earth race for Maine’s US Senate seat
Graham Platner and Susan Collins are spending millions going after one another 5 months before one of the most critical elections in the country.