Imagine, for a moment, that Graham Platner was a Republican.The Democrats would be going nuclear, declaring him a horrible human being.He’s utterly unfit for office, they would shout, sexting other women while he was married.How could he represent Maine in the Senate, they would say, when he was sporting a Nazi tattoo?WATCH: MAINE VOTERS DIVIDED ON PLATNER AS SCANDALS SHADOW DEMOCRATIC PRIMARYFrom Sullivan harbormaster Graham Platner in Maine, to state Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas, both parties have offered less-than-stellar candidates in closely-watched Senate races.(Getty Images)Look at the New York Times, which found three women who say he physically manhandled them and made them extremely uncomfortable.How could the Republicans even dream that he could win an election?But of course, Platner is a Democrat – a very liberal Democrat – so it’s okay.
They are glossing over all the garbage that’s come out and playing up his military record.Sheer, unadulterated hypocrisy. NYT PANEL DEBATES WHETHER GRAHAM PLATNER IS A ‘DIRTBAG’ OR DEMOCRATS’ ANSWER TO TRUMP-ERA POLITICSNow in fairness, a few Democrats have raised questions about Platner’s checkered past and expressed doubts about his candidacy.But what was he thinking, running for office with an oyster boat full of baggage? (He doesn’t really make any money from oysters but it fits his salt-of-the-earth image.)This race is getting huge national attention because the Dems need to flip a state like Maine if they’re going to have a serious shot at taking control of the Senate.It was a huge miscalculation for Platner to think he could run for the Senate and just wall off part of his life, other than to say he drank heavily, battled depression and PTSD after combat duty, but has put that part of his life behind him.Platner is facing a wave of allegations about past behavior.(Sophie Park/Getty Images)Platner, 41, joined the Marines after high school and did three combat tours in Iraq and one i...