Federalist No.62, written by James Madison, outlines the nature of the Senate and the qualifications of senators — they were older, more removed from politics, with six-year staggered terms, and meant to cool the hot-tempered passions of the House of Representatives.
Guess Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner and the party organizers didn’t read that one.They are recruiting senators with exactly the opposite qualifications — inexperienced, reckless, flamboyant and unstable.Platner was unqualified from Day One — he had zero life accomplishments of any note, his political viewpoints were extreme, and he had no understanding of the complex issues that a senator would need to be effective.
No matter — Democratic leaders showered him with support as a new kind of TikTok Democrat.And that is typically what the left is recruiting and selling to its voters.HOW GRAHAM PLATNER'S CAMPAIGN UNRAVELED: FROM REDDIT POSTS TO RAPE ALLEGATIONSince no responsible, mature, experienced candidate would be for far-left ideas like socialism, open borders and abolishing prisons, they need to recruit completely inexperienced cutouts like New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who smile, speak forcefully and stir the passions of young voters with radical ideas on social media.The Platner nomination fits this new mold.Brash, willing to say anything, completely unqualified.
It’s the opposite of how the founders conceived of senators, but exactly what the left wants to install into the Senate so they can be the useful idiots they need elected by uninformed voters.But right at the beginning, there were questions, beginning with a Nazi tattoo. The Platner nomination fits this new mold.
Brash, willing to say anything, completely unqualified.Along with the tattoo were extreme anti-Israel views, which by themselves would not be antisemitic, but when combined with the tattoo, strongly suggested views that verged on antisemitism.Yet they seemed almost to be considered qualifying r...