This week, Democrats are fighting to keep Maine after shedding their morals.The controversy in Maine over Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner was a modern remake of the scene from "A Man for All Seasons." That’s the scene in which Sir Thomas More confronts Richard Rich, a former protege who lied in court to secure his conviction in exchange for being named attorney general for Wales.As Rich passes by, More asks: "For Wales? Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world … but for Wales!"For Democrats, they might not even have Wales to show for their "profit."DEMOCRATS ARE ‘COMPLETELY STAINED’ AFTER BACKING PLATNER THROUGH MULTIPLE SCANDALS, REPUBLICANS CHARGEPlatner withdrew from the race Wednesday night.
Even with that decision, Democratic politicians will be wearing the mark of Platner for the rest of their careers after dismissing earlier allegations in their quest to take back power in Congress.Of course, Platner’s withdrawal from the Senate race could well prove to be an upgrade.After all, it is hard not to improve on an allegedly Nazi-tattooed, Hamas-praising, veteran-bashing, sex-texting, communism-embracing accused rapist.
However, politicians such as Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen.
Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Rep.
Ro Khanna, D-Calif.and others will long wallow in a post-Platner party.These Democrats led the mob against now Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in September 2018, insisting that women had to be believed.
Whitehouse said he was "not impressed" by the allegations from multiple women as reported by the New York Times, calling them "a lot of nothing." He also reminded voters that one of the alleged victims is a Republican.HOW GRAHAM PLATNER'S CAMPAIGN UNRAVELED: FROM REDDIT POSTS TO RAPE ALLEGATIONWarren was equally undeterred, bouncing on the stage with Platner while proclaiming that he was "my kind of man." It did not matter that he was accused of rape and other ab...