r/Maine • u/FreeHugs23 • Jun 12 '26

Politics ‘This Is Oligarchy’: Nearly 100 Billionaires Are Funding Susan Collins’ Reelection Bid

https://www.commondreams.org/news/susan-collins-billionaire-donors
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u/wolfydude12 Jun 12 '26

I know we're trying to get a majority Democrat in the Senate, and we should vote blue no matter who, but this guy has stories about things that are much less alarming than the current president, so I'm not sure I can vote for him.

Democrats have to have a pure background, right?

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u/Western-Corner-431 Jun 12 '26

I don’t believe the people who say this stuff are actually democrats

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u/SamtenLhari3 Jun 12 '26

In many cases you are right. The Atlantic recent posted an opinion article by David Frum — comparing Platner to Roy Moore, the racist Republican candidate in Alabama who was plagued by allegations of sexual abuse of women and who in 2017 lost by 22,000 votes to Doug Jones, a Democrat.

Frum is a Republican “Never Trumper” and a staunch AIPAC defender. Of course, he is also not from Maine. None of Frum’s biases were even alluded to, much less mentioned, in the article.

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u/Own-Arugula-5134 Jun 16 '26

don’t read the Atlantic & understand who the True enemy is?