With friends like these who needs enemies? I don't get Democrat ADHD; they never fail to lose focus. The allegations against Graham Platner are pretty thin, yet true to form the party regulars are giving away the store based on cracker thin nothingness - no receipts, just a Steele Dossier pre-election type surprise. They are in complete and proactive capitulation.
Even his supporters. They immediately start out in his defense with disclaimers conceding the idea that he is damaged goods, unworthy of the office he seeks, or that we're somehow stuck with him? That flies in the face of the candidate I've been witnessing for the last six or seven months.
And, while Its accurate to point out that there are far worse claims made against others, so what? To go there you have to engage in the false equivalency that what we have been bombarded by for the last 10 years is somehow the same. But more importantly, engaging in what-about-isms, either in his defense (or in pearl-clutching sanctimony) and comparing his with the behavior of others is attempting to tacitly justify bad behavior.
You can believe the allegations or not, getting to that point however you choose and with what amalgam of convincing you require. That will still leave you with the problem of how you will vote; an assessment of his credibility; the seriousness of the charges; and political reality.
