mark-esque.bsky.social

04 June 2026 22:02

I understand the concerns people have about Platner’s past but he is such an aggressive economic populist, and so outspoken against wars, it’s really difficult to see how he would end up taking positions even close to those two. Also, Fetterman had a stroke that (arguably) changed his personality.

mark-esque.bsky.social

04 June 2026 22:01

Yep, I agree. Maybe this makes me a terrible person but I cut him some slack given that I'm not sure how I would have been as a person after doing multiple combat tours in my early 20's. More relevant, though, I believe I know how he will vote, which is nearly all that matters right now.

mark-esque.bsky.social

04 June 2026 22:01

I was told to vote blue no matter who.

mark-esque.bsky.social

04 June 2026 22:00

When one of them wins I’ll send them some money! If they don’t, I trust we will all circle the wagons together to get Platner elected.

mark-esque.bsky.social

04 June 2026 22:00

Does it matter if that period of your life you regret came immediately after serving multiple combat tours as a Marine, presumably seeing and experiencing horrors that the rest of us can only imagine? And what would you advise people in Maine to do in the general if he should win the primary?