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72. malaise

I don't think I've said anything about Platner because the media is so hypocritical when there's E. Jen waiting for money she's been awarded since what... 2015? and then there's all the girls/women still waiting for justice surrounding Epstein. And yet, *suddenly* all eyes are on Platner. Now... understand, I'm NOT saying whether that's good or bad. If he's an abuser and/or rapist, he has no place in our party. Period. But Al Franken stands so strong in my mind, and I still can't help but feel we railroaded a good man out of our party for antics and showtime shenanigans - not hardcore abuse or casting call couches. THOSE people have gotten off with pardons or never made to stand trial.

One thing WE need to keep in mind as it comes close to election time is wolves among us. With AI, smearing is going to become so much easier to do, and it IS common knowledge (I would hope) that we democrats DO have solid family values that far outstrip what the republicans call "family values." And, just like Laura Loomer tried to do yesterday to Mark Kelly... we're going to see more and more of that crop up around our people - male and female, I'm afraid. Now Laura's idiocy ran so far to range afield that EVERYONE knew it was complete idiocy - after all, it was a maga idiot who shot Mark's wife (shown in the picture with him) in the head! But make no mistake, the republicans know the only way they can lose the elections across the states is if they can make the democrats lose the elections, themselves. And boy, have we shown in the past that we can do it. They'll pick on our favorites... which for a large number of people out there are people in the vein of Sanders, Mamdani, and AOC... others like Newsom, Pritzker, and, oh, malaise... we have such a HUGE number of excellent democrats to choose in our 50 states!!!! But like everyone else, they're only human, and someone will find *something* in every single one of them with which to bash them. The Repuglicans took a solid movement that needed to come into being... the "Me Too" movement, and turned it against us. Just like they do everything good. They took a tool and turned it into a weapon.

Again, I'm not saying ANYTHING about Platner. I honestly admit I know nothing about ME politics, other than Susan Collins... and don't get me started on her! (LOL) What little money I have to contribute I use to fight my butt off for democrats here in my little rural area in KS. We've got some real uphill battles forming here. Platner may be guilty as sin, and in that case, may he get what he deserves. I'm just coming from an angle of fear around losing some candidates who may not even WANT to run because they may not want their lives or the lives of their friends and family dissected by republicans like frogs on slides. At some point, politics is going to be a zero sum game, where the zero sum is gonna be the least capable is going to be all who WILL run. I mean, Lordy... can you imagine what the U.S. would have done to JFK today? And we'd have ended up in nuclear war over the Bay of Pigs without him, IMO.

I've probably said too much, for having no dog in this fight, other than being a hardcore democrat ever since I could vote. I just was beginning to see tears show up around this subject... and for good reasons... but it hits us in a soft spot for us. And we've got to unify with each other and watch out for each other. I hope I haven't been too far out of line. If so, I sincerely apologize....