“Fuck Ice. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts.”

—-Graham Platner, asshole.

That withdrawal statement is the water mark of a babbling moron. A vote for this guy was a vote for dignity? When has Platner ever demonstrated a shred of dignity, including in this withdrawal letter? He’s also borderline illiterate: “Jobs they can raise families on“? “This broken system to be righted“? “This American experiment to be furthered“? Well, at least we know Platner writes his own stuff.

Also: What “movement“? The “new politics” the Mainers voted for when they voted for Platner is old politics: fantasy wishes promised by demagogues. There is no “Palestine” to free. Europe is learning the hard way what open borders means (which is the civil translation of “Fuck ICE.”)

I am being told that “Up the Heart” is the rallying cry for the Portland Hearts of Pine, Maine’s first professional soccer club. Oh. That sure makes a lot of sense…it’s as if LBJ’s announcement that he would not run for re-election in 1968 ended,

“With America’s sons in the fields far away, with America’s future under challenge right here at home, with our hopes and the world’s hopes for peace in the balance every day, I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office–the Presidency of your country. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President. Tippecanoe and Tyler too!“