WSJ: The Strategist Behind Platner's Rise Explains His Vetting Process

[WhiskeyGrinder]

I don't usually post videos but holy shit lmao.

ETA: It's a 90-second video from the Wall Street Journal interviewing Dan Moraff, a "senior strategist" on Platner's campaign who was partially responsible for vetting the candidate. This whole thing was not ready for prime time.

[Bumbles]

1. Wow!

So many of us were led astray by this moron. Lesson - do your own due diligence.

In our desire to find someone, anyone, who could replace Collins, we put on blinders and accepted someone, anyone, presented to us. Platner has a lot of good attributes that made it possible to jump on his bandwagon. What a tragic waste.

[Boo1]

4. Anyone who bought in to Platner

Willfully blinded themselves. The information was there about the kind of person he is.

[2naSalit]

2. He talks like the czarina!

I am not surprised yet horrified that this even got off the ground.



Shiny new object makes many leave the sensible choices behind.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. WHY is his voice like that

[2naSalit]

5. It's purposeful...

Done for effect, I guess because you can't really hear all the actual words they say. I knew people like that in college and in business and I saw it as a sign that they were not really worth my time. It's like they really don't want you to hear what they are saying because there's something wrong in what they are saying or imparting. I usually chose to find someone else to conduct my business with rather than deal with whatever their issues were. I find that so annoying that it was my goal to get them to stop talking or get away from them.

[DemocracyForever]

16. Sadly, the sensible choice lost in 2020

so people where hungry for a new approach. To say that the vetting of Platner was inadequate is an understatement. Someone who's been credibly accused of rape with solid corroborating evidence must now end his campaign.

[Ocelot II]

6. Prospective candidates need to be vetted a whole lot better,

and not by morons who ignore what they do find. If that squeaky, vacant twerp is what passes for a "senior strategist" I'd hate to see the junior ones. The firm they hired didn't even find some of the problematic stuff in Platner's background, and what they did find this numpty just passed off as unimportant: "The voters don't want people grown in vats," he squeaked, as if none of it mattered as long as the candidate looks good and says the right things. Same with Eric Swalwell - why did he even try to run for Governor with a whole cemetery full of sexual assault skeletons in his closet?. Why does this kind of behavior keep getting overlooked? Is it because the men who do the vetting don't think it matters?

[Jose Garcia]

8. He was 'vetted'

Maine Democratic primary voters knew who this guy was, and nominated him anyway. Primary voters are unfortunately not very representative of the average voter. This is why Republicans are stuck with Ken Paxton and Democrats may be stuck with Platner.

[Solly Mack]

7. Ok, then.

"vat-grown people"

[2naSalit]

9. If brainworms...

Could talk, they'd sound more intelligent than that clown.

I'm still not entirely convinced that he's not a plant.

[Solly Mack]

10. Brainworms can talk - look at RFK, Jr. :)

[2naSalit]

11. Right!

[dalton99a]

12. Fucking moron probably works for Republicans

[yellow dahlia]

13. Thanks for posting this. I saw parts of it a couple of weeks ago, and was gobsmacked.

It helps to explain why Platner was a flawed candidate.

[littlemissmartypants]

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❤️

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. thx