As a teenager, Graham Platner had taken part in anti-war rallies during the Iraq War. He didn't join the military because he believed in the cause, but as he admitted, "l wanted to be a soldier since I was two years old ...at 19, I was also a young man drawn to an adventure - and serving overseas was the ultimate adventure. " Was Platner really so disillusioned and cynical about the military in 2012? Then why does a $1,000 donation to a Democrat in 2018 list his employer as one of the incarnations of Blackwater? In an interview, Planter was described as having felt a conveniently "renewed call to service" in 2018 that led him to work in Afghanistan as a security contractor.

As a teenager, Graham Platner had taken part in anti-war rallies during the Iraq War. He didn't join the military because he believed in the cause, but as he admitted, "l wanted to be a soldier since I was two years old ...at 19, I was also a young man drawn to an adventure - and serving overseas was the ultimate adventure. " Was Platner really so disillusioned and cynical about the military in 2012? Then why does a $1,000 donation to a Democrat in 2018 list his employer as one of the incarnations of Blackwater? In an interview, Planter was described as having felt a conveniently "renewed call to service" in 2018 that led him to work in Afghanistan as a security contractor.

It goes something like this: Political outsider or mostly new name mounts statewide campaign with online video that leans heavily on compelling biography or powerful oratory, out-of-state liberal hobbyists quickly fall in love and fork over money, and journalists rush to profile the latest heartthrob before inevitable disappointment when the candidate loses or, well, becomes John Fetterman.