Now is Now

We re-interrupt this writer's block for some brief commentary on the news.  

Ladies and gentlemen, there is no Graham Platner problem.  Graham Platner's story does not confirm or disprove anything.  Graham Platner's fall is not proof of his supporters' gullibility or his detractors' perspicacious genius. Get his name out of your mouth and out of your head.  What's done is done.  It is not a lesson.  It was a once-in-a-lifetime meteor that dazzled the sky long enough to illuminate the decrepit state of things on earth.*  It has already crashed into a lifeless heap an hour southeast of Bangor.  It is beyond time to move on. 

The problem is not how do you prevent something that had a one in a quintillion chance of happening from happening again, it is how do we sustain the unheralded moment it engendered now that it has passed? 

In short, how do you now give Maine voters what they voted for?  This should be (should always have been) the topic on everyone's mind.  Do not distract yourself with gossip, division and rancor.  Pay attention.  Put the car in Drive.

Until the next better candidate comes along, this highlander says:  Troy Jackson for Senate.

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* One has to wonder will we be too busy drawing lessons and pointing fingers and cautioning ourselves and others, gauging the precise punishment we deserve for allowing Platner to continue his candidacy in light of his flaws as a human being (or grubbing for honors for seeing through it), to recognize that had Platner voluntarily exited the race before the primary, Janet Mills, currently losing to Susan Collins in polls matching the Republican with those contending to replace Platner on the ticket, would already be the candidate?