Paul Rieckhoff on Platner: Progressives Were Desperate for a ‘Tough,’ ‘White Guy Who Had a Gravelly Voice’

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RIECKHOFF: "Platner was like a ship with holes in it that just kept busting from the beginning. I was suspect from the beginning because he was untested. I thought the Nazi tattoo was going to knock him out, but people were so desperate, I think, within the progressive wing of the party for a tough guy, for a white guy who had a gravelly voice and can be an oyster farmer that they were willing to ignore all the holes in the boat as it kept going deeper into the water."