The infinite grace extended to the Left

Boston Globe editorial: "Graham Platner won Maine’s Democratic primary. Now he needs to show the integrity, maturity, and honesty voters deserve in a senator. - At the end of the day, it will be Maine voters — not the national media, Washington pundits, or Democrats in other states — who decide whether Platner has the character and values to be a US senator."

Ah, yes, the classic "it's up to the voters" dodge, the talking point indistinguishable from the one repeated by numerous Democrats cornered on news shows.  We have our own opinions but - gosh darn it - it's really up to the voters in Maine so we just can't say. 

I've been reliably told that "character matters" for ten years.  Suddenly the past is irrelevant and subservient to the idea that we should look for "growth" that starts right now.

The Boston Globe had the chance to do the right thing and instead chose the predictable path of pandering to the Beacon Hill crowd.  Watch this editorial spring up in papers across the nation, the brand-new version of #MeToo.