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A Great Governor

Jack Hays

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The Governor of Maine has my vote (if only I could vote for him)!

Maine governor to lawmaker: ‘I am after you’

[FONT=&quot]Maine Gov. Paul LePage left a hostile voicemail for a state lawmaker Thursday morning, calling him a “socialist c***sucker.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Portland Press Herald reports that the governor left the expletive-filled message after a TV reporter said that Rep. Drew Gattine, D-Westbrook, was among several people who accused him of racism.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Mr. Gattine, this is Gov. Paul Richard LePage. I would like to talk to you about your comments about my being a racist, you c***sucker,” he said. “I want to talk to you. I want you to prove that I’m a racist. I’ve spent my life helping black people and you little son of a bitch, socialist c***sucker. You … I need you to, just friggin’. I want you to record this and make it public because I am after you. Thank you.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The accusations of racism stemmed from comments LePage made during a town hallin North Berwick on Wednesday. LePage had said he has a three-ring binder of photos from drug busts and that most “are black and Hispanic people from Waterbury, Connecticut; the Bronx; and Brooklyn.” According to LePage, Gattine called him a racist in response. Gattine denied this to local outlets.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Unapologetic about his statements, not only did LePage encourage Gattine to record the voicemail, he also invited a journalist from the Press Herald and a TV crew from local ABC affiliate WMTW to the Blaine House, the official residence of the governor, to conduct a half-hour interview on his motivations. He lamented that he could not settle their dispute with a duel. . . . .[/FONT]
 
The Governor of Maine has my vote (if only I could vote for him)!

Maine governor to lawmaker: ‘I am after you’

[FONT="]Maine Gov. Paul LePage left a hostile voicemail for a state lawmaker Thursday morning, calling him a “socialist c***sucker.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#26282A][FONT="]The Portland Press Herald reports that the governor left the expletive-filled message after a TV reporter said that Rep. Drew Gattine, D-Westbrook, was among several people who accused him of racism.[/FONT]

[FONT="]“Mr. Gattine, this is Gov. Paul Richard LePage. I would like to talk to you about your comments about my being a racist, you c***sucker,” he said. “I want to talk to you. I want you to prove that I’m a racist. I’ve spent my life helping black people and you little son of a bitch, socialist c***sucker. You … I need you to, just friggin’. I want you to record this and make it public because I am after you. Thank you.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#26282A][FONT="]The accusations of racism stemmed from comments LePage made during a town hallin North Berwick on Wednesday. LePage had said he has a three-ring binder of photos from drug busts and that most “are black and Hispanic people from Waterbury, Connecticut; the Bronx; and Brooklyn.” According to LePage, Gattine called him a racist in response. Gattine denied this to local outlets.[/FONT]

[FONT="]Unapologetic about his statements, not only did LePage encourage Gattine to record the voicemail, he also invited a journalist from the Press Herald and a TV crew from local ABC affiliate WMTW to the Blaine House, the official residence of the governor, to conduct a half-hour interview on his motivations. He lamented that he could not settle their dispute with a duel. . . . .[/FONT]

Of course you would....
 
The Governor of Maine has my vote (if only I could vote for him)!

Maine governor to lawmaker: ‘I am after you’

[FONT="]Maine Gov. Paul LePage left a hostile voicemail for a state lawmaker Thursday morning, calling him a “socialist c***sucker.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#26282A][FONT="]The Portland Press Herald reports that the governor left the expletive-filled message after a TV reporter said that Rep. Drew Gattine, D-Westbrook, was among several people who accused him of racism.[/FONT]

[FONT="]“Mr. Gattine, this is Gov. Paul Richard LePage. I would like to talk to you about your comments about my being a racist, you c***sucker,” he said. “I want to talk to you. I want you to prove that I’m a racist. I’ve spent my life helping black people and you little son of a bitch, socialist c***sucker. You … I need you to, just friggin’. I want you to record this and make it public because I am after you. Thank you.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#26282A][FONT="]The accusations of racism stemmed from comments LePage made during a town hallin North Berwick on Wednesday. LePage had said he has a three-ring binder of photos from drug busts and that most “are black and Hispanic people from Waterbury, Connecticut; the Bronx; and Brooklyn.” According to LePage, Gattine called him a racist in response. Gattine denied this to local outlets.[/FONT]

[FONT="]Unapologetic about his statements, not only did LePage encourage Gattine to record the voicemail, he also invited a journalist from the Press Herald and a TV crew from local ABC affiliate WMTW to the Blaine House, the official residence of the governor, to conduct a half-hour interview on his motivations. He lamented that he could not settle their dispute with a duel. . . . .[/FONT]

Good.For.Him.
 
How is this a good quality in a governor? Even if Gattine's attack was completely and unequivocally baseless, this is not a good response to it.
 
The Governor of Maine has my vote (if only I could vote for him)!

Maine governor to lawmaker: ‘I am after you’

[FONT="]Maine Gov. Paul LePage left a hostile voicemail for a state lawmaker Thursday morning, calling him a “socialist c***sucker.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#26282A][FONT="]The Portland Press Herald reports that the governor left the expletive-filled message after a TV reporter said that Rep. Drew Gattine, D-Westbrook, was among several people who accused him of racism.[/FONT]

[FONT="]“Mr. Gattine, this is Gov. Paul Richard LePage. I would like to talk to you about your comments about my being a racist, you c***sucker,” he said. “I want to talk to you. I want you to prove that I’m a racist. I’ve spent my life helping black people and you little son of a bitch, socialist c***sucker. You … I need you to, just friggin’. I want you to record this and make it public because I am after you. Thank you.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#26282A][FONT="]The accusations of racism stemmed from comments LePage made during a town hallin North Berwick on Wednesday. LePage had said he has a three-ring binder of photos from drug busts and that most “are black and Hispanic people from Waterbury, Connecticut; the Bronx; and Brooklyn.” According to LePage, Gattine called him a racist in response. Gattine denied this to local outlets.[/FONT]

[FONT="]Unapologetic about his statements, not only did LePage encourage Gattine to record the voicemail, he also invited a journalist from the Press Herald and a TV crew from local ABC affiliate WMTW to the Blaine House, the official residence of the governor, to conduct a half-hour interview on his motivations. He lamented that he could not settle their dispute with a duel. . . . .[/FONT]

This guy sounds like an absolute imbecile and a childish partisan. I'll let you draw your own conclusions past this point.
 
This guy sounds like an absolute imbecile and a childish partisan. I'll let you draw your own conclusions past this point.

“I am a history buff, and I referenced how political opponents used to call each other out in the 1820s — including Andrew Jackson, the father of the Democratic Party,” LePage continued. “Obviously, it is illegal today; it was simply a metaphor and I meant no physical harm to Gattine. But I am calling him out to stop giving inflammatory sound bites and get to work to end this crisis that is killing Mainers, destroying families and creating drug-addicted babies, all so the drug dealers Gattine is protecting can make a profit.”
 
How is this a good quality in a governor? Even if Gattine's attack was completely and unequivocally baseless, this is not a good response to it.

I love it. I'm so damned sick of people throwing around the race card I can hardly stand it. It's really time people stopped worrying of responding in a politically correct fashion and start dishing it back with both barrels. Calling out someone as a racist is the lowest of the low if it is not true. I don't believe it is since the governor assured the comments ten times the notoriety than they would have otherwise garnered.
 
It makes him look like someone who will utterly lose it just from some simple words said to him. Not a good quality.

On the contrary, identification of a personal honor issue is admirable, and we've become too lax in letting such mischief slide. That has given us our current sewer campaign for President.
 
I love it. I'm so damned sick of people throwing around the race card I can hardly stand it. It's really time people stopped worrying of responding in a politically correct fashion and start dishing it back with both barrels. Calling out someone as a racist is the lowest of the low if it is not true. I don't believe it is since the governor assured the comments ten times the notoriety than they would have otherwise garnered.

I'm all for fighting back against false accusations of racism. I'm 100% against doing it like a fourth grader.
 
Lepage is a piece of work. Here is the entire quote. Incidentally if there was no demand the drug traffickers would not be a problem.

"The traffickers ... these are guys by the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty. These type of guys that come from Connecticut, New York. They come up here, they sell their heroin, then they go back home. Incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave, which is the real sad thing because then we have another issue we gotta deal with down the road," he said on January 6, during one of his regular town hall meetings."

I think that's racist thinking. No white dealers at all?
 
Lepage is a piece of work. Here is the entire quote. Incidentally if there was no demand the drug traffickers would not be a problem.

"The traffickers ... these are guys by the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty. These type of guys that come from Connecticut, New York. They come up here, they sell their heroin, then they go back home. Incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave, which is the real sad thing because then we have another issue we gotta deal with down the road," he said on January 6, during one of his regular town hall meetings."

I think that's racist thinking. No white dealers at all?

The data are the data.

The accusations of racism stemmed from comments LePage made during a town hallin North Berwick on Wednesday. LePage had said he has a three-ring binder of photos from drug busts and that most “are black and Hispanic people from Waterbury, Connecticut; the Bronx; and Brooklyn.”
 
“I am a history buff, and I referenced how political opponents used to call each other out in the 1820s — including Andrew Jackson, the father of the Democratic Party,” LePage continued. “Obviously, it is illegal today; it was simply a metaphor and I meant no physical harm to Gattine. But I am calling him out to stop giving inflammatory sound bites and get to work to end this crisis that is killing Mainers, destroying families and creating drug-addicted babies, all so the drug dealers Gattine is protecting can make a profit.”

Same response as my previous post.
 
The data are the data.

The accusations of racism stemmed from comments LePage made during a town hallin North Berwick on Wednesday. LePage had said he has a three-ring binder of photos from drug busts and that most “are black and Hispanic people from Waterbury, Connecticut; the Bronx; and Brooklyn.”

Apparently there are also no minority females in Maine. At least he doesn't mind if they get pregnant. This guy belongs in 1950's Alabama. He compared the IRS to Nazi's. Loses all credibility with that nonsense. Move to Maine and vote for him.
 
How is this a good quality in a governor? Even if Gattine's attack was completely and unequivocally baseless, this is not a good response to it.

Does seem like maybe the top guy in the state is prone to emotional flooding.

That aint good.
 
Apparently there are also no minority females in Maine. At least he doesn't mind if they get pregnant. This guy belongs in 1950's Alabama. He compared the IRS to Nazi's. Loses all credibility with that nonsense. Move to Maine and vote for him.

The state is 96 percent white. Didn't he say something like that already?
 
Apparently there are also no minority females in Maine. At least he doesn't mind if they get pregnant. This guy belongs in 1950's Alabama. He compared the IRS to Nazi's. Loses all credibility with that nonsense. Move to Maine and vote for him.

He's allowed the hyperbole of (righteous) anger.
 
The state is 96 percent white. Didn't he say something like that already?

He probably did. I'm sure his favorite Supreme Court Case is Loving v. Virginia.
 
He probably did. I'm sure his favorite Supreme Court Case is Loving v. Virginia.

You may be right. The decision invalidated laws against interracial marriage.

[h=3]Loving v. Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/h]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia


Wikipedia


Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court, which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial ...Pace v. Alabama · ‎Anti-miscegenation laws · ‎Racial Integrity Act of 1924
 
You may be right. The decision invalidated laws against interracial marriage.

[h=3]Loving v. Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/h]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia


Wikipedia


Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court, which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial ...Pace v. Alabama · ‎Anti-miscegenation laws · ‎Racial Integrity Act of 1924
Its a good thing I wasn't being sarcastic.
 
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