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Meet Maine's New Governor, how long before liberals notice and try to destroy him?

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Meet Maine 's New Governor ---He has to be destroyed, right liberals?

In case you haven't heard about this guy before, his name will stick in your mind!


The new Maine Governor, Paul LePage is making New Jersey 's Chris Christie look timid. He isn't afraid to say what he thinks. Judging by the comments, every time he opens his mouth, his popularity goes up.

He brought down the house at his inauguration when he shook his fist toward the media box and said, "You're on notice! I've inherited a financially troubled State to run. Observe...cover what we do...but don't whine if I don't waste time responding to your every whim just for your amusement."

During his campaign for Governor, he was talking to commercial fishermen who are struggling because of federal fisheries rules. They complained that Obama brought his family to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park for a long Labor Day holiday and found time to meet with union leaders, but wouldn't talk to the fishermen. LePage replied, "I'd tell him to go to hell and get out of my State." The Lame Stream Media crucified LePage, but he jumped 6 points in the pre-election poll.

The Martin Luther King incident was a political sandbag, which brought him national exposure. The 'lame stream' media crucified him, but word on the street is very positive. The NAACP specifically asked LePage to spend MLK Day visiting black inmates at the Maine State Prison. He told them that he would meet with ALL inmates, regardless of race, if he were to visit the prison. The NAACP balked and then put out a news release claiming falsely that he refused to participate in any MLK events. He read it in the paper for the 1st time the next morning while being driven to an event and went ballistic because none of the reporters had called him for comment before running the NAACP release.

He arrived at that event & said in front of a TV camera, "If they want to play the race card on me they can kiss my ass", and he reminded them that he has an adopted black son from Jamaica and that he attended the local MLK Breakfast every year that he was mayor of Waterville. He started his morning there on MLK Day.

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Re: Meet Maine's New Governor, how long before liberals notice and try to destroy him

Yeah, God forbid someone feels the same way about this dude the same way you feel about Obama. So unfair, waaah.
 
Re: Meet Maine's New Governor, how long before liberals notice and try to destroy him

Everything above "The Law is The Law" I agree with. Everything after does nothing but hurt your message.

Conservative said:
Meet Maine 's New Governor ---He has to be destroyed, right liberals?
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Re: Meet Maine's New Governor, how long before liberals notice and try to destroy him

Sounds like a loud mouth who's more interested in making noise than doing his job.
 
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Chaddelamancha said:
Everything above "The Law is The Law" I agree with. Everything after does nothing but hurt your message.
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Then tell me why the law isn't being enforced by our "Constitutional" President?
 
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Wiseone said:
Sounds like a loud mouth who's more interested in making noise than doing his job.
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So that is what it sounds like to you? Can you explain where he is wrong and just being a loud mouth?
 
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Conservative said:
So that is what it sounds like to you? Can you explain where he is wrong and just being a loud mouth?
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"I'd tell him to go to hell and get out of my State." Maine gets a massive amount of money from the Federal government, including to provide help to the same fisherman who's side he supposed to be on. I don't think Obama would be so petty as to push Congress to end some of these subsidies if he was not well treated if he visited the state, but as Governor I'm sure he has opinions on what subsidies are good, which are, or perhaps has input on how that money could be spent smarter to help more people. Having a conversation like this with the President would be a good thing, even if he disagrees with a lot of what the President does.

Or he could just grand stand and accomplish nothing. Seriously he's literally saying he won't work with the President, which is basically telling the voter he won't do part of his job.
 
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Wiseone said:
"I'd tell him to go to hell and get out of my State." Maine gets a massive amount of money from the Federal government, including to provide help to the same fisherman who's side he supposed to be on. I don't think Obama would be so petty as to push Congress to end some of these subsidies if he was not well treated if he visited the state, but as Governor I'm sure he has opinions on what subsidies are good, which are, or perhaps has input on how that money could be spent smarter to help more people. Having a conversation like this with the President would be a good thing, even if he disagrees with a lot of what the President does.

Or he could just grand stand and accomplish nothing. Seriously he's literally saying he won't work with the President, which is basically telling the voter he won't do part of his job.
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A lot of people are saying they won't work with the President as the President has no interest in working with anyone else. It is his way or the highway. The Maine Governor has the attitude that most Americans should have.

It is time for more governors like the Maine governor to step up and do with is right not what is politically popular. The Federal Govt. shouldn't be subsidizing anyone other than allowing them to keep more of what they earn. I have no problem with that, why do you?

The job of the Governor is to help the people of their state, not invite massive Federal dollars sent to that state. Maybe this is a new concept for many.
 
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He sounds fine to me. Goodness... he didn't bow to the NAACP? No wonder the media doesn't like him.
 
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Conservative said:
A lot of people are saying they won't work with the President as the President has no interest in working with anyone else. It is his way or the highway. The Maine Governor has the attitude that most Americans should have.

It is time for more governors like the Maine governor to step up and do with is right not what is politically popular. The Federal Govt. shouldn't be subsidizing anyone other than allowing them to keep more of what they earn. I have no problem with that, why do you?

The job of the Governor is to help the people of their state, not invite massive Federal dollars sent to that state. Maybe this is a new concept for many.
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Well I hope he just doesn't continue to pretend to be that fisherman's friend if he destroys his livelihood because of political ideology. But just in general I support the idea of Federal subsidies where and when they are needed.
 
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Wiseone said:
Well I hope he just doesn't continue to pretend to be that fisherman's friend if he destroys his livelihood because of political ideology. But just in general I support the idea of Federal subsidies where and when they are needed.
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Who should determine where those subsidies should go, someone from Maine or someone from D.C?
 
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Wiseone said:
"I'd tell him to go to hell and get out of my State." Maine gets a massive amount of money from the Federal government, including to provide help to the same fisherman who's side he supposed to be on. I don't think Obama would be so petty as to push Congress to end some of these subsidies if he was not well treated if he visited the state, but as Governor I'm sure he has opinions on what subsidies are good, which are, or perhaps has input on how that money could be spent smarter to help more people. Having a conversation like this with the President would be a good thing, even if he disagrees with a lot of what the President does.

Or he could just grand stand and accomplish nothing. Seriously he's literally saying he won't work with the President, which is basically telling the voter he won't do part of his job.
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Do you know why the subsidies are needed? Because of federal fishing quotas. You think it's just free money out of the goodness of someone's heart? Come on!
 
Re: Meet Maine's New Governor, how long before liberals notice and try to destroy him

One could probably say that about every President. Back on the OP, I can understand why his popularity would go up, it isn't rocket science. Confidence in the Federal Government and Obama is extremely low. All you need for you platform in this day and age of soundbites and tweets is to rail against the either or both. :shrug:

Conservative said:
He and I aren't on the best of speaking terms and he is too arrogant for me anyway
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Conservative said:
Who should determine where those subsidies should go, someone from Maine or someone from D.C?
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I assure you that the Congressmen from Maine voted to send Federal dollars back to their own state.

American said:
Do you know why the subsidies are needed? Because of federal fishing quotas. You think it's just free money out of the goodness of someone's heart? Come on!
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You know without the quota the fish would be harvested to extinction? We have to preserve the supply to ensure we don't destroy it, its unfortunate we cannot let fishermen have free game but that would destroy the stock. I can't believe how short term you are thinking.
 
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Wiseone said:
I assure you that the Congressmen from Maine voted to send Federal dollars back to their own state.



You know without the quota the fish would be harvested to extinction? We have to preserve the supply to ensure we don't destroy it, its unfortunate we cannot let fishermen have free game but that would destroy the stock. I can't believe how short term you are thinking.
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Of course and that is the entitlement mentality being created today. Seems that is their job and I don't blame them. The people of Maine pay taxes so why shouldn't they get some of that money back? It is time however for the govt. to go on a strict diet and cut all subsidies that have checks going to the states. Let the states keep their taxpayer money and spend it in the states.
 
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Conservative said:
Of course and that is the entitlement mentality being created today. Seems that is their job and I don't blame them. The people of Maine pay taxes so why shouldn't they get some of that money back? It is time however for the govt. to go on a strict diet and cut all subsidies that have checks going to the states. Let the states keep their taxpayer money and spend it in the states.
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Let me know when the governor of Maine actually accomplishes that, I'm guessing never.
 
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Wiseone said:
Let me know when the governor of Maine actually accomplishes that, I'm guessing never.
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I have more faith in the Governor of any state accomplishing something positive vs. this President of the United States who still has no concept of how our economy works and what actually drives it. All this spending in the name of compassion to generate equal outcome is contrary to the Founders and their vision for this country. Compassion begins and ends at home, not at the Federal Level. We don't need a 3.77 trillion dollar Federal Govt. to deliver their version of compassion which is really nothing more than compassion to the bureaucrats
 
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