Governor? I don't think so

Well, we Republicans have shot ourselves in the foot, again.

What is a body to do? I cannot vote for a man who thinks that humans and dinosaurs coexisted on Earth when it was suddenly formed 6,000 years ago. If he kept those views private, that would be fine, but he wants (creationism) taught in the public schools.

Maine would be a laughingstock of the scientific community.

I am sorry ... Paul LePage is probably a nice man and a successful manager at Marden's ... but governor of a state? I don't think so.

So who are those independent guys?

Dick Brooks, Phillips

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Jo's picture

Voisine

Thank you for making this "middle of the road" voter make the choice for LePage! You are a genious coming onto this site calling names and throwing out off the wall accusations. Seriously, is this a volunteer effort or did his campaign PAY you?

I never would have gone to Mr LePage's website had you not made those outlandish claims and sophomoric name calls! Thank you so much for directing my attention to research him further.

You are pure genious!

ralphieiella's picture

ME I Make My own Egg Nogg

Sarah Palin there's the answer and we could have W for Vice Prez again and put Cheny in CHARGE of Maine.

Frostproof's picture
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Thanks to xyz and his cohorts

Thanks to xyz and his cohorts for proving beyond doubt that dinosaurs still exist among us humans. The announcement of your extinction was obviously premature. The new schedule calls for early November 2010.

xyz's picture

Yep the earth is only 6,000 years old and...

dinosaurs and humans existed together, just ask Kent Hovind, Dr Dino, oh wait he is in prison.
Lunacy, lunatics and creationism are the same.

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Paul Lepage

Mr Lepage has publiclystated that he believes in creationism? Scary!

joe public's picture

TRON FOLLOW YOUR OWN LEAD !

TRON FOLLOW YOUR OWN LEAD !

thinkingman's picture

Voisine, if you haven't seen

Voisine, if you haven't seen them, try reading, just look at previous comments on this post about Mardens, lost jobs, etc...

Voisine's picture

Republican High Fliers

No, I've not seen any "personal attacks" from Republicans here or elsewhere, not at all. I didn't see them continually say that DemoRATS have "ruined" Maine, are communists, and are all on welfare. Those high minded Republicans are discussing the nuts-and-bolts of how LePage is going to turn Maine into the errr.... well ... America was brought to a near depression by Bush and Cheney, but that was the fault of Democrats after all ... so, high fliers, those Repubicans.

thinkingman's picture

2 thoughts tonight...first -

2 thoughts tonight...first - the writer of the letter is a fairly liberal republican based on previous letters to this newspaper, in fact he supported Mills in the primary - MIlls is a man who I personally like as an acquaintance but does not strike me as truly conservative. So no surprise he's less than thrilled with LePage. Second many political pundits made some comments last week that are already coming true - basically indicating that the Republican party would run on a "throw out the bums" ticket and the Dems would run by negatively campaigning against LePage - in fact some went so far as to question how long before some sullied the good name of Mardens by his employment there, his upbringing or even his french heritage. Sad that they were right, but given Libby Mitchell's accomplishments, it may be the best game plan for the liberals in hopes of at least keeping the election close. Too bad we don't have a candidate that is more to the middle of either of these polar extremes in their views.

Voisine's picture

Gary52

... your comments are ... ahhh ... amazing! What year did you graduate from Harvard, Mr. Republican?

Voisine's picture

Gary52

... your comments are ... ahhh ... amazing! What year did you graduate from Harvard, Mr. Republican?

Voisine's picture

SonOf

Sonof, let's see, I see a lot of Republicans posting that Democrats have "ruined" Maine, are "communists," don't work, are all on "welfare," are a bunch of DemoRATS, and will "pay in the Fall," all while giving a pass to Bush / Cheney! Seems like Republicans are well adjusted and really just out to carefully reconsider ill fated policies while attracting investment in the state without despoiling its natural assets. Right, LePage is just going to come off as the Peter Mills of the lunitic fringe in a state that went for President Obama by over 20 percentage points! Now that's some wonderful Republican logic! You run with that SonOf...

SonOfTron's picture

small problem with your logic

voisine, there is a small problem with your logic. if bush/cheney were the root of all evil, why did other states prosper during their 8 years? after katrian, maine was 49th worst economy, louisiana was 50th. mississippi did better than us. could it be the dem in augusta were pushing the state in the wrong direction? could it be that other states don't have such a large welfare population?

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Closing of the shipyard

Could it be the closing of the Naval shipyard that was also our own undoing in those course of events? Given that many of the customers to several stores were enlisted? How about pushing the State in the wrong direction being a Republican fault our own due to incompetence. So much for the welfare population which you plug on and on about. Then again you never had any of the brilliance to see that perhaps it was the Naval shipyards closing which damaged the population the most. Duh... duh... duh I'm a Conservative communist with a short attention span on the past; much like every Conservative that has ever been SonOfTron makes a fine example.

SonOfTron's picture

taking the high road, not

glad to see voisine is still take the high road with his personal attacks on mr. lepage.

i guess if you can win on the issues personally attack that individual, who by the way is no here to defend himself.

in the latest pole, mr. lepage is 43% to 36% over mrs. mitchell. keep it up voisine, keep showing what the left has to offer and mr. lepage's numbers will go higher.

Pirate's picture
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When a person resorts to name

When a person resorts to name calling, it is usually a sign that they no longer have anything relevant to contribute to the subject matter.

tron's picture

Using that logic, you never have

anything relevant to contribute. come to think of it, this might be a first for you.

Voisine's picture

Republicans are Priceless!

Republicans are princeless! They had the chance to nominate someone with amazing credentials and a Harvard education like Abbott, or Mills (also Harvard), yet they nominated a fringe captain who doesn't even put together the budget as Mayor of Waterville (there's a City Administrator), hasn't actually "created" any jobs because he's simply the "manager" of Mardens the junk store. This "ignorance is strength" act by the far right loons needs to stop if the Republican party is ever going to make a "construction" (emphasis on CONSTRUCTIVE) contribution to Maine and the nation again (but did they ever, really??).

Pirate's picture
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Four unanswered posts in a

Four unanswered posts in a row..someone spike your Kool-Aid with ex-lax?

Voisine's picture

LePage for Change!

LePage is for every kind of change except when it comes to his underwear!

Voisine's picture

Shelf Boy for Governor??

Vote for Paul LePage? I didn't know that the Governor of Maine stocks shelves and fills out Invoices? I guess that must be the case based on the comments of wingnuts posting here who say LePage (or is it LePig?) is very "qualified" to be Governor of Maine!

Voisine's picture

LeWHO?? Get Out The Lysol!

Did you see where LePig held a RALLY in Waterville today? That's great, we now know that the majority of Republicans in Maine want to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, feel that health care is a service not a right, absolish the Department of Education, and "investigate" whether the President of the United States is "legitimate." It's good to have clarity on what LePage and Maine Republicans believe.

Gary52's picture
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Albrecht, Obama's

Albrecht, Obama's administration was in charge of overseeing BP. You are an idiot! Won't it be terrible when the liberal tax and spenders that have been financing your living for years get tossed on their butts out of office?

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Great for Mardens

As Governor, Mr. LePage would be able to enhance his employer, as he did when he allowed 200 jobs to walk out the door at the LL Bean call center in Waterville recently. LLB was having weekend sales that weren't going to Mardens. That stopped when LLB started opening stores in other states. Which meant that LLB was paying rent, electricity, heat ETC. on a large building, half of which was empty. As mayor, did Mr. LePage ask LLB what it doing with half an empty building? Does Mardens pay rent on empty buildings? LLB couldn't get a break on the lease from the owners. And Mr. LePage did nothing. So when the lease was up, LLB didn't renew. I don't think you or I would have renewed, either. 200 people walked out the door at the end of April and the owner has an empty building. I don't think Mickey Marden would have allowed that without a fight. Nice job, mayor. Now you want us to vote for you to do what?

thinkingman's picture

as opposed to the current

as opposed to the current Democrats in augusta who want seniors to pay a meal tax on food served in the facility?

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LePage

Does his administration also consider the five year marker on disabled veterans for medical care? Does this also mean that it comes down to retirees in that community? What more can be done if food stamps for the elderly are cut along with veterans benefits for MaineCare and welfare systems?

tron's picture

the answer is simple,

the SJ will be running articles of seniors eating dog food and freezing to death in their homes. Such a bright future to look up to. Besides this five year plan cannot realize any results until AFTER the next governor's term, since he serves for only two year. So what will re-election campaign be run, on what's he's not done or what he plans will happen?

jalbrecht1's picture
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cranky yankee

Where did you come from. I spend my time trying to get these looney conservatives to examine their failed formulas and along comes you. Sane, rational, factual. I'm shocked.

jalbrecht1's picture
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Conservatives learn something

I know its against your principles at least since the death of Russel Kirk to learn anything, but read the Republican platform. No sane Mainer can support such lunacy. Its not conservative; its crazy.

Pirate's picture
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And the repealed "tax reform"

And the repealed "tax reform" would have been a good deal, right?

jalbrecht1's picture
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Conservatives facts two words that can't be used in the same

sentence. Yes, selling junk for cheap is the Republican motto. With the Gulf of Mexico destroyed by cost-cutting at BP ad the complete failure of the Federal Government to regulate them, we should believe they have our best interests at heart. Give us a break. Success at Mardens; we should applaud that. LePage has oversold is ceremonial position of Mayor of Waterville.
Let's stop the lies. Maine is not doing poorly because of 35 years of Democratic control of the legislature. That's just Republicans pointing fingers at any one other than themselves. For 100 years Republicans contolled Maine. Poor worthless farms dotted every road and village while huge corporations prevented businesses from opening so that they would control the labor market.
A LePage vistory means poverty for Maine, the ruination of our scenic landscape, and the health of Maine's citizens.

Pirate's picture
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If 35 years of democrat

If 35 years of democrat control DIDN'T do it, jalb, then how can you blame the repubs for it? They weren't in control.

SonOfTron's picture

Pirate, from an email

pirate, you need to subscribe to the left wing blog sites, you know like the dailykos. they are great. i'll paste in today's

"Democrats good. Repubicans bad. Not President Obamas's fault, Bush's fault. Republicans bad. Government good. Business bad. Liberals Good. Conservatives bad."

you really need to subscribe to them. there is no better way to start you day then with a laugh from these guys.

veritas's picture
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So he makes a fine living

Selling shidt no-one else wanted on the open market..

That sounds like a good Republican.

Pirate's picture
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The Pirate, although not a

The Pirate, although not a man of meager means, would be happy to swap bank accounts with Mickey Marden.

sandra2's picture

Libby MItchell thinks

Libby MItchell thinks legislators should have a pay raise. Last time I checked the governor does not control the curriculum but they do control the budget. No thanks Libby.

joe public's picture

Mr Lepage whether you like

Mr Lepage whether you like him or not has come a long long ways from his humble beginings !! For that I applaud him !! For being CEO of Mardens another feather is his cap ! All this while over coming being French and from Lewiston !! The problem is he has not given the people that work for Mardens a living Wage !Shame on him for that ! On the Demo side you have a Well rounded Lady who also has gone far.....to far...Like the rest of her kind she keeps giving to those who dont have and dont work !!! She is part of the PROBLEM that Our current Gov gave us the taxpayers !! Mr Lepage has some great ideas among them residencey requirements ( long over due!) People seen to complain yet they do nothing to bring about change !(You know whi you are ) So either shutup or put up! It seems Mr Lepage has done just that he has a plan and its better than what Ive seen anyone else has so far ! I wish him and all people running the best !

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cranky, the democraps have

cranky, the democraps have been in the majority in this state for 35 years, and look where we are. Top 10 nationally in taxes, aging population because our young people have to go elsewhere for jobs, and a mecca for people wanting welfare or disability benefits. Tax and spend is the democratic mantra. Look at Obama as an example, using the oil spill disaster to push his cap and tax BS. I do have a clue cranky, that's apparently why I piss you off!

cranky yankee's picture

Gary52

Puh-leez, you piss me off? I couldn't be bothered wasting anger on the likes of you. What does piss me off, as you so elegantly put it, is people who continue to claim that tax cuts trickle down and the way to improve the economy is to give big business tax breaks-breaks that we individuals have to pay for. It's also people who claim to be for less government intrusion in our lives but who want to pass constitutional amendments telling us who can and can't get married, what women can and can't do with their bodies, and making it illegal to burn a flag. While I respect the flag and believe that only a moron would burn it in protest, I also believe that you cannot legislate patriotism, which is what the CON-servatives want to do. I also stand in awe of CON-servatives who claim to have the moral high ground, yet we continue to have the likes of Newt Gingrich, Mark Sanford, Henry Hyde, Mark Foley, Larry Craig, and many others. To be sure, the Democrats have their feet of clay, but then we don't claim to have a lock on morality. So why don't you climb down off your collective sanctimonious high horses and actually do some for, rather than to, the people?

cranky yankee's picture

Gary52, we're in the

Gary52, we're in the financial crapper because the national economy is in the tank. Who do you think put it there? It started downhill with Newt and the Contract on America, then we let Georgy Porgy get ahold of the reigns and he just fiddled (or diddled) while Rome burned. Maine's economy, too, was just as bad when Jocko (the last Republi-CON) was governor. So how do you explain that? I guess you'd like to have more Republi-CONS like "Less" Otten who wanted the state to pony up $260 MILLION TAX DOLLARS to get Jackson Labs to expand here. Now just where do you and Les think that money would have come from? Yeah, that's what I thought, you haven't got a clue.

thinkingman's picture

Yesterday Mr. LePage spent

Yesterday Mr. LePage spent the day like he always does - working, and then out campaigning in the evening. By contrast, Ms. Mitchell spent the day at a campaign fundraiser (even though she's supposed to be a clean elections candidate) put on by a PAC and hosted by baldacci and Stephen King..even worse - it was held in Boston which means no Maine businesses would benefit from the expenditures and most likely a portion of the money was also from out of state contributors. You've got to love democrats who not only run good businesses out of Maine but also prefer to support out of state businesses over Maine based companies. The voters will remember in November! File this one under - she just doesn't get it.

tron's picture

You're making this up,

you have no idea what mr lepage is doing, he hasn't been seen for a week. Working? perhaps but so far we only have your word on that, and we all know that isn't worth anything. And maybe the alleged campaign fundraiser you accuse Mrs. Mitchell of attending is for someone else, someone who's values and principles don't mirror yours. From what I can see, you want mr lepage because he will bring revisionist history of the Texas School board into this state, and your family history of slave ownership will henceforth be know as "trilateral trade."

SonOfTron's picture

no made up

tron, mr. lepage was at work yesterday.

tron's picture

That's you opinion

you have no facts to back that up.

SonOfTron's picture

didn't take pictures

sorry dan, didn't know i would need pictures to prove it to you.

tron's picture

well next time you know better, because

we all never believe anything you say, you have such a lousy track record.

SonOfTron's picture

don't compare

tron, please don't compare my track record to yours. yours is of complete failure, my on the other hand is not.

tron's picture

Again, totally your opinion, which

as we've all learned, isn't worth anything.

SonOfTron's picture

not opinion

tron, not opinion, it is fact. your post are not based in fact but your own opinion. you started by stating your opinion that mr lepage was not at work yesterday as fact, but in fact your statement was a baseless opinion bordering on fiction.

tron's picture

OK, show me exactly where,

I stated that mr lepage was not at work yesterday. you lose!

SonOfTron's picture

also,

what about when you said, i could not back up the fact he was at work. again you implied he was not there.

Pirate's picture
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Son of Tron....Pirate rule

Son of Tron....Pirate rule #26....Reasoning with a liberal is like trying to pick up a turd by the clean end.

thinkingman's picture

Son, oxygen is precious,

Son, oxygen is precious, don't waste any on this one....

SonOfTron's picture

implied

you implied when you said:
"you have no idea what mr lepage is doing, he hasn't been seen for a week. Working?"

thinkingman's picture

FACT - Ms. Mitchell attended

FACT - Ms. Mitchell attended a PAC dinner yesterday for hedge fund managers from the Boston area sponsored by Baldacci and Stephen King in Boston - as a clean elections candidate she cannot accept money but that doesn't stop her from attending money raising events on her behalf.
FACT-My family has never owned slaves
The rest of my thoughts I'll keep to myself out of RESPECT for others on the blogs who have asked as much of both of us, but you just can;t stop yourself
Have a great day!

ralphieiella's picture

Wizard of OZZ

I think Paul would make a good republican leader. All we are looking for is a token figure anyway. Reagan acted like a conservative republican and Bush tried. All that really matters is that a republican is elected it does not matter who or what, they are just there for looks anyway. The true leaders of the republican party are hiding behind the curtain waiting to pick your pocket while telling you what you want to hear through their wizard. Paul will do just fine... he believes anything like a good Repiblican and this proves it. I am votng for PAUL HA HA!!!!

Bilgerat's picture

LePage

As a staunch conservative I don't feel served by any party or group in Maine. However, to have a Creationist and an adherent of Ibn Ezra’s “calculations” as Governor would be true madness. What is sad is he looked quite appealing compared to the other options. If we ever hire him or someone that thinks like him to run the state we might as well start buying our school text books from Texas where they're marginalizing Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin’s efforts in the American Revolution because they were Deists or out and out atheists. It’s one thing for the Christian’s to hate gays and anyone else that isn’t like them so openly but an entirely different thing to have one of that ilk in the Blaine House. Guess I’ll sit this one out unless someone else shows up that wants jobs in Maine for our young folk that don't involve waiting tables.

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SSDD, your comments are a

SSDD, your comments are a joke! Maine has been controlled by democrats for years, and we're in the financial crapper. Tax and spend, period. On the national level, King Obama with the help of his minions, Pelosi and Reid, is on a fast track to breaking GWB's record as worst president ever!

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I will vote for Paul Lepage

I will vote for Paul Lepage because his idea of how Maine's government should be operated coincides with mine. Libby Mitchell has been part of the tax and spend problems in Augusta for 35 years and we need change. I will not be voting based on their religious beliefs, since I will be voting for a governor, not a religious or spiritual leader. On that end, I don't care what any of the candidates think.

SSDD's picture

Republicans in general

are morons - they broke the country and now are trying everything they can to stop the repair of the country so they can crow about how government doesn't work, and they are right. When you have Republicans in government, it doesn't work. Paul LePage is a joke. Can't wait to see that dim bulb in a debate.

xyz's picture

If that is what this guy believes...

I won't vote for him. Why DO people laugh at creationists? Because they are so stupid!!!!

Pirate's picture
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Who, exactly, laughs at

Who, exactly, laughs at creationists besides the loony left? (Sound of crickets in the distance)...Thought so.

queenhoneeybee's picture
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they say milk does a body good =]

whooo hoo! yeah-i don't think so either... no good.

Pirate's picture
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Fire bad; food good; milk, no

Fire bad; food good; milk, no good?

tron's picture

It remains to be seen how much

Mr. Lepage aligns himself with the reactionary platform of the Republican party. That the teabaggers support him is one strike against him, but there's no way they could support a moderate like Ms. Mitchell. So if he ever comes out of hiding and tells us precisely what he would do if elected, then we can make our decision.

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