I am going to vote for Paul LePage in November, purely for selfish reasons.
I love my daughter, and my grandson is my world. I cannot fathom a day when I could not see him or play with him. I cannot imagine not being part of his achievements in life.
It would be sad for me to grow old without my family if they had to move out of state to make a decent living. I would be crushed if I could see my daughter and grandson only once a year, if that.
There are many families out there who have lost their children and grandchildren to different states.
Democrats have controlled Maine for more than 30 years, and the state has lost too many of our youths to their policies.
In November, I will vote for Paul LePage. I hope others will, to help my family stay in Maine.
Robert Sevigny, Auburn
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Wow Parrot, that was truly profound. Do you suppose the Liberals are looking for a Mission Statement? If so you just wrote it to perfection in one fifteen word sentence!
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"That was no drunken stupor if you have nothing nice to say then please do not say anything at all."
joeziehmer, I want to offer my sincere apologies, I was unaware of your condition. Good luck in therapy.
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Just a little question here, joez...what did the conservatives do? Did you forget who has controlled the legislature for the past few decades?
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joeziehmer, step away from the bottle and put down the drugs. Go outside and get some fresh air. Eambling on in a drunken stupor does your cause no good.
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That was no drunken stupor if you have nothing nice to say then please do not say anything at all. I mentioned the Conservatives track-record of voting and with due diligence how they have damaged Maine. Look at how much the fiscal spending has costed us at the costs of Conservative votings. Moving away businesses and allowing them to outsource due to the frabicated laws which fit. Also denying workers rights internationally for the greater good. You blame jobs for going away but do nothing against the companies which profit by outsourcing because you cannot see workers getting a raise. Congrats for using the high road of name calling.
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joeziehmer, What are you talking about?
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Let us see LePage dances and parades around in confusion as Conservatives have owned and operated Maine into the ground and several others have left the State or country not wanting to return. We have to describe Maine as a lost factory society which held Republican vote and domination until now Democrats have been the punching bags for every Conservative. Not for every Republican though Conservatives want a communist State owned and operated by the State and given no valid public opinion. Which you could guess given LePage's proclomation to be a Christian it is his only "view" as a Christian which matters. Thereby making it a Christianity relative to Communist China in controlling the Churches which others go to. I'm a Christian but LePage is more in favor of violating civil rights for his own "religious" causes then anything else. That has been the undoing of the State of Maine under Republican voters and their ignorance which has led to the racist ramblings of the loose right-wing.
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Joe/voisine, I think everyone can see what a hateful bigot you are, so I am going to bid you ado for the the night. Go drink a little, smoke a joint, beat up someone, but do not drive.
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Joe, where does your intense hatred come from?
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Joe, you asked a question, I answered, we are talking about Dirigo health, please stay on track.
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Just saying you will "kill" a health insurance plan and "allow competition" isn't addressing a problem, it is offering an empty statement. Dirago attempted to address skyrocking insurance costs. Nationally, since Republicans took control of Congress, which they held from 1995 until 2007, insurance costs rose on average 200%. There is absolutely no cost containment within medicine and nothing but a profit motive that drives up costs. How does LePage plan to address MaineCare, a much needed stop gap for many Mainers who would be out on the street without it. What you've offered is an empty statement, but I'm sure you'll come back with another empty statement. If Republicans at any level wanted to address health care insurance and access, we would see affordable health care premiums. What we have is a blasted profit driven medical insurance nightmare. Talk to Canadians sometime and see how much they like their health care. Answer: a lot. The Rush Limbaughs of the world will always be able to buy top care, the rest of us not so much if there isn't access to affordable health care, and that's not going to happen without a comprehensive attack on the structure of costs and reasons for spiraling costs.
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Let's see, LePage doesn't own Marden's, it's a junk store that relies on the write offs of insurance companies, and its employees are underpaid and often underemployed. LePage and Marden's make sure to carefully control the hours of employees so most never qualify for benefits. As such, this leaves their employees to seek food stamps and other forms of goverment assistance as a result of LePage management. So actually, LePage is making sure that Marden's "profits" at taxpayer expense. That's not just bad management if you're going to have a vibrant economy, it is downright disgusting. LePage is bad for Maine just like Marden's has been bad for taxpayers.
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Joe/voisine said: if frothing LePage supporters could pick a problem, any problem, facing Maine and then eloquently articulate what LePage has stated he will do to resolve that problem? Please be specific.
Joe, as I have said in an earlier post, Dirigo health, which is a massive failure. The Democrats have created a monoply in the insurance industry in Maine to sustain Dirigo. Paul LePage will kill that monopoly and allow competition. A competitive market equals more choses at lower prices.
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Joe, you are the only one that is insulting anyone.
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Joe, you are the only one that is insulting anyone.
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Hey guys, we've been going back and forth insulting each other and I just thought perhaps the frothing LePage supporters could pick a problem, any problem, facing Maine and then eloquently articulate what LePage has stated he will do to resolve that problem? Please be specific. No "tax cuts" allowed unless you state SPECIFICALLY what is to be cut and its economic fallout.
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BW,
As for "LePigNuts," I don't recommend them. In the end all you're left with is serious gas.
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If Republicans offered a coherent ideology that didn't amount to an anti-middle class shell game, which is all they offer, then we'd be able to discuss issues. The current Republican party are the most extreme, far right incarnation of any political party in America with perhaps the exception of the John Birch Society, but was that a party or a movement? Anway, a bright man said that at this point, the only thing to be done with the "conservative movement" is to flush. There you go, rational expression at its finest.
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Joe/voisine wrote: "Republican: Angry. Irrational. Ignorant"
Joe, are you claiming to be a Republican? You and Tron, and a few others are quite intolerant haters.
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Many of us have noticed this, BWright. It is my opinion that liberals think they can do/say what they like, but if any conservative tries any of that nonsense, they will cry "bigotry"!
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Did you hear where LePage was skipping "happy hour" to host a happy express??
The LePage Express fundraising train, it's going streight to candyland, the place of wingnut dreams where everyone gets an AK47 and all the ammo they need to shoot wolves from helicopters! They will be served treats by people on "workfare" while preachers offer an overview of the end of days if Republicans aren't given control to roll back the "communism," which strictly speaking is anything that gives a fair chance back to working Americans from the wealthy. Republican: Angry. Irrational. Ignorant.
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Voisine, you made some pretty interesting (if not serious) allegations here. Where are your proofs? I wait with baited breath...
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Oh you're back BW! Have a good time shopping? It's odd that as a LePage "supporter" you talk about name calling. Seems like in between calling everyone who is disgusted that such an unaccomplished buffoon was nominated a "communist" or "on welfare," the LePigNuts don't seem to be doing much of anything but offering insults.
Or didn't you notice?
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voisine, please read what you write. you accuse LePage supports of insults, but then you refer to "LePigNuts" and how many times have you referred to Mr. LePage as "LePig". if there is anyone who looks like a buffoon, it is you. the one on "welfare" is madame speaker, she is running as publicly funded candidate. i'm not calling her a communist, but her beliefs are closer to communism the those of Mr. LePage.
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A sign that the opposition is running scared without a clue or chance for winning, is name calling. I used to call people names, but I think I stopped either in the 3rd or 4th grade.
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no candidate will receive more than 50% of the vote for governor this year. If the person getting the plurality is LePage, will booby then complain that he shouldn't serve?
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Or Like in 2000 when George W. Bush didn't even win the popular vote, but claimed a manadate? [This comment has been edited by the administrator]
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Kinda sounds like 2006 when all baldacci could get was 39% of the vote...I'm sure you didn't complain much then about it happening,. but if it happens for a more conservative candidate - oh the tragedy!
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Just shows how weak the conservative ideology is in Maine if they can't even beat 39%!
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if the conservatives are getting 39% and that is weak, then socialist ideology in maine is even weaker since it is getting only 31%
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Joe, before I go, I would like to help you with your anger and hatred for Republicans, but I need to know the source of it. Did some cute Republican girl break your heart? Maybe a Republican teacher you had a crush on, or the teacher put you in your place? Your anger and hatred seem to go well beyond bigotry. I can help, let me know.
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BW,
Apparently you really are completely clueless and merely repeat right wing talking points. If Bush and Republicans weren't responsible for not regulating the sub-prime market, then how is it that the Bush administration sued the state of New York in 2005, long before Frank and Dodd took over the Banking Committee in 2007, in Federal Court to make them STOP regulating the sub-prime market? Hah? Holy cow, it is clear the Republicans are Republican because they are truly ill informed and clueless. Unfortunately BW, you're the poster child for that today.
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BW, now you're talking. Enjoy the day.
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Let's wake up about Marden's and LePig's role in it. LePig didn't found Marden's. The place isn't a big economic boon to Maine. Marden's is a junk store offering employees poverty level wages. LePig is an unaccomplished buffoon known simply as a barfly in his hometown. That's it. The rest are the fantasies of the LePigNuts. Republican: Ignorant. Angry. Clueless.
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Voisine, I am going out to enjoy the day and to run a few errands. I suggest you do the same. Enjoy.
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Hey BW, you own John an apology, or maybe LePage himself? Well, let's let John Morris answer the question anyway. It's about time we seriously started looking into LePage's background and get beyond the right wing fantasies.
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Hey Bib, you own John an apolicy, or maybe LePage himself? Well, let's let John Morris answer the question anyway. It's about time we seriously started looking into LePage's background and get beyond the right wing fantasies.
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John Morris, as the former Chief of Waterville PD, will you come out and clearly state that at no time did you EVER become involved with decisions of NOT charging your new boss, Paul LePage, with any traffic offenses at any time in the past 15 years?
Please, we're looking forward to your statement concerning the truth and integrity of Paul LePage ... BW ...
Isn't it nice when Republicans like BW try to pull an intimidation stunt, insinuating that someone who is posting things about they don't like to read about LePage was involved in a crime ... only to be faced with a reality about LePage they have been trying to avoid?
Hah BW? You wanna try to be a bully and make false insinuations??
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My name is Bob Wright. Seek help voisine, your hatred is consuming you.
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BW, I didn't and it's interesting you're trying to use that tact to just make the deluge of TRUTH about LePig stop?! Given that you immediately went to a search of offenses, I have to wonder if you're John Morris, LePage's Campaign Manager, the former Chief of Police in Waterville?
Tell me John, is it true that you gave LePage rides home when he was pulled over by officers after leaving one of the many "Happy Hours" that define his "Happy Life"?
What about it John? Hah?
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Voisine says: "Remember when Clinton was President and we were paying under a $1.00 a gallon for gas and when Bush took office we were paying close to $4.00 a gallon for gas,"
The president does not set gas prices. It the likes of Pelosi that causes gas prices to rises. All of the democrats regulations on industry cause high gas prices, which gets passed on the the consumer through higher prices in everything we buy.
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It is always amusing when the party of slime accuses Democrats of being slimy. The FACT is that the Republican party INVENTED slime, which is the only way that a knuckle-dragger like LePig can "win." When Lee Atwater authored the Willie Horton ad for George H.W. Bush, he actually withheld that the prison ferlough program in Massachusetts that was so "scary" was in fact modelled after the prison ferlough program created when Ronald Reagan was Governor of California! That's how Republicans operate, they mislead and oversimplify.
In South Carolina, taxpayers are on the hook for $1 billion in water cleanups thanks to its legislature being so "pro business" and, in exchange for a handfull of low wage industrial pig far jobs, let those farms dump with inpugnity.
Not thinking their way out of a paper bag isn't just the Republican way, it is ALL they do. It is why their "voters" choose candidates like LePage.
When confronted with the issues, Republicans hide behind the old ruse of "media bias." The only thing Republicans guarantee is failure.
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But God forbid, don't drink and drive or smoke a little hooch.
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Wow Voisine, your hatred is consuming you. Step away from the computer. Take a couple of deep breaths, maybe take a walk. Go out and enjoy nature. Relax.
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Voisine claims: "Republicans refusing the regulate the sub-prime market?"
I didn't realize that Barney Franks and Chris Dodd were Republicans. Bush tried to regulate Fanny and Freddy but the Democrats put a stop to that nonsense.
Voisine asks: " Is he going to make insurance affordable for all Mainers?"
In past, I have found that competition brings down the prices. LePage would open Maine to competition. The Republican have tried unsuccessfully, for years, to get the Democrats to allow competition. It was the D's who created, and sustained a monopoly to protect Dirigo health, which, by the way, is a complete failure.
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What else do the "regular folk" say about LePage??
Let's all hope that LePage loses in November. That's all we need is a Republican Governor who will screw up this State the way that Bush, Cheney screwed up this Country. Remember when Clinton was President and we were paying under a $1.00 a gallon for gas and when Bush took office we were paying close to $4.00 a gallon for gas, which do you prefer paying. Anyone who votes republican either lacks intelligence or is Wealthy and loves the Tax Breaks that Republicans always give to the Highest Income Americans, or both of the above.
I won't even get started on how many American Soldiers have died or been wounded because of the War in Iraq that never should have happened anyways, but Bush & Cheney lied to the American People and the United Nations, saying that Iraq had weapons of Mass Destruction, which we now know was a blatant lie. Republicans are the reason this Country has become so hated throughout the World and the reason this Countries Economy is in the sad shape that it's in today.
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Gee ... what are the "regular folks" saying about LePage??
Do the folks from Waterville think information will start to come out about Mr. Lepage's rather interesting night life and companions? The front page picture of him celebrating on primary night with the guy who owns & runs the Bob-In was classic! I'd like to find out more about the Waterville cops stopping him after one especially celebratory night but then "losing" all of the evidence after Lepage suddenly reversed himself on giving them the raise they wanted in their new contract.
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Your hatred for LePage appears to be boundless. Does he, by any chance, have photos of you doing funny things with small farm animals?
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When the people of the Great State of Maine get to know LePage and how in reality the harm he has done in Waterville they will not pull the lever for LePage. He put $1.5 million tax dollars into the ground on Front St Waterville after chasing off a developer who would have done it for free in exchange for a piece of the land. So, now the City has a piece of vacant land and no tax revenue...Great job LePage. Ask him about his great development at the Waterville Airport where he chased off a very effective airport operator and the airport like the piece of land on Front St sits generating no dollars for the city.
There are many reasons to not vote LePage these 2 examples are just the tip of the iceberg. Change for the sake of change is a bad option especially when there are clearly better "change" options. I am "a Waterville resident" who already knows the real LePage. Maine get to know him before you vote!!
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LeNut's fundamental problem is that he has not knowledge of or respect for science. His platform calls global warming a myth. He believes evolution is a myth. He believe the big bang is a myth. In his mind a scientific myth is a proposition that will cost him or his friends money or disproves one of his untested pet theories and that has been verified by thousands or even millions of peer-reviewed experiments. How can a Govenor make rational decisions about wind or nuclear power, environmental law, managing wildlife, if he dismisses the facts.
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BW, nope ... but your absurdity is to be expected. Republicans are bullies all grown up. By the way, it won't take very long for the stories about LePig being given rides home in Waterville instead of a ride to the place where those who drive after enjoying many, many HAPPY HOURS deserve to go! In fact, who is the person in charge of LePig's campaign? Oh, that would be the FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE IN WATERVILLE! What a coincidence!!
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Relax Voisine, I don't want you to stroke out. I would miss your hatred and bigotry.
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LePage is going to "take Maine back"? From what? Is he going to "take Maine back" from eight years of George W. Bush's war on the middle class and shifting taxes from the top to the middle??
Is he going to "take Maine back" from Republican policies that gave tax credits to Maine companies like Hathaway that shipped jobs overseas? Is he going to correct TARP and the cost of Republicans refusing the regulate the sub-prime market? Is he going to make insurance affordable for all Mainers, or simply turn it over to insurance companies that drove up their rates 200% in eight years? And is LePig going to lie about Maine's progress like he lied about being responsible for the tax rates in Waterville?
Republican: Ignorant. Angry. Worthless.
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Voisine, you choose to ignore the FACT that it has been the Liberals (mostly Democrats) in charge in Augusta for lo, these past forty years. It is THEIR policies, not those of the Republicans/conservatives, that have laid Maine low. If you would fix things for the State of Maine, get rid of the career politicians in Augusta (and yes, in Washington DC, too) so that we can turn things around. Until you are willing to do that, you really need to keep your vitriol to yourself. And, by the way, name-calling is not only juvenile, it is the refuge of the incompetent.
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Liberalism is a perpetual state of adolescence compounded by a profound absence of rational thought.
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Voisine claims: "Lepage has extremely serious issues himself. He appeared on the front page of this paper on primary night celebrating arm in arm with the owner/manager of the Bob-In (notorious for drug busts, police calls and ladies of the evening)"
Do you know about the drugs from experience?
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The "nomination" of LePage so clearly illustrates why Republicans are such a cancer to America. My father owned several very successful businesses that he founded for over 40 years, and he always paid his employees the best wages among his competitors. He also offered the best benefits and WANTED to keep his employees.
He now is retired and disgusted to the extreme by Republicans. Once he actually mentioned Marden's because he saw what an employee there made in a week. "How can you raise a family on that?" he asked. In the end, not only will Maine reject LePig, but the Marden's family will be sorry they agreed to let LePig do his thing. This is going to shine a light on unsavory practices among employers that have for a long time been eroding the middle class created by the boom after WWII. Republicans are to be REVILED or PITIED, but never RESPECTED or ADMIRED.
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Everything negative you say about LePage, pretty well fits oBAMa. Ever think about that? Ever think about anything?
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The legislature will remain in Democratic control and yes, Republicans nominated the LEAST qualified candidate. It's amazing the control that irrational buffoons have on the Republican party. It's only going to get worse too. They had at least two candidates who were extremely solid, and noooooo, they nominated another far right George W. Bush wannabee. Amazing.
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If they are lucky they might still have control, but it will no logner be veto proof...
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The Repubs blew it by nominating the least qualified candidate in their field. Their only hope is that Mitchell and Cutler split the non tea party segment of the vote. The true LePage supporter is resolute and will likely stick by the candidate. That gives them 30-35% of the vote and 65-70% of the vote for the rest of the field. The race will be close. There will be no landslide and no mandate for the winner. The Legislature's composition will be more important than ever and that will likely be solidly Democrat.
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Kinda sounds like 2006 when
Submitted by thinkingman (not verified) on Fri, 07/23/2010 - 14:22.
Kinda sounds like 2006 when all baldacci could get was 39% of the vote...I'm sure you didn't complain much then about it happening,. but if it happens for a more conservative candidate - oh the tragedy
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Lepage has deliberately run Marden's to keep costs down by keeping employee pay very low and to making as many employees as possible part time so they will not get any benefits. That is also easy to do in today's economy. Employees will put up with a lot just to be employed.
Of course this results in a much, much higher % of Marden's employees receiving government subsidies like food stamps, child care, MaineCare, etc. So crowing about low prices and Lepage's management methods just means you're cheering for Lepage deliberately adding to the Maine taxpayers burdens. That sure doesn't sound very fiscally conservative to me!
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It is always a pleasure to know that I've addled someone such as yourself with the truth that you can't or wish not to accept.
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Running a retail operation does not qualify someone to govern a state. LePage is clearly unqualified and would be in way over his head. He's a Jesse Ventura wannabe, and would be even more of a disaster. And imagine the like-minded hacks he would put into leadership positions?
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But being a "community organizer" and saying cool stuff like "Ya gotta have skin in the game" qualifies one for being president, though, is that it?
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Voisine, it is always a pleasure to read the hatred and intolerance from one of the regular bigots such as yourself.
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Lepage has extremely serious issues himself. He appeared on the front page of this paper on primary night celebrating arm in arm with the owner/manager of the Bob-In (notorious for drug busts, police calls and ladies of the evening) and has tried to take credit for the Waterville City budget which is 100% written and managed by the city manager not the mayor. Lepage's ethics are clearly questionable and he just does NOT have the background or knowledge to run a state government. At a recent Waterville city council meeting he had to be repeatedly informed that he was proposing and insisting upon actions by the city that were strictly illegal, publicly demonstrating how fundamentally ignorant he is of the functions and requirement of governing His on the job training requirements would be enormous and his many mistakes would be extremely costly.
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Obama didn't have the "background or knowledge to run" a national government, but you voted for HIM, didn't you? Why is it okay to vote for an unqualified person for President, but we can't vote for an unqualified (your words, not mine) person for Governor?
Can you say, "Double Standard"?
Liberals. Ignorant, lead by feelings and not facts.
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Reasoning with a liberal is like trying to pick up a turd by the clean end, you know that, Bill.
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LePage is an empty vessel into which far right kooks pour their brave, neo-con fantasies. They couldn't tell you anything more than that supposedly, their "hero" of happy hour is going to "cut welfare." Five minutes later one of the LePigNuts will be yelling about how it's so "unfair" to call LePage a far right extremist.
Reality isn't something that Republicans deal with very well. The fact is that LePage was the least accomplished candidate in the field. He's merely Chandler Woodcock with a French accent.
It's also funny how the LePigNuts screech about how they're going to "win," then proceed to call anyone who is disgusted with such an undistinguished bully being nominated for as being on "welfare."
Clearly, LePage's undistinguished record will come to light and the far right kooks who nominated him will be humiliated as they deserve. LePage is know as Mr. Happy Hour in Waterville, doesn't put together their yearly budget, and is a ghost around city hall. His idea of running a business is to underpay employees, keep them part-time so they don't get benefits, and let them file for food stamps and other forms of public assistance.
Isn't it funny that the guy who is supposedly going to reform "welfare" has been maximizing his profits by letting taxpayers pick up the tab for his underpaid, underemployed employees.
The Republican party has serious, serious problems with ignorance if LePig is its idea of someone who is qualified to be governor. Those who nomianted this buffoon ought to be ashamed of themselves, but then again, if they knew more they wouldn't have made such a poor choice in the first place.
Republican: Ignorant. Angry. Worthless.
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Well, at least you didn't resort to name calling, voisy.
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It's funny Voisine that you never give any reasons to vote for Libby. All you do is bash Lepage and look like an ass to boot (which might do you some good - a boot to the ass that is)
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Lil said: " I think kids should be free to make their own decisions"
I agree Lil, but the kids do have that choice now. They must leave Maine to become successful or stay and work in a dead end job. What about the kids who want to stay in Maine, and see the world on family vacations. With the Democrats, that is not a choice. Maine is a anti business, high taxed state. That needs to change. With the democrats, it will be status quo!
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Robert, I left Maine 47 years ago with a high school diploma, because of the lack of job opportunities, and I didn't have any money for college. I have since retired from two careers, and have a degree, yet nothing has changed in Maine. There are still dead end jobs, and unless you have money, no college opportunities.
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That ought to be a good one.....
Let's see what happens if he puts his pen where his values are, and starts turning down Federal aid to the state.
In 2008, Maine received just over $2,000 per person in Federal aid to state and local governments - about $300 more than the national average. Is he going to turn it down and get Maine to work???
Alaska, with all it's oil revenues (and money returned to it's citizens) - received almost $4,000 per person in Federal aid to the state and local government. Governor Palin certainly didn't have any problem milking the U.S. Taxpayer with all that oil underfoot.....
So we know where she's at. All those jobs in Alaska - and they were the #2 State at sucking at the Federal teat.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/fas-08.pdf
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LePage is far from the perfect candidate, and probably, the most qualified people will be watching from the sidelines, but can you honestly say that career politician Libby Mitchell is the answer to Maine's multitude of problems. This election, like so many in the past, is simply another exercise in going to a house of ill repute in search of a virgin bride.
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So, for very selfish reasons you don't want the youngsters in your family making their own way in the world? I think kids should be free to make their own decisions and get out and explore the world. You only get one chance.
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And if you play it right, once is enough. However, sadly, too many never get the chance to do it because they either prefer (or their circumstances dictate) to be coddled by the government and have government do all their thinking and planning for them. Example: how hard is an unemployed guy going to look for work if he knows he's got 99 weeks to sit on his ass and collect unemployment checks?
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My son will be graduating in 2 yrs from USM, and would love to stay in Maine. But the reality is, while his major is in the top 10 of the projected employment opportunities, he is afraid he will not be able to stay in Maine. That is much of a choice is it? We continually bemoan the lack of opportunity for our college graduates, but the legislature has done little or nothing to make Maine a more attractive place to add jobs. Our taxes are too high, our roads are junk and Augusta is constantly trying to milk the few successful businesses in Maine, ie Poland Spring story earlier this week. It is time for a change and a refocus of the state slogan: "Maine, the way life should be."
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Sorry to break it to you, but to say this all lands at the feet of Democrats is shortsighted. Granted, Maine is not very attractive to business, but there are numerous reasons such as our proximity to Boston, and the decline of manufacturing jobs nationwide.
While cutting waste from the budget is allways good, I worry that LePage may hurt the educational system.
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The educational system'll be fine if the state can ever get around to funding its promised 55% share of the cost to cities and towns. After all, we do have a $70 million surplus. Just ask Baldacci; he'll tell you.
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Oh wait till the bleeding hearts read this.
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Robert, in November I also will be voting for Paul Lepage, and for similar reasons. Maine has been headed in the wrong direction for quite a while under the leadership of career politicians that have very liberal leanings and absolutely zero real world experience. You can't be a state that farms welfare for matching federal bucks as a way of life and at the same time be an attractive place to operate a business.
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