AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell, Maine's Democratic candidate for governor, doesn't appreciate Republican rival Paul LePage's belated birthday acknowledgment.
Libby Mitchell gestures during a debate of the four Democratic gubernatorial candidates at the University of Southern Maine in Portland on in June.
Over the weekend, LePage told supporters in Bath that "Libby had her 70th birthday a few weeks ago" and went on to say he was concerned about her. He said "we should send her home."
Mitchell responded Monday by saying LePage "cannot seem to open his mouth without putting his foot in it."
She borrowed a quip from Ronald Reagan, saying she was not going to exploit her opponent's "youth and inexperience".
Mitchell, Maine's Senate president, turned 70 on June 22. LePage, mayor of Waterville, is 61 and will have a birthday before Election Day.
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The Truth About Which Party Creates Jobs
Thinkingman (once again, you prove you don't),
It is painfully apparent to me that you make statements based on nothing more than your wishes. Here are ACTUAL numbers about the jobs which President Carter created. President Carter was a much better President than Reagan and this can be proven in the numbers. Here are some of them, which again, show that you do not know what you are talking about:
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Voisine, I know this might be alot to ask of you, but please try reading my post before commenting...first - your joke was one originated during the CLINTON administration - more jobs created, but all part time and with no benefits...typical liberal BS to take credit for that and for you to recycle the jokes made at the time. If you do take the time to read my post you'll be happy to notice I made no mention of Reagan or Carter, I simply pointed out your lack of creativity in making that joke. Now, please go back to the childrens table with tron where you can cry until you get your way.Your postings here are so voluminous that it reminds me a of a petulant child who screams in the store until they get their favorite cereal. Sadly, it never works.
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I removed part of this comment because copying and pasting storied from other Web sites violates their copyright. If you would like to read the story to which Voisine is referring, you can do so here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-fiderer/the-simple-arithmetic-of_b_9...
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one thing is missing from above. how many jobs have been lost since obama has become president. at the end of 2009 it was 4 million.
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Thinkingman (once again, you prove you don't),
President Obama had enormous experience before being elected, from an Ivy League undergrad, editor of HLS Law Review, corporate law to teaching, serving as a Senator at the state and then U.S. level, author, and don't forget he put together THE most effective operation that took town Hillary's machine. Plus, unlike Palin, who was less than a one term governor of the least populated state in the U.S., President Obama has an enormous capacity for information. He's a genius. Palin was so addled during her debate prep that she shut down. The McCain campaign actually hired a shrink to evaluate her. And that's who you prefer to Obama?? This proves that for far right loons, their ignorant, narrow ideology trumps reality every time.
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voisine, you say Palin had less than one term as governor. true, but that is still one more year of executive experience than either of the two democrats had.
as for genius, i don't think so.
things he does not know (things high school grads know):
said there were 57 states
said 43 men took oath of office before him
said an american invented the auto
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SonofTron, are you overly contextual or what??
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what are you talking about?
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but it's nice to see they haven't given up on Libby yet.
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your very best come back?
McCain would have been 72 when sworn in if he had been elected. His father and grandfather had BOTH died well before 72 of heart problems. McCain had melanoma multiple times (a disease known to manifest itself suddenly and without warning in major organs even long after it is declared in remission). He actually had another growth removed DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
I am rather "senior" myself, close to McCain's age and retired. I did not think one moment about McCain's age until he selected the singularly least qualified candidate to ever run for Vice President in modern history (and yes I am including Stockdale, Perot's 1st choice as running mate. Palin is THAT bad!). The moment I learned about that choice I made up my mind that, no matter how much I had always admired him, I could NOT vote for McCain because 1) Actuarially speaking his demise was just too likely and 2) His VP selection proved he was already demonstrating extreme deterioration in judgment
Maine's governor is not commander in chief of the largest armed force in the world. If Maine's governor becomes incapacitated it is just not that big of a deal, no one is going to use it as an opportunity to launch an attack, and in the meantime our state constitution has the situation well covered.
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Fred, you're telling me you considered Palin least qualified for "second in command" but have no problems with Obama's lack of anything more than 2 years in the house for experience? come on, be honest - you can't judge Palin's lack of experience and then say but its ok for Obama, he's closer to the button than a second in command...typical liberal playbook stuff here folks!
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Paul LePage and his campaign manager are sitting in a restaurant, one of them being the owner.
The owner turns to LePage and says, "See? I'm doing my part to help the economy, I just opened up three new jobs in my restaurant."
Just as the two get finished toasting each other's success, the busboy comes by to clear off their dishes and says, "I know, I have all three of them."
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voisine, can you prove this occurred or is this something you are making up?
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SOT - this is hilarious...first time i heard that joke it was in reference to the Clinton administration trying to take credit for creating lots of new jobs, only problem was most of the jobs were part time with no benefits so folks needed more than one job to survive. Only someone as useless as Voisine would be dumb neough to recycle it and think none of us would remember slick willy and his democratic backed promises for a better tomorrow....its a sad day when you reference someone elses jokes and try to make them current,..but what should we expect from someone who posted at least a dozen straight posts ranting..only thing funnier was seeing where tron cried to the LSJ and actually got bagged for doing exactly the same thing he cried about.
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Did you hear about how LePage plans to cut the size of Maine government? He's going to duct tape shut all the offices he considers wasteful! Have you seen how inexpensive duct tape is at Marden's ... and LePage even gets to keep his employee discount when he becomes Governor of Maine! Yipee! No FREELOADERS!
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Did you hear about how LePage plans to cut the size of Maine government? He's going to duct tape shut all the offices he considers wasteful! Have you seen how inexpensive duct tape is at Marden's ... and LePage even gets to keep his employee discount when he becomes Governor of Maine! Yipee! No FREELOADERS!
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LePage and his ignorant "followers" seem to confuse what's best for consumers with what's best for insurance companies. Thankfully, AARP doesn't confuse the low brow, anti-rational dogma of the far right with affordable health insurance and benefits for the elderly. I hope any far right loons who have cancelled their AARP membership thanks to their ignorance and affinity for right wing dogma don't become drags on the "system" they so revile when they get sick. Well, sure they will! The Lepage "supporters" are a gaggle of ignorant wingnuts and as such, are hypocrites who couldn't care less for intellectual integrity. They just want what they want, which at the moment, is to seize upon your brave right wingnut hero LePig as a "solution" for problems created by Republicans. Paul LePage is very much like George W. Bush only not as smart.
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The new season of 'Lost' kicked off tonight. If you haven't seen it, 'Lost' is about a group of desperate people out of touch with the world. It's based on the true story of the Maine Republican Party. The show has been endorsed as "good, clean, family fun" by Paul LePage, who promised to destroy the Department of Education as his first "act" as Governor of Maine. "Get to work you lousy kids!" cried LePage. "I didn't get any education and look how I turned out! No freeloaders!"
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Here's the new LePage campaign slogan: We Hate You, So Vote for US ... You Freeloader!
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Removed for violating our commenting policy. You know better, Dan.
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my observation was just as valid as Govt2Big's. If mine's removed, you should have done the same with it.
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Fair enough.
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Republicans have a PERSECUTION COMPLEX:
All ideologies have persecution complexes in some form or another. It’s one of the things that makes steadfast commitment to them dangerous.
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This isn't the first time LePig put his foot in his snout. In fact, he recently got up in front of a bunch of elderly women in Winslow with Senator Olimpia Snowe looking on and told an off color sexual joke. This guy will prove many times over how truly ignorant he is long before election day. He will also go on to HUMILIATE both himself and the ignorant buffoons who "support" him.
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LePig should be careful what he says. Perhaps Mitchell and LePig should compare cholesterol, body mass index, and general fitness? In fact, how about we get the two of them in a foot race just to see. I bet Mitchell wins unless there's a buffet and "open bar" waiting for LePage at the finish line. Oink.
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Reading the comments from far right kooks above, one wonders exactly what they want and believe in. At every turn, orgaizations that help groups of people, in this case AARP, are denigrated. When things swing against the far right kooks, then the organization involved is blindly labeled a "liberal" something-or-other. These wingnuts hate government until they need fair treatment. It's always a different story when THEY need Mainecare for the thousands per WEEK it takes to keep an ill wife, mother, son or daughter in a nursing home or hospice. Apparently the worldview of people like the far right loons is a Darwinian nightmare where there is no community, only the "wealthy" that have skewed an entire system in their favor ever benefit, and the concept of problem solving can't involve anything other than lower "taxes" or "cutting" something or other. Guess what wingnuts, you can't EVER cut your way to prosperity. Republican: Ignorant buffoons like LePage.
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The big question here is what does LePig's great friend Gubby the Porn King of Waterville have to say about this? If Sean Hannity can spend every waking moment arguing how important it is that Obama knew Reverend Wright, then we need to explore LePig's great fondness for Gubby. Just how many times has LePig spent happy hour at the Bob Inn in Waterville, and was he there during DEA sweeps? We need to know! The issue is one of CHARACTER! OINK!
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I think in the end, Mainers will be smart enough to see what an unintelligent, unaccomplished sham that LePig really is, so they won't vote for him. If there's some absurd split between Mitchell and Cutler that gives LePage a "win," then aside from the fact that he will be such a laughing stock that you won't see another Republican governor of Maine for DECADES, the happy thought for me is that the buffoons who "voted" for this abomination will suffer like the rest of us who knew better. Republican: Clueless Always!
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We're still waiting for a statement on this matter by LePig's great, best friend, Gubby the Porn King of Waterville. Additional questions: how much did the City of Waterville spend during the Summer of 2009 to send a water truck out at 1 a.m. to hose off the streets every Friday and Saturday when the Bob Inn closed, and did LePig ever "hitch a ride" home?
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It has been incorrectly asserted that some are trying to "demonize" LePage. That's not really possible since the hooves, horns and tail are his own. LePig demonizes himself better than any intelligent Mainer who sees him as an AFFRONT to the concept of public service ever could.
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voisine, your post are completely intellectually void of anything. you have proven the only thing you have to offer are personal attacks and name calling.
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Since the AARP has primarily become another PAC with lots of money to support the Extreme Far-Left movement, who cares what they think? It's time for the old status quo mentality to be replaced by a strong and fiscally conservative approach. It's time for Paul LePage to be our next Governor. If you’re still in doubt, please read his website at http://www.lepage2010.com
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Mr LePage..people all across the board liked you when you won the Rep. nomination. If you are already starting out with the mud slinging..watch out..you will lose the ones who 'liked you' that are not rep's. Play it cool...don't mud sling...stick to the 'issues' not the personal attacks, because, as someone already said on here,your no prize! You aer very 'over weight', and look much 'older' than your young 61 years.
I was actually thinking of voting for you till I found out you are Pro Life and against equal rights in marriage. ( and NO i have never had an abortion, and I am not gay) I just believe in freedom of choice both in my own body and who adults chose to marry.
Lets stick to the political issues and stop the personal atacks....but then again, it woldn't be 'politics as usual' if there is no mud to be slung..
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IN her own words "this is impordunt for Maine"...
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Ifind it amusing that you liberals spend 6 months complaining that McCain was too old to be President and he might die in office when he's in better shape than Libby but oh the humanity when the shoe is on the other foot...whats wrong, you don't like it when we use your own words against you?
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Rather than run for Governor, I would have thought that given her age and with her name recognition she would sell a line of colostomy bags.
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Thanks Dan, as a close personal friend I think of you every morning as I pull the chain in the water closet and the smell dissapates.
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As a matter of fact, knowing you are so close to the river there I suspect you feel the surge!
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concerning itself about race, ethnicity, age, sex, or sexual orientation and actually concentrate on the issues. Of course, when they want to completely dismantle the precarious safety net, it is a hard sell.
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Fortunately for you Dan...the conservatives don't focus on lack of intelligence...you would be the poster image. By the way, when have you ever stayed on point...you never do because you are always pointless. You are so blindedby your hatred of the Right that you've never noticed race is not a conservative issue. I could care less what race a person is, or any of the other "issues" you've identified above. I care about qualifications..more importantly the lack of qualifications, like a guy who's in the white house after less than one term in congress.
One last thing...since you expend so much energy in your feable attempts at labeling the Teaparty movement as raciest...what is your proof. None has ever materialized so maybe you...as you said should "actually concentrate on the issues"...maybe your precarious safety net is completely dismantled! HAHAHA...You are funny...and by funny I mean I'm laughing AT you. Thanks for the laughs...again! I think second floor Main St. living on the Androscoggin is starting to affect you.
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after eight years of the democrats running and ruining this over taxed state into near oblivion let us be smart enough not to elect the current Senate leader to continue the madness. LePage is a far better choice. He at least know how to work a balance sheet, meaing it must run it the black not the dem's favorite color, red.
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LePage acted stupidly.....but then again, maybe Mitchell will have a division of Mary-Kay (maybe "The New Pink Panthers") intimidating voters at the polls with clashing eyeliner.
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Has anyone checked to see if Mitchell still has a pulse?
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of body fat, belly fat, general fitness, "happy hour" credentials, cholesterol, and likelihood of suffering a massive heart attack. Might be good to find compare the findings in these areas between LePage and Mitchell. While we're at it, let's get Libby and Mitchell in a foot race. My guess is unless there's a buffet with open bar waiting at the finish line, Mitchell wins by a wide margin.
LePig ought to be careful the issues he raises, lest the spotlight fall on him.
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than LePage does for his.
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Nice to see your critiria for judging someone for the governors position....shallow as always
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not judging anyone. Unlike you, I haven't made up my mind who I'm voting for, yet. Unlike you I don't look at the little letter, in your case (r) after their name, I research and make my decision. It may surprise you to learn that the gubernatorial candidate I voted for hasn't won in sixteen years.
Of course, I have no idea what "critiria" means, but that's what a Husson education is worth.
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