Less than three weeks into her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton has already accomplished a stunning feat: She appears to have unified large swaths of the Democratic Party and its activist base to support the core tenets of the Citizens United decision — the one that effectively allowed unlimited money into politics. That 2010 Supreme Court […]
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R. Lacombe: Clinton cannot be trusted
Hillary Rodham Clinton is a master of deception with her ability to conceal the truth. She has been in the middle of many controversies and has raised suspicions about her credibility. Her present and past unethical involvements will have a tremendous impact on the voters now that she has finally decided (after two years of […]
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Maine Democrats offer their side of the budget debate
It was early February when LePage took to the road to spread the gospel of tax reform. His opponents kept their powder dry as the Republican governor, in town after town, pitched income tax cuts for individuals and corporations, the elimination of state aid for local services and targeted tax relief for seniors. In Bangor […]
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Fund for Healthy Maine survives in unanimous committee vote
AUGUSTA — In a bipartisan and unanimous decision, the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee beat back a proposed $7.2 million raid on the state’s tobacco settlement funds, currently used for community smoking cessation and prevention programs. The committee instead took about $2.4 million from the fund to use on other parts of the $28 million spending […]
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Froma Harrop: Democrats should avoid gender politics
Carly Fiorina has evidently hired herself as hit woman going after Hillary Clinton and her likely run for president. Fiorina is former chief of Hewlett-Packard and onetime Republican candidate for Senate from California. The thinking is that as a formidable woman, she can go after Clinton without being called a sexist male. Republicans understand correctly […]
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Rotundo: LePage budget ‘shreds’ mental health safety net
AUGUSTA — The Democratic House chairwoman of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee says the governor’s budget would “shred” Maine’s safety net for people with mental illnesses. State Rep. Peggy Rotundo, D-Lewiston, said in a statement late Thursday that a proposal by Gov. Paul LePage’s administration that would reduce by 10 percent the Medicaid reimbursement rates for […]
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J. Cox: Take off the blinders
This is in response to Jeff Christiansen’s letter “How did LePage get re-elected?” (Feb. 27). Gov. Paul LePage is a Republican, a conservative and a politician who believes in responsible government “of the people, for the people and by the people,” rather than the norm of the past 50 and more years of liberal government’s […]
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W. Sullivan: I shall run for president
I preface this letter by stating that I am actually a tea party Republican; however, I have decided I want to run for president of the United States. Having said that, I realize I must take advantage of the left-wing media bias and its double standards and that if I stand any chance of achieving […]
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L. Hoy: Lies do not create reality
So, Brian Williams confuses the reality he needs for self-aggrandizement with the reality that life gives him. Easy enough to do, given the human species’ propensity to indulge in little spasms of imaginary what-ifs. Trouble is, liberals routinely let slip the line that keeps those dreamscapes safely tethered. Liberals believe that their words – even […]
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T. Shields: Democrats need better definitions
The liberal Democrats frequently use the terms “rich” or “wealthy” as opposed to “middle class” or “working class,” and the opposite of “poor” or “vulnerable.” They don’t seem to define those terms in dollars, hoping to inflame class resentment in one’s mental image or imagination. The status of a person economically usually depends on the […]