Posted on 12/16/2011 3:30:13 PM PST by MindBender26
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 like an enabler. 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 0bama 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 first 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 and 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.)
He then stated that there's a right way and a wrong way to meet with the Governor, and he put all special interests on notice that press releases, media leaks, and all demonstrations would prove to be the wrong way. He said any other group which acted like the NAACP could expect to be at the bottom of the Governor's priority list!
He then did the following, and judging from local radio talk show callers, his popularity increased even more: The State employees union complained because he waited until 3 PM before closing State offices and facilities and sending non-emergency personnel home during the last blizzard. The prior Governor would often close offices for the day with just a forecast before the first flakes. (Each time the State closes for snow, it costs the taxpayers about $1 million in wages for no work in return.)
LePage was CEO of the Marden ' s chain of discount family bargain retail stores before election as governor. He noted that State employees getting off work early could still find lots of retail stores open to shop. So, he put the State employees on notice by announcing: "If Marden's is open, Maine is open!"
He told State employees: "We live in Maine in the winter, for heaven's sake, and should know how to drive in it. Otherwise, apply for a State job in Florida !" Governor LePage symbolizes what America needs; Refreshing politicians who aren't self-serving and who exhibit common sense. Sounds like someone we could use running this country!!
Paul LePage for President! Dang if that isn’t what we need.
How refreshing this man is..lets hope we get lots more of him in the future..
Perhaps a run for the senate in the future to replace one of the Maine RINO-TWINS.
Y'all still got all those boats floating in the water that nobody wants?
Dang, there are adults in government. How refreshing.
Did he has a twin? Send his twin to CA.
When Maine is done with him, please send him to New Hampshire.
I like this guy. Will he say true things about Snowe and Collins?
Christie is NOT a conservative.
Sounds good to me.
Holy hell. Run for President now pls.
I like this guy. Will he say true things about Snowe and Collins?
After being on the streets for quite some time, 2 families took him in. He would spend 3 nights on one couch, 4 nights on the other.
One of the families that took him in was Sen Snowes first husband.
He won’t campaign against her, but I don’t expect to see him marching with her in any parade this summer.
Mainers; check my tag.
Telling O; “...to go to hell and get out of my State...”
...and then JUMPING UP 6 POINTS?
The stupid GOP. Charlie Brown, football, lather, rinse...retch!
Why do they never listen?
I would shake this man’s hand and tell him how much I liked his sand.
Rush ought to have him on as a guest. That would be fantastic.
Is this not Olympia blow’s country?
Boy, I betcha she gives this guy a wide berth...
Common sense.
“One of the families that took him in was Sen Snowes first husband.”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How wide a berth, I didn’t imagine. Wow!
I hadn’t noticed that...thanks!
I just emailed Rush, asking him to get this guy on his show.
‘0bama can go to hell’...Maine’s Gubnah...
Certain typos just feel good, kwim?
Cheers!
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