FYI -
Le Page is a Republican, and democrats hate hate hate him. They think he’s stupid and crass.
In my limited experience of him, he’s a regular plain spoken guy.
What I don’t understand is why he is doing this. Either he’s showboating, i.e. looking for power in whatever he’s considering after the governership. Or, morel likely, h’e just pissed at the NFL - said so, and it made the papers.
More often, he’s out their saying that welfare recipients should be doing some kind of work in exchange for benefits. He’s always pissing off the democrats because he’s not polished politically. He states very obvious truths, without polish, and so of course the dems attack him as stupid, rather than face him on the issue itself.
My point: I suspect he’s just pissed that a wife beater’s NFL punishment virtually condone’s the behavior, and it made the papers. I’d be surprised if this is a thought-through political move, deserving of any deep commentary whatsoever - because I doubt there’s any deep thought behind the statement. Lizzy Warren might run this through 10 polling agencies. No so, LePage. That’s just my take. Who knows, maybe he’s turned to the dark side.
Talk-radio host Howie Carr agreed with a caller yesterday that political donations should be made first to LePage before sending donations to distant political races.
I appreciate the insight.