Gov. Paul LePage handles town hall protest with ease

[jpak]

Source: Sun Journal

LEWISTON — Gov. Paul LePage spent more than an hour and 20 minutes with about 100 Twin Cities' residents Wednesday, in a conversation that touched on everything from taxes to his possible political options.

LePage even gingerly handled a group of college students, including some from Bates and Bowdoin, who briefly interrupted his town hall-style meeting at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center, when they rose in unison holding signs that read, "LePage Maine's Shame."

"They must be rich college kids," LePage said as the group was escorted from the banquet hall by his staff and security.

Last week, LePage appeared more irked and resorted to calling a pair of University of Maine at Farmington students "idiots" when they held similar signs during a silent protest on that campus.

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a meme is born...

yup

[crim son]

1. "Rich college kids."

Here he acknowledges that college is not affordable for many Mainers, and also that if you are educated, you will know he's a schmuck.

[jpak]

2. +1

yup

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Boom.

Plus why is the LSJ giving him credit for handling protesters like an adult politician rather than like a petulant child?

[jpak]

4. Because LePutin threatened to "bomb" the PPH?

[crim son]

6. I think they meant in comparison to his last student-inspired tantrum.

They give him too much credit.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. Exactly.

Next they'll give him credit for zipping his fly before exiting the bathroom.

[crim son]

8. Laughing.

It wouldn't surprise me.

[47of74]

14. Or remembering that to number two he needs to use the bathroom instead of the kitchen sink.

[hopeforchange2008]

5. The meds must have finally kicked in. /nt

[turbinetree]

9. The next time the protesters go to one of his-------------------

shenanigans , they should have signs saying-------------------

Impeach the Dolt Now

IMPEACH him now

Or a my dog is smarter than Lepage


Or have a big Clown face with an arrow pointing to it------------Lepage


Honk------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[Akicita]

10. Everything I have read or heard about him has been bad but I'll give him credit for holding

regular meetings with everyday citizens. A lot of governors, even on our side, don't do that.

[jpak]

11. Those meetings routinely exclude those that disagree with LePutin

and all questions to him at those town halls are screened - and only politically correct questions are answered.

It's at complete odds with true local Town Hall meetings in Maine.

A Potemkin Village Charade.

yuo

[Akicita]

12. Oh. He says otherwise in the article. If he just meets with his cheerleaders then I take

back my giving him credit for it.

[They_Live]

13. I fixed this part:

"They must be rich college kids," LePage said as the group was escorted from the banquet hall by his staff and security, before being tortured and shot.