Mon Aug 29, 2016, 09:11 PM
RBInMaine (13,570 posts)
LePage must GO. Period! Here is what you can do right now. (Spread the word.)
ANYONE else would be FIRED. LePage is mentally unfit to govern, and he must go and go NOW.
Here is a petition you can sign online: http://mefga.org/ (Also, there is a rally at Capitol Park in Augusta tomorrow at 6:30pm.) The Governor's recent actions are simply inexcusable. Half-baked apologies and lame excuses can no longer suffice. Anyone else in any position would be removed from his/her job. In the very latest outrage, LePage is saying he will hold one of his town meetings in Westbrook on Wednesday, the very city in which Rep. Gattine, whom LePage threatened and used such vile language with, lives and serves. The governor is obviously completely mentally unfit to serve as governor. Pressure is mounting around the Maine GOP to act and act very seriously. If they agree to a call of a special session and merely censure LePage, they know they will take a serious beating at the polls in November and in two years because he will still be there and voters will take it out on their party. Democratic leaders have told their Republican colleagues that they must pressure LePage to resign and seek professional help for his psychological problems. Remember, ANYONE else would be fired for such outrageous behavior. Just imagine a School Superintendent, or a fire chief, or a person working in the private sector acting like that? They'd be gone in a New York minute. As Democrats our position must be firm and decisive. We must follow through on what our leadership has stated: that Lepage is simply unfit to serve as Governor. If he won't leave voluntarily, he must be forced out. Enough is enough. Remember, again, Republicans are in a SERIOUS bind. If LePage remains in office, they will suffer tremendously at the polls in November and in two years as well, and they know it. Democratic leadership is giving them some time to act, but they won't wait indefinitely. Also, it is important to contact your House Reps and State Senators as well as both Democratic and Republican leadership. Democratic Senate Leader Justin Alfond's email address: justin@justinalfond.com Republican Senate President Mike Thibodeau's email address: senatorthibodeau@aol.com Republican Senate Leader Andre Cushing's email address: andre@andrecushing.com Democratic Rep. Leader Jeff McCabe's email address: Jeff.McCabe@legislature.maine.gov
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RBInMaine | Aug 2016 | OP |
Glamrock | Aug 2016 | #1 | |
librarylu | Aug 2016 | #2 | |
Glamrock | Aug 2016 | #3 | |
librarylu | Aug 2016 | #4 | |
Cicada | Aug 2016 | #5 | |
eShirl | Aug 2016 | #6 | |
MarianJack | Aug 2016 | #7 | |
RBInMaine | Aug 2016 | #8 |
Response to RBInMaine (Original post)
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 09:29 PM
Glamrock (11,495 posts)
1. My condolences MA DUer's.
Sucks to have an embarrassing guv. I know, mine's Pence...
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Response to Glamrock (Reply #1)
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 09:38 PM
librarylu (503 posts)
2. And mine's McCrory.
Beats me how they get elected.
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Response to librarylu (Reply #2)
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 09:51 PM
Glamrock (11,495 posts)
3. Ugh.
Again, my condolences.
At least you have a pretty state though.... Oh! And your vinegar based BBQ? Amazing! We have corn. And soybeans. That's our scenery. |
Response to Glamrock (Reply #3)
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 10:18 PM
librarylu (503 posts)
4. I've never really gotten into the barbeque
but then I'm not from around here. Jesse Helm was in office when I moved to North Carolina; little did I know.
I'm in the western part near the Blue Ridge. It is pretty. I'm not much on tobacco growing and hog farms. My mom's dad was the first to grow soybeans in Delaware county, or so I was told. Corn everywhere. I can relate but I wasn't born in Indiana. |
Response to RBInMaine (Original post)
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 10:29 PM
Cicada (4,533 posts)
5. Maine voters want him, warts and all
I think his gruesome views and style were known when he was re-elected in 2014. I think impeachment should be limited to bribery, disability, felonies , alcoholism etc.
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Response to Cicada (Reply #5)
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 12:17 AM
eShirl (18,126 posts)
6. alcoholism may be a factor, actually
and fwiw he did not get reelected by a majority of votes
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Response to eShirl (Reply #6)
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 07:39 AM
MarianJack (10,237 posts)
7. He didn't get a majority either time.
THANKS EAliot Cutler!
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Response to Cicada (Reply #5)
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 08:25 PM
RBInMaine (13,570 posts)
8. Wrong. His poll numbers are in the sewer, and he is NUTS and most Mainers think so.