Maine Gov. Tells NAACP: ‘Kiss My Butt’
- Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:40pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Newly-elected Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) didn’t mince words when confronted about comments from the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) that his actions show a pattern of indifference to blacks. In fact, he had a message for the group: “Tell ‘em to kiss my butt.”
WCSH says LePage declined an invitation from the NAACP to take part in a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event on Sunday. That upset the group, and on Thursday WCSH confronted LePage with the NAACP’s accusation. LePage, a white man with an adopted black son, didn’t really care what the NAACP thought of him, calling it nothing but a “special interest”:
“They are a special interest. End of story…and I’m not going to be held hostage by special interests. And if they want, they can look at my family picture. My son happens to be black, so they can do whatever they’d like about it,” he said.
Later, the governor‘s communications director told WCSH the governor had prior personal commitments as well as a state trooper’s funeral on Monday. And he didn‘t apologize for the governor’s statement.
During the campaign, LePage made headlines by saying if he were elected he wouldn’t be afraid to tell President Obama to “go to hell.”
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Comments (491)
MarieHillTut
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:51pmI am so proud of him..and being from Maine..It is about time, people do what they have to and not be forced to do things that they can’t..I am so sick and tired of hearing about P.C…Please..get over yourselves..God Bless you Gov. LePage…
Report Post »spirited
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:44pmWas that “butt” conjunctivly spoken?
Report Post »DON DON
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:51pmGot my vote. Just a hate group anyway.
Report Post »Swolecat
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:51pmDisregard that he has a black son….”These aren‘t the droids you’re looking for”…..
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:22pmMove along….Move along… lol!
Report Post »Ken
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:50pmGuess Al Sharpton’s gonna go after him now! But he’ll tell Al to kiss his butt too!!! Bwahahahaha!!!
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:50pmWait a minute, declining to make a single appearance is showing a “pattern” of indifference to blacks? And if he does have a “pattern of indifference”, such as telling Obama to go to hell, then why was he asked to speak in the first place?
Gee, you mean the world does not revolve around the NAACP or the ACLU…
Report Post »Highland
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:50pmBravo! Standing up to race-baiting poverty pimps – what a novel concept.
Report Post »Disabledvet
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:50pmGood for him, Sunday is for family and God, not the NAACP. More people should say the same, and not be held hostage by special interests groups.
Report Post »ceili
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:38pmStop pretending to be me you jerk.
Report Post »Untameable Kate.
republitarian
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:58pmThis is crazy. Can anyone use anyone’s exact screen name or has Untameable-Kate’s account been hacked?
Report Post »ceili
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:10pmSomeone took my name. I don‘t know how but I’ll just keep reporting him/her until they stop.
Report Post »Kate
republitarian
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:46pmHey ME it’s ME… lmao.. Just to prove a point to you republitarian, anyone can use anyones name. I just used yours just to show you… It’s reagan/demint.disciple.. anyway, I think we all should complain. I already did 2 times ,but we need EVERYONE .. it’s not fair.. lol, don’t worry this will be the only time I ever use your name.. Cheers..
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:33pmDid you have to set up a new password?
Report Post »enduro
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:49pmoh my god a poltician with balls.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:49pmFinally someone with character. The NAACP is definitely a special interest group, one that works against our country. Kudos to the governor. It’s time our country stops being so PC. If more politicians would stop kissing up to ALL special interest groups and I means ALL, then just maybe we can get our country back on track.
Report Post »REAGAN/DEMINT.DISCIPLE
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:48pmThat’s the real way to handle these special interest groups.. Very PROUD to be a conservative reading this.. Thank you, Governor…
Report Post »Mickeyd
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:48pmThis gov. obviously considers everyone to be equal. Sounds like the NAACP wanted the gov. to see some prisoners as “more than equal than others”. Nope, if you visit one, you can visit another. The gov. does not wish to color-code his treatment of people. This is the real vision of MLK jr. Lucky for these NAACP folks that the gov was there to remind them of that.
Report Post »Rick300
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:27pmVery true! If we had more people like that in office, those that see people and citizens instead of a color or nationality, we would be so much better off as a country! Remove political correctness and we have a great chance of continuing the “great experiment” of these United States of America!
Report Post »infidelxx
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:47pmWhat’s this? A man not afraid to stand up to Tyranny. I like it! Hold fast!
Report Post »Ellie
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:47pmHe speaks the truth: The NAACP is a special interest group with an collectivist agenda that keeps those they claim to protect dependent upon them pure and simple.
Report Post »KL
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:47pmGood for him!!! The NAACP is a racist organization, dedicated to holding the black American down. . How does it feel to be told that? creeps.
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:13pmThey are a special interest group, that has long been irrelevant when it comes to addressing the needs of black people. They are more of a trouble making and race hustling shake down group, keeping blacks poor keeps them in business. The same goes for La Raza they also exist to act as a protector of Hispanic rights but actually are a Marxist organization that also shakes down Government and Companies in the name of social justice all our frauds.
Report Post »ReneePA
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:47pmIt’s about time for elected officials to start taking a stand.
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:46pmA man who is not intimidated. Good for him.
Report Post »ablisterin
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:44pmNext in line…, ACLU…, step right up!
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:46pmOh thank God for ANYONE who isn’t afraid of the special interest groups.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:51pmNever been a problem confronting the special interest groups myself; at least the ones who have nothing but political agendas and ideals of the progressives stuck in their craws all the time.
Report Post »islesford1an
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:01pmHey hey, This is my state.. I can’t believe that he would say such a thing.. You people don’t see the racism in this statement ? I’m embarrassed to say the least.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:12pmSnow someone is posting under my screen name, please, if you read something that looks like I have lost my mind ignore it. Probably the same guy that took yours. He just started doing it today as far as I know.
Report Post »reagan/demint.disciple
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:14pm@KATE .. Me too.. F-in Jerks they really need to grow up…
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:15pmWhat are people from Maine called? Maineites, Maineians, Mainers? How could you be embarrassed by that? He was being truthful. He could have said “Go jump in a lake” or something else, but the NAACP started it and was looking for trouble.
Report Post »Towerman
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:22pm@ ISLE….
Report Post »No, I don’t see the racism in his statement. I see a man not bowing down to special interest. I wouldn’t be upset if Obama declined a visit to the NAAWP. Ohhhh, wait a minute…..
reagan/demint.disciple
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:25pm@ UNTAMEABLE-KATE.. I’m going to change my user name EVERYDAY until the Blaze can get a hold on this situation.. I realize no one will know its me but thats just the way it has to be until it’s fixed.. Don‘t worry I can tell the Hacks from the real and I know when someone like you or snow posts now that I’ve been here for a while, I can tell .. But still ….
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:28pmreagan/demint.disciple
Report Post »I thought I had seen some comments that made me wonder if you had gone crazy. The comment on the first post was not me. I’m sure anyone who has read my posts in the past could tell.
Lantern
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:46pm@reagan/demint.disciple,kate
Report Post »I didn’t know someone could use the exact same username. How are they doing that?
ceili
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:58pmLantern, I don’t know how they did it, but if you look through this thread you will see that whoever did it is really trying to make a fool of me. People who have been with the Blaze for any amount of time will know it isn’t me but the ones who are not familliar are answering him.
Report Post »Untameable Kate.
snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:29pm@Kate and Regan
Understood, they have in the past tried the same with myself; thanks for the tip off will keep a further watch on the matter.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:04pmHey, fake me,
Report Post »thanks for deeming me worthy to be impersonated. I am honored, just as I am to have a Governor with balls and brains.
komponist-ZAH
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 6:19pmReport the impersonators’ comments, and maybe contact the Blaze about it (though if they read these comments they should know now). They should be able to delete the imposter’s account.
Report Post »dizzyinthedark
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:45pmHe said it first, but so have I, just not in a public way–right on!
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:45pmThis man wasted no time at all establishing where he’s going to stand with some of these bullying organizations.
Report Post »I find it refreshing.
Steve
http://stephencharles-poppin-off.blogspot.com/2011/01/somewhat-disjointed-rant-installment-1.html
J.C. McGlynn
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:45pmFor once, A politican is correct about NAACP.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:35pmI wonder how we will every be a colorblind society if organizations that define themselves by color and differentiating themselves by race continue to exist?
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RKade
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:11pmIt is so refreshing to begin to see politicians be honest and speak what they think. We have suffered far too long being afraid and intimidated by different groups, Acting PC and Kowtowing to these different groups. I am not saying to stand defiant against them but to weigh your actions against the Claims and Accusations made in opposition and speak the truth.
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J.C. McGlynn
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 4:41pmTo IronMaan: You listed the correct sediment. As long as Al sharpton, Jesse Jackson, NAACP and the like are making a living off of racism this will always be the case.
Report Post »randy
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:45pmGive em hell Paul!
Report Post »Caesar Rodney
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:45pmA new Chris Christie?
Report Post »REAGAN/DEMINT.DISCIPLE
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:56pmlol , I was thinking the same thing.. I’m digging into his politics, and seeing his views on all subjects, to see where he stands before I make a statement like ” Christie & LePage ” 2012 or 2016…
Report Post »Doesn’t just looking at that look sweet ?
lionslayer44
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:57pmlets hope!!!!
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:43pmLe Page is waaay more conservative than Christie, at least socially.
But I actually think the ticket would kick ass. My preference would be Le Page/Christie
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:45pmYeah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:44pmSweet.
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:58pmI love this guy!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:04pmIt is nice to see this happening indeed.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:06pmI guess the dirty little secret is out. Now if we could only get all of the other G.O.P. governors to properly label all of the government workers, law enforcement, fire, and teachers unions as special interests we might be able to start fixing some problems.
Report Post »ablisterin
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:41pmnaacp AND aclu CAN KISS MY BUTT!!!
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:44pmIt is about time that Gov’t Officials stand up to “Special Interests” no matter who they represent.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:50pmAbout time truly we see some real Americans in office with real GUTS to stand for what is right; not what is PC garbage or expedient for their careers.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
ME
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:50pmLove it, hope he is the real deal and not another rino
afishfarted
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:51pmrefreshing. simply refreshing
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:55pmYea and let me second that, NAACP you can kiss my butt too! Would be wonderful to see more ppl whether they are in govt or just your avg jon/jane homemaker start voicing out what they are feeling inside.
I think too many are complacent, with the “not going to happen to me/us“ ”someone else will do something” mentality. Maybe if those who are complacent see guys like this it will get them out of zombie mode.
Hope it happens soon though we are losing our Republic to the special interests and radicals etc…
Liberties Lost, Death of the Republic? How Much Is Enough? http://youtu.be/C1zkGZRfj24
56 men, our Founding Fathers, had the courage to risk their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor for freedom, prosperity and the pursuit of happiness. What are you prepared to do? http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:56pmnow if we could find someone with moral foritude to be president………………….
Report Post »FlatFoot
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 1:58pmHow dare he snub the great and powerful NAACP.
Perhaps Jesse Jackson’s illegitimate love-child and the Governor’s son should get together at dinner and talk about it.
Report Post »LSX
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:02pmA good man!
Too bad we’re stuck with Obama-lite here in Rhode island
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Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:03pmThat was awesome!
http://www.donsmithshow.com
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:04pmThumbs up.
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:04pmNAACP, as we become more educated we will finally come out from under your crushing errors and racist lies. Please kiss my butt also. God I love America!
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:06pmnaacp, Kiss my butt also.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:08pmThat’s the right thing to do, maybe a little harsh, but tell it like it is. No PC, no nothing, but the truth and it’s bare nakedness for all to see. I will bet there will be a protest and the tea party will be blamed. They will say “see, that’s the racist right wing for you! This proves it”
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:09pmPriceless…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:10pmI agree .. ALL people equal . ….finally someone is standing up to these thugs.
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:14pmI’ll bet they choaked on that one. Feeling their power slipping away. What a fresh breath of air. I have been labeled such untrue and awful things for over a half a century by these type groups. I rejoice in Americas new found knowledge of truth,
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Its coming. Real freedom is coming. God I love America!
Report Post »101
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:14pmRight on!
Report Post »Finally somebody with a spine that wont bow to the corrupt NAACP crap…take note to you spineless ones!
docvet
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:15pmI hope this Governor’s attitude is contagious. Now if we can get the other 48 governor’s besides Christy and LePage to get some guts like this. It isn’t just the NAACP, there are lots of other groups that need to be told to “kiss this”.
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:16pmToday is the first day of the rest of my life.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:17pmIt’s obvious the LaPage is responsible for the Tucson Massacre as well.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:18pmYeah, kiss my butt too, NAACP … pack of racist’s!
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:20pmSWEET. Long over due.
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:21pmAnyone that says he is racist obviously is ignorant…The article plainly states that he has an adopted black son…
citygirl56
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:21pmFinally a man with a spine!! Now I wish more would grow one. This is what we should have said all along.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:21pmI think we should all tell him we support this kind of action:
Report Post »http://www.maine.gov/governor/lepage/citizen_services/ideas-suggestions.shtml
indy1
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:22pmLepage for President 2012!
ilovethiscountry
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:30pmNaacp wants color to matter, and they want to be treated like everyone else. You can’t have it both ways.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:32pmI‘ll believe he’s a man of conviction when he tells the NRA, a special interest group, to “kiss it.” They helped get him elected though, so you can be sure that won’t happen, and you can be sure he’ll be attended their events.
Report Post »fed up w/special interest groups
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:35pmand why they’re at it, they can lay a Big smooch on my rear-end too !!
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:36pmJZS if you haven’t already noticed nobody here cares what you believe.
Report Post »exdem
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:43pmOMG!!!! Could it be true? Common sense in an elected official? Imagine if they all spoke the truth like Gov. Lepage and Chris Christie? I am starting to feel a little better. We have Rubio, Pence, Cain, Trump ,Paul and Palin. and a few others with alot of promise as potential 2012 candidates.
Report Post »Romney, Gingrich, and Huckabee need not apply.
republitarian
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:46pm@JZS That’s right. Because he supports that special interest. The point is that he won‘t be held hostage to one that he doesn’t.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 2:56pmPlease, Please, Please dont come back and appologize. I am so tired of these men speaking out against these groups, Obama and the liberal progressive, commies and then someone gets to them and say they are sorry. Say it like it is. Be a Man.
Report Post »Sevens
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:03pmI wish he and others would tell Obama to produce his “long form Birth Certificate”. Hell we all know he couldn’t be born here think about it.. He is so anti american. I am not a birther but someone who wants the real “truth” about this imposter in OUR HOUSE!
Buck Bagaw
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:14pmAbout time the New African American Communist Party got put in it’s place. Thanks for the bright spot in the news Governor.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:19pmTaking a lesson from Chris Christie’s “Book of Guts!”. These groups have been pushing people around for years and now leaders are pushing back, swinging the pendulum back towards integrity, honesty and for the good of ALL people.
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:20pmI needed this smile.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:22pm@jzs,
“I‘ll believe he’s a man of conviction when he tells the NRA, a special interest group, to “kiss it.””
If a group is pro-Constitution, it’s not a special interest. Class-based groups, however, like the NAACP, are.
The NRA (before it was bought off by the Left), stood for not only the Second Amendment, but also for the First Amendment, for the defense of which the Second Amendment was written.
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:30pmTo 1TRUEONE55:
Yo, ‘dis is Yo Mick. What‘s up ’bro/sis? Yo, I didn‘t even know that we had black ’bros all up and i Mane. I agree wid the Gov, but man, that guy is acting like he sat on some Tuscon cactus, Yo.
I hope he don‘t start paraidin’ his kid all-aroun’-town like he’s some racial shield, Yo. ‘Cause wen dat kid grows up, he gonna give his pappy a wippin‘ for paraidin’ him like dat. Da NAACP just invitin‘ you to a party ’bro, you don’t have to get all uptight, Yo.
All he had to says waz, Yo, thanks, but I was invited to a TEA PARTY dat day, das all. As Sarah wood say: “Don’t git all huffy, don’t ya know?!”
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:40pmI’m not a big fan of the NAACP. I think they are a liberal racist organization that serves no legitimate purpose anymore. The Gov. still serves the individual members of that organization. He does not have to be liberal P.C. but he still needs to show some class. His office requires him to show a degree of respect that dignifies the office he holds and should be held to that standard as a public servant of ALL the people. He could have simply said. “I will be attending the funeral of a recently deceased State Trooper. My family and I will be observing MLK day apart from the NAACP.”
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:45pmYo Rabid:
Dis is Yo Mick, you tooke da wurdz right outta my brain ‘bro, Yo!
Report Post »avenger
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 3:48pmI love this guy ! somebody finally realized that 12% minority is terrorizing our country. Way to go !
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:00pm@RabidPatriot,
“His office requires him to show a degree of respect that dignifies the office he holds and should be held to that standard as a public servant of ALL the people.”
Not exactly. He swears an oath to the Constitution, not to the whims of the People. We are a Representative Republic, not a Democracy.
The Constitution was established to guarantee the security of each individual’s unalienable rights. Therefore, each elected official has a duty to oppose the ideals of those citizens of America which are opposed to the Constitution. When they don’t, they are violating their oath to the Constitution, and are guilty of treason.
Max jones
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:05pmI am the founder of a New organization…the national association abolishing political correctness.. or the NAAPC. I plan no meetings or conventions. There are no dues collected or membership rolls. To be a member all one must do is TELL IT LIKE IT IS!!!
Report Post »MsMonsoon
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:07pmMe, me, me… I’m next! Pucker up NAACP and kiss mine too!
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:10pmYo, A DOCTOR:
So you is sayin’ he shud paraid the only black kid in Mane and use him as a racial shield? He ain‘t braking no constitution by bein’ nice when he sayz no to the NCAA, no? I donno.
Report Post »123gone
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:11pmWhere can we get one of those Governors? – They sure don’t grow on trees !!
Report Post »jgeezy
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:12pmThis is exactly the kind of thing we need to see more of. So remember this Governer’s Name. Governer LePage, thank you.
http://practicalpolitician.wordpress.com/
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:13pmI like this guy.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:18pmDo we have Chris Christie II in Maine, the home of flip-flopping Sens. Snowe and Collins?! Howard Dean and Bernie Sanders must be going bonkers!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:25pm@ottodiedacktick,
“He ain‘t braking no constitution by bein’ nice when he sayz no to the NCAA, no?”
I wasn’t referring to his response, but to his position on the NAACP – that it’s a special interest.
As for his tone and choice of words, he probably see’s the NAACP as the cause of a lot of class-warfare and as ideologically opposed to the Constitution (which is how I see them).
It’s amazing what the NAACP gets away with. The rest of us want to treat everyone as human beings, but here you have this racist color-based group choosing to recognize themselves as a class of people, and then they cry racism when they get recognized as the class of people they say they are.
I don’t see them as a class. They are simply a group of people who have been deceived into thinking that color means anything. It doesn’t.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:30pmispend a great deal of time in Maine, there is a saying i have heard many times‘ don’t ever ask a frenchman what he thinks, because he will tell ya’
Report Post »always watching
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:32pmHow DARE he? That RACIST, GUN-TOTING, BIBLE-THUMPING, GAY-BASHING, REDNECK, KKK- LOVING, RICH, TRAILER-TRASH. WHERE’S THE REV. AL WHEN YOU NEED HIM? Oh, this isn’t the Huffpo? Nevermind.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:33pmi will tell you also, Maine is probably the least racist place in the countyry. Mainers are different, independent, strongwilled etc… but no way racist.
Report Post »Mikeyyy
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:40pmWow, i think that governor just made a tingle go up and down my leg to steal a quote from Chris Matthews. lol
Although it wasn’t politically correct i loved it.
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:42pmTo A DOCTOR:
Listen, all joking aside. I’m black and liberal and I agree with you about the NAACP. I voted for McCain because when faced with a choice of two horrendous globalist candidates, I wanted to show my daughter that race doesn’t matter!
However, when you come off as mean spirited, you lose.
The left hates Sarah because she is poised, dignified, and she never appears to be angry … ever!
I really voted for the GOP because of her! I‘m not stupid and I know that you aren’t either. The substance doesn’t change, but attitude has to change in order for us liberal TEA PARTIERS to be successful. OK? OK.
michael79
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:46pmYeah, kiss my butt too! They are the racists.
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:48pmI am from Maine, Voted for the Gov. On his Mail list read his website.
Had no Idea he had a son who happens to be black.
This guy is the real deal, a real businessman with a well known chain of stores,
and was mayor of a large Maine city with a balanced budget. We are hoping he can turn the business climate around here, so we can find liveable wage JOBS !
I was shocked when liberal Maine elected him, and a republican majority legislature as well !
Report Post »with ANY luck and hard work we can get this ship of state turned from the iceberg of liberalism !
AriBenTZion
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:53pmGood for him.
G-d bless him.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:54pmLol! Im loving it! Good for him it is about time we had leaders who don’t mince words or chew their cabbage twice.
ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:54pmTo MICHAEL79:
Yes, they are racist. So am I. I simply try not to discriminate against anyone and I am embarrassed when I feel that I have failed. Please show me someone who isn’t racist. This country is the fairest country on earth! However, we are all sinners, racists and we lie. All of us do!
Report Post »Mikeyyy
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:55pmnever underestimate special interest groups and lobbyists…they have extreme power and influence…and i really believe some will resort to outright murder if you stand up against them. i dont believe the naacp would ever go that low, but the governor may want to measure his words a tad in the future. Naahhw, give it to them Gov!
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 5:05pmTo A DOCTOR:
I‘m just saying that I don’t think he would’ve snubbed the Ancient Order of Hibernians with the same vigor and then parade his adopted Gaelic son as a racial shield. That’s what I meant.
So, Yo, ‘dis ’bro seemed a little constantipated. If you no wat I mean? ;)
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 5:09pmUNTAMABLE-KATE I agree with you 100% on that and maybe it is time that Caucasians demanded their own special interest groups like the Caucasian Caucasus and The NAAWP and the National Caucasian College Fund. Our interests obviously are not being looked out for as we are being discriminated against and portrayed on tv commercials as criminals, (seen any of those home security commercials) always being accused of racism if we want our borders protected or disagree with President Obama. I am 100% against these types of special interest groups but maybe that is what it will take to get all Americans to just call themselves Americans and stop pitting themselves against fellow Americans and stop thinking they are victims and the us against them mentality.
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 5:20pmTo MISSIONARYDAD:
I agree with you. You and I are the same race, we are true-blue, red-blooded Americans. However, when LaRaza says the same thing about hispanics: “We should all unite, under one language and one culture to become one people, one race … ” The first thing conservatives do is call them racists, when in fact, conservatives want the same thing for the American race. God is my father, but George Washington is my second father. Is he your second father too? Then, we are related and of the same race bound by common ideals.
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 5:42pmI would like to add a “kiss my butt” also to these other comments
Report Post »gracentruth
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 6:28pmWay to go, Governor LePage! You sound like a real American Patriot. Thank you.
Report Post »integrican
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 6:45pmI wonder how many Black politicians would refuse an invite by the NAAWP (if there were one) ; )
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 7:17pmI think, hope, pray, that the mood of the country is now firmly anti-PC and that this is the beginning of a new era of enlightment where all and I mean ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL men are created equal.
The NAACP can kiss my ass as well! I think if MLK were alive today seeing what has been going on ad nauseum over the last 30 years he would agree as well.
Report Post »OATMEAL
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 7:36pmWhen oh when can the White man have his own group? Anything White will do, I don’t care as long as it is all White!……….This man did well, next he needs to call them what they are, a Racist Hate Filled Group. I know it, you know it, we all know it!
Report Post »UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 7:38pm.
I am getting REALLY annoyed with this SPAMMER “snow leopard” sitting at the top of each and every thread with his garbage “art” site?
What? Can’t find a gallery to represent you? With all the garbage being shown these days that’s a pretty devastating statement.
LOL
In the meantime STOP HOGGING the bandwidth on The Blaze!
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Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 8:31pmottodiedacktick
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 4:42pm
To A DOCTOR:
Listen, all joking aside. I’m black and liberal and I agree with you about the NAACP. I voted for McCain because when faced with a choice of two horrendous globalist candidates, I wanted to show my daughter that race doesn’t matter!
However, when you come off as mean spirited, you lose.
The left hates Sarah because she is poised, dignified, and she never appears to be angry … ever!
I really voted for the GOP because of her! I‘m not stupid and I know that you aren’t either. The substance doesn’t change, but attitude has to change in order for us liberal TEA PARTIERS to be successful. OK? OK.
@ottodiedacktick
Good points but be careful not to take yourself too seriously regarding race. You are black. I am white. I would like to say that I would die for you in the trench and I would like to think that you would do the same for me for freedom which I know we both believe in. With me so far?
Now here comes the challenge. I boot camp we had a DI who no one could stand. We were all convinced he was a coarse white bigot to the black and to the rest of us just plain offensive. When one night I happened to hear him coment that “It didn’t matter if recruits hated him if it saved lives.”
The challenge for you and me is to work as a team. When teams form a bond that can stomach insults and injury and rise above it we will then discover that we can survive any challenge. Even death itself. If I tell you to kiss my ass. You can get angry and respond as such. But then again maybe this is one man and he one Gov who is trying to save your and this republics’ life.
Give it some thought before you respond and God bless you!
PS: I’m sure the Gov. really loves his adopted son and is not using him. Team work also starts by not assuming the worse when people boldly state their convictions no matter how unpopular. He’s just doing something that politicians rarely do by not being afraid to push back and be his own man. I’m sure he is cool with it. He had other commitments that he couldn’t refuse and was simply telling it like it was to a group that made a bad attempt at controlling him. I’m sure the come back about his kid was spontaneous and not calculated. All evidence of body language tends to point in that direction,
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 8:45pm@ottodiedacktick
“However, when you come off as mean spirited, you lose.”
I’ve never judged the validity of what someone said by how they said it.
Maybe the tone reveals a bit about the meaning behind the words one uses – and to that extent one might better be able to address the underlying motivations for the words used – but the words used are either correct or incorrect on their own merit.
I never fault someone for being angry, per se. In their mind, maybe they think they have a right to be angry. The question is really whether or not they actually do have a right to be angry, and only reason will be able to reveal that.
And, yes, sometimes anger and violence are justified, Constitutionally speaking – that’s part of the reason why the Bill of Rights was written, to keep government from abusing its power.
“The left hates Sarah because she is poised, dignified, and she never appears to be angry … ever!”
Palin is kind of sheltered, in that she frequents her base. For example, when my hottie/useful-idiot girlfriend Katie Couric asked her what she was reading, after Palin said she was reading some stuff, Palin didn’t want to say which ones.
Palin’s getting better, but, alas, she’s a woman, and I have a problem with women in the roles of men. She’s hot, and as one ******* noted, though in different words: that‘s kind of how we’re supposed to see her; She’s not Presidential for her gender alone, though I think she’s bright enough. No foreign official takes her seriously – they’re all drooling over her.
“I really voted for the GOP because of her! I‘m not stupid and I know that you aren’t either. The substance doesn’t change, but attitude has to change in order for us liberal TEA PARTIERS to be successful. OK? OK.”
I don’t have a problem with the attitude of the Left, per se. I just wish that the non-Saul-Alinsky types would think for themselves, and be willing to actually argue the points. The Saul Alinsky types, of course, are just there to deceive people.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 9:02pm@ottodiedacktick,
“I‘m just saying that I don’t think he would’ve snubbed the Ancient Order of Hibernians with the same vigor and then parade his adopted Gaelic son as a racial shield. That’s what I meant.”
But his adopted son IS a racial shield, in that it disproves the NAACP’s claim that he has shown a “pattern of indifference to blacks”. The NAACP was clearly race-baiting, and the Governor got pissed because of it – and rightfully so.
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 11:00pmplease move to oregon, love your attitude
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 11:17pmHe’s my new hero! Paul Le Page…. gotta find out more about him. Like what I heard. It’s about time someone had the guts to say this!
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on January 14, 2011 at 11:23pmTo the NAACP…….. you may KMA also.
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 12:17am@A DOCTOR:
If the governor’s son had been white, would that have proven to the NAACP that in fact the gov was racist? No! The fact that the Gov has a son of any color has nothing to do with whether or not the man is racist. Is it possible that he could have a black wife and still hate black men? He’s using his son as a racial shield.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 12:21amHope he tells his son this is how special interest groups are trying to exploit people.. and to raise him above them.. a good move.. MORE governors etc should do the same.. Glad they didn’t apologize..
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 12:36amLook at any liberal blog and you will read hundreds of testimonial from white people who are using the fact that they voted for Obama as a racial shield to demonstrate their moral superiority over other white people, namely, the TEA PARTIERS. So, if you are white and you did not vote for Obama, does that make you a racist? Does the fact that white Libs use their vote for Obama make them non-racist? I‘m just asking if it’s OK to use your child as a racial shield. I don’t like it when Libs or Conservs do it.
Report Post »Susan
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 1:22amIt would be nice if we all were color blind, than we wouldn’t have to spend so much time kissing special interest group butt. The government may get something done. This governor did the right thing.
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 1:31am@OTTODIEDACKTICK
I think this is my fault between you and DOC. He responded the same as he did previous to you because I don’t think he read carefully my response to you above under TRADEXPERTBUYSELL. So you probably assumed he was harping at you but the way I started my response to you was to cut and paste your commentary ahead of my commentary. So DOC probably glanced at my response and probably thought you were now harping and pushed back.
So OTTO please go back and review the response I gave to you.
DOC, please stay out of this. This is between OTTO and TRADEX (IE: Me).
Sorry about the confusion gang! Let’s start over.
ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 12:17am
@A DOCTOR:
If the governor’s son had been white, would that have proven to the NAACP that in fact the gov was racist? No! The fact that the Gov has a son of any color has nothing to do with whether or not the man is racist. Is it possible that he could have a black wife and still hate black men? He’s using his son as a racial shield.
Comment however before you go back and review OTTO (and I mean this with the deepest respect for you feelings and honest interest in what I believe to be a sincere and healthy debate:
Regardless if the son or wife is white or black a man’s innocent until proven guilty. And I sincerely believe if you carefully look at my initial response above that you really don’t have enough proof that the man is a racist. That as I’ve witnessed over the course of the last 30 years issues of racism by political panderers has become rediculously polarized where we have all (Black & White) been taken in. And since an NAACP racist charge comes with a penalty and has ruined many a career this is no laughing matter. Accusing someone of being racist is tantamount to accusing someone in this day and age to being worse than a murderer or rapist (unfortunately).
Also accusing a father of using an adopted son as a “shield” without proof? I assume the man pissed you off. Nonetheless calm down damnit! He may be sincere and again from watching the video I got the impression his defense was spontaneous and not calculated. In which case you are the one under the microscope not the Gov for accusing him of using his beloved as a shield. I trust you are not a vicious person to make such a statement. Yet someone else might charge you with being just that without further explaination, But just as I watched the video and am willing to give the Maine Rep the benifit so am I willing to trust that you are just angry and not vicious. So please calm down and go back and review my initial response using my boot camp experience to see if we can establish an understanding that might revolutionize the racist paradigm in a positive way that can break the tension and both have a good laugh at ourselves for making the racist argument more important than freedom and prudent justice. Please read carefully and let me know if it makes sense to you. God speed.
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 6:27amThree cheers for Govenor LePage of Maine, a man that’s not afraid to offend the “special interest” groups. The NAACP is a racist organization. The title of the organization NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE speaks for itself, unless the phrase “COLORED PEOPLE” includes the color WHITE.
Report Post »Cookie99
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 8:37amI totally agree!
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 8:38amThese special interest groups are so used to being treated specially that their arrogance holds no bounds…
Report Post »UWSDWF
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 11:01amRight On.
Report Post »What about the PATTERN the special interest use ????
Give me a break.
middleclassprophet
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 11:57amSo much for mature conversation coming from the GOP. Looks like Romper Room is here to stay.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 12:05pmAt last, somebody that calls the NAACP what it really is!!! The left will brand him as a racist, black-hater, but I will applaud him for telling the truth! It’s about time more government officials started telling the truth!
Report Post »Deb C
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 12:52pmIs that any way to talk about 12.9% of the population ?
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 9:50pm@TRADEX AND DOC:
OMG, I think I’d better learn to improve my writing. I never said that I think LePage is a racist and I don’t believe that he is anymore racist than I or anyone else. I just disagreed with the gov’s use of the fact that his son is black as exculpatory evidence that he is not racist. I don’t even use the word “adopted son”, no, it’s his son. But, this brings up a very important point for white people who are afraid to speak about racial issues because of well placed fears of having their lives destroyed by accusations of racism. Look at the Christian lady in Pakistan who was sentenced to death for blasphemy and look at the white person who has had their lives destroyed for simply talking about race (Jimmy the Greek, Al Campanis, etc.). The two situations are getting dangerously similar, so how much free-er and better are we than Pakistan?
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 10:02pmTO TRADEX AND DOCTOR:
If you guys thought I was accusing the gov of being racist, I’m truly sorry to you both and the governor. I like him ’cause he has balls and would even vote for him if I knew more about him. If the NAACP wants to accuse him of being racist, he should deny it, and the media will say: Oh, by the way LePage has a black son. The NAACP will have egg on their faces, but I ask him to please don’t offer that information in the future, don’t use your son that way.
Report Post »VerySeniorCitizen
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 11:04pm1TRUEONE55 – Unfortunately for this Governor, when he took the oath of office it was to represent ALL the citizens of his state. NOT just the ones who supported him , or the ones he agrees with.
So I guess we could say that it has taken him less than a week to break that oath. What do you think??
Report Post »LadybugsTX
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 5:35amNow wait a minute sir. You have it backwards. What the NAACP meant to say when they said you were indifferent to blacks was that they wanted you to kiss their butts. Preferential treatment, favoring them above others, etc. Are you kidding? They don’t want to be treated like everyone else. It takes a lot of tax dollars to keep up their place on the cross they’ve nailed themselves to. When will they get it? If you garner special favor off the backs of others because of your skin color, you cannot cry racism when people resent it. The NAACP makes me sick, literally. They have created a culture that has enabled an entire sector of society to remain impoverished and hopeless so they can continue to milk they system.
The race card is a terrible thing to wast…
Report Post »LadybugsTX
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 5:40am@SeniorCitizen. He is representing ALL of the people of the state of Maine, therefore keeping his oath. What he’s not doing is treating black folks in his state any differently than he is white folks. What a concept. Equal treatment under the law. Wow. Now, if you’d like to go down the oath route, perhaps you should start with the Democrats in Congress who swore an oath to protect the Constitution and then proceeded to piss on it every day for the last two years and admitted it in public. You do that, then you might garner some credibility.
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