Maine Gubernatorial Candidate: ‘I’d Tell Obama to Go to Hell’
- Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:04pm by
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage told a group of fishermen at a GOP forum that he won’t be afraid to tell President Barack Obama to “go to hell.”
LePage, a favorite of tea partiers, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he regretted the words he chose Sunday in the small coastal town of Brooksville but that he wasn’t backing down in his criticism of the administration for what he describes as free-spending, antibusiness policies.
A Democratic Party official said it showed LePage is hotheaded and ill-suited to govern.
LePage was responding to a question when he made the remark about Obama, which was captured by a Democratic Party aide who was videotaping the event.
“As your governor, you’re going to be seeing a lot of me on the front page, saying ‘Governor LePage tells Obama to go to hell,’” LePage said to applause.
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Comments (104)
MiketheTrucker
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 11:16pmHe’d get my vote! Just as Joe Wilson would.
The ironic thing is, Barney the banking queen is even more hotheaded.
Report Post »Al from Maine
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 11:04pmWell, there is one person I can support. Libby Mitchell, who is also running for the same office, has the backing of Bubba Clinton. Hmmmmph, Obama can go to Hell or an endorsement from Bubba?
Report Post »That is a no brainer in November. If we could get rid of those two rino’s from Maine in the senate…
DJR
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 9:26amAl, let’s get rid of Congresswoman Pingree & Congressman Michaud this November. It’d be a start anyway.
Report Post »jcatlanta
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:41pmI don’t see the issue here. I watch the news daily and when Obozo comes on and I hear his latest rhetoric, my typical response is “go to hell” or something very similar.
Report Post »KeithOlberdink
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:22pmHe’s got my vote
Report Post »Will NV
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:09pmHe allready is in Hell.
Report Post »eteme
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:08pmWhy tell Obama to go to hell?? Clearly, Obama is already beating him to the punch by creating “hell” around the US.
Report Post »Eternal Lucy
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:07pmBut then again… Lucifer. Hell………..familiar stomping grounds for Obama.
No big insult.
Report Post »KL
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:04pmI did not vote for Obama and never will…..but for a candidate to tell the President of the United States to go to hell, is inappropriate. I would never vote for him. At least Rick Perry has class!! (He has balls too, he met the Presidents plane to hand him his concerns about the border, and the President dissed him.)
Report Post »VOTE the democrats out of office and replace them with honorable Republicans.
mtnclimberjim
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:17pmAre you kidding me? inappropriate? Don’t you think a marxist pres is bit inappropriate? I’d not only tell him to go to hell, I’d bury a boot in his ass and then repeat it in ebonics. Jackass, Grow a set and quit being a *****. Time to fight!
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 11:02pmYeah, telling Obama to go to hell is really inappropriate. Now IF the guy had said he was going to send him to hell, that would be just perfect.
Report Post »whitaker
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 12:15amEveryone needs to stop thinking about being political correctnes, its a tool of the progressives. That is what got us into this mess. People need to standup for themself and what they believe in even if that offends others. Dont respect someone just because they have a certain title or position. Respect them if they have truly earned it. Do you think obama is worthy of respect because he earned the noble peace prize for just WANTING to get rid of nukes, or winning an election by telling people what they wanted to hear so he could get elected?
Report Post »Eternal Lucy
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:01pmWell…. maybe he meant Hell, Michigan.
Report Post »Takeoutthegarbagenov2
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:00pmObama has to sleep with Mitchelle, he’s already in hell!
Report Post »jose wasabi
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:37pmA big thanks to Paul LePage !
Report Post »emsawyer
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:32pmWhile I do admire his willingness to tell Obama what I would tell Obama, and while I do believe someone needs to stand up to this worthless administration, I don‘t think they’ll listen to ANYONE except who they see in the mirror and will just brush it off and it will be meaningless. The only way we have to tell these moron idiot elites to go to hell is to GET OUT AND VOTE! That will show them and their egos that they are, in fact, expendable.
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:32pmWas this showing a statesmenlike demeanor? He could have said in a much better way. He set himself up for many negative ads
Report Post »baldwin4freedom
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:50pmIn the our modern politically correct environment that is true that he may not have acted “statesman like”. Don’t you think that that may be one of the little problems, of many, with this country?
Report Post »LLATPOH
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:09pmDefinitely true, not the most statesman-like thing to say, nor is it going to get people who don’t agree with him to listen to what he stands for.
But he’s going to get knocked around like a pin ball no matter what he says because the Tea Party likes him. So on one hand, I say “say what you like.”
But I also can definitely sense that politicians are feeding on the energy the right is exuding right now, and taking a lot of liberty on saying things that could be said better. We do need to make sure that the people we vote in are professional, and saying “go to hell” to our elected president isn’t the way to sound professional.
Let the left have the teenage-minded politicians. Gotta hold ours to a higher standard.
Report Post »DSTSS2010
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:26pmStatesman-like, Hmmmmmmm…………
Report Post »By that do you mean lying, cheating, egotistical, corrupt, two-faced, evasive and self-serving?
I would prefer HONESTY!
DSTSS2010
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:33pmHELL! That’s where Obama is trying to send us,
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:44pmya but i trust a davy crockett in buckskins not afraid to speak his mind and oppose the system than a luke warm wishy washy
Report Post »luvamerica
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:29pmA w e s o m e!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »LLATPOH
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:28pmYeah, saying “go to hell” is a COMPLETELY legitimate reason to be unqualified to govern.
Too bad he backed down… Could have rephrased… “Stop leading us there. Go alone.”
Report Post »GrassRootBeer
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:24pmHe’d have my vote. Any elected official who told Obama to go to hell would instantly be a national hero! Someone needs to stand up, face to face, to this administration and speak for the people! Right now We The People would love to tell Obama and his cronies to go to hell!
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:23pmI hope 70% of America tells OBAMA that on 11/02/10 and that we never forget what our country has almost become. VOTE 11/2/10, DRIVE YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO THE POLLS, YES IT’S THAT IMPORTANT.
Report Post »Benbit
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:35pmPlease, take two NEW Voters with you to vote this Nov. Then four in 2012.
Report Post »6.8 SPC
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:19pmHe’d have my vote!!!!!!! I’d rather have this guy running Texas than that wuss Rick Perry!
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:57pmYessir, what a choice we have in Texas, FRICK or FRACK
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:18pmpopulist?? perhaps. Obama ain’t the only one who is the problem.—here’s another idea: why don’t we move the nations capital every 5 years by a lottery draw? that way we can alter the entrenched powers in the greater DC metro area. one year the capital is in Jackson, Mississippi, five years later it is in Butte, Montana, five years later it is in Bangor, maine etc… it will keep the elites and corporations, special interests and everyone constantly on the move and unable to embed.—-it will add an air of unpredictablity and make powergrabs more difficult by the lack of stationary power….just an idea. cheers.
BMWmech
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:56pmThat is a great idea!
Report Post »RAR
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:04pmAnd then the lobbying for the location would begin – like the Olympics
Report Post »annieoakley
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:34pmMove DC? Excellent !
Report Post »Fireguarding
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 11:30pmWhy not just move it offshore? It doesn’t have to float, either. What do you call 535 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A GOOD START!
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 12:13amAfter what the government has done to us, I would like to nominate the town of Intercourse PA as a candidate for the Capitol.
Report Post »Skwerl E. Muckenfutch
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 1:31pmI had the mental picture of politicians, lobbyists and reporters roaming the land in gypsy wagon trains…then the Cher song ‘Gypsies, Trams & Thieves’ popped into my head.
Report Post »Karena
Posted on October 1, 2010 at 2:21amLove the idea. My husband suggested that the Nation’s capital could be the state capital of whatever state the the current president was born in, not which one he or she chooses to claim.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:16pmOh, the always-tolerant bedwetters (that called President Bush Hitler, stupid, evil, etc., etc) are gonna love this!
Report Post »Jimmers46
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:15pmHe just said what we all think!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:14pmand I have just the hand basket for all of them to get there in!
Report Post »flyguync
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:12pmWhat’s the big deal? Remember Joe Biden’s “Big F’ing Deal” remark? Somebody needs to stand up to this administration.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:24pmI think LePage just did. :)
Report Post »wingedwolf
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:41pmBut it‘s OK for obama to go looking for someone’s ass to kicK?
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:58pmAs my grandmother would have said telling OBAMA to “take a long walk on a short peer”, same thing nicer words… Although MAN to MAN his choice of words is better.. LOL..
Report Post »megansmom
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:09pmAnd tell him to take Pelosi, Reid, Frank , Rangel, Grayson and all those czars with him.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:48pmEXACTLY …. burn baby burn. Room for all!
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 11:46pmGo for it girl! DITTO!!!!!
Report Post »myrkat
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 11:48pmCould have been worse… like “Go take a running F at a rolling donut!” or something equally witty.
Report Post »Masamune
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 11:56pmI’ve heard far worse things from Democrats about George Bush than any of this stuff.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 3:56amAmen…why do they always take their words back? Say what you mean and mean what you say!
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 1:15pmHELL= back home for all of the above
Report Post »FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 9:07pmAwesome! I’d tell him that too.
Did you know that the Obama administration is burning books now? The mainstream media is killing the story but it is true.
Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT0qgjxJyRA
Please spread the word about this. This is disgusting behavior by a rogue, power-hungry administration.
Report Post »Midwest Belle
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 11:23pmI realize you have a reason to point out the book burning, but do you have to post that info in EVERY DAMNED POST you make??? I KNOW books were burned, so do the rest of us. YES it’s important for all to know, but enough is enough!
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 4:43amI, for one, appreciate your passion about this, FreedomofSpeech. I wouldn‘t have known about it if you hadn’t posted it. Thank you.
Report Post »FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 6:39am@Midwest Belle Unfortunately, NOT everyone knows about it. In fact, most people do not know about it because it’s not being sufficiently reported. It is, by far, the scariest story I have read in my lifetime. When a government gets into the business of burning books, bad things always follow. I can‘t promise you that I will stop putting the story in my footers because I probably won’t. And in all honesty, it goes into about 30% of my posts here. Not EVERY one, as you indicated. Also, not everyone is interested in every story, so that footer in a particular comment might cause someone to open their eyes to what this administration is doing to America. Few people would believe that our government could do this and telling people that they actually are is important in my opinion. Thank you for your critique. You may be more comfortable simply not reading my comments if my dedication to enlightening people about government book burning offends you. Peace and God Bless.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 8:15amMidwestbelle you are wrong. Not everyone knew about the book burnings. This is a new site to a lot of us, including me. This is the first I’ve heard about it. Thank you freedomofspeech. This abuse of the government must be reported repeatedly for the sake of freedom!
Report Post »Eagle07
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 8:15amFree Amazon has a copy of that book for like $157.00 People are trying to cash in.
Report Post »Compete or Lose
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 2:09pmI think it is refreshing to hear a politician say what he thinks–I really dislike political spin and half truths.
RGS
Report Post »southsik
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 2:51pmHey Belle I didn’t know about it and am grateful I do now so F off. I just watched the video for the first time and now I know I cant read this book in its correct uncensored version. So now we have yet another reason like this Candidate for Governor iterates, we should all wish Obama an eternal stay in HELL.
Report Post »Grandpa
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 3:27pmThis candidate is obviously no polished politician. I like him.
Report Post »AND I appreciate the link on book burning. I learned more about it by watching than I’d known before and if it is accurate then we have much to be concerned about.
RAISINGCONSERVATIVES
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 4:05pmI am sure that there are new people that come to this site everyday that have no idea about the book burning. Yes, some of us have already seen it, but isn’t it a good idea to make sure that EVERYONE knows? We need to continue to educate our fellow citizens on the misdeeds of our government. If you watch Beck, he does have a tendency to say some of the same things over and over, but it is that kind ‘reminding’ that truly calls attention and makes people sit up and listen.
Report Post »texas16
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 7:29pmFREEDOMOFSPEECH, thank you for the “heads up” about the book burning. I was not aware of this until I just read your post. Keep up the good work!
Report Post »susank19
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 9:27pmI also appreciate the post left concerning book burning by this administration. I HAD NO IDEA!!! Keep posting, many do not know. Thanks!
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