If They’re Gonna Be Mean, It Helps When They Are Dumber Than Bean Dip
Maine Republican Governor Paul LePage, is one dumb mean sumbitch.
There are more than a thousand immigrant asylum seekers and their families in Maine. LePage intensely opposes any state or municipal aid going to these people. He wants them sick, homeless and hungry even though they are fleeing violence or persecution because that’s just the kind of guy he is.
He is so against helping them that he used political pressure to influence the vote of his fellow Republicans.
The governor’s personal interest group, Maine People Before Politics, run by his daughter, even launched robocalls in Republican Senate districts during recent budget negotiations accusing a number of GOP senators of being soft on the issue.
He’s so mean that it ate up his brain and there is scientific proof.
It became clear on Tuesday night that LePage had failed to veto a number of bills within the time limit set by the Maine Constitution, including LD 369, the amended version of which allows those seeking asylum to receive General Assistance aid for a period of 24 months while their asylum claims are being processed and they are prohibited from working or receiving other aid. The bill had not passed the House by a two-thirds margin and a veto override attempt was unlikely to be successful.
Oh snap. Oh chorus of Ode To Joy playing softly in the background while pink skirted ballerinas and cherubs with pockets full of confetti dance merrily in Maine.
Imagine getting to poke fun at Scrooge. Dude, you’re an idiot and people get to eat tonight because of it. Those are dandy words.
By the way, he botched the veto of 19 other bills he opposed. This one was just my favorite.
Thanks to Ralph for the heads up.
So when’s Gov LePage gonna announce and take his seat on the GOP/Tehadist Klown Kar?
1And now he’s arguing over the meaning of adjournment and whether he still has a chance to veto those 19 bills. Just doing the Republican thing: if it doesn’t go your way, change the rules.
I don’t know, but it seems to me that 19 is rather a lot of bills for a governor to want to veto after the legislature passed them. By my count, the Maine Senate has 20 Rs and 15 Ds, and the House has 69 Rs, 79 Ds, 4 Independents and one ‘unenrolled’ who doesn’t know what he is. Wondering how radical some of those bills were….
2Is it possible that deep Dow inside he has the vestige of a conscience preventing him from letting kids go hungry?
3Miz Juanita Jean, I just love your prose, “Oh chorus of Ode To Joy playing softly in the background while pink skirted ballerinas and cherubs with pockets full of confetti dance merrily in Maine.” So colorful I can picture it (and hear it!).
P.S. It couldn’t have happened to a meaner guy.
4Of all the RWNJ’s that I suspect may have some sort of organic brain disorder, LePage tops my list. He just ain’t right in the head.
5Oh, good grief. Just read the article re “botched veto.” It appears the meanie also can’t count to 2, “the pocket veto only works if the legislature has adjourned after the end of the second regular session.” Even if the session had adjourned, as his office is claiming, it is still only after the FIRST session.
6Not Ode to Joy for me… too Teutonic and militaristic. Cherubs and angels yes, but Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairies instead?
Save Ode to Joy for when Ol’ Paul gets hauled away by the Feds.
7The best part was that he was sucking up to Chris Christie while he was supposed to be working. Stupid idiot.
8This guy has been around too long causing misery plus injury to all and sundry, including his own party. I also think this was a fraternal twin to Trump and the two got separated at birth by a bevy of odd fairies flitting around the cradle. Both of them are going to screw the GOP “brand” so far into the ground the Chinese are gonna get annoyed!
9The sooner they get that recall going, the better.
10Oh, yeah, Maggie!
11Not the brightest bulb in the room. That’s for sure.
12His spite is matched only by his incompetence. In this unusual case, two wrongs do make a right.
13To quote Jerry Reed(inaccurately)” Lord Mr Jesus i just wish that you could see what the party of family values has become. It seems your contributions to man,to say the least got a little out of hand. Lord Mr Jesus what have you done?”
14What LynnN said. This is a truly unique case of two wrongs making a right!
15Wonkette commenters (where comments are not allowed) had a field day with this!
16Turn LePage and get a progressive Dem to move Maine forward not back to Dickensian society
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