Y’all, I do not know what is wrong with Paul LePage but, seriously, somebody needs to check him for a brain tumor.

His latest?  We should not raise the minimum wage because … (deep breath) people from Bulgaria and India are hard to  understand.

Maine’s Republican governor says it’s hard to understand workers “from Bulgaria” and workers from India are “the worst ones.”

The governor said Saturday that foreign workers are being used in restaurants after he criticized a referendum proposal to raise Maine’s minimum wage to $12. He says he’s disappointed his alternative proposal to hike the wage to $10 didn’t get traction.

Look, I don’t like being mean so I’ll call this a helpful suggestion:  LePage, the damn last thing you need is to be understood by a waiter in a restaurant.

But, hey, I kinda appreciate what he’s saying.  It’s really hard for me to understand LePage.  I mean, I know he’s talking English and I get that.  I understand all the words he’s saying.  I just don’t think he does.

Thelma has a theory.  “Just look at a map,” she explains. “Maine is way the hell up there.  I mean, the air has gotta be thinner than here, right?”

Maybe.  At least it’s the best explanation I’ve heard.