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LePage makes controversial comment about state senator. (Updated)
Last edited Fri Jun 21, 2013, 01:52 PM - Edit history (2)
This despicable jerk cannot be gone soon enough for me. 
AUGUSTA (WGME) -- Maine Governor Paul LePage has made a few incendiary comments since taking the helm.Now, LePage is getting national attention for a comment he made Thursday involving State Senator Troy Jackson and Vaseline.
Democratic leaders are calling the comments crass, offensive, and disrespectful – not only to Senator Troy Jackson, to whom the comment was directed – but also to the people of Maine.
LePage, when referring to Senator Jackson, said “(he) claims to be for the people, but he’s the first one to give it to the people without providing Vaseline.”
Eliza Townsend, the Executive Director of the Maine Women’s Lobby, said “It is more than just being crass. To make a public statement about rape as a metaphor for political disagreement is disrespectful to victims of sexual assault.”
Democratic leaders are calling the comments crass, offensive, and disrespectful – not only to Senator Troy Jackson, to whom the comment was directed – but also to the people of Maine.
LePage, when referring to Senator Jackson, said “(he) claims to be for the people, but he’s the first one to give it to the people without providing Vaseline.”
Eliza Townsend, the Executive Director of the Maine Women’s Lobby, said “It is more than just being crass. To make a public statement about rape as a metaphor for political disagreement is disrespectful to victims of sexual assault.”
More:
http://www.wgme.com/news/top-stories/stories/wgme_vid_17453.shtml
On edit: Found a video w/full context here. But please be forewarned; the more he speaks, the worse it gets... http://www.pressherald.com/news/LePage-Democratic-leader-giving-it-Mainers-without-Vaseline.html
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No, no, don't send him here. Rick Scott is already enough for us in Florida.
P.S. I used to live in Orono, ME, down the street from ...
