You’re going to wish Paul LePage was governor of your state instead of Maine. He’s never been known for being reticent and certainly wasn’t on Thursday when he said exactly what we’ve all wanted to say once or twice.
WCSH6.com has details of the pucker heard ‘round the world:
While attending a meeting for business leaders in Sanford, Governor Paul LePage spoke out about why he would not attend Martin Luther King ceremonies on the upcoming holiday.
LePage has declined invitations from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The organization has already expressed its displeasure with the governor’s plans to not attend the events.
“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,” said LePage.
LePage has an adopted son who is from Jamaica.
When LePage was asked if his non-participation is more than one instance, and rather a pattern, he replied, “Tell ’em to kiss my butt. If they want to play the race card, come to dinner and my son will talk to them.”
Who among us hasn’t heard about some new nonsense from the NAACP and thought, “Kiss my butt.” Except, we must admit, “butt” has never been our word of choice.
Source: WCSH6.com
This post was last modified on January 17, 2011
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too bad i can't download that video and save it.
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Why do we even let the whining progressives call all the shots, isn't there something non-intimidating, non-racial, non-sexist, non-politically charged, non-negative, non-judgemental that we could do that would be effective?
About time someone stood up to the Black Whiners Coalition.
This is a good start, we need more governors to do this.
What do you call a racist organization that calls others racists?
"ummm, that's a tough one. i'll take NAACP for a $1000"
People who annoy you.
You're pretty lucky with this bonus round puzzle because, as always, you're given R, S, T, L, N and E and your choice of the constant G and vowel U. Here's your puzzle, would you like to buy a vowel?
N_GGERS
(the answer is NAGGERS, you racist)
The Pot-Kettle-Black Coalition
NAACP? La Raza? N.O.W.? ACORN? GLAAD? Oh, wait, right... You can't be racist unless you are white...
If liberals didn't have a double-standard, would they have a standard at all?
Somehow, plagiarizing your doctoral thesis shouldn't get you a national holiday. I'm sorry he was killed. It was a tragedy. But political correctness always wins out!
Makes you wonder why his family sued to have his FBI records sealed right before they were due to become unclassified. My guess is that he was a paid agitant by the KGB or a pervert or both.
Ahh... this warms the cockles of my heart. I happen to live in Maine; our last Gov was little more than a slimy used-car salesman, so it's nice to see somebody who will tell you exactly what he thinks every so often. And now I'm off to find out what the heck a "cockle" is...