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01-17-2011, 10:10 AM #1
Maine's New Governor, Paul LePage, Tells NAACP to 'Kiss My B
Maine's New Governor, Paul LePage, Tells NAACP to 'Kiss My Butt'
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Maine's new governor has been in office for less than two weeks, but he's already created a stir after telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt."
Paul LePage, the state's first Republican governor in 16 years, made the remark last week after drawing criticism from the civil rights organization for saying he would not attend events commemorating Martin Luther King Day.
"They are a special interest," he told the Portland's WCSH-TV. "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."
He added, "Tell [the NAACP] to kiss my butt. If they want to play the race card, come to dinner and my son will talk to them."
LePage has a Jamaican son named Devon Raymond, who attended the new governor's swearing in along with LePage's four other children, the Portland Press Herald reported.
In a statement, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said, "Gov. LePage's decision to inflame racial tension on the eve of the King holiday denigrates his office. His words are . . . out of touch with our nation's deep yearning for increased civility and racial healing."
Rachel Talbot Ross, the state director of the NAACP, also weighed in: "I don't care who he's got in his family," the Waterville (Maine) Morning Sentinel reported her saying. "And he's saying we're playing the race card? The makeup of his family isn't the issue and it never was the issue. For him to say we're playing the race card shows a real lack of awareness of the very important issues we're working to address. Our kids deserve better. Maine deserves better. His son deserves better."
According to LePage's spokesman, Dan Demeritt, the governor could not attend King events because he had previous personal commitments on Sunday and is attending the funeral of a retired state trooper on Monday, the Morning Sentinel said.
LePage, a businessman who served as mayor of Waterville before running for governor, won a close race over independent Eliot Cutler and Democrat Libby Mitchell in November.
In the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others nine days ago in Tucson, there have been widespread calls for greater civility in the nation's political discourse. LePage, however, appears not to have gotten the memo.
"I'm sure the governor wishes he'd used different words, but he's a blunt, outspoken person, and that's one thing people like about him," Charles Webster, chairman of Maine's Republican Party, told USA Today.
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01-17-2011, 11:12 AM #2
The NAACP or any other lobbying organization needs to understand that Governors represent all the people, have all types of commitments, and these days have much to do to deal with and solve the problems of government. If a Governor or any other elected official declines attending a special events ceremony, no one should take it personally or make a big deal out of it.
For example, Barack Obama didn't attend the Memorial Day Service at Arlington National Cemetery because he was on vacation in Chicago.
Telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" who is criticizing the Governor because he can't attend their ceremony, is okay with me. We're not hearing the comments or criticism they made of him to the press which precipitated his comment but I imagine it was race-baiting.
No one supports civil rights and equal rights more than I do, but when the government wanted to make a national holiday for Martin Luther King, I opposed it because we already had so many holidays and King wasn't a President. I realize we have Columbus Day, and he wasn't a President either, but when it was made a holiday people thought he discovered America and determined that worthy of such a holiday for our nation. I'm not sure that's still the case, but we'll save that one for another day.A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
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01-17-2011, 11:20 AM #3
Not to forget that Obama also did not bother to go to Florida after the oil rig explosion and instead went on vacation. Later on he did go but of course that was AFTER he received a lot of flack for not having gone.
LePage said "They are a special interest," he told the Portland's WCSH-TV. "End of story. And I'm not going to be held hostage by special interests. "
I agree with his position. IF an elected official were to actually attend every function promoted by the numerous special interest groups that would be called "pandering" and they would have no time to focus on the job they are there to do.
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01-17-2011, 11:37 AM #4
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geez. obama's been taking alot of vacations.
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01-17-2011, 11:46 AM #5
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Maine's new governor has been in office for less than two weeks, but he's already created a stir after telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt."
Paul LePage, the state's first Republican governor in 16 years, made the remark last week after drawing criticism from the civil rights organization for saying he would not attend events commemorating Martin Luther King Day.
"They are a special interest," he told the Portland's WCSH-TV. "End of story. And I'm not going to be held hostage by special interests.
Good for Paul Lepage, stand up to these racist special interest groups and maybe they will go away.
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01-17-2011, 11:53 AM #6
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More people in positions of leadership need to do the same!
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01-17-2011, 12:22 PM #7
"...For example, Barack Obama didn't attend the Memorial Day Service at Arlington National Cemetery because he was on vacation in Chicago..."
Judy, I would take exception to this one. Memorial Day is a BIG deal for Americans. I am disgusted with our so called president for his disdain of our military and it's heritage. Memorial Day is not ethnic nor is it a special interest. It is to honor all of our fallen soldiers. To go on vacation instead of attending is beyond the pale IMO....I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid...
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01-17-2011, 01:05 PM #8Originally Posted by TexasBorn
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01-17-2011, 01:20 PM #9
QUOTE........In a statement, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said, "Gov. LePage's decision to inflame racial tension on the eve of the King holiday denigrates his office. His words are . . . out of touch with our nation's deep yearning for increased civility and racial healing."
See the race card?
QUOTE.......Rachel Talbot Ross, the state director of the NAACP, also weighed in: "I don't care who he's got in his family," the Waterville (Maine) Morning Sentinel reported her saying. "And he's saying we're playing the race card? The makeup of his family isn't the issue and it never was the issue. For him to say we're playing the race card shows a real lack of awareness of the very important issues we're working to address. Our kids deserve better. Maine deserves better. His son deserves better."
What race card? NAACP is not on the same page with each other? MORONSYou cannot dedicate yourself to America unless you become in every
respect and with every purpose of your will thoroughly Americans. You
cannot become thoroughly Americans if you think of yourselves in groups. President Woodrow Wilson
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01-17-2011, 02:42 PM #10
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So much for sticking to your principles....
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