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Sam said...

Did Lepage actually say "My differences with Elizabeth Mitchell is on the policies."??? Wouldn't that kind of flagrant grammatical error (subject/verb agreement: differences ARE, not differences is) cause Tea Party folks to DEMAND that anyone else learn to speak English correctly? Or is that sort of DEMAND only reserved for those with Hispanic accents? Maybe we should ask for proof he actually earned a college degree as he claims?

July 27, 2010 at 3:32 PM Report abuse

Josey+Wales said...

Sorry Paul, the apology thing only works for liberals. They can say anything as long as they apologize.

July 27, 2010 at 3:36 PM Report abuse

Dee said...

This kind of apology means nothing -- look at his wording - If Elizabeth (no one calls her Elizabeth) is offended.... This is a normal Republican apology. It is insincere and only CYA.

July 27, 2010 at 3:38 PM Report abuse

Spooky said...

If people are that sensitive, then they need to get over it.

July 27, 2010 at 3:39 PM Report abuse

Biddy said...

An age jab by a 61 year old man about a 70 year old woman is like the pot calling the kettle black. He apologized. Now move on. The biggest issue here wasn't the comment but LePage's propensity to speak or act without thinking first. Like the Waterville Council meeting about Medicinal Marijuana and the pose on the front page with a bar owner who's bar was recently raided by police. We need a Governor who is thoughtful and focuses on real solutions about REAL issues.

July 27, 2010 at 3:47 PM Report abuse

David said...

So where were the liberals criticizing Sonya Sotomayor for her rather flagrant misuse of the English language during her confirmation hearings? A Supreme Court Justice that doesn't know the difference between "imminent" and "eminent"?

July 27, 2010 at 3:49 PM Report abuse

Jackemy said...

Bob said.. It goes to show you the liberal AARP idiots are trying to stir up the pot again!! They can't find anything wrong with Mr. LaPage's position so they condure up dumb issues to attack him on!! I hope all AARP members in this state do what I did during the last election... I tore up my membership card and told them to stuff it when they asked me to pay my next membership fee!!!!!

July 27, 2010 at 3:51 PM Report abuse

Sam said...

In fact if you were to take actual age in years in conjunction with all of the weight and over imbibing issues that Lepage is VERY well known for, his effective age is almost certainly greater than Mitchell's. Any competent insurance actuary would rate Mitchell's longevity and likelihood of good health quite a bit higher that that of a very hard drinking, overweight heart attack survivor like Lepage.

July 27, 2010 at 3:53 PM Report abuse

hillbilly said...

It is a typical POLITICAL apology, not a Republican one alone. No politician has the cohones, (sorry that's not English) to accept responsibility for their actions. Lepage is no different just because he does it with a french accent.

July 27, 2010 at 3:53 PM Report abuse

Less-B.-Ull said...

They are both old. Who cares? They both represent the fringe of their parties. If either is elected this state is done.

July 27, 2010 at 4:03 PM Report abuse

Biddy said...

Republicans tend to box themselves in by promoting a "Family Values" platform. In truth they are human beings like everyone else and have the same shortcomings. "Family Values" don't belong in any politician's platform. But LePage has spoken to those values and the Republican platform stresses them. So when he poses with a person of questionable character or has other questions raised about his character on other websites he is boxed in and should either admit or repudiate the questions. Republicans who stress "Family or Traditional values" and don't live them themselves are the lowest form of political creature, HYPOCRITES!!

July 27, 2010 at 4:05 PM Report abuse

Jack_Pine said...

I'm not sure if Libby Mitchell's 70 years are the same as another person's 70 years as she has been living in the artificial atmosphere of a bureacrat-politico bubble in Augusta, detached from reality and attached to our wallets. She has been protected from the strains of life that affect the common man and woman.

July 27, 2010 at 4:14 PM Report abuse

lotekguy said...

If LePage were a democrat,all he'd have to say is"Mistakes were made",and he'd receive total absolution from the mainstream press. Gimme a break!!!

July 27, 2010 at 4:15 PM Report abuse

middleone said...

He apologized. Move on to something else, like where is he going to make cuts in the state budget if he is elected? What will Maine come to look like under his leadership? What kinds of cuts will local towns see in the subsidy for education? What regulatory changes will be made to encourage small business and job growth? BE SPECIFIC.

July 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM Report abuse

EFitz said...

"My differences with Elizabeth Mitchell is on the policies." Who wants this idiot to be Maine's Governor?

July 27, 2010 at 4:29 PM Report abuse

MSH said...

LaPage says: "Pardon me French....."

July 27, 2010 at 4:31 PM Report abuse

Page5Girl said...

ah - the master of communication is at it again.

July 27, 2010 at 4:36 PM Report abuse

Jack_Pine said...

I'm not sure if Libby Mitchell's 70 years are the same as another person's 70 years as she has been living in the artificial atmosphere of a bureacrat-politico bubble in Augusta, detached from reality and attached to our wallets. She has been protected from the strains of life that affect the common man and woman.

July 27, 2010 at 4:43 PM Report abuse

AR5 said...

“Well, from now on, what I am going to do is, I’m not going to make any comments to reporters unless it’s in writing,” LePage said. ================================ Sure.

July 27, 2010 at 4:48 PM Report abuse

Chainyanker said...

Paul LePage should have recorded the apology to save time. There is no doubt he will be putting his foot in his mouth many times during the upcoming fall election campaign. To make things easier on himself maybe he should publish his plan for getting the State of Maine back on track. That way he can have it proof read first. Maybe then the rest of us non right wing Tea Party nut jobs can find out what he really brings to the table. Who knows he may garner some votes he wasn't counting on.

July 27, 2010 at 4:52 PM Report abuse

99dotter said...

A nice non-apology apology- "If Elizabeth was offended, my deepest apologies." So if she wasn't offended, he doesn't apologize.

July 27, 2010 at 4:57 PM Report abuse

jimpmwo said...

he is going to self destruct. if he can only answer a question in writing does that mean he has to have someone check it first? he keeps this up he is going to have a tough time keeping his socks dry. if this continues this could get to be a real amusing election

July 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM Report abuse

99dotter said...

Jack Pine, if you can figure out how to run government for free, let us know. That's detatchment from reality. Until then, they need our wallets.

July 27, 2010 at 4:59 PM Report abuse

Dino90000000 said...

This reminds me of the Dept. of Agriculture employee's comments, that were blown out of proportion too.

July 27, 2010 at 5:04 PM Report abuse

TheSaint said...

I couldn't care less if LePage is grammatically polished. The fact is he apologized. Time to move on to the issues. His lack of diction and proper grammar will not solve the problems we face in Maine. Solutions will. So far LePage offers more solutions than all the other candidates combined.

July 27, 2010 at 5:06 PM Report abuse

null said...

Sam = south end of a northbound horse

July 27, 2010 at 5:25 PM Report abuse

Jack_Pine said...

I just heard that Harry Reid's new energy bill does NOT mandate that we buy renewable electricity. God Bless! How about we now get Maine to withdraw from RGGI which makes Mainers buy renewable energy given that Governor Baldacci doesn't feel hydro power is renewable. What's that stuff every time it rains and snows Governor Baldacci? How about we buy the energy we want without the government telling us what we must buy and without the government subsidizing the renewable sources that essentially don't work. Give me hydro. Give me natural gas. Give me a new Governor who understands what it's like being in the poor house, which is where 16 long destructive years of Baldacci and King have taken us.

July 27, 2010 at 5:26 PM Report abuse

francis58 said...

Libby mitchell & Ardin manning are as usual up to no good. But I will go on record by saying she should resign come on 70 years is way to old to be running,anyway she won't win there are not thant many stupid people in maine.

July 27, 2010 at 5:34 PM Report abuse

Ripple said...

If Libby Mitchell is offended by the age comment, she is in for many sleepless nights once the campaign really heats up, both LePage and Mitchell are right, agreeing that it is about the difference in policies that matters,the age debate is just fodder to keep the fringe active

July 27, 2010 at 5:37 PM Report abuse

Cochon said...

What a buffoon. This joke is the best the republicans have to offer. Gee Jethro, looks like your 6th grade edu-macation is all you needed. The gift that keeps on giving, Paul LePigy.

July 27, 2010 at 5:50 PM Report abuse

Bosco said...

Sam said... In fact if you were to take actual age in years in conjunction with all of the weight and over imbibing issues that Lepage is VERY well known for, his effective age is almost certainly greater than Mitchell's. Any competent insurance actuary would rate Mitchell's longevity and likelihood of good health quite a bit higher that that of a very hard drinking, overweight heart attack __________________________________ Um sam....before spewing off about LePage's "heart attack" maybe you should check On libby. She also has had significant cardiac issues!!

July 27, 2010 at 5:54 PM Report abuse

jake007 said...

lotekguy ....bingo I suppose its a good thing she's not a "macaca".

July 27, 2010 at 6:13 PM Report abuse

AXeL said...

POSTED AT JOURNOLIST/MAINE: - THIS is going to take LePage DOWN, BABY! YEAH! Alls we gotta to is keep hammering away at how the Tea Party is racist and how they want to outlaw abortion, segregate schools, teach Creation, send illegals to concentration camps and now we know he wants LIBBY MITCHELL TO DIE OF OLD AGE! This is a gift. Journalists everywhere in Maine need to mobilize and hammer this story over and over again until your readers think Paul LePage is a genuine MONSTER.

July 27, 2010 at 6:21 PM Report abuse

Esquiredan said...

Oh my, Paul! What a mess this very first salvo seems to be. What's going to happen when you have to face her in a debate? Couldn't come out an speak to the cameras at work today? Also not good. This is expected...a one horse trip vs. an experienced and savvy pol. He'll never get out of the box if he doesn't think before the mouth opens. He can be a homeless survivor, I commend that. but that fact alone doesn't qualify him to be our governor. Watch the gaffs folks. He's not ready to plant his butt in Augusta. Stay in the store, Paul, you're doing just fine there!

July 27, 2010 at 6:31 PM Report abuse

NoSpin said...

Funny how the liberals so easily overlooked "Mr. 57 States Obama," and voted him in office. Isn't it interesting that there were no claims of Obama being ignorant because of his belief that that there are 57 states in the United States. Now these same liberals are harassing Mayor LePage for his French heritage. Oh that's right, the liberals do not want to focus on the issues, they want to only focus on silly distractions. How about we start talking about Maine's sagging economy, our high unemployment, and the Libby/Baldacci tax scam that we had to repeal? LePage, LePage, LePage is indeed the man to become our next governor and I can't wait. Go get em Paul.

July 27, 2010 at 6:38 PM Report abuse

NoSpin said...

Please excuse me, "Go get them Paul." Are you happy now liberals?

July 27, 2010 at 6:41 PM Report abuse

Festus2 said...

I think it was done purposefully. It's so obvious that her age would come up, at least to me. IMHO.

July 27, 2010 at 6:42 PM Report abuse

WHYME said...

NO PROBLEM !! Take your pick ! Septuagenerain vs Sexagenarian NO CONTEST !!

July 27, 2010 at 6:46 PM Report abuse

Esquiredan said...

It get's a lot worse. So Paul tells George Hale that the gaff over Libby's age won't happen again because from "this point forward, everything I say to the press will be in writing!" Yay! Kind of like this blog. Is it ok? Does it offend you? Let's see, did I spell everything right? Ok, here you go: " Libby, when's your birthday so I can send you a gift certificate to Marden's?"

July 27, 2010 at 7:05 PM Report abuse

aloysius said...

My guess is that this will be the first of many apologies in the campaign for LaPage.

July 27, 2010 at 7:09 PM Report abuse

mungo said...

Paul Lepage is a coward and a lying hypocrite. He took a cheap shot at his opponent and now he doesn't have the courage to own up to it. He blames the media and pretends he was misquoted. What a coward.

July 27, 2010 at 7:15 PM Report abuse

mainecomrade said...

If Libby had said this it wouldn't be a story and the AARP wouldn't be upset. They'd be laughing.

July 27, 2010 at 7:28 PM Report abuse

JMY1 said...

Mayor LePage answers the questions. This is typical, the dems can't even come close to his record and accomplishments, so they wait, like a panther in a tree to pounce on anything to minimize and character assassinate. Can't run on issues, so you name call. The people won't be fooled this time around.

July 27, 2010 at 7:43 PM Report abuse

NoSpin said...

How about Libby/Baldacci apologize to all our young adults who are forced to leave Maine for the higher paying jobs? How about Libby/Baldacci apologize to us Mainers for being forced to repeatedly defeat their failed liberal legislation through people's veto? How about Libby/Baldacci apologize to all our Maine businesses that were forced to close because of Maine's unfriendly business climate (HIGH TAXES). You don't need to worry, Libby/Baldacci isn't about to apologize for anything because Libby/Baldacci thinks Maine is heading in the right direction. Let's focus on the real issues and put Maine back to WORK. That's right WORK, not a lifetime of welfare checks. LePage 2010

July 27, 2010 at 7:55 PM Report abuse

TheLeRue said...

He's soooo sorry ... but he'll always be LePig.

July 27, 2010 at 8:13 PM Report abuse

Muskrat said...

Lepage opening his mouth is the gift that keeps on giving. I like Libby Mitchell - her record, for folks who actually look at it objectively, is solid. Far more centrist than folks care to believe. But please, please, Elliot Cutler - step up and take this thing, it is ripe for the taking.

July 27, 2010 at 8:17 PM Report abuse

TheLeRue said...

No Spin (that's all you do!), You want Baldacci to "apologize" for all the "jobs leaving Maine"? Well, let's first get George W. Bush and Republicans to apologize for nearly destroying America's economy! Then we can get them to apologize for not ever going to salute the war dead returning from Iraq, a war that he and Republicans LIED America into for oil! Then we can get the last Republican Governor of Maine, Jock McKernon, to "apologize" for so screwing up the budget that it took Angus King's entire first term just to straighten it out! Then, while we're at it, let's get Republicans to APOLOGIZE for doing NOTHING while insurance rates rose 200% in the 12 years they held Congress since 1995! Then also, let's get ignorant people like YOU, No Spin, to apologize for turning politics into a WWF event. So "No Spin," get contrite, you have a LOT to be sorry for, Mr. Brave RepubliCON! Republican: Worse than you ever imagined.

July 27, 2010 at 8:22 PM Report abuse

JMY1 said...

With the exception of the first year, property taxes have gone down every year in Waterville since Mayor Lepage took office there. In George Mitchell country. While most municipalities are scrambling, because Baldacci/Mitchell shorting the school budgets, Waterville has a 10 million dollar "rainy day" fund. Mayor LePage has called MaineCare, Welfare, rent assistance, what it is.....an incredibly cruel system of enslavement. I am sooo happy that MPBN did NOT air his praise of Libby, he has now discovered that these LIBERAL handout Dems and the UNIONS are the most mean, viscious people ever created and they will do anything to to slander him. I seem to remember people complaining about US Grants drinking, and Lincoln said, "But he fights, I hope he keeps drinking."

July 27, 2010 at 8:33 PM Report abuse

pb said...

AARP get over yourself!!!! You are nothing but a rubber stamp shrill for the demoRATS!!!! I will NEVER be an AARP member. I do qualify, but I will never give you one penny of my money.

July 27, 2010 at 8:56 PM Report abuse

Divinity said...

TheSaint said..."His lack of diction and proper grammar will not solve the problems we face in Maine." _____________________________________________________________________________ Give me an "L", Give me an "E" ( I'll accept an "A" - I'm feeling generous), give me a "P", give me an ... shucks, we all know where this is going; let's just get it in writing. That would be " A G E " Jim Longley was no rocket scientist. Paul LePage is no sanitary engineer. He has come a long way, but he grossly over-estimates his own abilities. The fact that the Republican Party adopted his "tea party values" is sufficient evidence to put Paul, the Piglet Booklet folks, and the Refounders into the same pot. "Double, double toil and trouble"

July 27, 2010 at 8:57 PM Report abuse

TheLeRue said...

JMY, If you like property taxes going down in Waterville, please thank the City Administrator, he does the budget, NOT LePig!

July 27, 2010 at 9:08 PM Report abuse

TheLeRue said...

PB, At every turn, orgaizations that help groups of people, in this case AARP, are denigrated by IRRAIONAL wingnuts like you. When things swing against the far right kooks, then the organization involved is blindly labeled a "liberal" something-or-other. These wingnuts hate government until they need fair treatment. It's always a different story when THEY need Mainecare for the thousands per WEEK it takes to keep an ill wife, mother, son or daughter in a nursing home or hospice. Apparently the worldview of people like the far right loons is a Darwinian nightmare where there is no community, only the "wealthy" that have skewed an entire system in their favor ever benefit, and the concept of problem solving can't involve anything other than lower "taxes" or "cutting" something or other. Guess what wingnuts, you can't EVER cut your way to prosperity. Republican: Ignorant buffoons like LePage.

July 27, 2010 at 9:13 PM Report abuse

TheLeRue said...

The Republican nomination for governor of Maine has left the party with the task of putting lipstick on LePig.

July 27, 2010 at 9:15 PM Report abuse

TheLeRue said...

LePig has a "hespanick" accent, only his is French! Welcome to the world of LePig! All aboard to nowhere!

July 27, 2010 at 9:27 PM Report abuse

Pedroia said...

The LeRue Said..... how old are you anyway? Can you make a comment here without showing your ignorance? If you are the typical left, we are all in trouble

July 27, 2010 at 9:40 PM Report abuse

Blueyes1119 said...

I agree with Jack Pine and Jackemy! AARP, the money sucking liberals who have been in Augusta too long like Libby Mitchell, and all the bleeding hearts from Portland are all going to savage LePage. Libby Mitchell never saw a dollar she didn't want to spend, she never saw a subsidy she didn't like, she never saw a wasteful program she din't want to extend, she never saw a wind turbine she didn't want to fling up on the beautiful mountains. A Mitchell governorship is a continuation of Baldacci and we know what a disaster that has been! We need someone like LePage to get into Augusta and really clean house and upset the place top to bottom. Finally knock some common sense into a state that under Baldacci/Lib Mitchell has had too much poor governance.

July 27, 2010 at 10:39 PM Report abuse

null said...

"Libby had her 70th birthday a few weeks ago and I'm concerned about her. We should send her home." They both belong to AARP. The best part about stating your opinion when it comes to politics is that you can be a hypocrite...I find it hummorous that people are making a huge deal about this. It would make a little since if lepage wasn't SO old himself

July 27, 2010 at 11:09 PM Report abuse

Ramparts said...

We need to all get over ourselves a quit getting so upset at ever little thing someone say for crying out loud. I'm sure he only said what he said knowing he himself is in the same bracket! No one can say anything now a days without wondering who they offended....

July 27, 2010 at 11:30 PM Report abuse

MICKEY1947 said...

The fact is Elizabeth is rather old to be governor of Maine. I'd be afraid she might crock while in office.

July 28, 2010 at 2:35 AM Report abuse

trisailer said...

"there are not thant many stupid people in maine." wanna bet...

July 28, 2010 at 11:49 AM Report abuse

ValdezGreene said...

Mickey, If you are fearful of Libby's health, you ought to be TERRIFIED about LePig!

July 28, 2010 at 3:10 PM Report abuse

ValdezGreene said...

This is the beginning. LePig jumped off the dock and realized he can't swim.

July 28, 2010 at 3:13 PM Report abuse

Spooky said...

Valdez Greene: He is too fat to sink!

July 28, 2010 at 3:27 PM Report abuse