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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaine Governor suggests he will use guns against those who won't allow him to run propaganda video
Maine governor: Might as well go home and get our guns over alleged censorship
By Eric W. Dolan
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 18:32 EDT
Maines Republican governor Paul LePage has voiced new outrage over the alleged censorship of his speech in the Statehouse.
Its freedom of speech, he told reporters on Wednesday, according to the Portland Press Herald. You folks should understand that better than I. It is the First Amendment, then there is the Second and I love em both.
He added, The minute we start stifling our speech, we might as well go home, roll up our sleeves and get our guns out.
Last week, LePage was told to remove a television he placed outside his Statehouse office because it violated Statehouse rules. The television was reportedly airing campaign-style videos in support of the governors policy agenda.
By Eric W. Dolan
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 18:32 EDT
Maines Republican governor Paul LePage has voiced new outrage over the alleged censorship of his speech in the Statehouse.
Its freedom of speech, he told reporters on Wednesday, according to the Portland Press Herald. You folks should understand that better than I. It is the First Amendment, then there is the Second and I love em both.
He added, The minute we start stifling our speech, we might as well go home, roll up our sleeves and get our guns out.
Last week, LePage was told to remove a television he placed outside his Statehouse office because it violated Statehouse rules. The television was reportedly airing campaign-style videos in support of the governors policy agenda.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/29/maine-governor-might-as-well-go-home-and-get-our-guns-over-alleged-censorship/
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Maine Governor suggests he will use guns against those who won't allow him to run propaganda video (Original Post)
Bjorn Against
May 2013
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dlwickham
(3,316 posts)1. did we read two different articles
because you twisted the hell out of the story with your thread title
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)2. I will quote him again...
The minute we start stifling our speech, we might as well go home, roll up our sleeves and get our guns out.
It sure sounds like a suggestion that he is going to use his guns to me.
siligut
(12,272 posts)3. Well, if speech were truly being stifled . . .
Last week, LePage was told to remove a television he placed outside his Statehouse office because it violated Statehouse rules. The television was reportedly airing campaign-style videos in support of the governors policy agenda.
In response, he threatened to permanently move his office to the governors mansion. Maine Democrats responded by saying good riddance and offered to split the cost of a moving van.
In response, he threatened to permanently move his office to the governors mansion. Maine Democrats responded by saying good riddance and offered to split the cost of a moving van.
His speech isn't being stifled, they just don't want his rambling videos playing all day long.
And in more recent news:
http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/5347/ItemId/28169/Default.aspx
The controversial 46-inch TV monitor outside Gov. Paul LePage's office has now moved inside the governor's office.
The TV - which flashes LePage-approved messages - is now secured to a window above a door. The governor's spokeswoman, Adrienne Bennett, says the message will vary day to day, but it will always contain what she calls "the facts."
The controversial 46-inch TV monitor outside Gov. Paul LePage's office has now moved inside the governor's office.
The TV - which flashes LePage-approved messages - is now secured to a window above a door. The governor's spokeswoman, Adrienne Bennett, says the message will vary day to day, but it will always contain what she calls "the facts."
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. "They've got the LePage glue gun!"
From the classic Catch-22.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)5. Glues whole squadrons of planes together in mid-air!