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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 12:04 AM Apr 2016

LePage puts LeFoot in LeMouth again...

What an idiot.

Maine governor: Workers from India hardest to understand

Bangor, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor says it’s hard to understand workers “from Bulgaria” and workers from India are “the worst ones.”

Gov. Paul LePage said Saturday that foreign workers are being used in restaurants after he criticized a referendum proposal to raise Maine’s minimum wage to $12. He says he’s disappointed his alternative proposal to hike the wage to $10 didn’t get traction.

He described Indians as “lovely people but you’ve got to have an interpreter.”

LePage is known for making controversial remarks. In this case, he was chuckling as he spoke at the state party convention. He joked that his wife is going to get a job as a waitress for supplemental income.

He also had a crude remark about President Barack Obama, saying Obama stands for “one big-ass mistake, America.”

http://wbay.com/ap/maine-governor-workers-from-india-hardest-to-understand/

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LePage puts LeFoot in LeMouth again... (Original Post) Archae Apr 2016 OP
Seems to happen every time 2naSalit Apr 2016 #1
LePage was a big ass mistake. Initech Apr 2016 #2
He is a crude man. oldandhappy Apr 2016 #3
can't they find a reason to get this piece of shit out of office? Demonaut Apr 2016 #4

oldandhappy

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3. He is a crude man.
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 12:27 AM
Apr 2016

No graciousness. No sense of culture. I am sorry for Maine. It is a lovely state and the people I have met are nice and generous. Tthey re-elected him I think??!! So there is a silly strain in there somewhere.

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