LePuke (as we like to call him) is actually the fucking worst, and this shit is just the tip of the iceberg.

Honestly, Portland is getting pretty multicultural. LePuke openly hates Portland and believes that all our state’s woes originate here, so I could see him deciding that all the black and brown faces he sees when he (begrudgingly) visits our city are responsible for the heroin epidemic too.

1) it was a 3-way race both times, with LePuke on one side and 2 progressives on the other

Also the quiet but present homophobia against Michaud throughout the 2014 campaign.

I’ve been yelling this all over this comment thread, so forgive me, but I think one thing very few people actually name is the role that homophobia played in the 2014 election. The democratic nominee was openly gay, and I feel very confident that LePage would not have been re-elected had that not been the case. Which…

The vote was split by a 3rd party candidate AND the democratic candidate was openly gay, so homophobia was definitely a factor as well. He’s very unpopular here, I assure you.

It says that there are a lot of extenuating factors of which you are clearly ignorant. Maine is very poor, very white, and very rural, and there is some ugly shit that comes with that. But It is also very progressive in some ways, so much so that a democrat and a progressive independent split nearly 60% of the vote in…

Fellow Mainer here, and you fucking NAILED it.

Also, the democrat that ran against him in 2014 was openly gay. I don’t think there’s enough acknowledgment about the role that homophobia played in that election.

LePage has boasted that “I was Trump before Trump became popular.” Donald isn’t interested in any sort of competition.

His democratic challenger, Mike Michaud, was openly gay (Michaud’s orientation had been kind of an open secret in Maine for a long time, but he actually came out while running for governor in order to get in front of a right-wing source that was planning to out him). And while Maine—well, southern Maine anyway—is…

He was re-elected because:

Given the number of hipsters in Portland, and the fact that pot is de-facto legalized here, you may actually be onto something.

Someone who wants said voicemail in the national news so he can keep sucking up to Trump with all his shit-stirring. LePage has always been awful, but he at least used to apologize for the gross things he said from time to time. These days he relishes the opportunity to be as outspokenly nasty as possible.

There is a HUGE cultural divide between northern and southern Maine. Southern Maine is growing more diverse all the time and is incredibly progressive. Northern Maine is very, very white, very, very right-wing, and full of many scary motherfuckers who fantasize about starting their own militia. As such, politics tend…

She should see if Kanye’s available to do it.

This “just move if you don’t like it” argument is one that is routinely made by pro states rights right-wingers whenever folks claim about discrimination, lack of access to abortion, shitty minimum wage, etc. where they currently live. Moving is expensive, and many people can barely afford their rent, let alone save…

THANK YOU! This really needs to be said more often. This is a bit off topic, but a cell phone, for one, is no longer a luxury, and I wish more folks could wrap their heads around that. I run a housing program for homeless young adults, and I can 100% confirm that it is nearly impossible to obtain or keep a job—any…

Your analogy is fucked to begin with. To me, you’re basically just arguing that that Tasti D Lite is THE BEST THING EVER when you’ve never let yourself try a pint of Ben & Jerry’s because OMG CALORIES. Ben & Jerry’s in this case being a chill, fun, inclusive, unconventional college experience rather than the Rigidly…

Nah.