Maine's blunt-talking governor rankles many voters

By Clarke Canfield

Associated Press

Published: Sunday, April 3 2011 9:55 a.m. MDT

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With less than three months on the job, Gov. Paul LePage has already managed to rankle more constituencies with his bluntness than any Maine governor in recent memory.

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Rifleman

Salt Lake City, Utah

It is refreshing to see a politician who says it the way he sees it. Why I'd even go so far as to suggest that he isn't politically correct, and would'd call that cast iron lid in the street a "manhole cover" and not a "person hole More..

10:20 a.m. April 3, 2011
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Gentile

brookings, SD

The Governor is not arrogant: he is ignorant. Mega-ignorant. I guess it takes all kinds to run this great nation, but ... please. Maine you are going to have to do better than this. Next election, eh.

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11:15 a.m. April 3, 2011
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Mark B

Eureka, CA

I can't speak for Mainers, but I think Rifleman has confused the governor's bullying everyone's favorite bogeyman - "political correctness" - with actual bravery. It's hard to see how picking fights with state-owned works of art is any help More..

12:54 p.m. April 3, 2011
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