Alas, the time has come to talk about politics on the Knight Writer. I would like to apologize for Governor Paul LePage’s extended absence from the KW website. Nevertheless, the governor now returns to Knight Nation, as strong and silly as ever!
Actually, the governor never left the spotlight. He’s still at center stage, making outrageous comments and bringing too much unwanted attention to Maine. As a public servant, LePage has a weird of way of representing Maine. As a member of the Tea Party movement, he is one of many angry state governors across the nation today. However, the rest don’t hold a candle to our chief executive -- if the standards are upsetting his supporters and encouraging the rest of the country to look down at his state.
Some of the memories LePage has created for us with include the removal of a mural from the lobby of the state Labor Department that -- get this -- celebrated laborers.
According to salon.com, LePage claimed “it presented a one-sided view that bowed to organized labor and overlooked the contributions of job-creating entrepreneurs.”
There was the time he told the NAACP they could “kiss my butt” on Martian Luther King Day. He’s so controversial that the switch from a Republican majority in the state Legislature to a Democratic majority is viewed as a rebuke of Paul LePage.
However, the newly elected Maine Senate President, Justin Alfond, D-Portland, knew that the people of Maine were expecting a fight between parties and expressed a desire to “disappoint” skeptics. Didn’t work out that way. What is known as “celebrity day” for the newly elected lawmakers was upstaged by LePage, who lashed out at the winners for beating his Republican buddies by using a “tracker.”
(A tracker, in political terms, means someone who follows a government official around and videotapes him at live events, sort of a hybrid spy/paparazzi. Both parties have trackers set in place for the other side; it’s a common practice for both sides.)
When the day came to swear in the newly elected lawmakers, LePage used that time to take a whack at Democrats. According to the Portland Press Herald, LePage “thanked” Democratic lawmakers for providing him with paparazzi. LePage also talked about how he felt that the next two years would be quite interesting, adding that he objected to the use of a Massachusetts tracker, instead of the Democrats hiring someone from Maine.
Earlier this year, LePage publicly expressed his intense dislike for newspapers. According to the Huffington Post, he told reporters that he didn’t like newspapers because of their "lack of objectivity." Television and radio, he said, are better because they don't "spin" the news.” He also believes the reason people have stopped buying newspapers is that news consumers have realized that what we’ve been reading is all wrong.
Whew. Good thing Knight Writer is an online publication.
Actually, the governor never left the spotlight. He’s still at center stage, making outrageous comments and bringing too much unwanted attention to Maine. As a public servant, LePage has a weird of way of representing Maine. As a member of the Tea Party movement, he is one of many angry state governors across the nation today. However, the rest don’t hold a candle to our chief executive -- if the standards are upsetting his supporters and encouraging the rest of the country to look down at his state.
Some of the memories LePage has created for us with include the removal of a mural from the lobby of the state Labor Department that -- get this -- celebrated laborers.
According to salon.com, LePage claimed “it presented a one-sided view that bowed to organized labor and overlooked the contributions of job-creating entrepreneurs.”
There was the time he told the NAACP they could “kiss my butt” on Martian Luther King Day. He’s so controversial that the switch from a Republican majority in the state Legislature to a Democratic majority is viewed as a rebuke of Paul LePage.
However, the newly elected Maine Senate President, Justin Alfond, D-Portland, knew that the people of Maine were expecting a fight between parties and expressed a desire to “disappoint” skeptics. Didn’t work out that way. What is known as “celebrity day” for the newly elected lawmakers was upstaged by LePage, who lashed out at the winners for beating his Republican buddies by using a “tracker.”
(A tracker, in political terms, means someone who follows a government official around and videotapes him at live events, sort of a hybrid spy/paparazzi. Both parties have trackers set in place for the other side; it’s a common practice for both sides.)
When the day came to swear in the newly elected lawmakers, LePage used that time to take a whack at Democrats. According to the Portland Press Herald, LePage “thanked” Democratic lawmakers for providing him with paparazzi. LePage also talked about how he felt that the next two years would be quite interesting, adding that he objected to the use of a Massachusetts tracker, instead of the Democrats hiring someone from Maine.
Earlier this year, LePage publicly expressed his intense dislike for newspapers. According to the Huffington Post, he told reporters that he didn’t like newspapers because of their "lack of objectivity." Television and radio, he said, are better because they don't "spin" the news.” He also believes the reason people have stopped buying newspapers is that news consumers have realized that what we’ve been reading is all wrong.
Whew. Good thing Knight Writer is an online publication.
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