LePage is heard to say Obama 'hates white people'

[onehandle]

Source: Portland Press Herald



Gov. Paul LePage last week told a group of Republicans that President Barack Obama “hates white people,” according to two state lawmakers who heard the remark directly.

The governor made the comment during a Maine Republican Party fundraiser on Aug. 12 at the home of John and Linda Fortier in Belgrade. According to the invitation, the fundraiser was billed as a “meet and greet” with LePage and his wife, Ann LePage, and also as an opportunity to meet Rick Bennett, the new state party chairman.

Two Republican lawmakers confirmed the comment when asked directly by a Press Herald reporter, but asked that their names be withheld for fear of political retribution. Each said LePage talked about how Obama could have been the best president ever if he highlighted his biracial heritage. But, LePage said, the president hasn’t done that because he hates white people.

“Yeah, he said it,” said one lawmaker. “It was one little thing from a speech, but I think most people there thought it was totally inappropriate.”


Read more: http://www.pressherald.com/politics/LePage-is-heard-to-say-Obama-hates-white-people.html

[bhikkhu]

1. He's not the only one happy to tell us what Obama thinks

Its kind of a red flag coming from either side.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Applause coming from Faux News and talk radio

Rush will love this.

Sentient beings, not so much. What an embarrassment to the great state of Maine, which gets the chance to boot his racist ass out of office soon.

[kardonb]

24. news?

just another pudgy , brain dead repuke windbag .

[alp227]

3. How original, Glenn Beck already said that 4 years ago.

And insecure too.

[Blue_Tires]

40. Beck still probably thinks we're planning the white folks' holocaust or something

[Scuba]

4. The sound of a gas bubble escaping a blob of santorum.

[hibbing]

18. hehe + 1

Hey,
Lovely!

Peace

[BainsBane]

5. I wonder if scientists can get to work on perfecting brain transplants

because too many of these Republican pols are badly in need of new models.

[Chakab]

6. It's okay. He has an adopted black son. He's got pass to say whatever he likes about race.

n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

20. An 'adopted' black son, you mean.

He never actually adopted him -- more like a foster child. Awfully convenient for LePage to show that he's not a bigot though.

[Politicalboi]

7. Is this man serious

Each said LePage talked about how Obama could have been the best president ever if he highlighted his biracial heritage. But, LePage said, the president hasn’t done that because he hates white people.

It's because people like you "sir" don't like black people. It's because people who run congress who don't like a black man in the oval office and will hold this country hostage till he's gone.

[Populist_Prole]

8. It's just a sign of defiance as teabaggers try to go down still swinging

I mean, you don't really think they're going to be contrite and admit their movement has run its course and say touche do you?

[davidpdx]

9. Hey LePage, where is your white robe?

Is it at the cleaners this week?

[underthematrix]

12. that and the white hood. What a nutjob!!

[davidpdx]

15. The sad thing is I have a friend/classmate

we are both in a DBA program and she lives in Maine. I would bet a plane ticket that she voted for him.

(I don't know her personally since the program is online, but I do know a) she won't talk about politics and b) she's a conservative)

[juajen]

30. Isn't it funny that republicans never want to discuss politics?

They want desperately to believe that they haven't been fooled for years by their party. The truth is only what they hear on Fox news.

[davidpdx]

31. Part of it is she told me her family was the complete opposite

This is before I finally figured out she was a conservative. Because I didn't know her well and the fact that she didn't talk about it much it took me awhile to figure it out. She actually did post something on Facebook that tipped me off sometime after the election. I gather her family gives her a lot of shit about it (and if she was my family member I would too).

Thankfully the little family I have are all Ds.

[madrchsod]

10. so he hates his mom and the other half of himself

really..who in the hell would vote for someone as dumb as this thing?

ya i know, there`s people even more dumb than he is.

[LiberalFighter]

11. If Obama hated whites he would not had

His daughters cause they are 1/4 white. Instead he would had gotten sterilized and adopted 100% black babies.

Allowed so many whites to be in his cabinet or in lower positions.

[Moonwalk]

13. Yeah, Obama hated those white grandparents of his who helped raise him....

and his white mom.

[Samantha]

16. And that was the grandmother whose passing brought tears to his eyes

right after his first election, right? He was giving a speech and tears were rolling down his cheeks. The grandmother who practically raised him...his mother's mom.

Sam

[Chakab]

19. I've heard multiple wingnuts claim that he resents his mother and grandparents

because his mother sent him to live with his grandparents in Hawaii and that's where the seed of his "anti-white bigotry" was planted.

I'm assuming that they all heard it from Limbaugh.

[Chakab]

35. I wasn't defending LePage.

Not sure where you got that idea.

[heaven05]

44. ???

troll much?

[Dustin DeWinde]

46. so giving justifocation fiant defending?

While everyone else was saying how crazy it is to say the president somehow hates half of himself, one poster passed along a wingnut talking point to show the rso called rationale for lepage's absurd remarks.

That drew a comment. If that upset you, well that's just too bad

[heaven05]

53. I

misunderstood, I guess.

[meow2u3]

14. Projection, anyone?

Typical teabagger bullshit. LePage, the Maine Goon, like all teabaggers, accuse Democrats of their own hateful thoughts, feelings, and actions. In other words, the LePage pot is calling the Obama kettle black (no racial pun intended).

[one_voice]

17. This guy is a fucking nut job. n/t

[Iliyah]

21. Gopers have basically run out of

conscience so therefore why not O hating 1/2 side of his family huh.

But for 2016 I believe it gonna be a "white" Dem running. Maybe he and the rest of the gopers hope sincerely that MOST white people will vote for them in 2014 since gopers are busy trying to suppress minority votes. Ummmmm, I believe white women will make the difference tho in favor of non-gops.

[Ken Burch]

22. Either he wants a job on Faux, or he's auditioning to be the New Agnew.

Most of the 'pugs are their own Agnews these days, but still...

[broadcaster75201]

23. Fuck this old, white, pudgy, TeaBaggin saok of shit nt

nt

[cstanleytech]

25. Surprised that no video was made really.

Hard to tell exactly what was said verbatim without some sort of recording of the speech and or a transcript.

[Deep13]

26. Just you, buddy. nt

[Cha]

27. Yeah, lepage.. especially this "white guy"...

h/t sheshe via TOD http://www.democraticunderground.com/110213897

lepage sounds like he's sniffing too much glue.

[ErikJ]

28. Didnt he get that line from Beck?

who said that on Fox a few years back?

[ConcernedCanuk]

32. There's many that hate white people.

.
.
.

Did not we whites take over this whole continent?

then progress to ruin other non-white nations?

and still doing it ???

'nuff said.

CC

[CreekDog]

56. Does OBAMA hate white people?

your response needs that context.

[rpannier]

33. That guy is still governor???

God I was hoping he had been raptured or Maine had already had their election and he lost

[Festivito]

34. Paper's not sure LePage said it. Let alone an Obama.

Convoluted.

The two confirmatory statements, confirm LePage said that others heard Obama say something.

Despite the headline still more others say they did NOT hear LePage said that. ...let alone anyone having heard Obama.

Where and to whom Obama supposedly remains a mystery.

[Botany]

36. Boy the POTUS sure hides his hatred for white people very well

Boy

[PotatoChip]

37. November 2014 can't come soon enough for me.

LePage's racist a** will then be outta the Blaine House.

It's hard to believe that he's been Gov. since only 2010. Ugh! It feels like it's been an eternity already.

[jessie04]

38. +1000

What the hell we're people in Maine thinking .

[mainer]

39. We were thinking he didn't have a chance

So Maine voters split the vote between two progressives (the Dem and the Independent) and LePage slipped in with 38% of the vote.

[naturallyselected]

51. Michaud would win in a landslide if...

If Eliot Cutler decided not to run, Mike Michaud would totally humiliate the Penguin. As a moderate Democrat (and neither he nor Cutler can be called Progressive by any measure), he would get all the Democratic vote, as well as much of the non-Tea Party Republican vote.

But in a 3-way race, we could see the same thing all over again. Unlikely, because the Democrats are running a much more attractive candidate than in 2010 and LePage doesn't even have the support he had in 2010 (something like 25% approval?), but possible.

[mainer]

52. But Cutler has decided to run, so we have to avoid the last fiasco

We've got three candidates. Once again.

[Ocelot]

59. Michaud's not "Progressive"

Michaud is to the right of Cutler on most issues (he courts older Conservative Catholic voters), and I was happy to support Cutler because I knew he'd wipe the floor with LePage or any Republican (should LePage decide not to run again, which he's threatened). Months have passed and now Michaud announces. As a Democratic Progressive voter am I supposed to be enthused?

[mainer]

60. So how do we round up everyone to support ONE candidate?

like you, I voted for Cutler and would do so again. As much as it pains me to vote against the Dem candidate.

[Ocelot]

61. Simple in theory

If either Cutler or Michaud polls significantly higher (say 5%) than the other, during the final weeks before voting, the one polling behind would have to drop out by mutual agreement...for the benefit of the people of Maine and not making them endure another Republican governor, possibly even the same Republican governor for another four years.

[John2]

41. Most people

know President Obama is biracial. What is this guy's point? Is it because the President looks Black? I think he is trying to paint the President as a racist, to stir up white people.

[tarheelsunc]

42. Just checked his Wikipedia page...

Paul Richard LePage (born October 9, 1948) is a racist, an American businessman and politician; In January 2011, he was sworn-in as the 74th Governor of Maine. A Republican, he was mayor of Waterville from 2003 to 2011, and was a city councilor prior to that. He worked as general manager of the 14-store discount chain Marden's Surplus and Salvage from 1996 until 2011.

I am sure it will be changed soon, but it's refreshing to see a bit of honesty there.

[heaven05]

43. ???

idiot fool

[Snake Plissken]

45. Why do people acted shocked when a Republican actually says what he thinks?

Did you actually believe the fairytale about the GOP not being a racist party?

[skeewee08]

47. How idiotic

everyone know President O mother is white and he was raised by his white grandparents

[Javaman]

48. In other news...

lapage is still a racist.

[valerief]

49. No, no, no. He hates poor people, and most poor people are white in the U.S.

But Mitt Romney loves poor people.

[MarianJack]

50. LePage is a teabagging, bullying, total moron!

I can't wait for the era of governing by temper tantrum to be OVER. GO Mike Michaud!

PEACE!

[Myrina]

54. Oh christ, this again?

They trotted out the same crap - Beckkk, I think it was - in 2008.

[Filibuster Harry]

55. Yeah, the discussion went like this: A maine resident was speaking to Obama and said that

Governor LePage hates white people. And Obama replied in disbelief saying Lepage hates white people.
And of course the only 3 words that this idiot R heard from the President were "hates white people" and of course well there is your story. Typical R nonsense.

[dawn frenzy adams]

57. Utterly obscene.

So I gather Obama's administration, comprised mainly white people, is an example of his hatred. Now what do you think would happen if he hired too many African Americans? He would be accused of the same thing.

How disgusting, reprehensible, and evil these Republicans are.

[awoke_in_2003]

58. So he hates his grandparents...

LePage is a fuckhead. Excuse my French, I couldn't think of anything nicer to say.

[ginnyinWI]

62. and his mother, too...n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

63. Yep. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

64. Cruz-LePage '16

I am not understanding how this bigot got elected from the great state of Maine.

Is it Francophile heredity solidarity?

Tea Potty media deception?

Deep recession and campaign promises?

[spicegal]

65. Does anyone really believe for a second that Obama either said or thinks that. These poor old white

old white guys. They sure must feel threatened. They'll say anything. Besides, hating white people won't suffice as grounds for impeachment. They're stuck with Obama for a second term, so get over it.

[raindaddy]

66. The Gov. "highlights" his ignorance!

How do people like this rise to positions of power?

[Mapletonian]

67. I grew up within a mile of the Maine State House and the Blaine House

This odious individual has befouled my old stomping grounds.

As a child, I used to trick or treat there, and Polly Curtis would greet us with a huge lollipop, a big smile and kind words.

I can't wait to see him and his "family" outta there!

Daniel Butts

[gopiscrap]

68. How in the fuck did this guy get elected?

[HumansAndResources]

69. People Believed his hype - and bought the Big Lie that Koch's DLC was "different"

That is the key. Owning / funding both sides but dividing the "little people" and making them think they have a choice.

Racism has been used this way for a loooong time. Plantation owners didn't want "worker solidarity" between whites and blacks, after all. Just call one the "middle class" and ...

[BillyRibs]

70. Self projection

Of his own inner self!