LePage's life story as told by the blowhard

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http://www.pressherald.com/home/governor/hard-knocks-turned-lepage-into-a-fighter_2010-09-19.html

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He got by doing any and all jobs he could find, including shining the shoes of sailors frequenting the Hotel Holly in Lewiston, a strip club that was also known for its prostitutes. The young LePage was able to take shelter there some nights, he said in an interview with the Kennebec Journal earlier this year, thanks to the charity of some of the working girls.

In fact, when LePage eventually made it to college, some of the ladies of the night from his past sent money to help him get by.

"One sent me $5 every month," he said, chuckling, in an interview earlier this year

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