very good!
On Sunday, April 20, 2014 12:18:24 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: > > I thought Jeb Bush was a great governor, but on a national level, not so > much. I think Chris Christie is a great governor, but I don't think he'd > be all that great on a national level. I don't know enough about this guy > LaPage.... > > I do see the Republicans putting someone on the ticket this year that will > be more conservative and libertarian thinking policy wise. I want to see > Rand Paul, and think he has a good shot. The Tea Partiers, the > Constitutionalst/Libertarians, the social conservatives and the plain ol > conservatives are going to demand someone from the Reaganesque mode instead > of a "Blue Blood/Rockefellerian/North East Corridor" type Republican like > Romney, and I dare say even Christie. > > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Brian Bednarek > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> He sounds like a good guy, but I bet like Governor Christie here in NJ, >> it plays well on a local level but the powers that be will never let him >> get on the big ticket!!! I like Governor Christie and his no BS attitude >> but, as I have said in the past, he should run for the Senate and try to >> change the system from there!!! Neither party will ever allow a bombastic >> free-thinker become President!!! >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Travis <[email protected] <javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> FROM MAINE'S NEW GOVERNOR >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I've heard or seen emails about the Governor before. Think we might >>> need more like him? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> >>> *New Governor* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Meet Maine 's New Governor* --- In case you haven't heard about this >>> guy before, his name will stick in your mind! >>> >>> The new Maine Governor, *Paul LePage* is making New Jersey 's Chris >>> Christie look timid. He isn't afraid to say what he thinks. Judging by the >>> comments, every time he opens his mouth, *his popularity goes up.* >>> >>> He brought down the house at his inauguration when he shook his fist >>> toward the media box and said, "You're on notice! I've inherited a >>> financially troubled State to run. Observe...cover what we do...but don't >>> whine if I don't waste time responding to your every whim just for your >>> amusement." >>> >>> During his campaign for Governor, he was talking to commercial fishermen >>> who are struggling because of federal fisheries rules. They complained that >>> 0bama brought his family to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park for a long >>> Labor Day holiday and found time to meet with union leaders, but wouldn't >>> talk to the fishermen. LePage replied, "I'd tell him to go to hell and get >>> out of my State." The Lame Stream Media crucified LePage, but he jumped 6 >>> points in the pre-election poll. >>> >>> The Martin Luther King incident was a political sandbag, which brought >>> him national exposure. The 'lame stream' media crucified him, but word on >>> the street is very positive. The NAACP specifically asked LePage to spend >>> MLK Day visiting black inmates at the Maine State Prison. He told them that >>> he would meet with ALL inmates, regardless of race, if he were to visit the >>> prison. The NAACP balked and then put out a news release claiming falsely >>> that he refused to participate in any MLK events. He read it in the paper >>> for the 1st time the next morning while being driven to an event and went >>> ballistic because none of the reporters had called him for comment before >>> running the NAACP release. >>> >>> He arrived at that event & said in front of a TV camera, "If they want >>> to play the race card on me they can kiss my ass", and he reminded them >>> that he has an adopted black son from Jamaica and that he attended the >>> local MLK Breakfast every year that he was mayor of Waterville. (He started >>> his morning there on MLK Day.) >>> >>> He then stated that there's a right way and a wrong way to meet with the >>> Governor, and he put all special interests on notice that press releases, >>> media leaks, and all demonstrations would prove to be the wrong way. He >>> said any other group, which acted like the NAACP could expect to be at the >>> bottom of the Governor's priority list! >>> >>> He then did the following, and judging from local radio talk show >>> callers, his popularity increased even more: The State employees union >>> complained because he waited until 3 P.M. before closing State offices and >>> facilities and sending non-emergency personnel home during the last >>> blizzard. The prior Governor would often close offices for the day with >>> just a forecast before the first flakes. (Each time the State closes for >>> snow, it costs the taxpayers about $1 million in wages for no work in >>> return.) >>> >>> LePage was CEO of the Marden's chain of discount family bargain retail >>> stores before election as governor. He noted that State employees getting >>> off work early could still find lots of retail stores open to shop. So, he >>> put the State employees on notice by announcing: "If Marden's is open, >>> Maine is open!" >>> >>> He told State employees: "We live in Maine in the winter, for heaven's >>> sake, and should know how to drive in it. Otherwise, apply for a State job >>> in Florida !" >>> >>> Governor LePage symbolizes what America needs; Refreshing politicians >>> who aren't self-serving and who exhibit common sense. >>> >>> * THE LAW IS THE LAW!* >>> >>> I really love this one. >>> >>> This is one of the better e-mails I have received in a long time! I hope >>> this makes its way around the USA several times over!!!!! *HERE IS WHAT >>> Governor LaPage said,* >>> >>> "THE LAW IS THE LAW - So "if" the US government determines that it is >>> against the law for the words "under God" to be on our money, then so be >>> it. >>> >>> And "if" that same government decides that the "Ten Commandments" are >>> not to be used in or on a government installation, then, so be it. >>> >>> I say, "so be it," because I would like to be a law abiding US citizen. >>> >>> I say, "so be it," because I would like to think that smarter people >>> than I are in positions to make good decisions. >>> >>> I would like to think that those people have the American public's best >>> interests at heart. >>> >>> BUT, he said, "YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I'D LIKE? >>> >>> *Since we can't pray to God, can't Trust in God and cannot post His >>> Commandments in Government buildings, I don't believe Government (Federal, >>> State and Local) and its employees should participate in Easter and >>> Christmas celebrations which honor the God that our government is >>> eliminating from many facets of American life.* >>> >>> >>> *I'd like my mail delivered on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving & >>> Easter. After all, it's just another day.* >>> >>> >>> *I'd like the" US Supreme Court to be in session on Christmas, Good >>> Friday, Thanksgiving & Easter as well as Sundays." After all, it's just >>> another day.* >>> >>> *I'd like the Senate and the House of Representatives to not have to >>> worry about getting home for the "Christmas Break." After all it's just >>> another day.* >>> >>> *I'm thinking a lot of my taxpayer dollars could be saved, if all >>> government offices & services would work on Christmas, Good Friday & >>> Easter. It shouldn't cost any overtime since those would be just like any >>> other day of the week to a government that is trying to be "politically >>> correct."* >>> >>> >>> *In fact....I think our government should work on Sundays (AFTER ALL, It >>> was initially set aside for worshipping God) because, AFTER ALL, our >>> government says that it should be Just ANOTHER DAY...."* >>> >>> >>> What do you all think???? If this idea gets to enough people, maybe our >>> elected officials will stop giving in to the "minority opinions" and begin, >>> once again, to represent the "majority" of ALL of the American people. >>> >>> SO BE IT....Please Dear Lord, Give us the help needed to keep you in our >>> country! 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