LePage's rough style said to be factor in election
Since he was elected three years ago, Maine Gov. Paul LePage has shown an uncanny knack for crude comebacks, racially insensitive remarks and bluster-and-fume routines, and it’s catching up with him as he prepares for re-election, a story said.
While NPR quoted former Tea Party activist Andrew Ian Dodge as saying LePage is “hurting Maine’s reputation, nationally and internationally,” the news organization said there’s reason for the governor’s supporters to be hopeful, because opponents Democratic Rep. Mike Michaud and independent Eliot Cutler are poised to divide the vote between them, which may let the governor win with a plurality. That’s how he won his first campaign, according to NPR.
In response to his critics, LePage now keeps a roll of duct tape on his desk as a reminder to watch his words, according to a Bloomberg report.
“We all have faults — mine is that I can’t keep my mouth shut,” LePage, 64, said Thursday in his Augusta office, according to Bloomberg. “I promised my staff: Now till Election Day, when I want to say something that is off-color, I’m going to tape my mouth shut.”
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