{"id":36616,"date":"2013-05-29T15:01:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T21:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/29\/paul-lepage-is-a-dolt-censorship-freedom-guns-edition.html"},"modified":"2013-05-30T07:17:46","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T13:17:46","slug":"paul-lepage-is-a-dolt-censorship-freedom-guns-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/29\/paul-lepage-is-a-dolt-censorship-freedom-guns-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"Paul LePage is a Dolt (Censorship! Freedom! Guns! Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dear Governor-of-Maine LePage,<\/p>\n

Parliamentary gameplaying is not censorship. \u00a0It's frustrating (when on the receiving end), and perhaps even rude (or perhaps not), but it's not censorship.<\/p>\n

And a state legislator\u00a0refusing to let you speak out of turn at a committee hearing has nothing to do with Benghazi. Or, for that matter, with the First Amendment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

'[LePage] was most animated when talking about the May 19 Appropriations Committee meeting. Toward the end of that meeting, LePage had requested the opportunity to address lawmakers but Senate Chair Dawn Hill, D-Cape Neddick, declined his request, prompting the governor to walk out.<\/i><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, LePage said Democrats\u2019 recent censoring of him is similar to the national narratives involving the Internal Revenue Service\u2019s targeting of conservative groups, the September 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi and the U.S. Justice Department\u2019s seizure of Associated Press emails.<\/i><\/p>\n

Asked why the issue is so important, the governor replied, "It\u2019s freedom of speech. You folks should understand that better than I. It is the First Amendment, then there is the Second and I love \u2018em both." He later added, "The minute we start stifling our speech, we might as well go home, roll up our sleeves and get our guns out."<\/i><\/p>\n

Yes, political tiffs at the Statehouse are just the right time to call for armed rebellion. \u00a0Dolt.<\/p><\/div>\n

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LePage renews claims of State House censorship | The Portland Press Herald \/ Maine Sunday Telegram<\/a>
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Dear Governor-of-Maine LePage, Parliamentary gameplaying is not censorship. \u00a0It's frustrating (when on the receiving end), and perhaps even rude (or perhaps not), but it's not censorship. And a state legislator\u00a0refusing to let you speak out of turn at a committee hearing has nothing to do with Benghazi. Or, for that matter, with the First Amendment.\u00a0 … Continue reading “Paul LePage is a Dolt (Censorship! Freedom! Guns! 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