Discussion: Stephen King Demands Apology From Maine's GOP Guv After False Allegation Of Tax Dodging

system1 · March 20, 2015, 4:17pm

Discussion for article #234539

blue_grit · March 20, 2015, 5:09pm

Hey Governor Asshat, it might have something to do with the weather.

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artemisia · March 20, 2015, 5:14pm

Governor LePage should demand that states not receive any more from the Feds than they put in. Part of the problem in the Northeast is that states in the South get far more than they put into the Federal coffers and that allows them to cut taxes for businesses who then move South. People then follow the jobs because they have to.

teenlaqueefa · March 20, 2015, 5:14pm

King was a Republican until his wife convinced him otherwise when Bush was president.

leftflank · March 20, 2015, 5:14pm

Lepage is still Governor? I guess that I was blocking that out.

The truth is, that Lepage is scaring people away from Maine, even people that deal with scary as a business.

johnbarleycorn · March 20, 2015, 5:18pm

Um what? No, King has long been a staunch liberal Democrat.

He even named his son after labor activist Joe Hill, for chrissakes.

radicalcentrist · March 20, 2015, 5:19pm

Well, it’s time the Governor got off his fat ass and did something about the weather.

longriver · March 20, 2015, 5:22pm

LePage deftly demonstrates how to put your foot in your mouth and simultaneously shoot yourself in the foot.

shadowhappy · March 20, 2015, 5:27pm

Lepage really shouldn’t want to get into a battle of wits with Stephen King.

daveminnj · March 20, 2015, 5:29pm

Burn!

beattycat · March 20, 2015, 5:36pm

Correction: All Republicans are full of shit.

johnscotus · March 20, 2015, 5:36pm

I don’t think so. King has a history of supporting and contributing to liberal causes.

suicide_arsonist · March 20, 2015, 5:49pm

Didn’t know that, but it makes sense for a guy who’s ghost prominently watches over folks (at least according to the song).

ncsteve · March 20, 2015, 6:05pm

And here’s a special shout out to independent sphincter Eliot Cutler and every goddamned imbecile who voted for him in the last two elections. Way to go, guys!

austin_dave · March 20, 2015, 6:08pm

King, personally, earns something like 40% of the money earned in Bangor ME. Or he did at one time.

tomanjeri · March 20, 2015, 6:09pm

I think he needs to man up and apologize.

Exactly right. Conservatives are so full of unearned masculine pride that questioning their manliness is exactly the right way to get them to respond. Their response will be of the 4th grade “I know you are but what am I?” variety, that’s expected, but anything that questions their manliness will worm it’s way under their skin and sooner or later the misogeny, racism, bigotry or devient behavior they all crave will come crashing down on them.

george_spiggott · March 20, 2015, 6:12pm

King should write a new horror novel about the GOP and its policies: The Shit Shining.

wickedzeus · March 20, 2015, 6:14pm

if only

lestatdelc · March 20, 2015, 6:15pm

The more I know of Stephen King (outside of his works) the more I like him. He certainly seems to “get it” when it comes to why we have taxes.

jinnj · March 20, 2015, 6:18pm

LePage is one of the worst things to happen to Maine - self absorbed asshole who wages war against everyone outside of his ‘elite’ inner circle.