LePage: ‘Bring the guillotine back’ and other radio highlights

[jpak]

Source: Bangor Daily News

Gov. Paul LePage’s weekly radio interview on WVOM has become a bombastic, must-listen lately, and Tuesday’s appearance was no different.

The Republican governor repeated a version of remarks on drug dealers the Morning Sentinel said he delivered at a recent speech in Waterville, saying legislative proposals to increase sentences for traffickers didn’t go far enough.

He said “the death penalty should be appropriate for people who kill Mainers” and “in my opinion, we should give them an injection of the stuff they sell.”

After that, an unprompted LePage said “what we ought to do is bring the guillotine back.” He laughed, then said, “We could have public executions and we could even have which hole it falls in.” (I don’t know what the latter means.)

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[Human101948]

1. And he can be number one to test the blade...

What a douche bag.

[fbc]

2. I agree with him

[Paladin]

3. Mainers, your guy isn't making the Gov. we're saddled with in Texas look good by comparison.

But at least we're not as lonely anymore. Profound sympathies for your burden; believe me, we know how it is.

[TeamPooka]

4. Another Republican that wants us to be more like France. Someone should tell him the guillotine

is "European socialism."

[sharp_stick]

5. The hole thing is

his usual verbal fuckup of an old joke. It has something to do with using execution as a way to balance the State budget. You use a guillotine and under the head is a version of the Price Is Right Plinko board. People can bet on which slot the head falls into.

I know, funny right

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[SamKnause]

6. ..........."Socialists are depressing the wages".............

That is rich coming out of the mouth of a tea bagger.

Laughs at the thought of enjoying a good old public execution by guillotine.

Wants to make a carnival game out of which basket the head lands in.

The party of insanity are in control of this country.

They are truly frightening and evil through and through.

[Downwinder]

7. Madam Guillotine eats her own.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Who voted for him?

[jpak]

9. Morans

yup

[PWPippin]

10. 19 % of eligible voters

Sadly, only about 50% turned out to vote during his first election. So, effectively, though he received 38% of the vote, it was actually 19% of those who could have voted. I don't know what he received in his re-election. Both elections were three way splits. I'm embarrassed to have him as governor of our fine state. A perfect example of why it is so important to get out the vote.

[jtuck004]

11. Dear Guv Dum Dum. You should read the history of the guy who ordered killed tens of

thousands, and died, bleeding and in pain, as the same blade descended to yank his head off.

He asked for the same thing as you. What a stupid thing to wish for.

[Blue_Tires]

12. If the guillotine comes back we'll test it on him first

[pinboy3niner]

14. It's too good for him. Go with the 'Fargo Solution.'

[frizzled]

13. Probably much more humane than lethal injection

[TipTok]

15. +1

[dbackjon]

16. There are more gun deaths than Heroin deaths in Maine

Why don't you start with executing gun dealers?

[jmowreader]

17. Because gun dealers are white.

[dbackjon]

19. .

[brooklynite]

18. This man is an idiot...

...everyone knows a good hanging is what brings out the crowd.