he does weekly radio shows. he s taken a lot of questions. he s not a guy who previously has hidden behind people around him. the repeated no comments on this, and no explanations on this, i have also found surprising in departure from his previous behavior. there are these ongoing investigations. a federal investigation and a state investigation. is there a case to be made that he shouldn t do anything and maybe he shouldn t comment at all until those investigations are resolved? rachel, i would say those vases won t be resolved until the case is tried in front of the jury, if he s indicted, and i m not assuming he will be. frankly, i hope he won t be. he has an obligation to the citizens now to explain what s happened. i mean, all of these items, all of these stories coming out, all of us as public officials have to come forward and show we re honest, that we re fair. and when these stories come out and when they re not denied, when they re not rebutted, that frankly casts a shadow
a federal investigation and a state investigation. is there a case to be made that he shouldn t do anything and maybe he shouldn t comment at all until those investigations are resolved? rachel, i would say those vases won t be resolved until the case is tried in front of the jury, if he s indicted, and i m not assuming he will be. frankly, i hope he won t be. he has an obligation to the citizens now to explain what s happened. i mean, all of these items, all of these stories coming out, all of us as public officials have to come forward and show we re honest, that we re fair. and when these stories come out and when they re not denied, when they re not rebutted, that frankly casts a shadow over all of us in the general assembly and most of us like myself, we re part timers. this is not our profession. we do this because we believe in it. and separate and apart from the governor s legal status, he has an obligation to tell the citizens that he s making decisions that are in the best
0 maybe the irs is not quite as bad yet. that s how he apologized for equating the irs to the gestapo. they re okay. about to be like the holocaust. but not yet. see. i m sorry. paul lepage is embarrassing. after investigating reporting on the lobbyists, paul lepage responded by banning the whole state government from talking to three of the largest newspapers in maine. a blanket no comment on all matters from the entire government. just trying to stop newspapering in his state. so after that, and after the nazi stuff, after telling the naacp to kiss his butt, that was his exact phrase, after saying estrogen links chemicals in baby bottles aren t harmful because they just give women little beards. also remember his theory that windmills are a conspiracy. windmills secretly have little motors inside them that make them spin. yet paul lepage, the republican governor of maine is an embarrassment. he s just a disaster pr-wise. right? even the state republicans think that paul lepage is a
0 not this handsome guy. used to be. but now did you hear about the stretch hummer limo thing? the stretch hummer limo is the latest thing in the bob mcdonnell story. the latest thing that he and his family reportedly took as part of what he thinks he is entitled to take because he is governor of virginia. every day it s a new thing. but here s what has been reported so far. this is just what he has not denied. the stretch hummer limo that he took, it was white. he took rides in a stretch hummer limo from his daughter s church wedding to the reception, two hours or so worth of rides for all the wedding guests in the stretch hummer. also, a ferrari. a loaner ferrari for bob mcdonnell to drive. apparently it was also right. $10,000 oscar de la renta jacket for the wife. a designer dress. a liver cleansing gastrointestinal cleanse product. yeah. i don t know. vitamins for bob mcdonnell s dog. he took dog vitamins. body wash. a wedding dress for the governor s daughter. a chicken dinner fo
flipping pancakes at a candidates event? catch oh there he goes. beyond the physically embarrassing moments which can honestly, you know, happen to everybody. politicians are, you know, immune. beyond the physically embarrassing moments, there are really two categories of embarrassing. two categories of i don t want to be seen with that guy when it comes to politicians and the united states. the first one is the temperamentally embarrassing politician. the buffoon. the inappropriate time, tone and tenor. right? the kind of politician where the local news about the state s governor has to come with a warning for children and for people who are easily icked out. we re about to put on screen what the governor said in response and some of our viewers who may find it distasteful may want to hit the mute button and turn away for the second 20 seconds or so. the governor told the reporters senator jackson claims to be for the people but he s the first one to give it to the peo