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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Oliver asks how, exactly, did Maine Gov. Paul LePage ever get elected?
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John Oliver has a question for Maine. How exactly did Republican Gov. Paul LePage get elected (twice)?
Olivers weekly late-night show, Last Week Tonight, featured the brash, Tea Party-backed conservative Sunday in a segment called People Who Somehow Got Elected.
Fair warning: The audio here is NSFW, so headphones are advisable.
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John Oliver has a question for Maine. How exactly did Republican Gov. Paul LePage get elected (twice)?
Olivers weekly late-night show, Last Week Tonight, featured the brash, Tea Party-backed conservative Sunday in a segment called People Who Somehow Got Elected.
Fair warning: The audio here is NSFW, so headphones are advisable.
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John Oliver asks how, exactly, did Maine Gov. Paul LePage ever get elected? (Original Post)
Agschmid
May 2016
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HuckleB
(35,773 posts)1. K & R!
The sad reality is that he resembles far too many of the anti-science, pro-fear mongering folks I've tried to engage with today.
YIKES!
jmowreader
(50,589 posts)2. Two words: Eliot Cutler
In 2006, independent candidate Eliot Cutler split the non-LePage vote allowing LePage to take office with only about 40 percent of the vote.
In 2010, he fucking did it again.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)3. Yup... pretty much
Makes me wonder if that was a setup.
jmowreader
(50,589 posts)4. A lot of people think the same thing
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. In 2010 (the first one), Cutler was well ahead of the Dem
if anyone should have dropped out, it should have been the Dem.