Here’s LePage sharing his strange fetish of leafing through an imaginary binder filled with imaginary pictures of imaginary people with the people of Maine:
You would think that after starting the week with such panache, LePage would have laid low for the remainder—enjoyed the scenery of Maine or spent a few relaxing evenings in bed leafing through his beloved binder. But no. Paul LePage will not go gently; his fantasies will not be denied.
It’s clear that LePage still believes that fictional characters from a racist 1950s comic book still haunt his state. In January, the governor said that “black drug dealers” named” D-Money, Smoothie, and Shifty” had descended on the state to sell heroin and “impregnate a young white girl.”
And LePage will not endure being called a racist or having his fantasy world ruptured. In a 30-second voicemail left for Maine Rep. Drew Gattine this week, LePage called Gattine, a vocal critical of LePage’s racially-charged drug policies, a “cocksucker.”
“Mr. Gattine, this is Gov. Paul Richard LePage,” the voicemail began. “I would like to talk to you about your comments about my being a racist, you cocksucker,” LePage continued. LePage then suggested that Gattine “record this and make it public because I am after you.”
It’s been a week for LePage—a fantastical, paranoid, racist week.
