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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaine GOP senator suggests President Obama will see ISIS at family reunion
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Maine GOP senator suggests President Obama will see ISIS at family reunion
by Spud1
There has been talk lately in Maine about what sort of legacy Gov. Paul LePage will leave the Pine Tree State, and it seems unfiltered comments is a early front-runner. Maine State Sen. Mike Willette should have thought a bit more before hitting the post button on his facebook page, as Mike Tipping reports:
Ive been very good over the last year and a half about not posting things about Obama, but this one was too good to pass up, wrote Maine Republican Senator Michael Willette on Facebook on March 1st before posting an image with the caption Why havent I done anything about ISIS? Because Ill deal with them at the family reunion. superimposed over a photo of the president.
Willette manages to combine some of the worst false slurs and conspiracy theories about President Obamas family, faith and foreign policy in one meme, and seems to know he shouldnt be posting it.
To be fair to Willette, this is his first time in the news for this sort of thing. But his lack of judgement is the real story here: how can an elected official not realize that this posting a link to this is simply wrong? I'm sure the race is on to scour his facebook account for other untoward posts.
Update: Willette has since released a statement:
I apologize for posting this on Facebook. Like too many people these days, I fell into the trap of posting something first and then thinking later. It was an error in judgment.
Have to watch our for those facebook "traps."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/09/1369587/-Maine-GOP-senator-suggests-Pres-Obama-will-see-ISIS-at-family-reunion?detail=email
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Maine GOP senator suggests President Obama will see ISIS at family reunion (Original Post)
Panich52
Mar 2015
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Here's the good news...he was forced to take it down and apologize. Happening a lot
libdem4life
Mar 2015
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Orrex
(63,086 posts)1. And I suggest that Willette will see the KKK at his next inbred family reunion
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)2. Here's the good news...he was forced to take it down and apologize. Happening a lot
these days. BTW, #1, that's a good one.