Comments on: Governor LePage Vetoes Overdose Bill, Implies We Should Let Drug Users Die

By: GrafZeppelin127

GrafZeppelin127 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 03:10:00 +0000

I just found out last week that one of my oldest and dearest friends, whom I hadn’t heard from in over 6 years, was a heroin addict. He got his wife addicted as well. They have 5 kids, ages 8-17, all of whom are now in foster care. They can’t afford the treatment programs they need to get the kids back. They were evicted three days ago. And she’s leaving him for his drug dealer.

All that is just the tip of the iceberg.

I was about to ask, What possible good could come from not helping people in such predicaments? Then I thought the answer must be that it would remove the incentive to not get oneself into such predicaments. I’m still shaken by what I saw and heard last week, and I’m not sure how I feel about my old friend. But LePage’s statement seems particularly heartless.

By: Victor the Crab

Victor the Crab — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 23:16:00 +0000

Paul LePage. A face in need of several fists through it.

By: muselet

muselet — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 20:21:00 +0000

Paul LePage’s veto letter is casually cruel and incoherent, and serves no purpose other than to let him lecture people who know more than he does about opioid addiction.

In other words, it’s just another day in Maine.

–alopecia

By: Aynwrong

Aynwrong — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:44:00 +0000

Dear God! Paul LePage makes Donald Trump sound enlightened. If Conservatives want to bring about an end to their being described as "knuckle draggers" or "troglodytes" they need to bring about an end to their voting habits.

By: ninjaf

ninjaf — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:30:00 +0000

There’s that compassionate conservatism we hear so much about.

By: IrishGrrrl

IrishGrrrl — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 17:36:00 +0000

LePage is a parody of a Human Being. What an incredible dick.