Paul LePage leaves menacing voicemail with Beardsley supporter

Par for the course from that camp. I have been hearing about similar exchanges between LePage people and others for quite a while now. Surprising that LePage would leave such a daft message. He seems to have a problem with saying too much.

I've also heard similar things. An Abbott supporter on Facebook was blasted with comments about being a traitor, a RINO, etc. from LePage people.

Ironic...that the man personally spreading rumors about other candidates...now finds himself unable to resist the very ungubernatorial urge to personally take a swipe at someone because that someone endorses someone else...

Wait...where have I heard that story before...?

Yep, I have been called all those things and more, satanist being my personal worst so far. The blog got an email from someone who said I was "finished" in the tea party movement if I didn't endorse LePage. It one of several thuggish emails & phone calls I have gotten. Other tea party activists not onside report similar things.

I know some LePage supporters and most of them are perfectly normal and civil. But the ones sending these hate messages remind me of the Pat Buchanan "take no prisoners" demented supporters of 1996, who then went on to destroy the Reform Party in 2000.

This changes the discussion from supporters being thugs to the candidate being a thug.
I wonder what my good friend Bob Stone has to say about this.

I feel sorry for the decent people that support him or volunteer for him.

Is this part of his recent robocall buy?

Sorry folks but that reminds me of the tapes with Osama Bin Laden speaking from who knows where.

You suggesting its a fake? Why would anyone go to that much trouble?

"I know some LePage supporters and most of them are perfectly normal and civil. But the ones sending these hate messages..."

The one...in this case...sending the menacing message...was Paul Lapage himself...That sorta removes all "deniability"...cant blame Cynthia "Joy" Rosen for this one...

come on AID this is politics.

Mr. Dodge:

I called the number left in the phone message, and spoke with Mr. LePage. He confirmed that he left this message, that he just wanted to talk with the woman about an email, etc.

"come on AID this is politics."

Yeah...politics as practiced by Obama...Emanuel...and Paul Lapage...

I got a call from the LePage campaign on Saturday asking who I was going to support. I told the caller that I was supporting Peter Mills. She then politely asked why I wasn't supporting Mr. LePage. I told her that I thought he was a decent person and did a good job speaking at our caucus but that I didn't think he could prevail in the November election. She said thanks for the feedback and hung up. No unplesantness at all.

Yep, its typical these days, but that does not mean its something that needs to be encouraged does it? Is there anything wrong with expecting civilized discourse from candidates?

Wow. I had never blamed LePage for the behavior of some of his supporters, but now I see why he hired some of them. Wow, at a loss for words.

LePage is so thin-skinned, he is easily distracted from real issues.

Why the hell is he calling to intimidate a supporter of an opponent when he could be on the phone raising money?

He'd be a disaster in the Blaine House.

I agree that LePage never should have left this type of message, but I don't get the impression he left it because this person didn't support him and supported Beardsley. I got the impression he felt this person was spreading untrue rumors about him. There's a diffrerence. Should he have spoken with this person to set the record straight? What do other candidates do if they feel that lies are being spread about them? I don't know, I've never been involved in a campaign before, but it seems to me that it needs to be addresed in some way. He didn't have anyone else in his campaign call, he did it himself. I was raised to face an issue directly and honestly. Could this be what he was trying to do?

And just an afterthought, the Beardsley supporter that released this obviously is trying to get something out there negative against LePage...here's the video to prove it.

I expect modertaes to crap on Lepage , moderates are the reason we have snowe and collins and a nation of republicans laugh at us .

So anyone who does not support LePage is a moderate? Is that what you are really suggesting, not that I am surprised because we have been hearing that silly type of rhetoric from LePage supporters since the beginning.

"I can do the same thing to your candidate" is a threat. No candidate in his right mind calls up the supporter of another campaign and makes threats. There is no defense for this call. Being direct is fine. That phone message crosses the line.

There is one person on the LePage campaign I've come to respect quite a bit. I believe he is the treasurer - real gentleman, smart guy. I doubt he was asked for advice before this phone call. He should have been the candidate.

It's one thing to leave a polite voice message asking the recipient to return the call. It's quite another to leave that sort of phone message on a recording machine. it's juvenile, and displays a lack of appropriate self-control.

I know that I wouldn't do it, and if I found out that my child did it, I'd be mightily peeved and disappointed.

"Menacing" message? "Thugs?"

There seems to be a lot of "stretching" going on.

I really am concerned about the nature and motivations of an awful lot of commentary on AMG in this election cycle.

I feel like saying "now, children" from time to time. But it won't do any good. Apparently agendas run deeper than other considerations.

What's amazing is that the LePage people that are making personal attacks against a lot of other candidate's supporters are going to expect them to turn around and support LePage if he wins tomorrow, further, if LePage loses tomorrow these LePage people won't be around to support the nominee. They will disappear.

The message shows very poor judgment by someone who wants to be Governor.

LePage is not ready for prime time.

Would that be "allegedly," or do you have hearsay, concrete evidence, or what?

This is bringing back the early days of BDS, when Bush was simultaneously being called a complete dunce and doofus, while at the same time being accused of fooling hundreds of the smartest, wisest, and most seasoned people in America and the world.

That type of behavior is ill suited for a man who wishes to be the leader of Maine. It is disappointing and frustrating - as Paul has so many great ideas and leadership qualities.

The question for Republlicans is - can we count on Paul to run a first rate campaign against well organized and well funded foes in the Fall.

I 'm not sure how you get to Yes - on that question.