“The best part of my life is I’ve been hired to work for the people of the state of Maine and I’m very humble and very proud. The worst part of my life is newspapers are still alive.”
— Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), quoted by the Bangor Daily News.
“The best part of my life is I’ve been hired to work for the people of the state of Maine and I’m very humble and very proud. The worst part of my life is newspapers are still alive.”
— Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), quoted by the Bangor Daily News.
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