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LePage: The Political Guillotine Awaits

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“Then learn from this”, added M. de La Mole,

“that a man always gets emotional

when he has made some stupid mistake.”

The Red and the Black by Stendhal

In Stendhal’s “The Red and the Black”[1], Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble peasant origins and make something of his life, adopting the code of hypocrisy rampant in French society after Waterloo; corruption, greed, and a general dissatisfaction resulting from lack of activity or excitement. Julien, a cold exploiter with a Machiavellian campaign is eventually undercut by his own emotions leading to his demise at the guillotine.

If we agree with Stendhal, then the number of emotional outbursts by Paul LePage over the past two years is his own admission of many, many stupid mistakes.  With each emotional outburst, the mistakes are further amplified and instilled in our memories. With each emotional outburst, Paul LePage takes a step closer to the political guillotine.

However, Paul LePage may finally be learning. One mistake he does not want to make is a face-to-face with a younger, smarter, more emotionally intelligent individual in Justin Alfond. His recent outburst with Independent House members[2] will only be an appetizer to what will happen should he and Alfond break bread.

Can LePage’s handlers protect Paul LePage from himself for the next two years? Can they tie his hands behind his back and build a wall to prevent the outside from seeing the true character of a man who is impulsive, has fits of rage, behaves as if he is all-powerful, all-knowing, and entitled to every wish, having only contempt for others’ feelings of distress?

I hear the political guillotine sharpening.


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