Gov. Paul LePage apologizes for 'Gestapo' remark

[Tony_FLADEM]

Seeking to douse a fire he started by comparing the IRS to the Gestapo, Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Friday issued a formal apology for his "insensitivity to the word" after a face-to-face meeting with representatives of several Jewish groups that had complained.

LePage hopes his apology, obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its airing on his weekly radio address, will bring to an end the weeklong furor. It started when he described the Internal Revenue Service as the "new Gestapo" while criticizing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

LePage said it was "never my intent to insult or to be hurtful to anyone, but rather express what can happen by overreaching government."

http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-gov-apologizes-gestapo-remark-161222491.html

[randome]

1. You mean he didn't triple down after doubling down the day before?

Wow, he must have been taken to the woodshed, then.

[klook]

2. Garnishee his taxpayer-paid wages

to pay for sensitivity training.

[rfranklin]

3. The woodshed should be pushed off a cliff...

with him in it.

[FSogol]

4. Is LePage just Chris Christie Junior?

I don't follow Maine politics and only hear of him when he hits DU. Is it an apt comparison?

[Posteritatis]

5. Standard "I'm sorry you took offense" schtick; meh. (nt)