I'm a life-long Mainer and Samantha hit the nail on the head in this video! I hate when people say "Why did you vote for him??" Most of us did not. Most of us are embarrassed by his actions and rhetoric and despise him.
What if the democrat had dropped out when she saw she was polling at less than 20% in the first election? Would the independent who came in second have picked up her votes or would they have gone to the republican? Just asking. (Serious question)
I live in Maine as well which has a History of strong Independent candidates. When our Independent Senator Angus King ran for office, the democratic party backed him instead of their Democratic frontrunner because they didn't want a repeat of the Gubernatorial race. This November there is a referendum for ranked voting in Maine.
I live in Maine, and my church has a lot of asylum seekers. Those people are some of the hardest working people I know. They learn English, get jobs, despite it being nearly impossible due to permits (another story), and still try to get their families here. It's awful. They're awesome, but LePage keeps trying to get rid of them.
Hi um yes I'm in Maine. He was elected because we had three candidates and the other 2 split the vote and then that idiot won. He's horrible, racist, homophobic, and frankly the worst governor we've had. It's just as horrible as Sam said, though. So on behalf of Maine, I apologize.
It's time for ranked voting in our state. Maine is an incredible and beautiful state filled with genuine and kind people. It's unfortunate this man is the face of our state. I genuinely hope people take this to heart and see what happens when the vote splits.
But how was I suppose to resist the loving on D-Money??!! As for how, the vote between the other two candidates ended up splitting the vote allowing LePage to win. Twice. Ugh, The memory still hurts.
I remember once when I was young, maybe 8, having a conversation about what "shock value" is. My parents explained that it's when you say something just for the reaction of it. They warned I should be careful because the "shock" can distort and distract from what's actually being said. They also said shock value is cheap because it's easy and doesn't actually require any wit or insight. Too many Americans are falling for the distraction and confusing shock value for bluntness.
You have such amazing parents! I wish more parents could pass on these important messages to their young children, it would reduce the population of horrid adults in the future.
Maine is actually voting to change their voting system so that spoilers don't happen. Something like a ranked system. Hopefully it works and spreads to the rest of the nation.
Thank you, Samantha Bee and all your staff, for putting together the best and most complete analysis of our troubled government. Especially for pointing out the three way split voting. Why in god's name Cutler ran a second time, it just made me crazy. And Mike Michaud was an excellent legislator. I will take boring any day over the LePage drama. Michaud might have won if Cutler weren't in the race, but maybe not because he came out before he decided to run. Bottom line, LePage has blocked necessary bills, embarrassed the majority of us Mainers, and created an atmosphere of anti-anyone-not-white. As you said at the beginning, here is an example of Trump in action. I further add, a Trump presidency would be worse: a complete nationalist fascism.
I'm so sick of this election. Even if Trump loses, people are still going to feel validated in their hatred and xenophobia for years afterwards. He's made being an awful human being trendy. *Head slams into desk*
EnclaveOfObsidian You're absolutely right. Trump won't go away quietly into the night. He's already beginning his next campaign, that the election is rigged (if he loses, and he will lose) which as you mention, will keep his supporters riled up worse than they are now. VOTE HILLARY!
+Beautyizme 10000 The rumor going around is that donny didn't actually want to run for president. His kids made him run so they could prove to the world that donny is, in fact, insane. They will then have him committed and take over what's left of his empire. ...Everybody is talking about it.
I feel you, man. But look at the bright side. Trumps defeat would be a great sign for all the populists and nationalists that have popped up in governments all over the world that they WON'T get away with this and that this is not their time.
I am firmly convinced that the only thing Trump could do to lose this election would be to somehow convince the electorate that he is in fact not racist.
I feel terrible for that young black teenage boy who has to live with him..If can't imagine having to live with a degrading and derogatory monster like him..If bet he constantly calls him racial slurs..Hopefully he can get out soon and heal from the ordeal
You know I was just about to vote for Gary Johnson , but after watching this videos I've decided to give Hilary to boost she needs to make sure Trump can't get into the office.
What you said makes little sense because Johnson and Clinton are very different, except that they both are for the wealthy oligarchs. And a few other things, but still very different. I strongly oppose Johnson's platform, but I think he's a good guy, mostly. I agree more with some of Clinton's platform, but think she is a very bad person. And has the history to prove it.
Because it's either Hillary or Trump. Neither are great, but I'd rather have a politician who knows what they're doing in office than a failed celebrity
The Maine election results highlight how badly the US needs a better voting system than first last the post. if, for example, there was a preferences system, the people who voted for independents could put the democrat as their second choice. The US crows about how awesome a democracy they are but the voting system there seems designed to hurt the voters.
Sandy what system does your country use? Here in Aus we have a preference system. Not perfect true, but at least you can list candidates in order of preference.
Nik Saunders oh hey fellow Aussie! Yeah it's not a perfect system by any stretch, but at least feels like more democratic. I think it also makes protest votes way more justifiable. Conflicted progressive Americans would able to Vote 1 for Johnson/Stein AND help minimise Trump by ranking him last. As opposed to the current system where they'd be splitting the vote and hoping for the best.
As a native Mainer, I find this video to be brilliant, hilarious, and profoundly embarrassing. Please remember that we Mainers have also elected some of the most brilliant statesmen and stateswomen in history including Margaret Chase Smith (R), Ed Muskie (D), William Cohen (R), George Mitchell (D), Olympia Snowe (R); and our current US Senators, Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I).
LaPage won both elections by less than a majority of the votes due to "spoiler" candidates. In this November's election we are voting on a ranked-choice voting initiative which should eliminate the problem of party extremist wining elections with less than a majority of the votes. If Maine passes this initiative, we will be the first state in the country to implement such a voting system state-wide. Several municipalities across the country have done it. Maine tends to be a centrist electorate with a reputation of electing level-headed politicians. Most of us are embarrassed by our wingnut Governor, hence our move toward ranked-choice voting.
Samantha is making fun of this guy and trump but the reality is that the real problem is that people following these clowns. Instead of going forward, we keep going backwards.
The REAL problem is the outdated elction system in the US, and the systemic supression of socalled "third parties" - Nobody gets representation this way...
juan gomez He sounds much like him. But no, he's not also the prez of the Philippines. That prez is actually worse sounding with his hate spewing venom
The politics are bad, but the place itself, and many of the people are wonderful. I only left due to family needs, elderly parents living elsewhere. But it is a great place, with the ocean and mountains, farms and charming cottages. Much art, progressive in many ways.
He has essentially brought back casual racism in America. He has managed to convince a large chunk of the American population that they can blame all of their problems on Mexicans, black people, and Muslims, while still think that that isn't racist. I'd say that's set us back much more than 25 years.
rk9sbpro83 Mexicans or illegal immigrants? The fact that someone replaced "illegal immigrants" with "Mexicans" is in it's self racialism. No country has ever had an open boarder policy and still moved forward. the EU is almost at civil war over these issues, while in China they're still growing because it's so difficult to get into. Even without any terrorist groups like ISIS, an open boarder policy is a death sentence to any country that dreams to move forward. Just look at what happen to Lebanon.
We Mainers elected one of only 2 Independent Senators to Congress (Angus King, Green Party). It's not quite fair to blame the Independent Cutler for splitting the vote, as he had good reason to expect to get elected here. As least, it's not quite fair in _the first election_. With a mere 8% of the vote in the second election, he was clearly just a king-maker.
Sam -- you didn't mention that the voter turnout in 2010 was 580,538, out of an estimated population of 1,328,361 that year. Seems like if more people got out to vote, maybe Cutler would have pulled it off...
Mainly because of welfare reform is why he got voted in. The working class was fed up with supporting the abuse that was happening with the welfare program. When you have people moving from other states to here just to collect free benes that is a problem.
If anything, Johnson is taking votes away from Trump because he is the center-right's alternative. Stein is more likely to take votes away from Clinton and Stein is barely getting 2% in most places. Johnson is always drawing more votes in opinion polls than Stein.
abdulkawi ahmed Im a fairly upbeat person, but I don't see much luck in a disappearing act from trump. After the election, he's going to still need to be near a phone tower for his tweets on how the election was rigged. But I love your thinking!
I'm from Maine and all the Somalis have done is work jobs that where empty because there wasn't enough people around to work them, no crime spikes or anything like that all. Their not stealing jobs because nobody was around before applying for them.
Samantha is irrefutably the smartest and most entertaining individual on television, today! She was a-l-w-a-y-s the highlight of The Daily Show! I just adore Ms. Bee!
"does he still watch I love Lucy and yearn for the times america was like Walton's mountain" Well, he said he wishes it was 1823 or thereabouts, so I'm thinking yes.
Mainers, vote YES on Question 5 to stop repeats of this. With IRV, it will no longer be necessary to choose the lesser of two evils. Citizens of other states, demand electoral reform. #EndFPTP
America? What about the rest of us fearfully waiting to get Nuked.... okay forget that. Let's just build a giant encircling wall and let the US play Hunger Games with themselves.
If the media wants us to vote for their candidate, they should give us one we can get behind, one who represents our interests, instead of the interests of corporate tyrants.
Depends on what you consider your mistake. As a poster on the nY Times said: You're responsible for whom you vote for, not for whom you don't. If you vote for Clinton you own EVERYTHING she does during her presidency.
"'Go to Texas! It's still legal to have a duel" Probably also legal in Somalia. I wish LePage would go there, as it's much more dangerous than even the Maine of his dark fantasy ... and it's very far away.
I've visited Maine a couple of times, and have been impressed by the hospitality and kindness of the locals. They deserve way way better than this guy.
"But how will I take out my frustration on the blacks who didn't vote for Bernie by submitting a protest vote? I'm not going to be affected by Trump so I'm cool with minorities taking the pain. They should have voted for my god king!" -Bernie or Bust
Ok, you have a point about the 2010 election, and yes, Libby Mitchell is a progressive who would have been great, but Michael Michaud was a TERRIBLE candidate, he is a center-right Democrat, and when Democrats run to the right, they LOSE, like what happened in Louisiana with Mary Landrieu, but when they run to the left, they WIN, like with Alan Grayson in Florida or Bill de Blasio in NYC
The Le Pen family (Jan-Marie and his daughter Marine, mostly) are the most prominent members and leaders of the National Front, an extreme right-wing party in France.
Where did this clown come from? LaPage is doing a great job in Maine...I know I live here. BTW we also have one of the best State Police as well, our local cops are doing a nice job as well. Love them all
Lepage is a disgrace. Maine is one of the best places to live but we have the worst governor. Don't let what happened here happen to all of America. As funny as this piece is, it's real and I am living it.
Perhaps you should try a variation on that theme: "Trump in 2016, so he can quash his impending multiple indictments while cheering on Congressional show trials and witch hunts against political opponents." I realize, of course, that won't fit on a bumper-sticker...well, maybe it will if you drive a Humvee, which you probably do in distain of the climate-change "hoax."
I like how she focused on Gary Johnson and failed to mention Jill Stein; clearly the writers know who's the weakest target and refuse to give Ms. Stein any exposure.
Its called representative democracy. Both primary parties are profoundly disgusting and revolting. But those who consititute the leadership of the two parties are happy with the status quo. When people try to undermine the criminal system you don't get to attack them for it. Institute a multi-party system and give everyone equal time and debate exposure, and then everything will be fine and dandy.
You know, the first couple of chances I gave to Bee, she was good but didn't really stun me. In the last couple of weeks I've been noticing her stuff more and more and I think she's really growing on me. The writing on this show is fantastic.
I'm a life-long Mainer and Samantha hit the nail on the head in this video! I hate when people say "Why did you vote for him??" Most of us did not. Most of us are embarrassed by his actions and rhetoric and despise him.
i'm right with ya man! i live in portland and he never dares to show his face here unless Trump is in town lol
What if the democrat had dropped out when she saw she was polling at less than 20% in the first election? Would the independent who came in second have picked up her votes or would they have gone to the republican? Just asking. (Serious question)
I live in Maine as well which has a History of strong Independent candidates. When our Independent Senator Angus King ran for office, the democratic party backed him instead of their Democratic frontrunner because they didn't want a repeat of the Gubernatorial race. This November there is a referendum for ranked voting in Maine.
I would throw the word 'mortified' in there also. Sadly, he is also alienating business from moving up here w/ his rhetoric.
I am sure he did a an 'I told you so' w/ the two people involved in the amber alert yesterday. i.e. Dollar and China.
I love the fact that Lepage, leaving a voice mail, told the voice mail to 'record this'.
I noticed that and thought I heard wrong. Now I realize he is even dumber than I originally thought.
Who knew that was even possible...
sad but true lots of low class ignoramuses out there !
Can we agree with there's a pretty big difference between "speaking your mind" and "telling it like it is"?
To speak his mind, he would first have to have a mind, with something in it worth saying.
also, the difference between "PC" and basic good manners
WELL SAID! My man : )
I live in Maine, and my church has a lot of asylum seekers. Those people are some of the hardest working people I know. They learn English, get jobs, despite it being nearly impossible due to permits (another story), and still try to get their families here. It's awful. They're awesome, but LePage keeps trying to get rid of them.
Hi um yes I'm in Maine. He was elected because we had three candidates and the other 2 split the vote and then that idiot won. He's horrible, racist, homophobic, and frankly the worst governor we've had. It's just as horrible as Sam said, though.
So on behalf of Maine, I apologize.
Can you guys get him outta there?
The last half minute of the video already showed exactly that in a graphic. Everyone knows he won with a minority of the vote.
I feel for you. I hope next elections you can get someone not awful. Also someone who would fix the election system so it has, at last, a second turn.
It's time for ranked voting in our state. Maine is an incredible and beautiful state filled with genuine and kind people. It's unfortunate this man is the face of our state. I genuinely hope people take this to heart and see what happens when the vote splits.
*hugs for my fellow Mainer*
Thank you Samantha!!!! I am a Mainer and alot of us hate LePage.
That is not a true statement, where did this clown come from. We love our Gover LaPage.
Waited all night for these, this show rocks!!!
Time to outvote the deplorables!
Your very handsome and right!
Are you originally from Hong Kong?
Back off Stannis, I saw him first
Lol this thread is strange even for the internet.
@Lightbringer You most certainly lost him at "Your" very handsome.
@Sheena YOUR looking cute too :)
maybe the population of Maine is declining because they're all trying to get away from him
Oh dear. My state is on tv. That's never good.
How did this guy get elected?? really.. (I'm not saying Christie is any better)
But how was I suppose to resist the loving on D-Money??!!
As for how, the vote between the other two candidates ended up splitting the vote allowing LePage to win. Twice. Ugh, The memory still hurts.
i know what you mean about your state being on t.v. for dumb stuff. i live in florida :D
BJJOORRNN1 Solidarity, brother.
Hey at least we still have lobster
Ain't no fly like a zikifly.
Sam should make that into a shirt bahahaha
I would buy one!
he said tsetse
You may need a hearing test, Tracy.
He definitely said zikifly
I remember once when I was young, maybe 8, having a conversation about what "shock value" is. My parents explained that it's when you say something just for the reaction of it. They warned I should be careful because the "shock" can distort and distract from what's actually being said. They also said shock value is cheap because it's easy and doesn't actually require any wit or insight. Too many Americans are falling for the distraction and confusing shock value for bluntness.
You have such amazing parents! I wish more parents could pass on these important messages to their young children, it would reduce the population of horrid adults in the future.
Maine is actually voting to change their voting system so that spoilers don't happen. Something like a ranked system. Hopefully it works and spreads to the rest of the nation.
narrowlightbulb
After seeing the governor of Maine.. (they voted in twice) I'm not so sure I want to take any of the people of Maines suggestions.
Thank you, Samantha Bee and all your staff, for putting together the best and most complete analysis of our troubled government. Especially for pointing out the three way split voting. Why in god's name Cutler ran a second time, it just made me crazy. And Mike Michaud was an excellent legislator. I will take boring any day over the LePage drama. Michaud might have won if Cutler weren't in the race, but maybe not because he came out before he decided to run. Bottom line, LePage has blocked necessary bills, embarrassed the majority of us Mainers, and created an atmosphere of anti-anyone-not-white. As you said at the beginning, here is an example of Trump in action. I further add, a Trump presidency would be worse: a complete nationalist fascism.
I'm so sick of this election. Even if Trump loses, people are still going to feel validated in their hatred and xenophobia for years afterwards. He's made being an awful human being trendy.
*Head slams into desk*
EnclaveOfObsidian
You're absolutely right.
Trump won't go away quietly into the night. He's already beginning his next campaign, that the election is rigged (if he loses, and he will lose) which as you mention, will keep his supporters riled up worse than they are now.
VOTE HILLARY!
+Beautyizme 10000
The rumor going around is that donny didn't actually want to run for president. His kids made him run so they could prove to the world that donny is, in fact, insane. They will then have him committed and take over what's left of his empire.
...Everybody is talking about it.
I feel you, man. But look at the bright side. Trumps defeat would be a great sign for all the populists and nationalists that have popped up in governments all over the world that they WON'T get away with this and that this is not their time.
Toy Maker
Kay.
I am firmly convinced that the only thing Trump could do to lose this election would be to somehow convince the electorate that he is in fact not racist.
Amazing piece ....
the show gets better every week. But yes... we are all tired of the elections...
I feel terrible for that young black teenage boy who has to live with him..If can't imagine having to live with a degrading and derogatory monster like him..If bet he constantly calls him racial slurs..Hopefully he can get out soon and heal from the ordeal
This is what happens when you split the vote. The whole country ends up with an idiot who will set this country back 100 years or more.
You know I was just about to vote for Gary Johnson , but after watching this videos I've decided to give Hilary to boost she needs to make sure Trump can't get into the office.
Me too!
What you said makes little sense because Johnson and Clinton are very different, except that they both are for the wealthy oligarchs. And a few other things, but still very different. I strongly oppose Johnson's platform, but I think he's a good guy, mostly. I agree more with some of Clinton's platform, but think she is a very bad person. And has the history to prove it.
Because it's either Hillary or Trump. Neither are great, but I'd rather have a politician who knows what they're doing in office than a failed celebrity
really....you look like a clown
NOOO - That's what they want you to do!!
Vote for one of the third parties - Jill Stein or Gary Johnson - Anybody but Hillary or Trump...
Samantha Bee, you are a SO on point with your political commentary! Genius!
The Maine election results highlight how badly the US needs a better voting system than first last the post. if, for example, there was a preferences system, the people who voted for independents could put the democrat as their second choice. The US crows about how awesome a democracy they are but the voting system there seems designed to hurt the voters.
That's an interesting idea
or they could get second round until someone is above 50% . like in France
Right? It's kinda baffling how unintuitive their system is.
Sandy what system does your country use? Here in Aus we have a preference system. Not perfect true, but at least you can list candidates in order of preference.
Nik Saunders oh hey fellow Aussie! Yeah it's not a perfect system by any stretch, but at least feels like more democratic. I think it also makes protest votes way more justifiable. Conflicted progressive Americans would able to Vote 1 for Johnson/Stein AND help minimise Trump by ranking him last. As opposed to the current system where they'd be splitting the vote and hoping for the best.
As a native Mainer, I find this video to be brilliant, hilarious, and profoundly embarrassing. Please remember that we Mainers have also elected some of the most brilliant statesmen and stateswomen in history including Margaret Chase Smith (R), Ed Muskie (D), William Cohen (R), George Mitchell (D), Olympia Snowe (R); and our current US Senators, Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I).
and most importantly LePage twice
LaPage won both elections by less than a majority of the votes due to "spoiler" candidates. In this November's election we are voting on a ranked-choice voting initiative which should eliminate the problem of party extremist wining elections with less than a majority of the votes. If Maine passes this initiative, we will be the first state in the country to implement such a voting system state-wide. Several municipalities across the country have done it. Maine tends to be a centrist electorate with a reputation of electing level-headed politicians. Most of us are embarrassed by our wingnut Governor, hence our move toward ranked-choice voting.
We've been trying to warn the rest of the country for years.
Samantha is making fun of this guy and trump but the reality is that the real problem is that people following these clowns. Instead of going forward, we keep going backwards.
The REAL problem is the outdated elction system in the US, and the systemic supression of socalled "third parties" - Nobody gets representation this way...
So this guy is also the president of Philippines?
juan gomez He sounds much like him. But no, he's not also the prez of the Philippines. That prez is actually worse sounding with his hate spewing venom
duterte is worse
Marcus and Beautyiz- Bah, except for the fact that rotund LePage is larger in all directions, they are about equal in assholish-ness.
Thank you, your show is informative and funny thanks Sammy Sam
I thought New England was supoosed to be the smart part of America.
There is no smart part of America.
Martin Šriber Massachusetts isn't so bad
as a New Englander...
-tragic laughter-
kirbylover "Not so bad" is very low bar.
Martin Šriber I know, but this country doesn't exactly come with high expectations as of recent
We should just replace the population of Maine with trees. That way something useful could come out of the state.
The politics are bad, but the place itself, and many of the people are wonderful. I only left due to family needs, elderly parents living elsewhere. But it is a great place, with the ocean and mountains, farms and charming cottages. Much art, progressive in many ways.
ahh yes, eliminate the safest state in the country. WE should turn all places into detroit.
90% of Maine's land area is covered in trees...
And trust me most people in Maine wish people from other states DIDN'T come to our state
Just crossed Maine off of my bucket list.
Don't let one fish spoil your whole bucket. I moved to Maine 11 years ago and I love it here.
Thank you Samantha!
I live in maine, please learn from our mistake, also, HELP US!
*throws Maine a flotation device* Good luck
*Opens door, throws in lit grenade, closes door*
Sorry, it's too late for you
I can't blame you, just cut off a bit of Canada to replace us
Samantha Bee and John Oliver are amazing!
Wow, her final point was frightening and really needs to be emphasized more
"I was Donald Trump before Donald Trump became popular"
Great. He's not just a Trump clone, he's a hipster Trump clone.
You know what I am most afraid of, the social effects that Trump will have, he has already practically Set us back 25 years.
Hi, can you tell me in what way has Trump set America back?
Ragged Fountain It is depressing to watch on so many levels. '91 was cool so he's more so setting us back 50 years.
He has essentially brought back casual racism in America. He has managed to convince a large chunk of the American population that they can blame all of their problems on Mexicans, black people, and Muslims, while still think that that isn't racist. I'd say that's set us back much more than 25 years.
rk9sbpro83 Mexicans or illegal immigrants? The fact that someone replaced "illegal immigrants" with "Mexicans" is in it's self racialism. No country has ever had an open boarder policy and still moved forward. the EU is almost at civil war over these issues, while in China they're still growing because it's so difficult to get into. Even without any terrorist groups like ISIS, an open boarder policy is a death sentence to any country that dreams to move forward. Just look at what happen to Lebanon.
I said 25 years to be on the light side, but it is 50, and if he becomes elected we'll probably go back 150 years.
Bee rocks! We need her every night and twice on Sundays!
We Mainers elected one of only 2 Independent Senators to Congress (Angus King, Green Party). It's not quite fair to blame the Independent Cutler for splitting the vote, as he had good reason to expect to get elected here. As least, it's not quite fair in _the first election_. With a mere 8% of the vote in the second election, he was clearly just a king-maker.
Governor Le Pen
Well played, Sam, well played.
"says it like it is" Racist for, "I am racist and I enable you"
Honestly, I would vote for Pennywise before Trump.
I like his floating policy "We all float down here"
I like Pennywises policy regarding child care... give the children to him, you never hear from them again.
#ChildFree
That explains all the creepy clowns everywhere, they're raising awareness of their candidate!
Outlawing "battery acid" is one of the next laws Maine'll pass.
Sam -- you didn't mention that the voter turnout in 2010 was 580,538, out of an estimated population of 1,328,361 that year. Seems like if more people got out to vote, maybe Cutler would have pulled it off...
azureATC
Agreed.
And in 2014 Maine had the highest turnout in the country and he won with 48%.
what's a "Zikifly"? Does he mean mosquitoes?
Tse tse fly.
Jay Zenitram perhaps
Zika virus + tse tse fly + stupidity --> Zikifly
I think he created a new hybrid of the Zika virus carried by the tse-tse fly.
lol! Oh no, a new vector!
This says a lot about the Residents of Maine, they voted him into office , not once but twice.
Give us some credit. The majority of us didn't vote for him either time.
sometimes it's not what you do but what you don't do
geocom13 Yes, I agree. Just because someone wins an election doesn't mean the majority of people in a place voted for that person.
Mainly because of welfare reform is why he got voted in. The working class was fed up with supporting the abuse that was happening with the welfare program. When you have people moving from other states to here just to collect free benes that is a problem.
Another great piece, B!
If anything, Johnson is taking votes away from Trump because he is the center-right's alternative. Stein is more likely to take votes away from Clinton and Stein is barely getting 2% in most places. Johnson is always drawing more votes in opinion polls than Stein.
Excellent reporting Sam
The people of Maine must be kicking themselves ever since he took office.
Samantha, Colbert, and Trevor Noah, should do a show together.
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They will make trump Disappear forever lol
abdulkawi ahmed Im a fairly upbeat person, but I don't see much luck in a disappearing act from trump.
After the election, he's going to still need to be near a phone tower for his tweets on how the election was rigged.
But I love your thinking!
don't forget Seth
Then we could cancel it and never hear from any of those awful Centrist geezers again.
I don't think so since they're all preaching to the converted. We need conservatives speaking against Trump and uber liberals speaking for Hillary
You just don't have to watch it, easier for you.
Call me out when Trump loses. I'll be under my bed.
Can I join you? I'll bring chips!
I'll bring pizza!
trump will win
Johnny Cash After you've voted for Hillary of course!
What if he wins?
I'm from Maine and all the Somalis have done is work jobs that where empty because there wasn't enough people around to work them, no crime spikes or anything like that all. Their not stealing jobs because nobody was around before applying for them.
"I
hope
we
all
learn
a
lesson
from
that."
Bahahahahhaaaaa!!
(oh please god, please.)
Samantha is irrefutably the smartest and most entertaining individual on television, today! She was a-l-w-a-y-s the highlight of The Daily Show! I just adore Ms. Bee!
I'm cancelling my vacation to Maine!
Bernard Kovalchik Please don't! LePage is reviled here in Maine too!
Samantha Bee is awesome. a becon of truth in these dark times. She is the Heiress of the great John Steward
I feel sorry for his black son...
I feel bad for all of his kids and people of Maine in general (well expect those who voted for him).
lol I feel sorry for you clown
7:30 "I hope we learn a lesson from that."
[Narrator voice]: We didn't.
does he still watch I love Lucy and yearn for the times america was like Walton's mountain .
I Love Lucy has an interracial marriage and features a Hispanic! I doubt LePage would ever watch such PC nonsense.
He's more like Archie Bunker.
"does he still watch I love Lucy and yearn for the times america was like Walton's mountain"
Well, he said he wishes it was 1823 or thereabouts, so I'm thinking yes.
Y'all nailed this! Great job, wonderful clever commentary. Almost made the impending doom funny...oh well. Hope we learn from our past.
See, this is why Stephen King shouldn't write horror stories. LePage took Pennywise as a role model.
Mainers, vote YES on Question 5 to stop repeats of this. With IRV, it will no longer be necessary to choose the lesser of two evils. Citizens of other states, demand electoral reform. #EndFPTP
I feel sorry for america, lol
America? What about the rest of us fearfully waiting to get Nuked.... okay forget that. Let's just build a giant encircling wall and let the US play Hunger Games with themselves.
Don't. We did this to ourselves.
me too! help me
You don't have to feel sorry. We'll survive.
+PerthTowne if trumps win I don't think so
If the media wants us to vote for their candidate, they should give us one we can get behind, one who represents our interests, instead of the interests of corporate tyrants.
Independents for congress!
Thank you again.
THANK YOU
THANK YOU FOR CALLING ATTENTION TO THIS
ITS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING
LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES PEOPLE, PLEASE!!!
Depends on what you consider your mistake. As a poster on the nY Times said:
You're responsible for whom you vote for, not for whom you don't. If you vote for Clinton you own EVERYTHING she does during her presidency.
Wouldn't that be the same for people who vote for Trump?
People like that shouldn't be able to even get close to office even if the vote is split a hundred ways. It's the system!
Not going to Maine anytime soon lol
It's a great state Hector. Don't let this idiot scare you. Trust me, people here are very tolerant, educated and respectful of one another.
I do not doubt you, Kevin. I'm just incredulous that not only was Lepage elected, he was REELECTED.
Maine needs to get that guy out of office. What an embarrassment.
Thankfully this time I think it is more like Gary Johnson splitted the GOP voter base.
At some time in the past, his family immigrated from Quebec and they got treated exactly as LePage is behaving now towards other immigrant groups.
Go to Texas! It's still legal to have a duel
love it
"'Go to Texas! It's still legal to have a duel"
Probably also legal in Somalia. I wish LePage would go there, as it's much more dangerous than even the Maine of his dark fantasy ... and it's very far away.
That LePen comparison was underrated!
The ending is scary
Well, good on Maine to learn from past experience and institute a ranked voting system.
whats a black dealer? is that a dealer of black?
I've visited Maine a couple of times, and have been impressed by the hospitality and kindness of the locals. They deserve way way better than this guy.
"But how will I take out my frustration on the blacks who didn't vote for Bernie by submitting a protest vote? I'm not going to be affected by Trump so I'm cool with minorities taking the pain. They should have voted for my god king!" -Bernie or Bust
Samantha is missing the point, if the Democratic candidate was a BETTER CANDIDATE, he would not have LOST,
Ok, you have a point about the 2010 election, and yes, Libby Mitchell is a progressive who would have been great, but Michael Michaud was a TERRIBLE candidate, he is a center-right Democrat, and when Democrats run to the right, they LOSE, like what happened in Louisiana with Mary Landrieu, but when they run to the left, they WIN, like with Alan Grayson in Florida or Bill de Blasio in NYC
DON'T SPLIT THE VOTE
I want the image at 0:12 as my computer screen wallpaper.
The Le Pen family (Jan-Marie and his daughter Marine, mostly) are the most prominent members and leaders of the National Front, an extreme right-wing party in France.
Where did this clown come from? LaPage is doing a great job in Maine...I know I live here. BTW we also have one of the best State Police as well, our local cops are doing a nice job as well. Love them all
LOL, the Zeekia fly
LOL...... i really like this piece!! Queen Bee! :)
At least we still have Lobster :(
Ha ha, I wish it's only $3.50/lb
Lepage is a disgrace. Maine is one of the best places to live but we have the worst governor. Don't let what happened here happen to all of America. As funny as this piece is, it's real and I am living it.
I just want it to be December and for all the racists to crawl back into their holes for the next 4 years
Smoothy&Shifty2016!!
Thank you
Samantha you are dead right, the weaker candidate should step down, so that trump can be stopped. bye bye Hillary Clinton.
Is the governor of Main standing on his head? I'm trying to what side of body he is talking out of?
Does LePage realise that he is ISIS? We're in a fight for The Enlightenment here, people. Stay frosty.
I am from Maine, and I can't explain...
Hillary for Prison 2016🇺🇸
now let the hateful responses commence..
jujinz edgy
zzzzzz....
I agree but trump is worse
jujinz Hate.
Perhaps you should try a variation on that theme: "Trump in 2016, so he can quash his impending multiple indictments while cheering on Congressional show trials and witch hunts against political opponents." I realize, of course, that won't fit on a bumper-sticker...well, maybe it will if you drive a Humvee, which you probably do in distain of the climate-change "hoax."
This is a sad but true story. So remember America this could happen to us in this election.
I'm late.
CircaPiratess Yer funny!
Hey, hey, don't bring Steven King into this. He's a Maine citizen but he's also informed.
I liked this bit before it became just another condemnation of third party candidates. Disgusting.
I like how she focused on Gary Johnson and failed to mention Jill Stein; clearly the writers know who's the weakest target and refuse to give Ms. Stein any exposure.
Because we lost the election for governor because we had 3 extra candidates.
She was absolutely right about the 3rd party
Its called representative democracy. Both primary parties are profoundly disgusting and revolting. But those who consititute the leadership of the two parties are happy with the status quo. When people try to undermine the criminal system you don't get to attack them for it. Institute a multi-party system and give everyone equal time and debate exposure, and then everything will be fine and dandy.
a third party vote is a vote for trump.
be careful...
"We are 95% white.... mostly my heart is the only part of me that is black" Gov LePage
Really Samantha Bee, going to trash talk 3rd party voters. That is awfully democratic of you.
Really, Matthew Koelling, going to trash talk electoral math. That is awfully third-party of you.
Bee is an idiot. And not funny at all. A failure.
As a Maine resident, this is embarrassing.
You know, the first couple of chances I gave to Bee, she was good but didn't really stun me. In the last couple of weeks I've been noticing her stuff more and more and I think she's really growing on me. The writing on this show is fantastic.
No we do not want them coming here , we love our Gov.