ME's wingnut governor tells jobless 'get off the couch'

He took down Maine's labor mural, too.

We think it's time for Maine Gov. Paul LePage to join the ranks of the unemployed. He shot his mouth off again on Sunday, according to TheHuffington Post, saying,

...all able-bodied out-of-work Americans need to "get off the couch" and go find employment.

His fellow Republicans gave him a standing ovation.

They are perhaps unaware that the real unemployment rate is over 16 percent. That's people who need a full-time job and can't find one.

Replied some angry Mainers:

Mike Tipping, communications director for the Maine People's Alliance, said LePage's comments were "downright offensive to Maine people searching for work in a difficult economy, especially considering his embarrassing record of failing to invest in programs that create jobs and cutting assistance for the unemployed while at the same time giving massive new tax breaks to the wealthy."

Christine Hastedt, public policy director at Maine Equal Justice Partners, called them "a gross insult to working people who get up every day and become discouraged by the end of the day, because there's not a job for them."

"We talk to people every day," said Hastedt. "There are not enough jobs for the people who want them. There aren't enough hours in the jobs for people who need them. These are jobs that don't provide health care, and certainly don't provide child care. Those are services that people need to get even the jobs that they could get. Nevertheless, he's cutting those safety net benefits that make it possible for people to work."

LePage is so out of touch we think he must be spending time with Mitt "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt Romney."