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Sun Feb 26, 2012 at 06:58 PM PST
CA Gov Jerry Brown SCHOOLS Right-Wing Reporter: "Are you a Moonie?"
by Shane Hensinger
I haven't seen anything about this posted, so I thought I'd share with you the illuminating back-and-forth between CA Governor Jerry Brown, in DC for National Governor's Conference, and Washington Times reporter Kerry Picket, which took place today.
For background: The Washington Times is a right-wing propaganda rag run by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon - head of the Unification Church. The political reporter for the Washington Times, Kerry Picket, thought she could spring a "gotcha" on Governor Brown and his press secretary, Gil Duran, today after Brown's meeting with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. She was wrong.
Here's the transcript:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2012/02/jerry-brown-takes-on-washington-times-reporter.html
Reporter: Gov. Brown, youve gotten criticism that youve ceded
Brown: Ive gotten criticism? Only from the Washington Times
Reporter: I understand that youve gotten some criticism that youve ceded way too much to the unions.
Brown: Give me an example.
Reporter: As far as the education, teachers unions, and just as far as some of the contracts that have been negotiated, that you could be making the same mistake that you made in your last administration...
Brown: Which one was that?
Reporter: Back in the day.
Brown: When California had a $6-billion surplus and was leading America, if not the world, in many different fields?
Reporter: Well, right now its going bankrupt.
Brown: Thats untrue. Ive reduced the deficit that was left to me by a Republican governor from $26 billion to $9 billion and I have a plan to reduce it to zero.
Reporter: So youre saying that the reason that California is going bankrupt is...
Brown: No, thats not true. Were going far. I mean, were doing quite well.
Duran: You need to ask a question thats based on the truth.
Brown (to Duran): You dont have to argue with her
Duran: No, S&P just upgraded to positive. Thats not bankrupt.
Reporter: No, actually, because when Reagan came in later on, things actually changed.
Brown: No, Reagan came before me. Reagan came after my father and then I came after Reagan.
Reporter: And then you actually lost your term thereafter, no?
Brown: No, Im the only Democratic governor in history to serve three terms. In fact only two governors have ever served a third term.
Reporter: So why is it then, that were seeing from the bankruptcy though...
Duran: There is no bankruptcy. Thats a lie. Youre lying.
Brown: California has a $2-trillion economy.
Reporter: Why am I a liar?
Brown: Last year Are you a Moonie by any chance?
Reporter: Sir
Duran: And your facts are totally wrong. I can prove it to you.
Brown: Because your incisiveness is kind of suspect. Anyway. California, the economy is doing better, its coming back. The private economy added $90 billion, and that feeds into the public sector as well. There are deficits because theres been excesses in the last decade, brought on principally by the mortgage bubble and breakdown. And were now cleaning up after that mess. It does take a while to do that. Id say were on a very positive course. Not as rapid as I would like, but the trajectory is all in the right direction.
Reporter: Thank you, sir.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/26/1068610/-CA-Gov-Jerry-Brown-SCHOOLS-Right-Wing-Reporter-Are-you-a-Moonie-?via=siderec
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)gud.................
grasswire
(50,130 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]He's one smart cookie and gutsy, too.
One of my brothers on the phone tonight tried to give me a line (from the RW San Diego North County Times) about "Jerry's train to nowhere."
It took me all of 90 seconds on line to find plenty of documentation as to why Bakersfield is on the proposed route, why it's smart and future oriented, and why there are objections. (It couldn't be that regional officials see political advantage in heisting the rail money for fast-return local projects... could it?).
Little brother will get some more reading material via email in the morning. It probably won't make a difference in his RW thinking, but at least I tried. Meanwhile, I'm cheering Jerry on.
[font color="purple" font size=4 face="Comic Sans"]GO, Jerry! [/font]
Ter
(4,281 posts)It's sooooooooo 90's.
janx
(24,128 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)and taught him a lesson... Washington Times, of course he's a Moonie,
Way to go Gov!!!!!
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)That's why I supported him first
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)She kept returning to the same thing over and over no matter how many times she was flatly contradicted. Pitiful;.