Jerry Brown to reporter: 'Are you a Moonie, by any chance?'

[kpete]

Picket suggested things changed in California when Republican Gov. Ronald Reagan came into office "later on," after Brown's first two terms as governor, from 1975 to 1983.

"No, Reagan came before me," Brown said. "Reagan came after my father, and then I came after Reagan."

When Picket asked again about bankruptcy, Duran said, "You're lying."

Brown asked her, "Are you a Moonie, by any chance?"

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Read more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/02/video-jerry-brown-to-reporter-are-you-a-moonie-by-any-chance.html#storylink=cpy

[onehandle]

1. I sense a flash of the sometimes surreal-ess of the late 70s here.

Moonies are as they only can be.

[MADem]

2. Good for him. No one should suffer fools. nt

[YvonneCa]

22. Jerry Brown is so refreshing ...

...as Governor of California again. He can remind people of history just by being involved again. He was definitely 'ahead of his time' when he was Governor before. Now he is in his element.

[MADem]

24. Best person for the job, certainly--no learning curve. Has been there, done that,

and bought the three piece suit! Older, wiser, has gotten all the intemperate inclinations out of his system, and he's pretty much seen it all. Plus, he's smart--sharp as a tack.

Loved his snark with that remark--right on the money, it was!

[YvonneCa]

26. I agree. He is really smart, knows how California SHOULD...

...work, and is using his experience to get things working again. As a Californian, I am grateful.

BTW, right before delivering his SOTS speech, he questioned the Republicans delivering the rebuttal about their criticism to HIS speech being given BEFORE he had delivered it. On camera. Love it!

[MADem]

28. Ha! Good for him! nt

[greenman3610]

3. why anyone from the washington times gets treated as a serious person is beyond me

they all owe their careers and loyalty to Rev. Moon - but no one in the polite journalistic washington club will say it.
Props to Jerry for saying it out loud.

[kenfrequed]

8. yes.

It really is long overdue that people recognize and ridicule Syun Moon's propaganda apparatus for the pack of lies it is.

[philly_bob]

11. +1

[UpInArms]

33. +2

[intaglio]

4. Myung Sun Moon owns the WT

...So Brown seems to have been asking a fair question - especially since the questioning seemed to be faith rather than fact based

[Beartracks]

5. Wow, she thought Reagan came AFTER Brown??

And she still probably thought he was snowing her with facts when he corrected her.

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[lunatica]

7. They cling to their TRUTH for dear life

It keeps their apple cart from tipping over.

[nxylas]

9. Typical cult behavior

The Rev Moon taught the teabaggers everything they know about only getting their information from approved sources and attacking the motives of anyone providing unauthorized information.

[yellowcanine]

12. She may have confused Jerry Brown with his dad Pat Brown. To make it even more confusing, they both

are Edmund Gerald Brown. How do you expect her to keep it all straight? Not as if her job is to be a reporter or anything. Oh wait.

[MADem]

25. I'm surprised she never got offered a job in the press secretary's office at the Bush WH! nt

[Beartracks]

32. Maybe she was handicapped by her youth, too.

You know, 'cause all the Jerry Browns probably look "old" to her, she might have thought he had to be the same one who served before the golden being of eternal vitality that was St. Ronnie.



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[Gormy Cuss]

15. Reagan did come into office after (Pat)Brown.

Cut her some slack. After all, it's unheard of to have members of the same family to serve in the same office.

[ewagner]

6. Good for Jerry!

giving asshats a free pass is just wrong....tell it like it is..

[Octafish]

10. Remember Robert B. Boettcher...

Former CIA director-cum-president 41 George Herbert Walker Bush and his patron, Rev Sun Myung Moon, benefited from the premature death of one outstanding Congressional staff director, researcher, author and American – Robert B. Boettcher.

Know your BFEE: 1984 Death of Outstanding Congressional Staffer Buried Bush-Moon Relationship

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3645322

[leveymg]

20. Thanks for that link to DU2. DU threads used to have so much meat on them.

Interesting link between Boettcher and Kokol.

[Octafish]

27. Tradecraft...

Here's where some guys get their ideas from:

A STUDY OF ASSASSINATION

EXCERPT...

2. Accidents.

For secret assassination, either simple or chase, the contrived accident is the most effective technique. When successfully executed, it causes little excitement and is only casually investigated.

The most efficient accident, in simple assassination, is a fall of 75 feet or more onto a hard surface. Elevator shafts, stair wells, unscreened windows and bridges will serve. Bridge falls into water are not reliable. In simple cases a private meeting with the subject may be arranged at a properly-cased location. The act may be executed by sudden, vigorous (excised) of the ankles, tipping the subject over the edge. If the assassin immediately sets up an outcry, playing the "horrified wit ness", no alibi or surreptitious withdrawal is necessary. In chase cases it will usually be necessary to stun or drug the subject before dropping him. Care is required to insure that no wound or condition not attributable to the fall is discernible after death.

Falls into the sea or swiftly flowing rivers may suffice if the subject cannot swim. It will be more reliable if the assassin can arrange to attempt rescue, as he can thus be sure of the subject's death and at the same time establish a workable alibi.

CONTINUED...

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB4/ciaguat2.html

Most importantly: Anytime, leveymg. It is different. DU3 has more, ehr, stuff to see.

From the Old Days:

Boettcher, Kokal, Sanford...

[leveymg]

29. Gus Weiss, Alan Myerson . . .

[bayareaboy]

13. There used to be Newstand in a town I once lived in the Bay Area

Remember them, they had a section for conservatives over by the sex mags. The Washington Times was there along with others for the mindless set. They didn't sell too well. Every week or so they would bring a trash can in and dump a whole week of issues.

I don't think they sell any better now, Especially with it seems, well I won't even call them reporters, how about well I just can't think of what to call those folks except unprepared.

[sakabatou]

14. Conservative rags don't sell well around there

And why throw them in the trash? Can't they recycle them?

[Myrina]

19. LOL, is toxic shit-covered paper recyclable?

In order to have the crap-faux-news that it had ... it most likely would be considered hazardous waste.

[savalez]

21. I get a local

incognito conservative rag delivered unsolicited to my house twice a month. I use it for kindling.

[bayareaboy]

31. They haven't learned ...

There are only one think to do with conservative zines. add them to the compost pile instead of dung. If you don't use too much it will get nice and cook the max well.

Actually I had a friend who put a small TV with FAUX NEWS on and used that to cook his compost pile. the only problem he had was he had to turn it off when Ann Coulter came on.

It really works though, try it out!

[blm]

16. About time pols point out Moonies distorting politics for their New World Order bosses

Moon and Murdoch serve Bushes and Saudi royals.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. Who in the hell does she think was POTOS in 1984? Eisenhower?

Was she even born yet?

What a dingbat.

[grantcart]

18. LA Times covers the exchange (No I am not a moonie)

http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2012/02/jerry-brown-washington-times-kerry-picket-moonie.html

[YvonneCa]

23. That is a TERRIBLE account...

...of the story, starting with the picture and distorted headline. Makes it appears someone called the Governor a 'moonie' (a la 'Gov. Moonbeam stories) and he is on the defensive(not true). The person who created the story by her ignorance(the reporter) is who should be defending herself for not doing her homework.

Shame on the L A Times.

[shanti]

30. kudos to my most excellent guv!

[mia]

34. In defense of Moonie families.

They raise their children well. My first year teaching in a magnet program - half of my students came from Moonie families. These children were happy and the smartest students in my class. i enjoyed the families' invitations to tea ceremonies and remember the peacefulness of these children. There is something that they're doing right.