Jerry Brown's office calls Republicans 'basically moronic'

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With California's new fiscal year starting Friday and no compromise with the GOP on a budget in sight, Gov. Jerry Brown's chief spokesman called Sacramento Republicans "basically moronic" for failing to strike an agreement.

Brown wants a fall election on taxes and to extend vehicle and sales tax hikes that will otherwise expire by Friday. Republicans are demanding pension, regulatory and spending policy concessions in exchange for such an election. They have balked at extending taxes.

"The Republicans in Sacramento are basically moronic. But we’re hopeful that they can realize we’re on an unsustainable trajectory here, one that is not fiscally responsible and one for which they are at least partially responsible," Gil Duran, Brown's press secretary, said in an interview with KPCC.

Duran also questioned Republicans' competence in drafting the policy changes they are seeking.

"Those aren’t their reforms. They aren’t smart enough to write reforms. They don’t know the first thing about the details of reforms. We have to do the work. Those are our reforms," Duran said.

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I like this person!

[SpiralHawk]

1. Ba da boom. Ba da bing.

[hobbit709]

2. so how long before the morons demand a retraction.

[xoom]

3. I hate talk like this between parties.

[ImNotTed]

4. "between" implies both parties are throwing mud

This is one aide to a Dem politician vs 5,000 Republicans, elected and non.

[Rageneau]

5. Beats hearing it only from ONE side.

I like confrontational talk like this. If nothing else, it dilutes the effectiveness of the GOP's incessant insultings.

[KingFlorez]

6. Oh, please

Why is the truth so bothersome for some people?

[devilgrrl]

7. What did Brown say that wasn't true?

Nothing wrong with pointing out the truth.

[Xithras]

8. Eh, it's true. Our California Republicans are a special breed of stupid.

They have the maturity of a bunch of 8 year olds having a temper tantrum because they can't get their way.

When you have a party that has OFFICIALLY stated that they would let the state go bankrupt rather than enable a single penny in new taxes, how else are you supposed to describe them? There's no "greater good" with these people, just sloganeering and a poor grasp of math.

[hobbit709]

9. "When republicans stop telling lies about Democrats, etc.'