[Jerry] Brown Plans Comeback as 'Unusual Attorney General'[California]

Human Events Online ^ | 26 June 2006 | John Gizzi

[45Auto]

More psychos in Cal government; how many can the state afford and still function? When will these old lefties simply retire?

[Rummyfan]

Let's face it... Jerry Brown makes an unusual anything!

[Kenny Bunkport]

“I will be an unusual attorney general.”

"Freakish" is more like it.

[Rummyfan]

Since the 1960s when he pleaded with his governor-father, Edmund “Pat” Brown, Sr., for the life of long-term death row inmate Caryl Chessman, Brown has been closely identified with opposition to capital punishment. As governor from 1974 to 1982, he consistently vetoed death penalty legislation and appointed state Supreme Court Chief Justice Rose Bird, who overturned every death penalty sentence that ever came to her court. Brown even condemned as “Nazi-style” the lethal-injection execution of “Freeway Killer” William Bonin, who confessed to raping and murdering 21 boys.

Glad to see Jerry is always looking out for the interests of the citizens of California! NOT!

[Brilliant]

I have difficulty understanding why any self-respecting company wants to do business in CA. You'd think that some of these tech companies that haven't made a dime in 10 years would get smart and move.

[RichInOC]

As Brown promised at a recent Democratic Party candidates’ forum, “I will be an unusual attorney general.”

Gee. Who would have thought?

[Lx]

Many observers of the California political scene are convinced that if he is elected attorney general this year, Brown will run for governor again in 2010 (when Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, assuming he is re-elected and serves out a full term, will be ineligible to run again).

How is that possible, didn't he do two terms as gov already?

[quark]

Does Brown have any talent other than being a wacko pol?

[EagleUSA]

More psychos in Cal government; how many can the state afford and still function? When will these old lefties simply retire?
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Our government in Calif stopped functioning as a responsible government 30 years ago. And I remember (am old enough) the conservative, well managed, responsible government this state once had. It was a model for the nation...now it is at the bottom of the cess pool of liberalism.

Ole Moonbeam would make an unusual attorney general -- he would be speaking Mexican while smoking his pot. This state is a tragedy, but not at all unlike the other states the radical socialist left have taken over, thanks to a voting base that is mindless and selfish. It won't last foreever -- socialism never does.

[dfwgator]

To support Brown's candidacy, dial 1-800-NOT-FLAKY

[Right Wing Assault]

"Unusual" is redundant with this guy. I wonder how well he will weave LSD flashbacks into his daily work.

[AzaleaCity5691]

Brown is a wierdo, no doubt about that, but when they bring up a statistic such as a city's crime rate, well, let's just say, it's not fair to compare a crime rate in a city today, take that and compare it to a different city, and then use that as proof that Mayor A was bad on fighting crime.

A more accurate way of doing it would be to look at crime statistics in city A, and monitor what it did over time. If the crime rate in the city itself dropped, then that means they had some improvement in the situation, even if they still have a bad crime rate. This said, Brown is definitely a loose cannon, and he'd make an atrocious Attorney General, though I do think, given his public record, he wouldn't tolerate corruption. That doesn't make up for ideologically moronity, not at all.

[mtbopfuyn]

Why stop there? Run with Hill in '08!

[Brilliant]

"Brown is also an admirer of the late Communist revolutionary Che Guevara and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro..."




Why am I not surprised?

[P8riot]

Does this mean Linda Ronstadt is gonna make a comeback too?

[garbageseeker]

Jerry Brown as governor wrecked California's judicial system and economy. He appointed a judge by the name of Rose Bird and several justices to the California Supreme Court who opposed capital punishment. Judge Bird and these justices blocked capital punishment cases for years until they were voted out of office. Jerry Brown is philosophically opposed to capital punishment. The Attorney General of California is in charge of enforcing the state laws in regards to capital punishment. Just imagine if he was Attorney General of California. Will he enforce the law as Attorney General in regards to capital punishment? The answer is "No".

He should just enjoy retirement and take his place as the most infamous and failed governor in California history.Remember, he earned the name "Moonbeam" Brown for is outlandish ideas.

[Arizona Carolyn]

His tenure as Governor was a nightmare. It doesn't appear, to me, he has done Oakland any great favors as Mayor. I really, really hope he doesn't get elected.

[Right Wing Assault]

i am governor jerry brown my aura smiles and never frowns soon i will be president carter power will soon go away i will be fuhrer one day i will command all of you your kids will meditate in school california über alles über alles california zen fascists will control you 100% natural you will jog for the master race and always wear the happy face close your eyes, can't happen here big bro' on white horse is near the hippies won't come back you say mellow out or you will pay california über alles über alles california now it is 1984 knock knock at your front door it's the suede/denim secret police they have come for your uncool neice come quitely to the camp you'd look nice as a drawstring lamp don't you worry, it's only a shower for your clothes here's a pretty flower die on organic poison gas serpent's egg's already hatched you will crack, you little clown when you mess with president brown california über alles über alles california

[Arizona Carolyn]

Here's his record in Oakland as Mayor:

Burglaries are up 9 percent, robberies up 18 percent, auto theft up 84 percent, and homicides up a staggering 54 percent

[garbageseeker]

Your being to nice calling his tenure "nightmare". It was a complete and total disaster.