Posted on 10/09/2010 10:04:23 AM PDT by SmithL
This much is clear: Someone in Jerry Brown's inner campaign circle suggested GOP rival Meg Whitman is a "whore."
The list of things less clear is longer a day after a recording of the slur hit the Internet and rocked the governor's race.
Who made the comment that was picked up on a police union official's answering machine? And will the fallout over the controversy boost Whitman's case against Brown?
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The political damage of the slur scandal remains to be seen, but the greatest risk clearly lies with female voters, whom polls show Whitman has courted with more success than other Republicans have in the past.
"I think that this is going to hurt Brown among women who don't already like him," said Renee Van Vechten, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Redlands. "Maybe this will be just another reason not to vote for him."
The Democratic-leaning California branch of the National Organization for Women did its best to limit the damage Friday by endorsing Brown.
. . .The news offered Whitman some respite from a week-old controversy over her hiring of an illegal immigrant housekeeper.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
The fallout is that NOW came out and endorsed Brown.
To me it very well could have been Jerry Brown who made the “whore” comment. As to the fall out who knows.
But with the NOW endorsing Brown I'm sure that he must be ok, because, after all, they're out to protect the rights of all women, right? /sarcastic barf
BARF! If Brown had been a Republican, they’d be demanding he resign immediately!
The brown camp is just pissed off because Whitman got to the police association for an endorsement before they did.
There’s a major cover-up on this story - must notably The NY Times this morning - big surprise. It is obvious to me that it is Jerry Brown himself who used the word “whore.” The media is counting on most Americans not to recognize Jerry Brown’s very distinctive, husky voice. But I lived in California under Governor Moonbeam and that’s damn well him speakin’.
“The democratic-leaning California-based NOW” is equivalent to saying “the Catholic Pope”...I’m sure the average reader didn’t need it point out that NOW is now just democratic-leaning but full tilt an arm of the Rat party..........I love how NOW and every other feminist (and I use that word loosely) loves to attack conservative and Republican women but have no problem with the Clintoons or Jerry Browns of the world with their obvious disregard for females....
Arent most all politicians whores one way or another?
Whitman should NOT ignore this. She needs to come out and say “look ladies, whether you agree with my politics or not, aren’t you just about fed up with men calling us “whores” whenever we dare to intrude into their little world”?
Jerry and his team of manly men were just pissed off that their opponent made off with the “John” before they had a chance to show their own wares. Frankly, I think a hard working whore has more reason to be offended if someone were to call her a “politician”.
I’m with you, I heard the clip more than once and
to me it was Brown who said it, or even if he
was not the first one to say it, he was the one
who repeated it. John and Ken were reporting this
at first as if it’s fact that Whitman cut a deal
with the police union, or whatever group it was,
but later on they pointed out that it was Jerry Brown
who was assuming she had cut a deal with them.
Who will know about it..????
This points out, and not for the first time, that NOW is a front for Democrats.
Yeah, I love the fall back position if it comes out he really did say “whore” (which, of course, he did). He didn’t say it first!!!!! How did we ever get to this childish, outlandish position?
SacBee is missing the BIG picture- Jerry Brown can’t even hang up the phone right!
“The fallout is that NOW came out and endorsed Brown.”
The National Organization of Whores endorsed Brown?
Not surprising that NOW would jump in and endorsed Brown. They loved Billy Jeff Clinton even more when they learned that he was a rapist.
Just as long as they get their abortions, that’s all that really counts!
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