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Jerry Brown, elected Governor of California in 1974. Re-elected last night (the British view)
Telegraph ^ | November 3, 2010 | Damian Thompson

Posted on 11/03/2010 3:42:30 PM PDT by NYer

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To: NYer

FU california.

LLS


21 posted on 11/03/2010 4:16:06 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: NYer

12.5% unemployment and my fellow Californians vote to stay the course with Brown, Boxer and Newsome. What idiots.


22 posted on 11/03/2010 4:19:52 PM PDT by He'sComingBack!
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To: NYer

The Land of Fruits and Nuts got a lot more Fruitier and Nuttier!


23 posted on 11/03/2010 4:24:49 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: NYer

Jerry Brown is a joke only California can tell. Must be a death wish?


24 posted on 11/03/2010 4:27:44 PM PDT by Armaggedon
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To: NYer
1974!

COOL!

25 posted on 11/03/2010 4:29:40 PM PDT by jaz.357 (Lets make EVERY month Breast awareness month!)
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To: NYer

he's baaaaack
26 posted on 11/03/2010 4:38:01 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Ding dong the Pelosi is gone!)
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To: ari-freedom

Shop in Obama’s face


27 posted on 11/03/2010 4:43:27 PM PDT by Califreak (November 2008 proved that Idiocracy isn't just a movie anymore)
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To: NYer
Yep, he's a moonbeam all right.
28 posted on 11/03/2010 4:43:34 PM PDT by Zakeet (Like the wise Wee Wee said, "We can't be broke ... we still have checks in the checkbook.")
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To: NYer
1975 seems like prehistory now

Harold Wilson was in Downing Street.

Also Ford was in the White House, Brezhnev was Secretary of the USSR, Mao was Chairman of the PRC, Franco was Chief of State of Spain, Reza Pahlavi was Shah of Iran, Vorster was Prime Minister of South Africa.

29 posted on 11/03/2010 4:45:57 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (15 October 09: Where were you when America stopped to watch an empty balloon?)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I remember Jim Jones especially with Guyana. I am ashamed he is from Indiana (my old home state) in addition to Michael Jackson !


30 posted on 11/03/2010 4:45:57 PM PDT by CORedneck
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To: NYer

Boy are we screwed.


31 posted on 11/03/2010 4:52:51 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Democrat Party is shovel ready)
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To: He'sComingBack!

They can now pass a budget by a simple majority, greenie laws are in effect, Newsome is next in line after Brown and the Rats control both houses.


32 posted on 11/03/2010 5:10:29 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Democrat Party is shovel ready)
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To: Mike Darancette

Sounds like the fools nirvana.

Sadly we taxpayers in the rest of the country will be compelled by Baraq to bail them out.


33 posted on 11/03/2010 5:12:38 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: kempster
I think it is pretty easy to understand. The state is about to go bankrupt. Under the leadership of “so-called” Republican Arnold the state has gone down the tubes. In the mind of the inane voters out there who forgot what a real Republican (Reagan) looks like, they were giving the Democrats a chance. Is it really anymore complicated than that?

Between a Democrat and a Democrat, voters will always choose ... a Democrat ...

34 posted on 11/03/2010 5:19:55 PM PDT by x
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To: NYer

It’s like re-marrying the skanky, smelly old hag you divorced 30 years ago.

California, R.I.P.


35 posted on 11/03/2010 5:21:44 PM PDT by Blado (Oilbama's dream: ''Spill Baby, Spill.'' Legal disclaimer- all criticism of white male half only)
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To: NYer

Hope and change reigns in California. What fresh face will be elected Governor next, Grey Davis?


36 posted on 11/03/2010 5:22:23 PM PDT by Bridesheadfan
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the I lived in Sacramento California all during the last half of the 70’s (and beyond). One of my family friends was a CHP officer (Dale R) who was the chauffeur for Reagan for eight years and Brown for eight years.

You might remember the story of the 1974 Plymouth that Jerry Brown promoted as an alternative to the regular limo (either a Lincoln or a Caddy- I don’t recall). Brown wanted to show the state that he was saving money by NOT living in the Governors Mansion or driving a limo. Dale drove the 74 Plymouth every day to pick up Gov. Moonbeam and take him to work. It turns out the Plymouth got WORSE gas mileage than the limo but the press would have you believe Brown was saving the state money. What a joke.

I actually sat in the car one night while visiting Dale’s house (he kept it parked out front). It was as ugly as it’s infamous passenger.


37 posted on 11/03/2010 5:27:46 PM PDT by jazztrptman (Sarah Palin is a God-send for our country and for conservatives)
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To: NYer

I lived in Sacramento California all during the last half of the 70’s (and beyond). One of my family friends was a CHP officer (Dale R) who was the chauffeur for Reagan for eight years and Brown for eight years.

You might remember the story of the 1974 Plymouth that Jerry Brown promoted as an alternative to the regular limo (either a Lincoln or a Caddy- I don’t recall). Brown wanted to show the state that he was saving money by NOT living in the Governors Mansion or driving a limo. Dale drove the 74 Plymouth every day to pick up Gov. Moonbeam and take him to work. It turns out the Plymouth got WORSE gas mileage than the limo but the press would have you believe Brown was saving the state money. What a joke.

I actually sat in the car one night while visiting Dale’s house (he kept it parked out front). It was as ugly as it’s infamous passenger.


38 posted on 11/03/2010 5:29:41 PM PDT by jazztrptman (Sarah Palin is a God-send for our country and for conservatives)
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To: jazztrptman

Question who better boss Brown or Reagan


39 posted on 11/03/2010 5:31:06 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: Howie66

“California is the Short Bus State.”

Gotta agree. Retards.


40 posted on 11/03/2010 6:28:34 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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