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Jerry Brown apologizes for Lewinsky jokes
Yahoo Upshot ^ | 9/14/10 | Rachel Rose Hartman

Posted on 09/14/2010 12:55:25 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

Jerry Brown answers a reporter's question.Jerry Brown is running for the 2010 California governorship, but he's spent much of the last week reliving the politics of the 1990s. And Brown's unfortunate lurch into the past culminated Monday with an apology to former President Bill Clinton for taking shots at Clinton's conduct during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

"Bill Clinton was an excellent president," Brown, the state attorney general, said Monday at a news conference. "It was wrong for me to joke about an incident from many years ago, and I'm sorry."

Brown's 1990s mystery tour began early last week when his GOP opponent Meg Whitman aired an ad reviewing Brown's harsh attacks on Clinton when both men were vying for the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination. In an effort to wave off that attack, Brown floated a couple of Lewinsky asides in a campaign speech Sunday. Addressing an audience of supporters, Brown said: "I mean, Clinton's a nice guy, but whoever said he always told the truth?" Brown then mocked Clinton: "I did not have taxes with this state," Brown said, clearly referencing Clinton's now-infamous denial of the Lewinsky affair, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: apologizes; billclinton; california; jerrybrown; jokes; lewinsky; megwhitman; moonbeam
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To: yesca

ROR!


21 posted on 09/14/2010 1:16:00 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Good God!.....Brown ran for president?

Worse than that he won the Colorado Democratic Primary in 1992.

Regards,

TS

22 posted on 09/14/2010 1:17:26 PM PDT by The Shrew (www.wintersoldier.com; www.tstrs.com; The Truth Shall Set You Free!)
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To: The Shrew

What the hell? Was everyone in Colorado on a Rockie Mountain high?.....


23 posted on 09/14/2010 1:21:34 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: yesca

Are there any recent photos of Lewinsky? She weighed at least 225 pounds and was putting things in her mouth in the last photo I saw.


24 posted on 09/14/2010 1:22:53 PM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: The Shrew

Thanks, I had forgotten about his retries after Governor Moonbeam.....


25 posted on 09/14/2010 1:23:21 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
What the hell? Was everyone in Colorado on a Rockie Mountain high?.....

A lot of Coloradan's sure didn't like Slick Willie.

Regards,

TS

26 posted on 09/14/2010 1:24:04 PM PDT by The Shrew (www.wintersoldier.com; www.tstrs.com; The Truth Shall Set You Free!)
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To: forgotten man

Guilty!


27 posted on 09/14/2010 1:24:04 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: The Shrew

What a choice!


28 posted on 09/14/2010 1:24:43 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: NormsRevenge
And Caaaalllleeeeefornyaaaaa thought Ahhhhnold couldn't tell a joke to save his life.

Governor Moonbeam IS a joke.
29 posted on 09/14/2010 1:26:12 PM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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To: forgotten man
You asked for it!... Beep! Beep! Beep!......
30 posted on 09/14/2010 1:26:53 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Good God!.....Brown ran for president?

Even worse, he was actually holding his own for a good chunk of the '92 primaries.
31 posted on 09/14/2010 1:27:07 PM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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To: forgotten man

32 posted on 09/14/2010 1:29:45 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: MortMan

“Jerry Brown admits he blew it by telling Lewinski jokes?”

Bwahahahahaha, snort, snort, snicker, snicker.


33 posted on 09/14/2010 1:42:54 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: NormsRevenge
Q: How does Bill keep Monica Lewinsky away from the White House?

A: He keeps offering to send Ted Kennedy over to give her a ride.

34 posted on 09/14/2010 1:48:46 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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To: NormsRevenge

Slick Willie’s agenda was stymied by the 1994 vote. Period.


35 posted on 09/14/2010 1:48:54 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: NormsRevenge

Jerry Brown’s apology:

“I guess that I, and Monica, should have kept our mouths shut.”


36 posted on 09/14/2010 1:55:16 PM PDT by earlJam
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Wow, what a heifer! When was that taken?


37 posted on 09/14/2010 2:12:24 PM PDT by DrC
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To: DrC

her life must be living hell.


38 posted on 09/14/2010 2:53:52 PM PDT by rahbert
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To: NormsRevenge


OHhhh WOe is me...
why's everybody always pickin on ME???

39 posted on 09/14/2010 3:28:41 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: NormsRevenge

Keep your day job, Moonbeam. Until January, that is.


40 posted on 09/14/2010 3:34:09 PM PDT by cynwoody
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