I was more than bummed out to see that Jerry Brown is 13 points ahead in the latest polls. I will be sure to help Meg Whitman every way I can with my slate cards, more of a contribution than a few of my conservative colleagues are willing to do. But sadly the thought of another Jerry Brown administration is starting to take hold. I don’t mind Jerry that much. I was around when he got that Howard Jarvis endorsement in 1978 and I know of a few skeletons in the closet that will never come out about that endorsement. He did help implement Prop. 13, though he was a stinker during the election.
I admire Meg Whitman’s accomplishments. I think she is a class act.
But what really kills me is the idea of Sterling Clifford, “The Liar,” being Jerry’s spokesman. Sterling’s most recent political job was serving as the chief flak for a Mayor of Baltimore that was convicted of felonious stealing of funds while in office, such funds intended for welfare recipients.
Sterling has lied and lied during this campaign as Jerry Brown’s spokesman. He lied about Meg Whitman, he lied about organizations, he lied about me. He just lied. He is the Tommy Flanigan of American politics. He is the personification of Saturday Night Live’s character, The Liar.
Everybody in the political business knows the SF Chronicle’s Carla Marinucci is deeply in the service of Jerry Brown, the unions, and the Left. They spoon feed her their little teary-eyed stories and sick gossip and thereby manipulate good press for themselves. Marinucci is so compromised on objectivity, she is called “Comrade Marinucci” by many in Sacramento.
But the idea of The Liar being the chief spokesman for my state’s Governor, and spoon feeding Marinucci, is perhaps to me the most sickening aspect of a Jerry Brown win, let alone all the new taxes and lost jobs. I sure hope we can get motivated to turn the tide for Meg, because that is exactly what we need to do to stop what we are otherwise in store.