Cached in the Act

Jerry Brown, our former governor who is seeking to be our governor again got stung this morning by technology. I say it is about time. For more than 30 years Brown has tried to portray himself as an intellectual, a guru. What most people on the inside have seen him as is an opportunist. Many of the problems of California began during the eight years Brown was governor.

In between his runs for office, he was on a radio show on KPFA, the flagship of the Pacifica Foundation's radio network. The show was on between one run for President and his run for Oakland mayor. During that show he said some pretty outrageous things. Until a few days ago some of those quotes were up on his website. But for some reason the former Governor Moonbeam's minions discovered that his comments would not play well in this decade so they were pulled. But thanks to services like the Wayback Machine Brown's ravings cannot disappear like he hopes the memories of his eight year reign as governor will.

Brown's response was typical " "In understanding the relevance of brief excerpts from my 1990s talk show, keep in mind that the goal was to provoke debate and lively discussion, not craft legislation." In the caches there is something for everyone. Did you like Bill Clinton? Brown said "I don't believe Clinton is different from Richard Nixon." Do you think that capital punishment is ok - Moonbeam says it is "state murder." Brown is quieter now - not willing to campaign on substance and hoping Californians will forget the eight years of malfeasance that he presided over.

Gary South, longtime political consultant who is working for Gavin Newsome, seems to have gotten the feed. He might well use it when the AG actually announces for Governor (is it re-election when he has been out of office for more than twenty years or just political regurgitation). It would be just desert for this politician who tries to reinvent himself almost on well to be forced to live with his statements made when he thought almost no one was listening.