10 million in Trump change, a column by Mike Royko on Trump from 1991

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9. Royho tagged Jerry Brown with the 'Moonbeam' thingy and Jerry loves him for it

'Moonbeam' nickname given by Royko stuck, now embraced by Brown

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Well, here we are four decades later and Gov. Jerry Brown is still clinging to the nickname Mike gave him all those years ago.

In a recent speech, Brown, commenting on President-elect Donald Trump and climate change, said, "If Trump turns off the satellites, California will launch its own damn satellite." And then he reminded the crowd of the label Mike pinned on him: "Gov. Moonbeam."

It was 1976 and Brown was seeking his party's presidential nomination and Mike wrote that the governor was attracting "the moonbeam vote."

The truth is he really liked Brown, and at the 1980 Democratic National Convention he wrote these words of praise:

"The more I see of Brown, the more I am convinced that he has been the only Democrat in this year’s politics who understands what this country will be up against." And then he did a mea culpa for the Moonbeam nickname. He declared it "idiotic" and asked others to stop using it.

But as we know, Brown didn't shed it, he redefined it as "creative and not hidebound to the status quo. It also stands for not being the insider, but standing apart and marching to my own drummer."

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https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article124423849.html