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147. Yes, how about the take-out of Jerry Brown too?

Great post. Never forget.

Another one I'll never forget is the 1992 candidacy of CA Gov. Jerry Brown, which was actually gaining a lot of momentum. He was, IIRC, ahead of the Big Dog in the early Dem primaries, using his 1-800 number to collect small campaign donations for his "we the people" campaign.

That particular situation was handled by a hit-piece on Ted Koppel's Nightline, given much hype and fanfare, where they presented allegations that Brown had once been in attendance at a party where some people said marijuana had been used. Not used by Brown, just that someone(s) at the party had used it. Unbelievable. And of course it got played up big, doing a lot of damage. There was some other issue at the time that also hurt Brown (I forget), but the Nightline piece was for me an eye-opening as to how the establishment handles candidates that don't follow the acceptable agenda.

By the way, Jerry Brown is someone else I would support, though he is now pretty old (75). Doing a pretty good job here in California.