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On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:31:22 -0400, H the K
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On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:08:38 -0400, Another John
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/he..._r=1&th&emc=th

Backroom deals? No!

Let's hear it - "What about Bush and Cheney?"
This is the Willie Brown (former San Francisco Mayor) doctrine.

He says just because you take their money that is no reason not to
screw them. He had a fairly short political career. Corporate
bribers
want politicians that stay bought.
You know, you really truly are not up to speed on things political.

Mayor Brown was in the California state legislature for about 30
years,
and was speaker of that state's assembly for about 15. He served
eight
years as mayor of San Francisco. Term limit laws kept him from
seeking a
third term.

Brown is a very, very successful politician.
You are right, I don't follow California politics that much. I do know
that this statement was made at the end of his career.
I never heard Willie say that. Jessie Unruh was the first one to say
it. Always like Jessie, but he really screwed California. He was the
one who convinced the voters to go for a full time Legislature. And
has been down hill since.

His quote was:
"If you can't drink a lobbyist's whiskey, take his money, sleep with
his women and still vote against him in the morning, you don't belong
in politics."

His first name was Jesse, *not* Jessie. Crikey...and you are a
Californian.

Actually he was Jesse Marvin. But I had to look up his name to get the
correct spelling. Rest was from memory and a typo to help you avoid the
message. Seems as if that is what you did to check up on the quote.


I didn't check the quote. I did notice you could not spell the name of one
of California's most famous and colorful politicians. I rarely check the
quotes or URLs of the Zell Miller-ites. That would be you, eh?

Zell Miller. We need a bunch more Dem's like him. We might not be in the
predicament we are in.