Jerry Brown backs Clinton...An Open Letter to California Democrats and Independents

[workinclasszero]

An Open Letter to California Democrats and Independents
POSTED BY JERRY BROWN ON MAY 31, 2016

On Tuesday, June 7, I have decided to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton because I believe this is the only path forward to win the presidency and stop the dangerous candidacy of Donald Trump.

I have closely watched the primaries and am deeply impressed with how well Bernie Sanders has done. He has driven home the message that the top one percent has unfairly captured way too much of America’s wealth, leaving the majority of people far behind. In 1992, I attempted a similar campaign.

For her part, Hillary Clinton has convincingly made the case that she knows how to get things done and has the tenacity and skill to advance the Democratic agenda. Voters have responded by giving her approximately 3 million more votes – and hundreds more delegates – than Sanders. If Clinton were to win only 10 percent of the remaining delegates – wildly improbable – she would still exceed the number needed for the nomination. In other words, Clinton’s lead is insurmountable and Democrats have shown – by millions of votes – that they want her as their nominee.

http://www.jerrybrown.org/an_open_letter_to_california_democrats_and_independents

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Although it's being reported as a "lukewarm" endorsement by MSNBS' guest on Andrea Mitchell,

it's actually a good sign for Hillary Clinton and Democrats. It means Gov. Brown - who isn't enamored with either Clintons - has seen the writing on the wall and, more importantly, the internal polls. He would've otherwise endorsed BS.

So this is good news, not because of his endorsement, but because the polls are showing a Hillary Clinton big win in CA!

[caquillo]

3. What's his beef with the Clintons?

[BlueCaliDem]

6. You're in the Hillary Clinton Group. Tone down your anti-Hillary language, Kazim. eom

[Actor]

8. tone down? LOL, he just wished for HIllary to die, I alerted

Probably a fucking piece of shit Trump supporter

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. I was in the middle of a jury for this one. Apparently MIRT got there first. Pretty vile stuff.

[workinclasszero]

12. Same here

Damned Trump brownshirt no doubt.

[BlueCaliDem]

14. He's gone. He was getting nastier with each passing post!

But he's gone now. MIRT just needs to watch for a fresh new member because I'm certain he'll be back!

[BlueCaliDem]

9. 1992 when he ran for the Democratic Party presidential candidate - and lost to Bill.

As I recall it, there were some harsh words exchanged. He was 1992's version of BS - as he candidly explained during his endorsement (only with different words).

[SaschaHM]

10. They had a rather contentious primary fight in 1992.

If I recall correctly, he didn't even endorse Bill after losing.

[BlueCaliDem]

15. "he didn't even endorse Bill after losing."

Which is why, I believe, he's been a bit of a pariah in the Democratic Party. Good thing we had Kamala Harris as our State's AG. When the DoJ wrestled money back from the banks and handed CA a percentage of our share, Gov. Brown wanted to use it to pay down the State's whopping $42 billion dollar deficit. But Kamala Harris, who was part of the fight together with the DoJ, protested that idea and she made sure Californians were given that money back.

And now AG Harris is running for Senator Boxer's seat against U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez - and it looks like our AG will win it.

[Actor]

7. I am curious about something, is it your implication or Jerry's that they have seen

internal polls that show Bernie being beaten after the GOP unleashes the commie stuff?

[BlueCaliDem]

16. I'm just guessing, Actor, because I truly see no reason for his mealy-mouthed endorsement of Hillary

Clinton over Sanders when he implies in that very mealy-mouthed endorsement that he's more aligned with Sanders other than that he's seen the internals and the recent polls which show Hillary Clinton defeating Sanders in CA.

[fleabiscuit]

2. I think she gets a nose bleed every time she has to report something positive about HRC. nt

[BlueCaliDem]

17. And heart-palpitations. eom

[LAS14]

4. K & r

[Her Sister]

13. Jerry Brown’s endorsement of former foe Hillary Clinton reveals Democratic Party unity

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/jerry-browns-endorsement-of-former-foe-hillary-clinton-reveals-democratic-party-unity/24901/

Jerry Brown’s personal dislike of the Clintons began all the way back in 1992. For all we know, Jerry Brown might still personally dislike the Clintons. But the California governor’s willingness to emphatically endorse Hillary Clinton for President today is the latest signal of a profound willingness on the part of the Democratic Party to unite behind their de facto nominee. It’s also the latest deflating blow for those who had been holding out slim hope for her primary opponent.

Brown is seventy-eight years old and he’s in his final term as governor of California, meaning he can say anything he wants without fear of political repercussion. He’s also overwhelmingly popular enough in the state that his words carry real meaning there. He could have declined to endorse anyone for next week’s democratic primary, or endorsed Hillary Clinton’s rival Bernie Sanders, as a final act of protest against what he felt was an ugly 1992 primary race when he ran against Bill Clinton. But it’s clear that the governor isn’t interested in playing politics. It’s harbinger of what’s about to come.

As of next Tuesday, Hillary Clinton will mathematically clinch the nomination. That’s the point at which the most prominent and respected voices in the Democratic Party can be expected to rally around her in even more unanimous fashion than they already have. Jerry Brown just wrote the final draft for the blueprint they’ll be using: praise Bernie Sanders for stirring up excitement and for garnering an impressive number of votes in a losing effort, and then emphatically get behind Hillary Clinton in the general election battle against Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is out of options. Now that he’s behind by millions of popular votes and his campaign is a week from being over, he’s reduced himself to threatening to grind the Democratic National Convention to a halt in an attempt to get his longtime personal foe Barney Frank removed from a committee position. It’s now become clear that Sanders is willing to waste his few remaining bits of influence on trying to carry out petty personal vendettas. Meanwhile Jerry Brown, whose longtime personal feud with the Clintons goes back more than a quarter century, signaled today that the rest of the party considers this election too important to play such games.

[bluestateguy]

18. Big endrosement

he and the Clintons are still at arms-length. The 1992 primary was nasty between them. But they have reconciled to the point where they can professionally co-exist.

Brown is a popular governor too.

[workinclasszero]

19. Very popular I believe

This is a great endorsement!