If you lived in California in the 1970s, and have any recall, you would never vote for Governor Moonbeam, Ever!

I lived in California during the miserable time Jerry was Governor and Jimmy was president. Brown was encouraging higher taxes then, as he is now. Jerry Brown fought Howard Jarvis on reducing property taxes through Proposition 13 at every point. Brown claimed it would ruin the State's economy. The only economy being ruined was that of the homeowners who were being spot reassessed in every County as new home sales were being used to adjust the local property taxes upward every year.

After Prop. 13 passed, the next morning, on-camera, Jerry unabashedly claimed he had supported Prop. 13 all along. That was when he really became 'Gov. Moonbeam.'

It was half seriously joked on my stand-up circuit that if, heaven forbid, Jerry Brown ever became President, he would have a glider as his Air Force One so it would take him wherever the wind blew him!

In those days, during Brown's term as governor, he went out of his way to undo the cost restrictions and shared tuition fees implemented by Governor Reagan. Brown was merely a show Governor with no substance. He tried to portray himself as the Zen Jesuit Seminarian, who was morally superior to his predecessor. He lived in an apartment and slept on a mattress on the floor, Hippie style, rather than live in the Governor's State Residence (a story in itself).

He spent his time visiting LA at fundraisers, dining at Lucy's El Adobe Restaurant in Hollywood while Linda Ronstadt chased after Jerry on roller skates. He ran Calif. much in the way Obama runs his administration, based on idealism without experience or competency. Brown's idealism stayed with him as Mayor of Oakland, he can't get real job outside of politics. Oakland was bad before Brown with poverty and crime. It had an affluent area in the hills east of the City. Brown managed to drive the affluent citizens away and left Oakland worse than he found it.

In 1995, Jerry Brown, from his Pacifica Radio show said:

"The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs. Jobs for every American is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production."

Retire Jerry, he has a great Government Pension, he's done enough harm!

California governor debate turns into verbal brawl | Reuters

Brown went on the offensive early in the debate. He said a tax break that Whitman wants in order to stimulate business was merely a boon to millionaires and billionaires at the expense of schools.

"Ms. Whitman, I'd like to ask you, how much money would you save if these tax breaks were in effect this year or last year?" he asked.

Whitman, 54, admitted she would benefit as an investor, then fired back at the 72-year-old former governor, who has been a fixture in state politics for decades.

"My track record is creating jobs," she said. "My business is creating jobs. Your business is politics. You have been doing this for 40 years, and you have been part of a war on jobs in this state for 40 years."

The audience, normally asked to stay quiet during a debate, frequently burst into applause or roared.

Brown apologized that one of his aides had described Whitman as a "whore." Whitman argued that her campaign chairman's use of the word "whore" to refer to Congress was different from the Brown campaign's use of the word.

During the debate, Whitman pounded her stump-speech themes of creating jobs through cutting regulations, improving state finances by being more efficient, and improving education. Brown stressed his experience and his passion.

"I've got the intestinal fortitude to do what is right for California," he said.

Whitman proved spirited and comfortable on the counterattack, touting her endorsements from law enforcement groups, for example.

"The notion that Jerry Brown is going to be tough on crime is just a fairy tale," she said.

Moon-beam is full of a lot more than fairy tales!