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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 08:30 AM Original message |
Jerry Brown's office taped reporters' calls |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Pathetically stupid. nt |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Won't go anywhere in my opinion. Jerry's got bigger fish to fry according to this |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hasta la vista, Jerry. n/t |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder if he will prosecute himself... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Don't you have to establish commission of a crime by Brown before you ask that question? |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. Brown didn't record the calls. Scott Gerber did. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. lol reporters don't let facts get in the way of their self righteousness nt |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Wow!. You sure can come up with weasely ways to avoid the law. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. The article itself points out that it isn't clear that what happened was illegal. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Avoid the law? Did Brown have any actual knowledge of the recording? Remember, this is a |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. wow. This could cost him 20 points in the polls |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hey, what about other government entities listening in our our conversations? We cannot have a |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What do 'other government entities' have to do with this? |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. More disturbing news about Brown: |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Like who? |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. LOL! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Last time he was governor, he did a pretty good job and even built |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Is that the worst you've got against Brown? If so, he must be a saint in comparison |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Chuck Poochigian |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. It can be argued that the Code doesn't apply to reporters |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. It can be argued, and IIRC in other states it has been, successfully. nt |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. It can also be argued |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. And, if it is to be "off the record," that would not typically be the desire of the reporter. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. Dumb ass. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Don't bet on it |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. Now with Go-Go Gavin out ... you're probably right. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. I'm am betting Jerry is smarter than this. Either he knows it's not illegal because |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. Don't Most Reporters Hook a Tape Recorder Into the Phone? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. If they do, they probably notify the other parties to the conversation, or ask |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I Assure You, It's a Given |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Yes. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
20. Looks like the RW attack machine is already gearing up to |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. In a primary fight, the RW is not the only suspect, unless you include the RW of the Democrats. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. I would think taping all conversations with reporters would be SOP by both sides. nt |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. Did he suspect them of harboring medflies? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Jeezus fucking christ - is this what's going to take him down????? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. No. LOL. He's not stupid. I doubt what occurred here is illegal. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Whether its legal makes no difference in the court of public opinion... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. I join other posters who point out CAL. PEN. CODE § 632 : California Code - Section 632 excludes |
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musiclawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. This is not a big deal |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. This won't matter one bit. Brown will be the next Governor of California. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. The Chronicle story is more than misleading |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Thanks for posting this ray of truth here, Book Lover. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-30-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. Jerry Brown's spokesman admits secret recordings |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-31-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. And Fitzgerald secretly recorded Blago. I don't get it. AT&T secretly records us everyday! And |
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