California Gov. Jerry Brown compares Romney to Dewey

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/09/jerry-brown-compares-romney-to-dewey/

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"Romney almost reminds me of Thomas Dewey," Brown, a Democrat, said on CNN's "State of the Union." "He symbolized the wealthy East and then Truman was fighting more for the common man."

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"Now I'm not trying to compare Obama with Truman, but I do think (Obama) represents and he expresses more of the ordinary American and the struggles that the ordinary American is going through," Brown said.

The main difference, he argued, was Romney's plan to lower taxes on the very wealthy – a proposal that Brown said would cause more damage to the economy.

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"What I heard at the Republican Party is mostly bashing the president and talking about how they're going to, you know, lower taxes, which primarily (is) going to help the very wealthiest," Brown told CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley.

[MADem]

1. Dewey was also an arrogant, snotty asshole--but a regular charmer compared to Mittsy! nt

[PCIntern]

2. Mrs. Intern told me that Candy asked Gov. Brown

If he were implying that Gov. Christie is overweight...

Implying that he's overweight? My eyes do deceive me I guess. Is this the next Rethug lie? How far can they go?

[Graybeard]

3. Dewey was very "stiff" just like Mitt.

Dewey gave the impression of being uncomfortable when having to be in public, in front of crowds, etc. Americans don't want their Presidents to be unapproachable.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Months ago, I started to compare Rmoney to Dewey ...

but after reading a little about Dewey, I decided that was unfair to Dewey. He actually accomplished some good -- some PUBLIC good -- in his career. He was fairly liberal for a Republican of his times, and would be considered a radical Socialist by Tea Partiers.

(I had read that during a campaign whistle-stop, the engineer engaged the drive wheels while Dewey was giving a speech, causing a jolt to travel backwards down the train and nearly knocking Dewey over. Dewey quipped "Someone ought to fire that guy!" and the crowd heard it. Given that losing your job during the Depression could mean destitution, this left the impression of a cruel, vengeful martinet, and may have cost him the election. Rmoney's remark about "I like being able to fire people" made the connection for me.)